In the 2024 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) results, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has maintained its top position, once again ranking as the number one institution in both the overall and engineering categories. This marks the eighth consecutive year IIT Madras has secured the top spot in engineering.

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) continue to dominate the NIRF rankings, with IIT Madras followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in second place. IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Kanpur took the third, fourth, and fifth positions respectively. IIT Kharagpur secured the sixth spot, with AIIMS Delhi coming in seventh. IIT Roorkee, IIT Guwahati, and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, rounded out the top ten.

This year, IITs have once again asserted their dominance, continuing the trend from 2023, where IIT Madras led the rankings with a score of 86.69, followed by IISc Bangalore with 83.09. IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and IIT Kanpur held the next three positions, with AIIMS Delhi breaking into the top six.

The NIRF rankings lists have been released for 16 different categories. Three new categories- state universities, skill universities, and open universities have been added this year. The other categories include universities, colleges, research institutions, engineering, management, pharmacy, medical, dental, law, architecture and planning, agriculture and allied sectors, and innovation.

The 2024 edition of NIRF also introduced three new categories: ‘Open Universities,’ ‘Skill Universities,’ and ‘State Funded Government Universities.’ Additionally, AICTE Chairperson Anil Sahasrabudhe announced plans to introduce ‘Sustainability Rankings’ next year. This year’s evaluation criteria saw changes, including an adjusted faculty-to-student ratio for medical and state government universities.