The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2019 has been announced. President Ram Nath Kovind has announced NIRF for Indian educational institutions at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday. These rankings are done in many categories, including overall top institute, top engineering institute, top university.

IIT Madras is on top in the overall category and IISc Bangalore has been topped in the university category.

In the fourth year of ranking, NIRF 2019 has been released in 9 categories – Overall Institute, College of Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture, and Law.

This year more than 4000 institutions had submitted their data for the NIRF ranking. The Ministry of Human Resource Development announced the first NIRF rank in 2016. In 2018, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore was ranked as the top institute in the NIRF overall category.

These are the overall top 10 institutes of the country

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

2. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

3. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

4. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

6. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

7. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

8. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

9. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

10. Banaras Hindu University

These are the top 10 engineering institutes in India

1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras

2. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi

3. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

4. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

5. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur

6. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee

7. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati

8. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad

9. Anna University, Chennai

10. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli