How 7 old IITs have fared in NIRF Rankings, under Engineering and Overall Categories, and mercurial rise of a private institution under Engineering, till 2024
National Institutional Ranking Framework:
NIRF Rankings were introduced by Ministry of Education, Government of India during 2016 under four categories. With effect from 2017, NIRF introduced an additional category of rankings - Overall. Irrespective of discipline or category for which an institution has applied, it is considered eligible for a common Overall rank, if it has at least 1,000 enrolled students (calculated based on the approved intake); or is a centrally-funded institute or a university / deemed-to-be-a-university funded by the Government of India.
