About NIRF

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and launched by Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015.

This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The parameters broadly cover: Teaching, Learning and Resources, Research and Professional Practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity, and Perception.

Parameters

Teaching, Learning & Resources

• Provide Quality Technical Education facilities to every student admitted to the College and facilitate the development of all round personality of the students.
• Provide most competent staff and excellent support facilities like laboratory, library and internet required for good education on a continuous basis.
• Encourage organizing and participation of staff and students in in-house and outside Training programmes, seminars, conferences and workshops on continuous basis.
• Provide incentives and encouragement to motivate staff and students to actively involve in research-innovative projects in collaboration with industry and R&D centres on continuous basis.
• Invite more and more number of persons from industry from India and abroad for collaboration and promote Industry-Institute Partnership.
• Encourage consultancy and testing and respond to the needs of the immediate neighbourhood.

Research and Professional Practice

• Combined metric for Publications (PU)
• Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
• IPR and Patents: Filed, Published, Granted and Licensed (IPR)
• Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice and Executive Development Programs (FPPP)

Graduation Outcomes

• Combined % for Placement, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship (GPHE)
• Metric for University Examinations: GUE
• Median Salary
• Metric for Graduating Students Admitted into Top Universities (GTOP)
• Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD)

Outreach and Inclusivity

• Percent Students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD)
• Percentage of Women (WF) + (WS) + (WA)
• Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
• Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)

Perception

• Peer Perception: Employers and Research Investors (PREMP)
• Peer Perception: Academics (PRACD)
• Public Perception (PRPUB)
• Competitiveness (PRCMP)