NIRF India Rankings 2018

Question: On April 3rd, 2018, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar released ‘India Rankings-2018’ at the national level of institutions of higher education in the country under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). According to this, which of the given institution has got is the first place in the category of university?
(a) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
(c) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
(d) Delhi University, New Delhi
Answer: (c) 
Related Facts: 

  • On April 3rd 2018, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar released ‘India Rankings 2018’ at the national level of institutions of higher education in the country under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018.
  • Ranking for the third time in the country was released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 8 categories of Higher Education Management, Law, Medical, Architecture, Engineering, Pharma, Colleges and Universities.
  • In this survey, government and non-governmental higher educational institutions across the country have been included.
  • Top 10 Institutes in overall Ranking:
  1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  2. IIT Chennai
  3. IIT Bombay
  4. IIT Delhi
  5. IIT, Kharagpur
  6. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  7. IIT, Kanpur
  8. IIT, Roorkee
  9. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  10. Anna University, Chennai
  • Top 5 institutions in the management category
  1. IIM, Ahmedabad
  2. IIM, Bangalore
  3. IIM, Kolkata
  4. IIM, Lucknow
  5. IIM, Bombay
  • Top 5 institutions in the category of universities
  1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  3. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  4. Anna University, Chennai
  5. Hyderabad University
  • Top 5 institutions in the Engineering category
  1. IIT, Madras
  2. IIT, Bombay
  3. IIT, Delhi
  4. IIT, Kharagpur
  5. IIT, Kanpur
  • Top 5 institutes in the category
  1. Miranda House, Delhi
  2. Stephen’s College, Delhi
  3. Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli
  4. Hindu College, Delhi
  5. Presidency College, Delhi
  • Top 5 institutions in Pharma category
  1. National Institute of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research, Mohali, Punjab
  2. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
  3. Punjab University, Chandigarh
  4. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
  5. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  • Top 3 institutions in medical category
  1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  2. Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Institute (PGIMER), Chandigarh
  3. Christian Medical College, Vellore
  • Top 3 institutions in the category of architecture
  1. IIT, Kharagpur
  2. IIT, Roorkee
  3. School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
  • The top 3 institutes in Law category
  1. National Law School of India University, Bangalore
  2. National Law University, New Delhi
  3. Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad
  • It is known that the Ministry of Human Resource Development had launched ‘National Institute Racking Framework’ (NIRF) on September 29, 2015.

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