Overview
- India’s Education Ministry published the 2025 rankings on September 4 at nirfindia.org, marking the framework’s tenth year.
- IIT Madras topped the Overall list for the seventh year and led Engineering, Innovation and the new Sustainable Development Goals category, while IISc Bengaluru led Universities and Research.
- IIM Ahmedabad retained No. 1 in Management and AIIMS New Delhi led Medical, with NLSIU Bengaluru first in Law and Hindu College at the top of the Colleges category.
- The exercise covered 17 categories and evaluated five parameter groups, drawing 14,163 applications from 7,692 institutions for a record level of participation.
- The overall top 10 included JNU at ninth and BHU at tenth after climbs, IIT Guwahati dropped out, and BITS Pilani jumped into the Universities top 10 from 19th last year.