NIRF Rankings 2021: IIM Lucknow slips down three positions, secures seventh rank

This year, IIM Lucknow also ranks below IIM Indore, a newer institution that ranked sixth, one spot up from 2020.

NIRF Rankings 2021: Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) slipped three positions from the previous year in the management category of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the NIRF Rankings 2021 on September 9. IIM Lucknow ranked seventh this year, three places down from its 2020 rank of fourth in the top-100 management category. The institute has been surpassed by IIM Kozhikode. This year, IIM Lucknow also ranks below IIM Indore, a newer institution that ranked sixth, one spot up from 2020.

Talking about the latest rankings released by the education ministry, IIM Lucknow director Archana Shukla said, “We will analyse the data released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, in the NIRF ranking 2021 for improvement.”

IIM Lucknow was established in 1984. However, IIM Indore and IIM Kozhikode came into existence in 1996. Meanwhile, the top three spots in management rankings were taken by IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bengaluru and IIM Calcutta respectively.

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