NIRF Ranking 2020 to be announced tomorrow: MHRD

Ministry of Human Resource Development will announce the NIRF Ranking 2020, the Union HRD Minister said.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has announced that the Minister will be announcing the NIRF Ranking 2020 for Indian Universities tomorrow. NIRF is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), to rank institutions of higher education in India.

This year the NIRF Ranking 2020 was delayed due to coronavirus crisis. In 2019, the MHRD had announced the ranks on April 8.

The minister announced on Twitter that NIRF Rankings 2020 will be announced tomorrow at 12 noon.

NIRF rankings, going by 2019 lists, will be released for nine categories - Overall rankings, University, Engineering, College, Management, Pharmacy, Law, Architecture, and Medical.

In 2019, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras was named as the best institute overall. IISc Bangalore retained its spot as the best University. Miranda House was named as the best college in the country. IIT Madras was the best engineering institute and IIM Bangalore was the best institute in Management category.

Jamia Hamdard University was the best Pharmacy institute, AIIMS Delhi was the best medical institute, NLSIU Bengaluru was the best law institute, and IIT Kharagpur was the best in the Architecture category.

The MHRD is also expected to announce Atal Ranking of Institutions for Innovation Achievements (ARIIA). ARIIA rankings was first time announced in 2019.

ARIIA ranking is based on Budget and Funding support, Infrastructure and facilities, Awareness and Promotion of idea generation, Promotion and supporting Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property Generation, Learning methods, and Governance.

In 2019, IIT Madras was named as the best institute in ARIIA Rankings. 

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