NIRF rankings, 2022

About NIRF Ranking-

• Launched in 2015, National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)  Rankings are released annually by the Ministry of Education, assessing the quality and performance of higher educational institutions in India.
• This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. 
• NIRF India Ranking 2022 has been announced for 11 categories. This includes overall, university, management, college, pharmacy, medical, engineering, architecture, ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements), law and research institutions.
• The overall ranking is prepared based on the parameters such as teaching, learning, resource quality, research, professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach, inclusivity and perception.
• The ranking framework judges institutions under five broad generic groups of 
  1. Parameters of Teaching.
  2. Learning and Resources.
  3. Research and Professional Practice.
  4. Graduation Outcomes.
  5. Outreach and Inclusivity and Perception. 
• Ranks are assigned based on the total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.
• As per the NIRF report, under the overall category, IIT Madras has bagged the top position for the fourth time in a row. 

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore has secured the second position similar to 202. It has also got the first position under the Overall Universities ranking category. 
• IITs of Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee and Guwahati have retained their ranks since last year. The top Engineering college rankings are mostly dominated by IITs.
• AIIMS Delhi has managed to secure 9th position in the overall category and topped the list of medical colleges in India. 
• JNU and BHU have slipped by one rank and are placed in the 10th and 11th position respectively. 

• Bangalore University followed by Tata Institute of Social Science and Visvesvaraya Technological University have secured the bottom three positions.
• Under the University category, JNU has secured the second rank followed by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 
• Under the Engineering category, the top position is bagged by IIT Madras followed by IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay. 
• None of the IIMs has been able to find a decent rank in the overall category. Only IIM Kozhikode has been able to secure 79th rank in the overall rankings. 
• Under the Management category, the top three ranks are secured by IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta respectively.