The Delhi University’s Miranda House continued to retain first rank for the sixth year in a row in the college wise of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings 2022 released on Friday, followed by Hindu College.
Of the 10 best colleges in India, five are from Delhi University (DU). Interestingly, the varsity slipped by a spot to the 13th position and it is ranked behind city-based Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia, which bagged the second and third positions, respectively in the NIRF under the university category. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) improved its ranking by two points bagging the 77th position. As per the NIRF ranking 2022, Presidency College in Chennai is at the third spot. Lady Shri Ram College of Delhi ranked at the fifth spot while Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College ranked at the seventh spot.
Kirori Mal College in Delhi University bagged at the 10th spot. Interestingly, in 2021, St Stephen's College of DU and Shri Ram College of Commerce, SRCC both lost their NIRF 2020 top spots, slipped, and are not in top 10 colleges anymore.
St Stephen's and Shri Ram College of Commerce which had bagged the eighth and 10th ranks respectively last year dropped to the 11th and 12th spot this year. The Delhi University is ranked behind city-based Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia, which bagged the second and third positions, respectively in the NIRF under the university category. In its overall ranking, the DU slipped to 23rd rank from 19th last year.
In 2020, it was ranked 18th and 20th in 2019. In 2018, it had bagged the 14th rank. Last year, the university was ranked 12th, while it was ranked 11th in 2020, at the 13th spot in 2019 and ranked seventh in the university category in 2018. The Delhi Technological University improved its rank from 42 to 38 this year.
In the pharmacy category, in Delhi, the top institute was Jamia Hamdard. The National Law University, Delhi, bagged the second rank among law institutes while the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, was adjudged the best medical institute in the country.
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has declared the seventh edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking 2022.
There are a total of 11 categories under which the Indian universities will be ranked. The announcement was made for overall, university, colleges, engineering, management, pharmacy, law, medical, architecture, dental and research category.
The NIRF ranking is given on the basis of five parameters – teaching, learning and resources (TLR), research and professional practices (RPC), graduation outcomes (GO), outreach and inclusivity (OI), and perception.