Overview
- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the 10th NIRF, expanding assessment to 17 categories with an added SDG performance measure.
- IIT Madras topped the overall list, followed by IISc Bengaluru, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur.
- Jadavpur University led the State Public Universities category ahead of Anna University and Panjab University, with Kerala University and CUSAT at fifth and sixth and new top-10 entries from the University of Kashmir, Gauhati University and Bharathiar University.
- IGNOU retained first place among open universities, with Karnataka State Open University second and UP Rajarshi Tandon Open University third.
- Regional shifts included Kerala placing 74 colleges in the top 300, Gauhati University advancing to ninth among state publics (33rd among universities, 52nd overall), Odisha putting five institutions in the overall top 100, and the University of Mumbai re-entering the overall top 100 at 92.