Top 10 Educational Institution Rankings by HRD Ministry 2022

On July 15, 2022, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the NIRF India Rankings 2022, ranking all of India’s top educational institutions.

Here is a list of the Top 10 Institutions by category:

Top 10 Institutions – Overall

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu
  2. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra
  4. Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Delhi
  5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
  6. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
  7. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
  8. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam
  9. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi
  10. Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi

Top 10 Universities

  1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi
  3. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi
  4. Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal
  5. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  6. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
  7. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
  8. Calcutta University, Kolkata, West Bengal
  9. Vellore Institue of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
  10. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana

Top 10 – Engineering

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu
  2. Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Delhi
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra
  4. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
  5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
  6. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
  7. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam
  8. National Institue of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
  9. Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana
  10. National Institue of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka

Top 10 – Management

  1. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
  2. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka
  3. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, West Bengal
  4. Indian Institute of Technology, New  Delhi, Delhi
  5. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, Kerala
  6. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  7. Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
  8. Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
  9. National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra
  10. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu

Top 10 Colleges

  1. Miranda House, Delhi, Delhi
  2. Hindu College, Delhi, Delhi
  3. Presidency College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  4. Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  5. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi, Delhi
  6. PSGR Krishnammak College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  7. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, New Delhi, Delhi
  8. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, West Bengal
  9. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah, West Bengal
  10. Kirori Mal College, Delhi, Delhi

Top 10 – Pharmacy

  1. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
  2. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana
  3. Panjab University, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
  4. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, Punjab
  5. Birla Institute Technology of Science, Pilani, Rajasthan
  6. JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, Tamil Nadu
  7. Institute of  Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra
  8. JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore, Karnataka
  9. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Science, Manipal, Karnataka
  10. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Why the Rankings?

The Government has decided to introduce a system of ranking educational institutions in India in order to establish a uniform criteria for ranking them.

Until now, only private organisations were coming out with their annual list of rankings but this raised several questions regarding the criteria applied, with many institutions questioning the rankings itself.

Thus far, students have had to rely on “popular perception” about institutions, in the absence of any fair system of evaluation and ranking. The government has stepped into this space to try and establish a fair and transparent methodology that considers several parameters before establishing the institution’s rank in the respective category.

The Criteria Applied

A total of 1,875 educational institutions have participated in this ranking exercise for 2022. The aim was to include all educational institutions that have an enrolment of more than 1,000 students or those that are funded by the central government.

This exercise has been carried out since 2015. An institution is ranked on parameters like teaching learning & resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcome, outreach & inclusivity and perception; here are certain sub-criteria of evaluation that have been revised to include:

Research Impact

Earlier the number of research papers published per faculty, along with citations per paper, was a major criteria of evaluation. Now, the ‘research impact’ of the paper along with the number of ‘highly cited’ papers have been included, to arrive at an improved metric of evaluation. This has negated the impact of those institutions that gave high weightage to the number of publications but not its research impact value.

Percentile System Negated

The earlier ‘percentile’ system has been removed and higher weightage has been given to the number of publications, research impact, citations, highly cited papers and patent information, to arrive at a better and more accurate system of evaluation.

Perception Inputs Database Widened

The perception of the institution has been widened to include industry and academic peers, the number and level of employers, in addition to general students and the public, to arrive at the perception index ranking.

System Still Not Perfect

Although this ranking system is still not perfect and needs further improvement. For instance, St. Stephen’s College in New Delhi, one of the most popular and sought-after colleges declined to participate in the rankings, which leaves the list incomplete.

But still, the process of ranking these institutions ensures that they are ranked according to their efficiencies and not for some other reason. It is evident from the prepared list as the popular University of Delhi was unable to secure a position in the Top 10 Universities of 2022 and is ranked 13th.

Therefore, for now, students, academicians, employers and all other stakeholders can rely on this list as the most credible rankings available in the country.

For further information on the rankings, please visit: www.nirfindia.org

 

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