National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

Why in news?

• The Union Education Minister has released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2022.

About National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF):

• Launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Education to rank colleges, universities and research institutions and also provides an overall ranking of all of them combined.
• The framework judges institutions under five broad groups of parameters of
  • Teaching, Learning and Resources(TLR)
  • Research and Professional Practice(RP)
  • Graduation Outcomes(GO)
  • Outreach and Inclusivity(OI)
  • Perception (PR).
• The rankings have been announced for 11 categories, this includes:
  • Overall, university, management, college, pharmacy, medical, engineering, architecture, ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements), law and research institutions.

Rankings of NIRF 2022:

• IIT-Madras has retained its number one position in the overall educational institutes and engineering categories this year as well.
• Universities:
  • Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the Universities Category for the seventh consecutive year.
• Management:
  • IIM Ahmedabad tops in Management subjects retaining its first position for the third consecutive year.
• Medical:
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi occupies the top slot in Medical for the fifth consecutive year.
• Colleges:
  • Miranda House retains the 1st position amongst Colleges for the sixth consecutive year.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Consider the following statements regarding National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF):

1. It is launched by Ministry of Education

2. Private institutions are not considered for ranking

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer