Context: 

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), under the Union Education Ministry, announced the India Rankings 2023 of higher education institutions.

Rankings 2023:

• Best educational institution in overall ranking: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras for the fifth consecutive term.
• Best university in the country: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru for eight years in a row.
• Best college: Miranda House, Delhi
• Best management institute: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. 
• Best institute in pharmacy: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad
• Best medical college: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
• Best dental college: Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
• Best law college: National Law School of India University, Bengaluru  
• Best engineering college: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras for the eighth consecutive year.
• Best research institutions in their respective category: 
  • Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
  • National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad
  • Indian Agricultural Research Institute 
  • IIT ­Roorkee (in architecture) 
  • National Law School of India University

About NIRF:

• The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved bythe Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2015.
• This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. 
• The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions.

Parameters of NIRF:

• Teaching, Learning & Resources:
  • Student Strength including Doctoral Students
  • Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty
  • Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience
  • Financial Resources and their Utilisation

• Research and Professional Practice:
  • Combined metric for Publications
  • Combined metric for Quality of Publications
  • IPR and Patents: Published and Granted
  • Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice

• Graduation Outcomes:
  • Metric for University Examinations
  • Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated

• Outreach and Inclusivity:
  • Percentage of Students from Other States/Countries
  • Percentage of Women 
  • Economically and Socially Challenged Students 
  • Facilities for Physically Challenged Students
  • Perception Ranking

• Peer Perception:
  • Academic Peers and Employers (PR)

News Source: The Hindu