Reports and Indices NIRF Ranking 2024 The Ministry of Education recently announced the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) In this ninth edition, three new categories have been introduced — open universities, skill universities and state funded government universities Top Institutions Overall - IIT Madras retained the top spot for the sixth consecutive University - IISc Bengaluru Engineering - IIT Management - IIM Ahmedabad Medical - AIIMS Delhi Dental - Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai and Manipal College of Dental Sciences Law - National Law School of India University, About NIRF Launch – 2015 It is a system used by the Indian government to rank colleges and Based on five parameters Teaching, learning, and resources Research and Professional practice Graduation outcome Outreach and inclusivity Categories – 16