NIRF Rankings 2025 LIVE Updates: Ministry of Education Releases India Rankings, IIT-Madras Tops Overall, Retains Best Engineering College Tag
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NIRF Rankings 2025 LIVE Updates: Ministry of Education Releases India Rankings, IIT-Madras Tops Overall, Retains Best Engineering College Tag
NIRF Ranking 2025 Live Updates: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 rankings today, September 4. The annual rankings assess higher education institutions across India using parameters like Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research, Graduation Outcomes, and Outreach.
Institutes are ranked under multiple categories, including Overall, Universities, Colleges, Engineering, Management, Medical, Law, Pharmacy, and Innovation. Last year, IIT Madras secured the top spot in the ‘Overall’ category, while IISc Bengaluru led in ‘Universities.’ The spotlight now is on who clinches the top positions in 2025.
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- 14:49 (IST) 04 Sep 2025
NIRF Rankings 2025 LIVE Updates: Dr Sukanta Majumdar Joins Dharmendra Pradhan For India Rankings 2025 Release
Joined Hon’ble Education Minister Shri @dpradhanbjp ji for the release of India Rankings 2025 under #NIRF.#NIRF2025 reflects the rising strength of our institutions & aspirations of our students. It is now a national benchmark in higher education, aligned with the vision of… pic.twitter.com/KrQXlj6PSd
— Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (@DrSukantaBJP) September 4, 2025
- 13:24 (IST) 04 Sep 2025
NIRF Rankings 2025 LIVE Updates: Key Parameters Behind India’s Institutional Rankings
The NIRF 2025 rankings are based on parameters including Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research and Professional Practice, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach & Inclusivity, and Peer Perception, with weightage varying across categories.
- 12:57 (IST) 04 Sep 2025
NIRF Rankings 2025 LIVE Updates: IIT Madras Tops Overall, Followed by IISc Bengaluru and IIT Bombay
In the Overall category of the NIRF 2025 rankings, IIT Madras secured the top spot, followed by IISc Bengaluru, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Kanpur. AIIMS Delhi, JNU, and BHU also featured in the top 10, reflecting excellence across diverse domains.
- 12:23 (IST) 04 Sep 2025
NIRF Ranking 2025 Live Updates: IIT Madras Leads in Overall, Engineering, Innovation and SDG Categories
IIT Madras has reaffirmed its dominance in the NIRF 2025 rankings, securing the No. 1 position in the Overall category for the seventh consecutive year and in Engineering for the tenth year in a row.
The institute also rose to the top in the Innovation category, after placing second last year, and clinched the first spot in the newly introduced Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) category.
- 12:11 (IST) 04 Sep 2025
NIRF Ranking 2025 Live Updates: Top Education Officials Attended NIRF 2025 Release Ceremony
The NIRF 2025 rankings were unveiled today in a ceremony attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Dr. Anil Kumar Nassa (Member Secretary, NBA), Prof. T. G. Sitharam (Chairman, AICTE), and Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (MoS for Education).
