IISc No.1 in university and research in NIRF rankings

NT Correspondent
Bengaluru

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has been ranked the best university and research institution, according to the Ministry of Education's National Institutional Ranking Framework rankings while Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras retained the top spot among institutes in the country for the fourth consecutive year.

The seventh edition of NIRF rankings was announced by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday. Seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) -- IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati-- figured in the top 10 in the overall rankings. In the universities category, IISc Bengaluru was followed by JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia at second and third rank.

Among colleges, Miranda House retained its spot as the best college in the country followed by Hindu College. IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta retained their first, second and third rank respectively among the B-Schools in the country. Among the dental colleges, Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences, Chennai; Manipal College of Dental Sciences and DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune were the top three institutions