Bhubaneswar: The KIIT University in Bhubaneswar has been placed at the 15th position of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Ministry of Education today.
As per the ninth edition of the India Rankings 2024, a comprehensive evaluation of the country’s higher education institutions, KIIT ranked in the top 15 among private and government universities in India, moving up from 16th last year. This is a significant achievement, especially considering KIIT is only 27 years old as an institute and 20 years as a university.
The Medical & Law Schools, established in 2007, have also been ranked 25th and 11th respectively.
Meanwhile, KIIT founder Achyuta Samanta congratulated the staff and students of the university.
Key Highlights of India Rankings 2024:
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains its 1st position in Overall Category for the sixth consecutive year, i.e. 2019 to 2024 and in Engineering for 9th consecutive year, , i.e. from 2016 to 2024.
- Top 100 in Overall category consists of 23 state public universities, 22 private deemed universities, 16 IITs, 9 NITs , 7 each central universities 7 private universities, 4 each AIIMS, IISERs and Govt. deemed universities, 3 Other CFTIs and 1 college.
- Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the Universities Category for ninth consecutive year, i.e. from 2016 to 2024. It stood first in Research Institutions Category for the fourth consecutive year, i.e. from 2021 to 2024.
- IIM Ahmedabad tops in Management subject retaining its first position for fifth consecutive year, i.e. from 2020 to 2024. It was ranked amongst top two in Management subject of the India Rankings from 2016 to 2019.
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi occupies the top slot in Medical for the seventh consecutive year, i.e. from 2018 to 2024. Moreover, AIIMS is ranked at 7th position in Overall category. It was ranked at 6th position in Overall category in 2023.
- Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi tops the ranking in Pharmacy this year. Jamia Hamdard was ranked at 1st position for four consecutive years, i.e., from 2019 to 2022. It was ranked at 2nd position in Pharmacy in 2018 and 2023.
- Hindu College secured the 1st position amongst Colleges for the first time replacing Miranda House which retained its 1st position for seven consecutive year, i.e. from 2017 to 2023. Hindu College was ranked at 2nd position in 2019, 2022 and 2023, and at 3rd and 4th positions in 2020 and 2018 respectively.
- IIT Roorkee retained its 1st position in Architecture and Planning for the fourth consecutive year, i.e. from 2021 to 2024. IIT Roorkee was ranked at 2nd position from 2018 to 2020.
- National Law School of India University, Bengaluru retains its first position in Law for the seventh consecutive year, i.e. from 2018 to 2024.
- Colleges in Delhi maintained their dominance in ranking of Colleges with six colleges out of first 10 colleges from Delhi itself.
- The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai takes the top slot in Dental subject for the third consecutive year.
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi takes the top slot in Agriculture and Allied Sectors for the second consecutive year.
- Anna University, Chennai tops the State Public Universities Category introduced for the first time in 2024.
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi tops the Open Universities Category introduced for the first time in 2024.
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur tops in the Innovation category.
- Symbiosis Skill and Professional University (SSPU), Pune tops the Skill Universities category ranked this year for the first time.