The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras is still the country’s best in the field of higher education, according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released on Thursday. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, stands at the second place, followed by IIT-Delhi. Under the universities category, the IISc topped the list, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University. These rankings come days after the QS World University Rankings showed that India’s best — including IISc and most IITs — have slipped in the global lists. Acknowledging that Indian institutions also struggle on the “internationalisation” parameter in global rankings, he expressed confidence that the NIRF ranking will reach a point where international institutions will want to be included in the Indian ranking system rather than vice versa.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2020 08:50 UTC