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IIT-Madras tops NIRF rankings; Dharmendra Pradhan criticises ‘peer perception’ parameter
For the seventh straight year, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, claimed the top overall position in the Union government's higher education rankings, announced by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on Thursday (September 4, 2025). It also remained the country's best engineering college for the tenth straight year.
The NIRF's methodology, however, came in for some criticism from Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who presented the India Rankings 2025 awards. He was especially skeptical about the ‘peer perception' parameter, that carries 10% of marks for the ranking, and suggested that the NIRF should ensure that government-funded institutions do not fall behind because of this yardstick.
After the 2024 rankings, State governments and State-run educational institutions had alleged that the rankings reflected “regional bias” as metropolitan education institutions score higher on the ‘peer perception' criteria, in compartison to suburban or State-run higher education institutions.
Apart from peer perception, the other parameters that the NIRF currently considers for the overall category are teaching, learning, and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcomes; and research and inclusivity.
Mr. Pradhan said he was confident that the NIRF would evolve into one of the best accreditation frameworks by including more parameters such as entrepreneurs created by an institution, involving more data-driven approaches, and including more categories and institutions in the future.
In the tenth edition of the NIRF rankings, awards were given in 17 categories and more institutions have joined in the process, he said. “This shows the stable growth of our higher education sector,” Mr. Pradhan said, maintaining that the challenge is to increase the number of students and the quality of education in the higher education sector. “Very soon, a new mechanism for institutional ranking will be placed. We will go by the theory of one nation, one data,” he noted.
The top 100 institutions in the overall category comprised 24 State universities, 22 private deemed universities, 19 IITs and the Indian Institute of Sciennce (IISc), nine private universities, eight National Institutes of Technology, seven Central universities, five medical institutions, four Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, one college, and the Indian Agriculture Research Institute.
The IISc, Bengaluru topped the Universities category for the tenth consecutive year and also stood first in the Research Institutions category for the fifth consecutive year. IIM Ahmedabad was the best institution for Management studies for the sixth consecutive year. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi occupied the top slot among Medical institutions for the eighth consecutive year and also topped the rankings in the Dental category for the first time. AIIMS was ranked eighth in the overall category.
Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi is the best place for studying Pharmacy and IIT Roorkee retained its top position in Architecture and Planning. Hindu College in Delhi secured the first rank among Colleges for the second consecutive year, replacing Miranda House, which is in the second position followed by other Delhi-based colleges: Hans Raj College, Kirori Mal College, and St. Stephens's College.
The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru retained its first position in Law for the eighth consecutive year, while the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi took the top slot in Agriculture and Allied Sectors.
In the Universities category, IISc ranked first, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal; Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; and University of Delhi, Delhi. Jadavpur University, Kolkata was declared the best among State Public Universities, followed by Anna University, Chennai; Panjab University, Chandigarh; Andhra University, Visakhapatnam; and Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi was the best among Open Universities. IIT Madras topped in the Innovation and Sustainable Development Goals category, which was introduced for the first time this year, while Symbiosis Skill and Professional University (SSPU), Pune was ranked the best in the Skill Universities category.
The India Rankings were first released in 2016 with just the University category and three subject domains: Engineering, Management, and Pharmacy. “Subsequently, new categories and subject domains were added from 2017 to 2025 from the initial one category and three subject domains to nine categories and eight subject domains,” the government said in a statement.
Published - September 04, 2025 12:17 pm IST
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Source: The Hindu
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