Prakash Javadekar Releases NIRF India Rankings 2018; Check Updates Here

New Delhi: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), 'India Rankings', India's own top university rankings under 9 different categories is being released by Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar now. The NIRF Rankings 2018 will be released at 3.00 pm, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras topped the NIRF ranking in overall category while IISc Bangalore and JNU topped the universities category and Miranda House ranked top in colleges' category.

NIRF India Rankings 2018 will be released in these categories: Overall, Universities, Engineering, Colleges, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture, and Law.

This year, NIRF authorities have added three more categories than last year's; Medical, Architecture and Law.
 

NIRF India Rankings 2018: Live Updates

April 3, 2018 04: 53 pm: HRD ministry congratulated the institutes for achieving the rankings.
 

Congratulations! Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru @iiscbangalore topped in overall category in #IndiaRankings2018#NIRF2018 #TransformingIndia

- Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) April 3, 2018

 

Congratulations! Miranda House, New Delhi topped in Colleges category in #IndiaRankings2018#NIRF2018 #TransformingIndia

- Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018 04: 47 pm:
 

Union Minister of HRD @PrakashJavdekar along with MoS for @HRDMinistry @dr_satyapal released the Report of Higher Educational Institutions#IndiaRankings2018 #NIRF2018 #TransformingIndia pic.twitter.com/toopTFCMyP

— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018 04: 00 pm: Top 3 Law institutes

National Law School of India University, Bangalore
National Law University, Delhi
Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad

April 3, 2018 04: 00 pm: Top 10 Pharmacy Institutes

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali
Jamia Hamdard, Delhi
University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
Bombay College of Pharmacy
SVKM, Mumbai
JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore

April 3, 2018 03:56 pm: Top 10 Colleges

Miranda House, Delhi    
St.Stephens, Delhi
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli
Hindu College, Delhi
Presidency College, Kolkata
Loyola College, Chennai    
Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi    
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah
Madras Christian College, Chennai

April 3, 2018 03:55 pm: Top 10 Common Overall Ranking

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Anna University

April 3, 2018 03:50 pm: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and School of Planning and Architecture are top architecture colleges in India, according to NIRF 2018.

April 3, 2018 03:45 pm: AIIMS, PGIMER Chandigarh and CMC Velllore are top 3 medical colleges

April 3, 2018 03:45 pm: Top 10 Management Institutes 

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay - Management School
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur- Management School
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi - Management School
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee- Management School
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)

April 3, 2018 03:40 pm: Top 10 Engineering Institutes

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
Anna University, Chennai
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

April 3, 2018 03:30 pm: Top 10 Universities

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Jawaharhal Nehru University, Delhi
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Anna University, Chennai
University of Hyderabad
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Delhi University
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Aligarh Muslim University

April 3, 2018 03:20 pm: This year weightage for graduation outcome has increased. Earnings from patent and ITR has been left out this year. First time pre-registration for colleges and institutes (for institutes which had participated earlier and for which information was available).

April 3, 2018 03:13 pm: The participation for public funded institutes is made mandatory from next year.

April 3, 2018 03:12 pm: An official says the more educational institutes have participated this year and have greater participation in every categories.

April 3, 2018 03:09 pm: The NIRF ranking to be released soon:
 

Union Minister of HRD @PrakashJavdekar along with MoS for @HRDMinistry @dr_satyapal to shortly release #IndiaRankings2018 #NIRF2018 #TransforminIndia

- Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018 03:01 pm: Watch the proceedings of NIRF ranking release now:

Watch live webcast of Release of #IndiaRankings2018 at https://t.co/Sl5AJg4KgR at 3.00 PM.#NIRF2018 #TransformingIndia #NewIndia

- Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018 02:10 pm: Medical, Law and Architecture institutes to be ranked for the first time.
 

The #IndiaRankings2018 will be announced by @MHRD Minister @PrakashJavdekarat at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi today at 3pm. Medical, Law and Architecture institutes to be ranked for the first time. #NIRF2018 @ndtv

- Anisha Singh (@all_the_phools) April 3, 2018

April 2, 2018 3:07 pm:
 

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), 'INDIA RANKINGS-2018', India's own top university rankings under 9 different categories will be released by HRD Minister @PrakashJavdekar on 3rd April at 3.00 pm, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.#NIRF2018 #TransformingIndia #NewIndia pic.twitter.com/RY8Y3AX3T0

- Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) April 2, 2018

The institute registration for NIRF Ranking 2018 was began on the official website for NIRF in September 2017. 

The practice of ranking Indian institutes by MHRD was approved in 2015 and the first rankings were released in 2016 followed by the second time ranking in 2017. 

For institutions to be ranked, institutes including universities and colleges need to submit their details on the registration portal which has been activated on the official NIRF website. 

The last date to register was October 6, 2017.

Check last year's ranking here:

NIRF India Ranking 2017: Top 10 Educational Institutes In All Categories

IISc Bangalore Tops NIRF India Rankings 2017 In Common Overall Category

NIRF India Rankings 2017: Top 10 Management Institutes

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

NIRF Ranking 2017: IISc Bengaluru Tops Common Overall Ranking; 7 IITs In Top Ten

NIRF India Rankings 2017: Top 10 Engineering Colleges

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