India Rankings 2024 - Current Affairs UPSC

Recently, The Union Ministry for Education released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024.

NIRF was launched under the Ministry of Education (MoE) in September 2015.
This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.
This is the 9th consecutive edition of India Rankings of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in India.

Five broad categories of parameters identified in the NIRF and their weightage are given in the following Figure:

In 2024, three new categories, namely Open Universities, State Public Universities, and Skill Universities are being introduced, thereby expanding the portfolio of Indian Rankings from 13 in 2023 to 16 in 2024.
Integration of “Innovation” ranking into the India Rankings was also done by using the NIRF framework.
The new parameters and changes introduced for India Rankings 2024 are as follows:
Removal of self-citations under “Research and Professional Practices” for all categories and subject domains.
Faculty Student Ratio (FSR) is being changed from 1:15 to 1:10 for Medical subject domain
FSR is being changed from 1:15 to 1:20 for State Public Universities.
Introduction of parameters on sustainability
Introduction of parameters on new initiatives
Implementation of multiple entry and exit
Introduction of courses on the Indian Knowledge System
Imparting of courses in multiple Indian regional languages (MIR).

Top 100 in the Overall category consists of 23 state public universities, 22 private deemed universities, 16 IITs, 9 NITs, 7 each central universities 7 private universities, 4 each AIIMS, IISERs, and Government deemed universities, 3 Other Centrally Funded Technical Institute (CFTIs) and 1 college.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains its 1st position in the Overall Category for the sixth consecutive year.
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the Universities Category for the ninth consecutive year, from 2016 to 2024.
IIM Ahmedabad tops in Management subjects retaining its first position for the fifth consecutive year, from 2020 to 2024.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi occupies the top slot in medicine for the seventh consecutive year, from 2018 to 2024.
Hindu College secured the 1st position amongst colleges for the first time.
Anna University, Chennai tops the State Public Universities Category.
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi tops the Open Universities Category.
Symbiosis Skill and Professional University (SSPU), Pune tops the Skill Universities category.