A new category has recently been introduced to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings 2023 by the Ministry of Education. The fresh specialty called 'Agriculture and Allied Sectors' has been added to the list of categories consisting of universities, colleges, medical, engineering, law, dental, architecture, management, pharmacy, and overall ranking.
Further, the category of 'Architecture' has now been renamed to 'Architecture and Planning discipline'. The information was shared by the ministry on the official website of NIRF, a statement of which read, "New Discipline is added namely, Agriculture and Allied Sectors. Institutions willing to participate may register under Agriculture & Allied Sectors, Overall & Research Category. Architecture discipline is renamed as Architecture and Planning".
The registration process for NIRF 2023 has also been initiated on the official website of the institution - nirfindia.org. The last date to get registered on the portal is November 18. Though, the registration process has already been preregistered for the institutions that participated in the rankings last year.
For the unknown, the all-India NIRF rankings in the previous year were issued in 11 different categories. After the recent addition of 'Agriculture and Allied Sectors' discipline, the total number of categories stands at 12. Before that, the list only consisted of 10 categories, as MoE came up with 'Research Institution' in 2021.
The NIRF rankings evaluate participating institutes of India on grounds of resources, teaching and learning, outreach, professional practices, research, and graduation results.
NIRF Rankings this year
The Ministry of Education released NIRF Ranking 2022 in July this year. The rankings were announced virtually by the education minister. Following the pattern of 2021, IIT-Madras was ranked top amongst the overall educational institutions category, while IISc Bangalore was placed second.
Check the entire ranking list for 2022 below:
NIRF Ranking 2022: Over All Categories
1- IIT Madras
2- IISc Bangalore
3- IIT Bangalore
4- IIT Delhi
5- IIT Kanpur
6- IIT Kharagpur
7- IIT Roorkee
8- IIT Guwahati
9- AIIMS New Delhi
10- JNU
NIRF Rankings 2022: List of Top 10 Universities
1-IISc Bangalore
2-JNU
3-Jamia Millia Islamia
4-Jadavpur University
5-Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
6-BHU
7-Manipal Academy of Higher Education
8- Calcutta University
9-VIT
10-University of Hyderabad
NIRF Rankings 2022: List of Top 10 Engineering Institutes
1- IIT Madras
2- IIT Delhi
3- IIT Bombay
4- IIT Kanpur
5- IIT Kharagpur
6- IIT Roorkee
7- IIT Guwahati
8- NIT Trichy
9- IIT Hyderabad
10- NIT Karnataka
NIRF Rankings 2022: List of Top 10 MBA Institutes
1- IIM Ahmedabad
2- IIM Bangalore
3- IIM Calcutta
4- IIT Delhi
5- IIM Kozhikode
6- IIM Lucknow
7- IIM Indore
8- Xavier, Jamshedpur
9- NIIE Mumbai
10- IIT Madras
NIRF Ranking 2022: Top 10 Colleges in the Country
Rank 1: Miranda House
Rank 2: Hindu College
Rank 3: Presidency College, Chennai
Rank 4: Loyola College, Chennai
Rank 5: Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi
Rank 6: PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore
Rank 7: Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Delhi
Rank 8: St Xavier's College, Kolkata
Rank 9: Ramakrishna Mission, Howrah
Rank 10: Kirori Mal College, New Delhi