Prelims – Current events of National and International importance| Government initiatives.
Why in News?
Recently, Union Ministry of Education released National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2025.
The framework outlines a methodology to rank Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) across the country.
Launched by -Ministry of Educationin 2015.
Objectives – To provide transparency, accountability in rankings and promote excellence in higher education institutions.
To encourage institutions to compete and improve the quality of education by driving improvements in teaching, learning, and research.
To Help students to make informed choices regarding higher education institutions.
Parameters
Teaching, Learning and Resources
Research and Professional Practices
Graduation Outcomes
Outreach and Inclusivity
Perception.
Key highlights, 2025
Categories - A new category is added this year for sustainable development goals, bringing the total number of categories to seventeen.
This evaluates institutions on the basis of their ‘green’ practices.
Overall Category - The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras secured the top position for the seventh consecutive year.
Universities - Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru retained the top spot in this category for the tenth year running.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held its position at second place.
Colleges - Hindu College, Delhi University, was ranked as the best college for the second consecutive year.
College category – All the top five colleges in India belong Delhi University (DU)while 10 of the top 20 colleges are its constituents, reflecting the university’s strength in undergraduate education.
Engineering - IIT Madras continued to lead in this category as well.
Management - Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad remained at the top of the management institutions for the sixth year in a row.
Medical - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi secured the first position among medical colleges, a position it has held for over a decade.
Law - The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru retained its 1st position for the eighth consecutive year.
SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) - IIT Madras also topped this newly introduced category.
