NIRF India Rankings 2017: Top Ten Universities, IISc Ranked First, JNU Second

New Delhi: HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has released the NIRF India Ranking Today at press conference conducted in Delhi. The ranking has seen IISc, JNU, BHU, JNCASR and JU, Kolkata as top five universities. This year has been a fantastic year for Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, as the premier science educational institute from south was placed top in most of the rankings. IISc was ranked 8th in the Times Higher Education Small Universities ranking earlier this year.

IISc Bangalore also topped in common overall ranking in NIRF 2017.

IISc found its place in top 50 Times' best Asian universities ranking which was released last month.

Meanwhile Jawaharlal Nehru University was chosen as the recipient of Visitor's award given by President of India.

Here are the top ten general educational institutions listed in the NIRF India Ranking 2017

1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Jawaharhal Nehru University, Delhi
3. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
5. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
6. Anna University, Chennai
7. University of Hyderabad
8. Delhi University
9. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
10. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) have been included in the top 200 in QS World University Rankings 2017 released recently.

 A computational analysis has revealed that IITs are still behind in research performance when compared to IISc (Indian Institute of Science).