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National Institutional Ranking Framework (N

National Institutional
Ranking Framework
(NIRF) 2023
Category-specific
ranking analysis

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National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023

Guidance notes for readers

This is a preliminary report based on National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking
2023 released by Ministry of Education (MoE) on 5 June 2023.

The report is prepared only based on available data and while information obtained from the
public domain has not been verified for authenticity, we have obtained information, as far as
possible, from sources generally considered to be reliable such as National Institutional Ranking
Framework (NIRF), data submitted by institutions to NIRF, Ministry of Education (MoE), All India
Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) websites.

The findings presented in the report are KPMG in India’s analysis of published information across
these secondary sources. Our analysis is based on the prevailing market conditions and regulatory
environment and any change may impact the outcome of our review.

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Foreword- KPMG in India

Institutional rankings have increasingly become The ranking methodology and metrics continue
the yardstick for quality and performance of to be the same as the previous year. For the
educational institutions across the globe. Since newly introduced Agriculture & Allied sector
its introduction in 2016, the National Institutional rankings, a fresh ranking framework was
Ranking Framework (NIRF) has seen a developed, and for Innovation category also a
widespread adoption by Indian Higher Education new methodology was developed by Atal
(HE) institutions and acceptance by various Ranking Institutions of India (ARIA), Innovation
stakeholders. Parents and prospective students cell of the Ministry of Education. The
consider rankings while choosing an institution methodology for the research category is tailor
to pursue higher education. Employers look at made for the category with significant focus on
institute rankings for recruitment and research parameters and outputs.
consultation. For Faculty, increasingly, rank of
the institution is a key criterion to decide on their A total of 5543 unique institutions have
career. For the regulator, rankings have become participated in NIRF 2023, almost a 15 per cent
a key parameter for assessment - to decide on rise from NIRF 2022 (4780). This year too, Tamil
concessions, research grants, recently providing Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra emerge as
eligibility for offering online programs etc. Other states with the maximum number of top ranked
ecosystem players such as banks, service institutions across ranking categories.
providers, foreign institutions etc., also place
This paper captures the key highlights of NIRF
significant importance on rankings. Overall,
2023 across categories. Across each category,
NIRF has become an essential part of Indian
the paper captures the top performers, rank
Higher Education institutions.
versus score distribution, geographic
distribution, new entrants, institutes with
The 8th edition of the National Institutional maximum improvement and drop in ranks
Ranking Framework (NIRF) was released on 5 compared to previous year and overall
June 2023. Since its introduction in 2016, NIRF parameter and sub parameter trends across
has grown rapidly in terms of ranking categories categories.
as well as participating institutes. Agriculture &
Allied sectors and Innovation category rankings
We, at KPMG in India, thank everyone who has
are the latest addition (introduced in 2023) and
helped us in bringing out this paper. We hope
have seen participation from institutions across
that stakeholders working in the higher
the country. In 2023, ‘Architecture’ category has
education sector find this report useful to
been renamed as ‘Architecture & Planning’ and
understand the NIRF rankings better, thereby
the scope of architecture rankings has also been
enabling them to structure their efforts for
expanded to include institutions imparting
ranking improvements more effectively.
education in urban as well as town-planning. A
total of 13 category rankings were released
under NIRF 2023.

Narayanan Ramaswamy
Partner and Head
Education and Skill Development
KPMG in India

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Contents
NIRF Ranking 2023 – Key Highlights 7

Overview of NIRF – 2023 rankings 14

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – University category 16

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Engineering category 20

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Management category 24

Highlights of NIRF 2023 - College category 28

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Medical category 32

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Dental category 35

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Pharmacy category 39

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Law category 43

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Architecture category 47

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Research category 50

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Agriculture and Allied Sectors category 54

Way forward 56

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National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023

List of abbreviations used

ESCS Economically and Socially Challenged Students

FPPP Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice

FQE Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience

FSR Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty

GO Graduation Outcomes

GPHD Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated

GUE Metric for University Examinations

IoE Institutions of Eminence

IPR IPR and Patents: Published and Granted

MoE Ministry of Education

NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council

NBA National Board of Accreditation

NIRF National Institutional Ranking Framework

OE Online Education: Online Completion of Syllabus & Exams and Swayam

OI Outreach and Inclusivity

PERC Perception

QP Combined metric for Quality of Publications

RD Region Diversity

RPC Research and Professional Practice

SS Student Strength including Doctoral Students

TLR Teaching and Learning Resources

WD Women Diversity

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National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023

Key highlights
of NIRF 2023

NIRF Ranking 2023 – Key Highlights

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched in 2016 for assessing the performance
of higher education institutes in India and the eighth edition was released on 5 June 2023.

Increasing popularity of NIRF: The 2023 edition saw 8,686 applications for ranking from 5,543 unique
institutions, which is an increase of about 20 per cent applications and 15 per cent institutions from previous
year. The Y-o-Y growth in the
number of institutions and
applications highlight the
increasing awareness and
acceptance of NIRF ranking
among the different
stakeholders in higher
education. The eighth edition
of NIRF ranking also saw
addition of two new categories:
Agriculture and Allied, and
Innovation taking the total
number of categories to 12
(excluding overall category)
and the scope of Architecture
category was expanded to
include programmes and
faculty pertaining to Planning.

Higher competitive levels and quality improvement of institutions: The eighth edition of NIRF rankings
has been more competitive than the previous edition with a marked increase in the average scores of all
ranked institutions across all the categories. While the parameters/ sub-parameters for ranking and
methodology of ranking have, largely, remained the same, this marked increase in the average score
indicates an improvement in the quality of higher education institutions in the country.

This upward movement of average scores along with a Y-o-Y increase in overall participation in rankings
indicate the need for institutions to
Average Score of
• Adopt national and global best practices to improve Category ranked institutions
institutional outcomes 2023 2022
University 51.45 49.75
• Build capabilities and capacities for continuous Engineering 54.05 52.39*
improvement Management 54.26 52.93
Medical 59.86 56.95
• Invest in long-term institutional planning
Dental 58.05 58.05
• Align institutional priorities with changing regulatory Pharmacy 51.37 49.10
conditions Architecture 59.79 57.91
College 58.60 58.35
• Create an enabling environment for implementation of Research 55.60 53.17
outcome focused initiatives Law 57.57 57.34
*Average score of top 100 institutions in 2022 rankings

Primary drivers of performance: Some categories that have seen a marked improvement in average
scores are University (1.70), Engineering (1.66), Medical (2.91), Pharmacy (2.27), and Architecture and
Planning (1.88). The general trend observed is that the improvement in average scores across these
categories has been primarily driven by increased focus of institutions on research outcomes. Maximum

improvement is seen in RPC scores for all these categories except Medical (TLR has shown maximum
improvement)

Category Parameter wise difference in average scores between 2023 and 2022
TLR RPC GO OI Perc
University 1.77 3.13 0.72 1.03 -0.25
Engineering 0.91 3.35 1.16 1.94 -0.47
Medical 5.79 2.47 1.90 0.34 3.03
Pharmacy 1.95 4.20 1.04 1.55 0.65
Architecture 1.70 5.93 0.87 1.97 -3.56

While the increased focus on research has been a result of various initiatives at the Central, State, and
Institutional levels, the higher weightage given to research in NIRF methodology (across most categories)
can also be seen as one of the drivers that has pushed institutions towards focusing and investing more on
achieving better research outcomes.
In addition, there has been an all-round performance improvement (except in perception across some
categories) in 2023 rankings highlighting that the top institutions in the country are undertaking initiatives
across all areas to be continuously ranked and to stay relevant.
Dominance of INIs and universities in ranking: With respect to the type of institutions dominating NIRF
2023 rankings (considering only unique ranks across categories), share of affiliated colleges has dropped
from 22 per cent in 2022 to 13 per cent in 2023 whereas share of state public universities has increased
from 14 per cent in 2022 to 19 per cent in 2023. These could be, primarily, attributed to the following:
• Unique ranks in engineering category brought down from 200 to 100 – Dominance of affiliated colleges
(31 per cent of all ranked institutions in 2022) in this category reduced to just nearly seven per cent in
2023
• The new category Agriculture and Allied is dominated by State Public universities (>70per cent)
• While affiliated colleges are seen to perform on par/ better than universities in TLR and GO parameters,
they fall behind the universities by a significant margin in research (given the teaching focus of
colleges). The research focus (in terms of resources and investment) of affiliated colleges is low by
design. However, as part of rankings, across categories, they are required to compete with INIs and
universities that have higher research capabilities and focus. This is seen to impact the overall ranking
of affiliated colleges across the different categories as research is given a higher weightage (across
most of the categories).

Share of ranks by institution type Out of all the ranked institutes,

Private
Autonomous Public
Institute Autonomous • Institutions of national importance
4%
Constituent /
Institute Institute of and State Public Universities with
0%
University National 21 per cent and 19 per cent each,
Importance
College
21% take the largest share in rankings
4%
Affiliated
College Central
13% University
• Private deemed universities and
8% affiliated colleges come third and
Deemed
State Private
University -
fourth respectively
University
9% Govt. / Govt.
Deemed University -
Aided
State Public • Categories seeing institutes of
5%
University
Private
19%
national importance domination:
17%
engineering (49), management
(31) and research (22) *

N= 640 (Univ- 100, Research- 50, Engg.- 100, Pharmacy- 100, • Categories seeing State Public
Mgmt.- 100, Medical- 50, Dental- 40, Law- 30, Arch- 30, Agri- 30 universities’ domination: University
(39) and Agriculture (29) *
*Absolute numbers in brackets

State-wise representation in 2023 rankings: Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Uttar
Pradesh take the lion’s share of the rankings in 2023

No. of institutes and categories represented by States in NIRF’23

140

Tamil Nadu
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, and
120 Chhattisgarh have nearly 13,000 Higher Education Institutions
(HEIs) among them (23 per cent of country’s HEIs), however
have only 73 institutions featuring in total in NIRF top ranks,
which is less than 10 per cent rank-share.
100
No. of institutes in the state/UTs

Delhi
80
Maharashtra Karnataka

Uttar Pradesh
60
Madhya
Pradesh Andhra
Pradesh Punjab
Haryana
Meghalaya Jharkhand Odisha
40 West Bengal
Kerala
Pondicherry Himachal Gujarat
Rajasthan Telangana
Jammu and
20 Assam Uttarakhand
Goa Kashmir
Bihar Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Tripura
Sikkim Mizoram
Manipur
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
No. of categories in which institutes from the state/UTs are present in
The graph does not include the states Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland and five union territories (Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Ladakh and Lakshadweep) that do not have representation
in NIRF ranking.

Key Observations

of the top ranked NIRF institutes are in four states and one union territory of India viz. Tamil
52% Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat have representation across all the
5
categories

12 states and UTs have less than 10 institutes combined across 11 categories

states and UTs have seen an improvement in their representation among the ranked
5 institutions viz. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, and Odisha

Across the report, ‘top ranked’ implies number of institutions that have been assigned a rank in that
category, i.e., university- 100, engineering- 100, management- 100, colleges- 100, research
institutions- 50, pharmacy- 100, medical- 50, dental- 40, law- 30 architecture- 30, and agriculture- 40

Dominance by size of institution: Among the top universities, universities with student strength more than
5,000 dominate, particularly in the private space
Number of
University size (student strength) distribution in ranked universities institutions

Overall 41% 27% 19% 8% 5% 100

Public 44% 34% 17% 3%2% 59

Private 34% 20% 22% 15% 10% 41

1 to 5000 5001 to 10,000 10,001 to 20,000 20,001 to 30,000 >30,000

Student strength across

25000 rank bands
of the top 100 universities have 10,000+ student
32 strength. This proportion increases to 70 per cent
Average student strength

19055
20000
when the top 20 universities are considered
15000 12510
private universities in top 100 have 10,000+
10000 7056 7245 6955 47 student strength. Among top 50, this share
5000
increases to 60 per cent

0 public universities in top 100 have >10,000

1 to 20 21 to 41 to 61 to 81 to 13 student strength
40 60 80 100
Rank bands

Parameter-wise performance in public vis-à-vis private universities: Among the top universities, public
institutions outperform the private institutions in Research and Graduation Outcomes in NIRF 2023

Average scores of top 100 universities across

parameters TLR- Teaching Learning Resources
76.82
61.44 65.56 RPC- Research and Professional Practice
67.96
60.45 GO- Graduation Outcomes
57.64 35.45
31.07
OI- Outreach and Inclusivity
29.88 31.05
PERC- Perception

TLR RPC GO OI PERC

Private PublicN= 41 (private), 59 (public)

Comparison with the previous year:

• The average scores of private universities have improved across all parameters indicating
increasing competition among the top private universities. RPC parameter has seen the biggest
improvement (24.71 in 2022 to 29.88 in 2023) indicating a strong focus among private universities
to improve research outcomes
• Public universities, while still ahead of private universities this year, have seen a drop in average
scores across GO and PERC parameters compared to NIRF 2022 results.

NIRF 2023 – Category-

specific ranking
analysis

Overview of NIRF – 2023 rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (MoE) to
rank higher education institutions across India. In addition to other quality assessment efforts by the
Government of India, such as National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC- for colleges and
universities) and the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for technical and professional institutions, the
NIRF is a framework, introduced in 2016, to objectively compare institutions on parameters such as
teaching performance, research output, diversity, graduation outcome and reputation. The 8th edition of the
NIRF rankings was released on 5 June 2023.

The NIRF aims to identify and recognise top performing institutions, promote competitiveness among
institutions and assist prospective students in their decision-making process when selecting institutions.

Categories of rankings:
NIRF releases overall rankings for universities and colleges as well as domain-specific rankings in different
disciplines to provide a common view of comparable institutions. There are, in total, 13 categories of
rankings under NIRF- 2023 with two new categories – Agriculture & Allied Sectors and Innovation --
introduced this year. The ranking methodology for these distinct categories is tailored to suit the nuances of
individual discipline.

The number of participating institutes has been increasing since the launch of NIRF in 2016 across all
categories, showing the growing popularity and preference to participate in NIRF rankings. In 2023, the total
number of participating institutes 1 (5543) was ~15 per cent higher than participating institutes in 2022
(4780).

Across categories, the number of participating institutes has been shown below.

Note – Numbers include only participating institutes not CFTIs/CFUs

1 Only unique participating institutes are included.

Scoring and ranking:

The NIRF ranking is arrived based on an overall score which comprises the parameters which have been
organised into five broad heads as mentioned below (for all categories except research institutions). The
final score is calculated basis the weightage of the following parameters and the institutions are ranked
within their category.

 Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR)

 Research and Professional Practice (RPC)
 Graduation Outcomes (GO)
 Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
 Perception.

For the research institutions category, the following parameters are considered for ranking:
1. Metric for quantitative research
2. Metric for quantitative research
3. Metric for students and faculty contribution
4. Outreach and inclusivity
5. Perception.

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – University category

• The university category ranks participating state-public, state-private, central, and deemed-to-be
universities across the nation across the five parameters. This year’s top three ranked private
institutions and public institutions are:

Public Institutions Rank Private institutions Rank

Indian Institute of Science 1 Manipal Academy of Higher Education 6
Jawaharlal Nehru University 2 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 7
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 3 Vellore Institute of Technology 8

The top three public institutions continue to hold their fort at the top of the rankings. Manipal Academy of
Higher Education, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Vellore Institute of Technology continue to be the
top ranked private universities, albeit unlike last year, Manipal Academy of Higher education has
surpassed Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to become the top private university at rank six.

• State public universities dominate the rankings: The top 100 university rankings are dominated by
state public universities (39) followed by private deemed to be universities (34).
o Out of the total 51 central universities 2 in the country, 14 feature in the NIRF top 100
o The overall split of public and private universities is 59:41 in NIRF top 100 universities.

Distribution of top 100 universities by type of institution

39
34

13
7 7

Central University Deemed University - Deemed University - State Private University State Public University
Govt. / Govt. Aided Private

2 KPMG in India’s analysis of All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)

Variation in scores by rank band: The difference in scores for the ranks one and two is 14.24 points,
whereas the average difference is only 0.85 points in the between rest of the universities from rank one to
10 highlighting the clear lead enjoyed by university ranked first over the others. For universities in the rank
band 11–100, a small shift in score would result in a large shift of their ranking due to small deviations in
scores in these rank bands

Spread of Scores by Rank Score

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

1-10 62.09 83.16

11-20 58 61.45

21-30 53.53 57.82

31-40 51.49 53.44

Rank band

41-50 49.5 51.48

51-60 47.82 49.26

61-70 46.56 47.69

71-80 44.95 46.12

81-90 44.07 44.92

91-100 42.93 43.63

The number of ranked institutions in Tamil Nadu (22) is more than double in any other state (21
universities in 2022). Maharashtra and Karnataka emerge as states with 10 universities, each.
Interestingly both private and public universities (including both state and centrally funded public)
universities in Tamil Nadu have made equal contribution (11 each) in the state emerging as an outlier on
overall university rankings. This highlights the state’s overall dominance in terms of quality of education
offered across all types of universities. A similar trend is seen in Maharashtra and Karnataka as well;
however up north in Delhi and UP, almost all universities that made it to the top 100 are public universities.
State-wise distribution of top 100 ranked universities
Universities in Top
State 100 NIRF
2023 2022
Tamil Nadu 22 21
Karnataka 10 12
Maharashtra 10 13
Delhi 7 6
Uttar Pradesh 7 6
Punjab 6 5
Andhra Pradesh 4 5
Haryana 4 3
Kerala 4 4
West Bengal 4 4
Odisha 3 3
Telangana 3 2
Uttarakhand 3 2
Assam 2 2
Jammu and Kashmir 2 2
Rajasthan 2 2
Map indicative only
Others 7 8

There are nine new entrants into top 100: Four of the nine new entrants have participated for the first
time whereas the others have made significant jumps from beyond the rank 100 in 2022 into top 100 in
2023.

2023 2022
Name Type City
rank rank
Punjab Agricultural University, State Public
Ludhiana 54 Not Participated
Ludhiana University
Tamil Nadu Agricultural State Public
Coimbatore 72 Not Ranked
University University
G.B. Pant University of State Public
Pant Nagar 79 Not Participated
Agriculture & Technology University
International Institute of
Institute of National
Information Technology Hyderabad 84 101 - 150
Importance
Hyderabad
State Private
Sharda University Greater Noida 87 101 - 150
University
University of Agricultural State Public
Bengaluru 90 Not Participated
Sciences, Bangalore University
Amity University Haryana, State Private
Gurugram 94 101 - 150
Gurgaon University
Netaji Subhas University of State Public
Southwest 95 101 - 150
Technology (NSUT) University
Chaudhary Charan Singh State Public
Hisar 99 Not Participated
Haryana Agricultural University University

A total of 42 universities have shown an improvement in rankings: The top four climbers within the top
100 have been depicted below. Birla Institute of Technology made the highest jump of 28 positions from
2022 driven by the significant improvement in GO and Perception parameters. The second highest
improvement was Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences which made a jump by
23 positions.

Note: The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

40 universities have dropped in rankings this year. The universities which have dropped maximum
number of ranks from 2022 are shown below along with their change in parameter scores. It is important to
note that majority of these universities have retained almost the same score as the previous year yet

experienced a significant drop in ranking. One of the key reasons for their decline is the corresponding rank
band in which these universities fall, where a minimal score change can result in larger drop in ranks. Also,
there are an increased number of universities scoring marginally higher and thereby getting better ranks.
So, these universities, despite maintaining similar scores have suffered a drop in rankings. This points to an
increasing competition between the universities, wherein a stagnation or marginal decline in score can
result in a significant shift in ranks.

Note: The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Engineering category

• Total number of participating institutions: The engineering category has seen an increase in number
of participating institutes (about five per cent) from 1249 in 2022 to 1314 in 2023. The engineering
category has the second highest number of institutes participating in the ranking after colleges category
making it one of the most competitive categories. Out of the participating institutions, a total of 100
institutes have been given unique ranks and the next 100 institutions have been categorised in two rank
bands (100–150 and 151–200). This is a change from 2022 where unique ranks were assigned to top
200 institutions.
• The top ranked institutions in NIRF 2023 in the engineering category are as follows:

Public institutions Rank Private institutions Rank

Indian Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology,
1 11
Madras Vellore
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
2 19
Coimbatore
Indian Institute of Technology Thapar Institute of Engineering and
Bombay 3 Technology (Deemed-to-be- 20
university)

• Institutes of National Importance and Private Deemed Universities dominate the top 100
institutes, where almost half of the share is taken by Institutes of National Importance alone. Affiliated
colleges saw a maximum number of drops in top 100 rankings vis-à-vis last year.

Distribution of top 100 engineering institutions by type of institution

60
49
50

30
19
20
7 9 8
10 3 3
2
0
Affiliated Central Constituent / Deemed Deemed Institute of State Private State Public
College University University University - University - National University University
College Government Private Importance

Variation in scores by rank band: For the engineering category, the variation of scores, that is the
difference in maximum score and minimum score in that rank band, decreases as the ranks drop. This
implies that a unit shift in score in the lower rank bands will result in a significant shift in the rankings.

Spread of scores by ranks Score

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

1-10 67.04 89.79

11-20 61.24 66.59
21-30 58.03 61.13
31-40 55.07 57.30
Rank band

41-50 51.47 55.03

51-60 49.68 51.41
61-70 47.69 49.62
71-80 45.90 47.51
81-90 43.28 45.86
91-100 41.93 43.24

Fifteen among the top ranked engineering institutes are from Tamil Nadu: In continuation to their
performance in 2022 rankings,15 institutions are from Tamil Nadu, followed by Delhi, Karnataka, and Uttar
Pradesh with seven institutions each. Similar to the trend observed in overall university rankings, southern
states see both private and public institutes making it to top ranks, however in northern states like Delhi and
Uttar Pradesh, most ranked institutes are public / public affiliated institutions.
State-wise distribution of top 100 engineering institutes

Number of
institutions in
State the top 100
2023 2022
Tamil Nadu 15 16
Delhi 7 6
Karnataka 7 9
Uttar Pradesh 7 7
Punjab 6 5
Telangana 6 5
Maharashtra 5 5
Odisha 5 5
Rajasthan 5 5
Andhra Pradesh 4 4
Madhya Pradesh 4 4
West Bengal 4 4
Kerala 3 3
Uttarakhand 3 3
Assam 2 2
Bihar 2 2
Chhattisgarh 2 1
Gujarat 2 2
Haryana 2 2
Jammu and
Kashmir 2 1
Jharkhand 2 3
Others 5 4

Map indicative only

There are 10 new entrants in the top 100: Of the 10 new entrants in the top 100, three have participated
in the NIRF engineering category rankings for the first time, six have made a jump from the 101–200 rank
band into the top 100 and one had participated last year but was not ranked.

2023
Name Type City 2022 rank
rank
National Institute of Institute of National
Importance Delhi 51 194
Technology Delhi
Saveetha Institute of
Deemed University -
Medical and Technical Chennai 64 156
Private
Sciences
Indian Institute of Institute of National
Jammu 67 Not Participated
Technology Jammu Importance
University of Hyderabad Central University Hyderabad 71 Not Participated
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Institute of National
Amethi 79 182
Petroleum Technology Importance
Indian Institute of Institute of National
Raipur 81 Not Participated
Technology Bhilai Importance
State Private
Chitkara University Rajpura 92 144
University
Indian Institute of Institute of National
Dharwad 93 Not ranked
Technology Dharwad Importance
National Institute of Institute of National
Imphal 95 108
Technology Manipur Importance
Amity University Haryana, State Private Gurugram,
99 114
Gurgaon University Haryana

Ten of top 100 have dropped in rankings this year: All the 10 institutions which dropped from the top 100
rankings moved to 101-150 rank band.

2022
Name Type City 2023 rank band
rank
State Private
PES University Bengaluru 100 101-150
University
Siddaganga Institute of
Affiliated College Tumakuru 97 101-150
Technology
State Private
The Northcap University Gurugram 96 101-150
University
Jaypee Institute of Information Deemed University
Noida 94 101-150
Technology – Private
National Institute of Institute of National
Jamshedpur 90 101-150
Technology Jamshedpur Importance
Punjab Engineering College
Deemed University
(Deemed to be University) Chandigarh 87 101-150
– Government
Chandigarh
National Institute of Food
Technology, Entrepreneurship Institute of National
Thanjavur 86 101-150
and Management - Thanjavur Importance
(NIFTEM - Thanjavur)
Thiagarajar College of
Affiliated College Madurai 85 101-150
Engineering
B.M.S. College of Engineering Affiliated College Bengaluru 83 101-150
State Public
Panjab University Chandigarh 92 101-150
University

Among the top 100 institutions in 2023, a total of 36 institutions have shown an improvement in
ranking: National Institute of Technology Delhi made highest jump of 143 ranks followed by Rajiv Gandhi
Institute of Petroleum Technology which made a jump of 103 ranks. These improvement in rankings are
majorly driven by the improvement in TLR and RPC scores.

Note: The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

Among the top 100 institutions in 2023, 46 institutions have shown a drop in their ranking: AU
College of Engineering (A) dropped most by 17 ranks followed by National Institute of Technology, Srinagar
which saw a drop by 16 ranks. Out of the four institutions who have seen the highest drop in ranks among
top 100 institutions in 2023, two of them saw a drop in their rank despite improving their overall score when
compared to 2022 scores.

Note: The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022. Additionally, only the movement in
rankings amongst top 100 has been shown. This does not cover institutions which have dropped out of top 100.

Among the top 100 institutions in 2023, 13 institutions have maintained a same ranking as that of
2022

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Management category

• Total of 776 institutes participated in the NIRF 2023 management category: The number of
participating institutes increased to 776 in 2023 from 751 institutes in 2022 and the number of
institutions ranked in this category is 100 which is the same as the previous year.
• Top three public and private management institutes: Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
featured in the top three ranks, displacing Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, for the first time from
the top three ranks. The highest ranked public and private institutions within the management category
in NIRF 2023 are shown below:

Public institutions Rank Private institutions Rank

Indian Institute of Management
1 XLRI-Xavier School of Management 9
Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management
2 Management Development Institute 13
Bangalore
Indian Institute of Management Symbiosis Institute of Business
3 17
Kozhikode Management

• Institutions of National Importance dominate the top ranks while private institutions claim
majority in the top 100: Institutes of National Importance occupy the top eight positions and top 15 out
of the top twenty ranked institutes. Amongst the top 100 ranked institutes, there are 31 institutes of
national importance followed by 27 private autonomous institutes, 14 state private universities and 12
deemed private universities.

Distribution of top 100 management institutions by type of institution

31
27

14
12

5 5
2 2 2

Institute of Central Deemed State Public Deemed State Private Affiliated Private Public
National University University - University University - University College Autonomous Autonomous
Importance Govt. / Govt. Private Institute Institute
Aided

Variation of scores by rank band: For management ranking category, the variation of scores, which is the
difference in maximum score and minimum score in that rank band decreases as the ranks drop. The
spread of scores by rank band is shown by the graph below.

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of ranked institutions among all states closely followed by
Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra:
Uttar Pradesh has 11 institutes featuring in top 100 ranking followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra with
10 and nine institutions, respectively. Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Chandigarh have one institute each, and Madhya Pradesh has two institutes in the
top 100 rankings.
State-wise distribution of top 100 management institutions

Number of
institutions in the
State top 100
2023 2022
Uttar Pradesh 11 12
Tamil Nadu 10 11
Maharashtra 9 10
Delhi 9 8
Gujarat 5 6
Karnataka 6 6
Haryana 6 5
Punjab 5 5
Jharkhand 4 4
Uttarakhand 4 4
Rajasthan 4 4
Odisha 5 4
West Bengal 3 3
Kerala 3 3
Telangana 3 3
Andhra 3 3
Map indicative only Pradesh
Others 10 10

There are seven new entrants in top 100. The top five ranked new entrants are shown below:

2023
Name Type State 2022 Rank
Rank
Siksha `O` Anusandhan Deemed University- Odisha 57
Not participated
Private
Malaviya National Institute of Institute of National Rajasthan 69
Not participated
Technology Importance
National Institute of Bank Private Autonomous Maharashtra 76
Not participated
Management Institute
Tezpur University Assam 93
Central University Not participated

National Institute of Agricultural Public Autonomous Telangana 97

Not participated
Extension Management Institute

A total of 44 Institutions have shown an improvement in rankings this year: The institutions which
shown the maximum rise in ranks (from 2022) are shown below along with their growth in parameter scores.
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya,
Chitkara University, and Christ University have climbed 26, 20, 16, and 12 ranks respectively attaining 45th,
53rd, 64th, and 60th ranks, respectively. All these four institutes have shown an improvement in TLR
(Teaching, Learning, and Resources), and RPC (Research, Professional Practice & Collaborative
Performance) score in comparison to the previous year.

Note - The values for the parameters (on the right) are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

A total of 38 institutions have dropped in rankings this year: The institutions which have dropped
maximum number of ranks (from 2022) are shown below along with their decline in parameter scores.
Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, PSG College of Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological
University, BML Munjal University, and Nirma University saw the highest decline from 69th, 63rd, 76th and
54th ranks in 2022 to 98th, 89th, 95th and 72nd ranks in 2023, respectively.

Note - The values for the parameters (on the right) are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

Highlights of NIRF 2023 - College category

• A total of 2,746 colleges participated in this category this year 3: This is a 21 per cent increase from
last year when 2,270 colleges participated in the ranking. Maximum participation has been from
Maharashtra (473 colleges), followed by Tamil Nadu (383 colleges), and Andhra Pradesh (210
colleges). Since the introduction of college category, the number of participating institutions has grown
five times from 535 in 2017 to 2746 in 2023, out of which top 200 institutions have been
ranked/categorised with top 100 institutions being assigned unique ranks.
• University colleges and private aided colleges dominate the ranking: Miranda House has been
ranked first for four consecutive years in a row. PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, ranked fourth,
is the highest ranked private aided college.

Public institutions Rank Private institutions Rank

Miranda House 1 PSGR Krishnammal College for Women 4
Hindu College 2 St. Xavier’s College 5
Presidency College 3 Loyola College 7

• Ten out of the top 20 colleges are in Delhi: Tamil Nadu dominates the top 100 ranks with 35
institutions this year followed by Delhi with 32 institutions, followed by Kerala with 14 institutions. Out of
the 57 participating colleges from Delhi, 32 have been ranked in the top 100 (nearly 56 per cent). Out of
the 383 colleges of Tamil Nadu, 35 have been ranked in the top 100 (almost 9 per cent). Overall, the
representation of states has remained almost constant over the last five years.

State-wise distribution of top 100 colleges

Map indicative only

No. of institutions
State in the top 100
2023 2022
Tamil Nadu 35 32
Delhi 32 32
Kerala 14 17
West Bengal 8 7
Maharashtra 3 3
Karnataka 2 2
Puducherry 1 2
Chandigarh 1 1
Gujarat 1 1
Haryana 1 1
Mizoram 1 1
Telangana 1 0

3
Mostly features arts/sciences colleges. Colleges from other categories such as engineering, medical, etc. are mostly not
considered under this category

Number of colleges in top 100 state-wise

2023 32 14 3 35 8 8

2022 32 17 3 32 7 9

2021 28 19 4 33 5 11

2020 29 20 3 32 7 9

2019 29 18 3 35 6 9

2018 27 17 4 38 5 9

2017 11 14 10 37 4 24

Delhi Kerela Maharashtra Tamil Nadu West Bengal Others

Variation in scores by rank band: The variation of scores, that is the difference in maximum score and
minimum score in a particular rank band, decreases as the ranks drop. For institutions in the lower rank
bands, a small shift in score would result in a large shift in their ranking. For the top 1–100 ranks, the graph
below shows the spread of scores by rank band.

Spread of scores by Rank

Score
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

1-10 69.32 74.81

11-20 64.61 68.86
21-30 61.30 63.85
31-40 57.88 61.30
Rank band

41-50 56.12 57.59

51-60 54.87 56.05
61-70 54.27 54.85
71-80 53.87 54.24
81-90 52.95 53.73
91-100 52.36 52.89

There are 12 new entrants in the top 100. Of the 12 new entrants in the top 100, seven are from Tamil
Nadu.

2023 2022
Name State
Rank Rank
The American College Tamil Nadu 58 101-150
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts & Science Tamil Nadu 101-150
for Women 74
St. Aloysius College Karnataka 80 101-150
Guru Nanak College Tamil Nadu 82 101-150
Government Institute of Science, Nagpur Maharashtra 83 101-150
Delhi College of Arts & Commerce Delhi 84 101-150
Dr. S. N. S. Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science Tamil Nadu 89 101-150
National College Tamil Nadu 90 101-150
N. G. M. College Tamil Nadu 95 101-150
St. Francis College for Women Telangana 98 101-150
Dr G.R. Damodaran College of Science Tamil Nadu Not
99 Ranked
Scottish Church College West Bengal 100 101-150

There are 44 institutions which have shown an improvement in rankings this year: The institutions
which made the biggest climb (from 2022) within the top 100 ranks are shown below.

*The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

There are 37 institutions which have dropped in rankings this year: The institutions which have
dropped maximum number of ranks (from 2022) within the top 100 rank band are shown below.

Note - *The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Medical category

• Increase in participation in NIRF 2023: Since the introduction of the medical category in 2018, more
than 100 medical institutions participated in NIRF rankings. A total of 176 institutes applied in 2023, out
of which the top 50 institutes have been ranked. The participating institutes constitute ~28 per cent of
total medical institutes (about 612) in the country.
• Top ranked medical institutes across categories: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
has been ranked first for the fifth consecutive year in medical category. Christian Medical College,
Vellore, at third rank, continues to be the top ranked private medical institution in the country.

Public institutions Rank Private institutions Rank

All India Institute of Medical Christian Medical College, Vellore

1 3
Sciences, New Delhi
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
2 6
Education & Research, Chandigarh Coimbatore
National Institute of Mental Health
4 Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 9
and Neurosciences, Bengaluru

• Public institutions claim majority in top 50: Amongst the top 50 institutes, there are 29 public
institutes (including institute of national importance, institute under state legislature act, central
university, state public university, public affiliated institutions, deemed university - government
/government aided and constituent / university college). There are 11 private deemed universities
amongst the top 50 as well.

Distribution of top 50 medical institutions by type of institution

11 11

5
2 2 1 2

Institutions of Central Deemed State Public Deemed Affiliated College Constituent / Institute under
National University Universities - Universities Universities - University State Legislature
Importance Govt./Govt. Private Colleges Act / Recognized
Aided Center

• Variation in scores: For ranks 1-5, the variation between minimum and maximum scores is around
22.22 marks. For institutions in the lower rank band 31–50, the difference in scores is much less and a
small deviation in scores would result in a significant increase or decrease these rank bands.

Variation of scores across rank band

Score
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

1-10 65.24 94.32

11-20 60.47 64.43

Rank band

21-30 56.30 60.44

31-40 53.68 55.78

41-50 49.71 52.61

• Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Karnataka dominate top 50: Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Karnataka continue their
dominance with eight, seven and six institutions respectively, accounting for nearly 42 per cent of the
top 50 institutions.

State-wise distribution of top 50 medical institutions

Number of
institutions in the
State top 50
2023 2022
Tamil Nadu 8 8
Delhi 7 7
Karnataka 6 6
Maharashtra 2 4
Odisha 3 4
Uttar Pradesh 4 4
Chandigarh 2 2
Gujarat 2 2
Puducherry 2 2
Punjab 2 2
Rajasthan 2 2
West Bengal 2 2
Map indicative only Others 8 5

• A total of four new entrants into top 50: Among the four, two institutions (AIIMS Patna and AIIMS
Bhopal) who had failed to make the cut in NIRF 2022 have achieved rank 21 and 36, respectively. Two
institutions namely, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, and Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS
had not participated in NIRF 2022 but have made it to top 50 in NIRF 2023. Details of new entrants are
provided in table below:

2023
Name of the institute Type City 2022 rank
rank
All India Institute of Medical Institution of National Participated but not
Patna 21
Sciences, Patna Importance ranked
All India Institute of Medical Institution of National Participated but not
Bhopal 36
Sciences, Bhopal Importance ranked
Government Medical Thiruvan Did not participate
College, Affiliated College anthapur 37
Thiruvananthapuram am
Constituent / University Did not participate
Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS Rohtak 48
College

• A total of sixteen institutions showed an improvement in rankings: The institutions which made
the biggest climb (from 2022) are shown below along with their growth in parameter scores. All India
Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh (from 22 to 48), and All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Raipur (from 39 to 48) have seen an increase in ranking for nine or more positions.

*The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022.

• A total of 22 institutions have shown a decline in ranks: The institutions which have dropped
maximum number of ranks from 2023 are shown below along with their change in parameter scores. A
decrease in perception scores is witnessed uniformly across all these institutions. Institutions such as
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (from 13 to 23) and Maulana Azad Medical College (from 23 to 32)
have seen a decline of nine or more positions.

*The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022.

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Dental category

• Total number of participating institutions: In the fourth edition of dental category rankings, a total of
155 institutions have participated. Out of the 155, 40 institutions have been ranked. In contrast to other
categories, the top three ranked institutions in dental category are all private institutions. The top ranked
public and private institutions in the dental category are as follows:

Public institutions Rank Private institutions Rank

Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Saveetha Institute of Medical and
4 1
Sciences, Delhi Technical Sciences, Chennai
Manipal Academy of Dental Sciences,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 10 2
Manipal
Postgraduate Institute of Dental
13 Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune 3
Sciences, Rohtak

• Private institutions dominate the dental rankings: In contrast to other categories, majority of the
institutions ranked in dental category are private institutions (nearly 65 per cent), however, this is lower
than the previous year (almost 72 per cent). These institutes are predominantly affiliated colleges
followed by deemed universities and constituent university colleges.
Only fourteen out of the top 40 ranked institutions are public/government funded institutions, which is
three more than the previous year. The distribution is as below:

Distribution of top 40 dental institutions by type of institution

2 2
1

Central Universities State Public Deemed State Private Affiliated College Constitutent /
Universities Universities - University University Colleges
Private

• Variation in scores: For the top ten ranks, the variation between minimum and maximum scores is
around 22.94 marks. For institutions in the lower rank band 11–40, a small shift in score would result in
a significant increase or decrease of their ranking due to small deviations in scores in these rank bands.

Variation of scores across rank band

Score
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

1-10 61.14
84.08

11-20 55.68
Rank band

60.06
State-wise distribution of top 40 dental institutions
21-30 52.84
55.62

31-40 49.32
52.83

State-wise distribution of Ranked Dental Institutions

Number of
institutions in the
State top 40
2023 2022
Karnataka 10 10
Tamil Nadu 7 9
Maharashtra 7 6
Uttar Pradesh 3 3
Delhi 2 2
Odisha 2 2
Gujarat 2 2
Andhra Pradesh 1 2
Telangana 1 0
Haryana 1 1
Punjab 1 0
Chandigarh 1 0
Kerala 1 1
Map indicative only
Madhya 1 1
Pradesh
• Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra host the maximum number of top ranked dental
institutes in the country. The three states, in total, account for 60 per cent of the top 40 dental
institutions and have been dominating rankings through the last four years.
Interestingly, most ranked institutes in Tamil Nadu and a majority in Karnataka and Maharashtra are
private institutes or constituent colleges of private universities, whereas in states like UP and Delhi, all
ranked institutions are public institutions or colleges affiliated to public institutions. This trend is in line
with overall university rankings where ranked universities in northern states of India are more likely to be
public universities whereas in other regions, private universities take equal or more spots amongst top
ranked institutes.

• A total of nine new entrants into top 40: Seven institutions who did not make the cut in NIRF 2022
have now achieved a rank in top 40 this year. Two institutions which did not participate last year have
managed to break into top 40 ranks in their first year of participation. Details of new entrants are
provided in table below:

2023
Name of the institute Type City 2022 rank
rank
Govt. Dental College,
Affiliated College Mumbai 29 Did not participate
Mumbai
Participated but not
Christian Dental College Affiliated College Ludhiana 30
ranked in top 40
Army College of Dental Participated but not
Affiliated College Telangana 33
Sciences ranked in top 40
State Public Participated but not
Panjab University Chandigarh 34
University ranked in top 40
KLE Vishwanath Katti Constituent / Participated but not
Belgaum 35
Institute of Dental Sciences University Colleges ranked in top 40
Bapuji Dental College & Participated but not
Affiliated College Davangere 36
Hospital ranked in top 40
Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Deemed University - Participated but not
Mumbai 38
Vidyapeeth, Mumbai Private ranked in top 40
Bharati Vidyapeeth Participated but not
Deemed University -
(Deemed to be University) Pune 39 ranked in top 40
Private
Dental College and Hospital
Saraswati Dental College & Did not participate
Affiliated College Lucknow 40
Hospital

• A total of sixteen institutions have shown an improvement in rankings: The institutions which
made the highest climb (from NIRF 2022) are shown below along with their growth in parameter scores.
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (from 13 to seven) has seen a jump of six
ranks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (from 19 to 12), Aligarh Muslim University (from 38 to 31),
Government Dental College, Indore (from 39 to 32) have seen a significant jump of seven ranks. The
most significant jump has been showcased by Government Dental College, Ahmedabad from (36 to 21)
with a 15-rank jump from 2022.

*The values for the parameters (on the right) are the differences between the scores obtained in NIRF 2023 and 2022.

• A total of nine institutions have shown a decline in ranks: The institutions whose performance has
gone down by maximum number of ranks from 2022 are shown below along with their change in
parameter scores. Government Dental College Nagpur, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and
Research-Wardha, Government Dental College-Bangalore, Karnavati University-Gandhinagar have all
witnessed a decline of six ranks from 2022 and Yenepoya Dental College-Mangalore has witnessed a
dip of five ranks from 2022.

*The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022.

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Pharmacy category

• Increase in participation in NIRF: Pharmacy was one of the first categories introduced by NIRF.
Number of participating institutions increased to 435 from 400 in NIRF 2022 ranking. Out of these 435,
84 were new participants. Interestingly, 49 institutions that participated last year in the rankings, did not
participate this year.
• Increase in per cent of institutes ranked: The participating institutions constitute nearly 50 per cent of
total pharmacy institutions in the country (857 pharmacy institutions that are AICTE approved in 2022-
23).
• Top ranked pharmacy institutes across categories: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education
and Research, Hyderabad has topped the category. Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, at
rank three is the top private institution in the category. The top three private institutions from NIRF
rankings 2022 continue to retain their spots NIRF 2023. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
jumped from rank seven (2022) to rank five (2023).

Public institutions Rank Private Institutions Rank

National Institute of Pharmaceutical
1 Birla Institute of Technology & Science 3
Education and Research, Hyderabad

Jamia Hamdard 2 JSS College of Pharmacy 4

Institute of Chemical Technology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical

5 9
Mumbai Sciences, Manipal

• Affiliated colleges claim majority in top 100: 37 of the top 100 institutions are affiliated colleges,
followed by 23 private universities (deemed/state private), and 19 public universities (state public/ govt/
govt aided)

Distribution of top 100 pharmacy institutions by type of institution

40 37
35
30
25
20 17 15
15 10
7 8
10 4
5 2
0
Institute of Central Deemed State Public Deemed State Private Affiliated College Constituent /
National University University - University University - University University
Importance Govt. / Govt. Private College
Aided

• Variation in scores by rank band: Within 1- 10 ranks, the variation between minimum and maximum
scores is around 9.95, while the score variation decreases in ranks beyond 20. For instance, the
institutions in the rank band 91-100 are separated by a score of only around 1.45. The graph below
shows the spread of scores by rank band:

Spread of Scores across Rank Bands

Score
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
1-10 68.91 78.86
11-20 58.68 68.1
21-30 55.91 58.64
31-40 51.84 55.24
Rank band

41-50 48.43 51.74

51-60 45.93 48.39
61-70 44.02 45.61
71-80 42.18 43.79
81-90 39.86 41.78
91-100 38.26 39.71

• Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh dominate top 100: Maharashtra continues to dominate in pharmacy
rankings, with 16 institutions from the state featuring in top 100 (same as last year). Uttar Pradesh takes
the second spot over Tamil Nadu with 11 and nine institutes in top 100, respectively.

State wise distribution of top 100 pharmacy institutions

Number of
institutions in the
State top 100
2023 2022
Maharashtra 16 16
Uttar Pradesh 11 9
Tamil Nadu 10 11
Andhra Pradesh 9 9
Karnataka 7 9
Gujarat 7 6
Telangana 5 6
Rajasthan 5 5
Haryana 4 6
West Bengal 4 2
Delhi 2 2
Assam 2 2
Map indicative only Others 18 15

• There are nine new entries in the top 100 ranking, compared that of NIRF 2022. Out of these, five of
them are new applicants, Amongst the overall nine new entrants, six are in top 75; out of which four
institutions applied for NIRF 2022 as well but were not ranked and the remaining two institutions are
first-time applicants. Details of new entrants are provided in table below:

Type of 2023
Name of the institute City 2022 rank
institution rank
Babasheb Bhimrao Central
Lucknow 20 Participated, but not ranked
Ambedkar University University
AU College of
Constituent /
Pharmaceutical Visakhapatna
University 22 Participated, but not ranked
Sciences, Andhra m
College
University
Central University of Central
Kishangarh 27 Did not participate
Rajasthan University
National Institute of
Institute of
Pharmaceutical
National Kolkata 32 Participated, but not ranked
Education and
Importance
Research Kolkata
State Private Greater
Sharda University 62 Did not participate
University Noida
Gujarat Technological State Public
Ahmedabad 71 Participated, but not ranked
University University

• Three new entrants in 76-100 rank: All the three new entrants were the first-time applicants this year.
Details of new entrants are provided in table below:

2023
Name of the institute Type of institution City 2022 rank
rank
Himalayan Pharmacy Participated, but not
Affiliated College East Sikkim 98
Institute ranked
Maharaja Ranjit Singh State State Public Participated, but not
Bathinda 99
Technical University University ranked
Dr. B. C. Roy College of
Participated, but not
Pharmacy and Allied Health Affiliated College Durgapur 100
ranked
Sciences
• Institutions showing an improvement in rankings: Overall, 33 institutions have seen a climb in their
rankings, whereas six institutions have maintained their ranks, as compared to 2022. Parul University
and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Hajipur have seen a significant jump
of 33 and 31 ranks to rank 53rd and 44th respectively in NIRF 2023 ranks for Pharmacy category. The
five institutions which have climbed maximum number of ranks from 2022 are shown below along with
the change in parameter scores. Three out of these five institutions here have seen a significant
improvement in the perception scores.

• Institutions with decline in ranking: Overall 52 institutions have seen a decline in their rankings
compared to 2022, with 37 institutions falling in rankings within top 75 (compared to 2022 rankings).
Kakatiya University has seen a big drop of 38 ranks followed by Nandha College of Pharmacy with a
drop of 27 ranks. The institutions which have declined maximum number of ranks from 2022 are shown
below along with their change in parameter scores.

Note: The values for the parameters are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Law category

• The number of ranked institutions as well
Law
as the number of participating institutes
200
160 40
35
have been increasing year on year:
140 30 30 30
150 30 30 30
Since the introduction of law as a category in 120 25
2018, the number of participating institutions 100 20
20 147 20
20
80 15 147
97 120 15
has increased from 71 to 162 in 2023. 50
60 10 80
15 97 10
71 10 80 10
40
162 institutions have applied in 2023, out of 0 71 0
5
20
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
which top 30 have been ranked. In 2022 as 0 0
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
well, the top 30 were ranked out of 147 Number of participating institutes
applications. Number of ranked institutes
Number of participating institutes

• Improvement in rankings of Private Number of ranked institutes

universities: While National Law School of
India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru and
National Law University (NLU), Delhi continue to occupy the top two spots, NALSAR University of Law,
Hyderabad has entered the top three band, moving up from the fourth rank. Overall, eleven private
institutions are ranked in the top 30 under the law category
Rank
Public institutions Rank Private institutions

National Law School of India 1 6

Symbiosis Law School, Pune
University, Bengaluru
8
National Law University, New Delhi 2 Siksha `O` Anusandhan

NALSAR University of Law, 3 Saveetha Institute of Medical and 11

Hyderabad Technical Sciences

• State public universities dominate the rankings: The rankings continue to be dominated by state
public universities (12 in top 30) similar to the trend seen in previous editions of NIRF rankings, although
the total (12) is down from 14 last year (NIRF 2022).

Distribution of top 30 law institutions by type of institution

6
5
4
1 1 1

Institutions of Central Deemed State Public Deemed State Private Affiliated

National Universities Universities - Universities Universities - Universities Colleges
Importance Govt. / Govt. Private
Aided

• Variation in scores across rank bands: The spread of scores drops from the top rank bands (1-5 and
6-10) to the lower ones (16-20, 21-25, 26-30) indicating that minor changes in scores among rank band
11-15, 16-20, 21-25 and 26-30 can lead to a higher jump in ranks.

Spread of Scores across Rank Bands

Score
0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00 80.00 90.00 100.00

1-5 68.30 80.52

6-10 61.05 66.24

Rank band

11-15 56.37 59.37

16-20 51.53 55.41

21-25 48.13 50.90

26-30 46.02 47.65

State-wise distribution of top 30 law institutions

Number of
Ladakh
institutions in the
Jammu &
Kashmir State Top 30
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab

Chandigarh
Uttarakhand Arunachal
Pradesh
2023 2022
Delhi
Delhi 4 4
Haryana
Sikkim

Uttar
Rajasthan Pradesh
Bihar
Assam
Meghalaya
Nagaland
Uttar Pradesh 4 3
Odisha 3 3
Manipur
Jharkhand
Madhya Mizoram
Gujarat West Tripura
Pradesh
Bengal Punjab 3 3
Odisha
Daman
& Diu Maharashtra 0 Karnataka 3 2
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli
Telangana
Chhattisgarh
Tamil Nadu 2 2
Goa Andhra
4 West Bengal 2 2
Pradesh
Karnataka Gujarat 2 1
Tamil Maharashtra 1 1
Nadu Puducherry
Kerala Andaman and Nicobar Islands Telangana 1 1
Haryana 1 1
Map indicative only Madhya
Pradesh 1 1
Jharkhand 1 1
Rajasthan 1 1
Assam 1 1
Uttarakhand 0 1
Others 0 2

• Top eight universities are concentrated in Northern India – Ranked law institutes in Delhi and Uttar
Pradesh (four each) are all centrally funded or state public universities. However, in Odisha, Karnataka
and Tamil Nadu, more private universities have made it to the top ranks.
• There are four new entrants in top 30 which include three Private Universities and one Central
University.
• There is a significant change in the institute rankings with eight out of 11 private universities moving
up in ranks including three new entrants. While five public universities have improved their rankings and
two hold their existing rankings, ranks of six public universities have slipped down compared to NIRF
2022.

Rank in Rank in
Institute City 2023 2022 Change
National Law School of India University Bengaluru 1 1
National Law University New Delhi 2 2
Nalsar University of Law Hyderabad 3 4
The West Bengal National University of
Juridical Sciences Kolkata 4 5
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi New Delhi 5 7
Symbiosis Law School Pune 6 3
Gujarat National Law University Gandhinagar 7 8
Siksha `O` Anusandhan Bhubaneswar 8 9
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur 9 6
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow 10 - New Entrant
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical
Sciences Chennai 11 14
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar 12 11
Christ University Bengaluru 13 16
Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 14 12
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology &
Research Academy Thanjavur 15 19
Lovely Professional University Phagwara 16 13
Indian Law Institute New Delhi 17 29
National Law Institute University, Bhopal Bhopal 18 15
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi 19 23
The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law,
Patiala Patiala 20 18
Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law
University, Lucknow Lucknow 21 17
Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 22 20
Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon Gurugram 23 27
National University of Study & Research in Law Ranchi 24 22
Alliance University Bengaluru 25 - New Entrant
Army Institute of Law, Sector-68 Mohali 26 26
Nirma University Ahmedabad 27 - New Entrant
National Law University and Judicial Academy Kamrup 28 24
Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur 29 - New Entrant
National Law University Cuttack 30 25

• Institutions with an improvement in rankings: Overall, eleven institutions have seen a climb in their
rankings whereas three institutions have maintained their ranks, as compared to 2022. Indian Law
Institute has seen a significant movement of 12 ranks. Shanmugha Arts Science Technology &
Research Academy, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Amity University, Haryana,
Gurgaon have moved up by four ranks. There are two government institutions and two private
institutions amongst the four big movers.

Note: The values for the parameters (on the right) are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

• Institutions with a decline in rankings: Overall, 12 institutions have seen a drop in their rankings
compared to 18 in NIRF 2022. National Law University, Cuttack has seen a drop of five ranks. National
Law University and Judicial Academy, Kamrup; and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University,
Lucknow have seen a drop of four ranks, respectively.

Note: The values for the parameters (on the right) are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Architecture category

• Total number of participating institutions: Participating vs Ranked Institutions

Since the introduction of architecture as a 120 Architecture
105
category in 2018, the number of participating
100 91
institutions has seen a steady rise. The
78
category started with 59 institutions 80
participating in 2018, which has grown to 105
institutions in 2023. 60

40
• 105 institutions have applied in 2023 out of
30 30
which top 30 institutions have been ranked. In 20 25
2022 as well, the top 30 institutions were
ranked out of the 91 applications. 0
2021 2022 2023
• IIT Roorkee, NIT Calicut and IIT Kharagpur Participating Institutes Ranked Institutes
continue their dominance at the top
occupying the first three positions in that order. Seven out of the top 10 from 2022 rankings retained
their positions in 2023 rankings.
• Every institute in the top 10 was a public institute in the 2022 rankings and in 2023 the category saw
the first private entrant in top 10, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University,
Ahmedabad with seventh rank.
• The top performers for NIRF 2023 in the architecture category are as follows:

Public institutions Rank Private institutions Rank

Centre for Environmental Planning

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 1 7
and Technology University

S.R.M. Institute of Science and

National Institute of Technology, Calicut 2 14
Technology

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 3 Chandigarh University 15

• Institutes of National Importance are in majority in top 30: Nearly 40 per cent of the ranked
institutes (12 out of 30) are Institutes of National Importance. The same 12 institutes were present in the
top 30 of the NIRF 2022 rankings as well.

Distribution of top 30 architecture institutions by type of institution

6 6

3
2
1

Institutions of Central State Public Deemed State Private Affliated Colleges

National Universities Universities Universities - Universities
Importance Private

• Variation in scores: For the top five ranks, the variation between minimum and maximum scores is
around 18.07 marks. For institutions in the lower rank band 6–30, a small shift in score would result in a
significant increase or decrease of their ranking due to small deviations in scores in these rank bands

Spread of scores by ranks

Score
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

1-5 65.14 18.07

83.21

6-10 62.09 3.04

65.13
Rank Band

11-15 58.59 3.4

61.99

16-20 54.43 3.82

58.25

21-25 53.13 1.08

54.21

26-30 51.06 0.88

51.94

State-wise distribution of Ranked Architecture Institutions

Number of
institutions in
State top 30
2023 2022
Tamil Nadu 3 6
Punjab 3 3
Karnataka 3 3
Delhi 2 3
Kerala 2 2
West Bengal 2 2
Madhya Pradesh 2 2
Gujarat 2 1
Uttarakhand 1 1
Andhra Pradesh 1 1
Jharkhand 1 1
Uttar Pradesh 1 1
Himachal Pradesh 1 1
Maharashtra 1 1
Jammu & Kashmir 1 1
Map indicative only
Others 3 1

• The top 30 institutions in the category are distributed across 19 states with three institutions
from Tamil Nadu, Punjab, and Karnataka each. Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and
Gujarat are next with each state having two institutions in the top 30 of NIRF 2023 rankings.

• There are four new entrants in the list: While the top three ranking institutions remained the same as
those from 2022 ranking, the rest of the rankings witnessed a shuffle. There are four new entrants. Two
new entrants made it in top 10 ranks at seventh and eighth place which are Centre for Environmental
Planning and Technology University, Ahmedabad, and the National Institute of Technology Rourkela,
respectively.

Name City 2023 2022 Change

Rank Rank
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee 1 1
National Institute of Technology Calicut Kozhikode 2 2
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur 3 3
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli 4 5
School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi New Delhi 5 4
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi New Delhi 6 9
Centre for Environmental Planning and New
Technology University Ahmedabad 7 NA Entrant
New
National Institute of Technology Rourkela Rourkela 8 NA Entrant
Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 9 13
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Technology, Shibpur Howrah 10 6
School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal Bhopal 11 10
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology,
Nagpur Nagpur 12 8
New
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur 13 NA Entrant
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology Chennai 14 11
Chandigarh University Mohali 15 19
Lovely Professional University Phagwara 16 12
College of Engineering Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram 17 14
School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada Vijayawada 18 7
National Institute of Technology Patna Patna 19 30
Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi 20 25
BMS College of Architecture Bengaluru 21 18
Nirma University Ahmedabad 22 21
M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bengaluru 23 17
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal 24 20
Manipal School of Architecture and Planning,
MAHE Udupi 25 15
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra 26 16
M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute Chennai 27 28
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur Hamirpur 28 26
New
Chandigarh College of Architecture Sector-12 Chandigarh 29 NA Entrant
Chitkara University Rajpura 30 22

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Research category

• Total Number of participating institutions: This category was introduced in 2021 in the NIRF
rankings and in the third edition of research category rankings, a total of 50 institutions have been
ranked.
• The methodology used for evaluation of institutes under research categories are different from other
categories. The parameters used to evaluate are Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Student
& Faculty Contribution, Outreach & Inclusivity and Perception.

• The top ranked public and private institutions in the research category are as follows:

Public Institutions Rank Private Institutions Rank

Indian Institute of Science 1 Vellore Institute of Technology 11

Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2 Manipal Academy of Higher Education 25
Birla Institute of Technology & Science,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 3 26
Pilani

• Research specific institutions like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (10), Academy of Scientific &
Innovative Research (12) and Homi Bhabha National Institute (15) have participated and have been
ranked among the top 50 institutions under research category.
• Public institutions claim majority in top 50 rankings: 39 of the top 50 institutions are public institutions in
the top 50 ranking. ‘Institutions of National importance’ category contributes to around 50 per cent (~22
institutions) of the top 50 institutions in research category. The distribution is as below:

Distribution of Top 50 Research Institutions by "Type"

25
22
20

10 9
6 6
5
5
2
0
State Public State Private Institute of Deemed Deemed Central
University University National University- University- Govt. University
Importance Private

• Variation in scores: For the 1-5 and 6-10 rank bands, the variation between minimum and maximum
scores is huge, around 14.59 and 8.67 marks. For institutions in the lower rank band 11–50, a small
shift in score would result in a significant increase or decrease of their ranking due to small deviations in
scores in these rank bands.

Spread of Scores by Rank

Score
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

1-5 71.63 86.22

6-10 62.66 71.33
11-15 58.88 62.41
16-20 55.86 58.14
Rank band

21-25 52.48 53.71

26-30 51.08 52.32
31-35 49.76 50.84
36-40 46.95 49.54
41-45 43.89 46.89
46-50 43.15 43.65

• Tamil Nadu has strong dominance in the research category with nine institutions featuring in the
top 50. This is followed by Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra with each having around five
institutions in the top 50 in NIRF 2023 rankings.
State-wise distribution of Ranked Research Institutions

No. of institutions in
State Top 50
2023 2022
Tamil Nadu 9 10
Maharashtra 5 5
Delhi 5 5
Uttar Pradesh 5 5
Karnataka 5 3
West Bengal 4 4
Punjab 4 1
Odisha 3 4
Rajasthan 2 2
0 Telangana 2 2
Madhya Pradesh 1 2
Uttarakhand 1 1
9 Assam 1 1
Jharkhand 1 1
Map indicative only Chandigarh 1 1
Gujarat 1 1
Others 0 2

• There are seven new entrants in the list: Though the number of ranked institutions remained the
same as previous year (50), seven new institutions were ranked in the NIRF 2022 rankings, replacing
seven other institutions.

2023
Name of the Institute Type of institution City 2022 rank
rank
Institute of National
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 9 NA
Importance
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Deemed University-
Scientific Research Bengaluru 30 NA
Government
Calcutta University State Public NA
Kolkata 35
University
National Institute of Technology Institute of National NA
Surathkal 41
Karnataka, Surathkal Importance
State Private NA
Lovely Professional University Phagwara 42
University
Institute of National NA
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Rupnagar 46
Importance
Indian Institute of Science Education & Institute of National NA
Mohali 50
Research, Mohali Importance

• Institutions with increase in ranking: Overall 13 institutions have seen an increase in their rankings
compared to 2022. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences has moved up by 12 ranks
followed by Anna University that has moved up eight ranks. The institutions that have seen the highest
upward movement in ranks compared to NIRF 2022 are shown below along with their change in
parameter scores.

Note: The values for the parameters (on the right) are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

• Institutions with decline in ranking: Overall 23 institutions have seen a decline in their rankings
compared to 2022. Bharathiar University has seen a drop of 16 ranks followed by Institute of Chemical
Technology with a drop of 12 ranks from NIRF 2022 rankings. The institutions that have seen the
maximum decline in ranks from 2022 are shown below along with their change in parameter scores.

Note: The values for the parameters (on the right) are the differences between the scores in 2023 and 2022

Highlights of NIRF 2023 – Agriculture and Allied

Sectors category
• In the NIRF 2023 rankings, a new category called ‘Agriculture and Allied Sectors’ has been introduced,
attracting participation from 152 institutes. However, only the top 40 ranks have been awarded in
this category.
• The evaluation methodology used for institutes in the Agriculture and Allied Sector category is similar to
that of other categories (with the exception of Research Institutions). The evaluation parameters are
TLR, RP, GO, OI and PR.
• Top-ranked Institutions: The NIRF 2023 rankings for the Agriculture and Allied Sector category
revealed that public institutions have dominated the list. Out of the top 40 ranked institutions. The top
five institutes in this category are highlighted below. Lovely Professional University, ranked at number
27, is the only private university featuring in the list.

Public Institutions Rank

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1
ICAR National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 2
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 3
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 4
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 5

All the institutes capturing a spot in the top 40 are either state public universities, central universities or
deemed universities under government control, only one is a state private university

Distribution of top 40 universities by type of institution

7
3
1

Central University Deemed University - Govt. State Private University State Public University
/ Govt. Aided

• A significant presence of public institutions in the top ranks signifies the government's commitment to
promoting excellence in agricultural research and education. Additionally, the presence of a sole
state private university in the top 40 highlights the potential for private institutions to compete in
this sector.

State-wise distribution of top 40 Agriculture and Allied Sector institutions

State No. of
Map indicative only
institutions
in top 40
Tamil Nadu 5
Haryana 4
Karnataka 4
Uttar Pradesh 4
Punjab 3
Andhra Pradesh 2
Gujarat 2
Himachal Pradesh 2
Kerala 2
Maharashtra 2
West Bengal 2
Assam 1
Bihar 1
Delhi 1
Jammu & Kashmir 1
Manipur 1
Odisha 1
Telangana 1
Uttarakhand 1

• Tamil Nadu dominates the list with five institutions, followed by Haryana, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh
with four institutions each. However, it is noteworthy that the top 40 agricultural institutions are
distributed across the country, highlighting the availability of good-quality agricultural education in
most states. This accessibility is particularly impactful in a context where majority of the population is
dependent on agriculture as primary source of income.

• Variation in scores by rank band: Within one to 10 ranks, the variation between minimum and
maximum scores is around 24 points, while the score variation decreases in ranks beyond 20. For
institutions in the lower rank band 11–40, a small shift in score would result in a significant increase or
decrease of their ranking due to small deviations in scores in these rank bands.

Spread of Scores by Rank Score

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

1-10 59.07 83.16

11-20 48.57 56.74

Rank band

21-30 43.87 47.79

31-40 42.1 43.83

Way forward
The eight consecutive editions of NIRF have seen an increasing number of institutions participating in the
rankings. This has resulted in an increased competition between the education institutes, at the same time,
has brought about a focus on quality enhancement in the higher education system. Comprising of five
curated parameters, the framework has also given a renewed thrust on improving the research outcome of
the institutions.

KPMG in India has been interpreting the NIRF results since its inception. We have also been having
extensive discussions with many of our clients in the higher education space. Based on our discussions and
understanding, we have a few suggestions for further strengthening NIRF. We believe these suggestions
could help in bringing more objectivity, promoting competitiveness, and assisting prospective students in
their decision-making process when selecting institutions.

1. Gradual evolution towards a holistic framework: The framework may gradually evolve to incorporate
and assess the institutions on forward-looking outcome-based practices. For instance, demonstration of
robust and transparent governance practices, effectiveness of technology integration, interdisciplinary
character in research, focus on sustainability, industry exposure to students, etc.

2. Introduction of sub-category rankings: The framework may further diversify into sub-category
rankings to provide a level playing to distinct types of institutions. Certain categories such as
engineering and management see intense competition with over 7-8 varied types of participating
institutions. Sub-categorization may be done based on type of ownership (public or private), age of the
institution etc.

3. Expanding the number of subjects: The framework may be expanded to a wider set of subjects
(similar to the leading global ranking frameworks) to improve the relevance of the framework to the
students to make informed decisions and the academic community at large.

4. Stronger monitoring and verification mechanism: A stronger data collection, validation and
verification mechanism shall instill greater confidence among the academic fraternity.

5. Transition to an integrated ranking and accreditation system: In line with the NEP, the framework
may make a gradual transition towards a single and comprehensive ranking and accreditation system
requiring a one-time collection of data and using that for all ranking and accreditation purposes.

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