The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has been ranked as the topmost Engineering institution in the NIRF Engineering ranking 2020 released by the MHRD on 11 Jun, 2020. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has been withholding the No.1 ranking since 2015 in the engineering category. Besides, bagging the top most position in the ‘Engineering College’ category, the institute has also been ranked Number 1 in the ‘Overall Institutes’ Category. Further, The IITs have bagged the Top 8 positions in the NIRF Engineering Rankings 2020.
NIRF rankings 2020 are announced by Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘’Nishank’’ , Minister of Human resource and Development, Government Of India on Jun 11,2020. The rankings for a total of Ten categories were announced.
A list of top 100 Engineering institutes in India in descending order of NIRF Rankings 2020 is given as under:-
| Name | City | State | Rank |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar pradesh | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kanpur | West Bengal | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 6 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam | 7 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 8 |
| National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 9 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Indore | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 10 |
| Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 11 |
| Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 12 |
| National Institute of Technology Karnataka | Surathkal | Karnataka | 13 |
| Anna University | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 14 |
| Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | Tamil Nadu | 15 |
| National Institute of Technology Rourkela | Rourkela | Odisha | 16 |
| Jadavpur University | Kolkata | West Bengal | 17 |
| Institute of Chemical Technology | Mumbai | Maharastra | 18 |
| National Institute of Technology Warangal | Warangal | Telangana | 19 |
| Amrita School of Engineering | Amritapuri | Kerala | 20 |
| Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology | Shibpur | West Bengal | 21 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar | Bhubneswar | Odhisa | 22 |
| National Institute of Technology Calicut | Kozhikode | Kerala | 23 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 24 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | Rupnagar | Punjab | 25 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Patna | Patna | Bihar | 26 |
| Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology | Nagpur | Maharastra | 27 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | Delhi | 28 |
| Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology | Patiala | Punjab | 29 |
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science | Pilani | Rajasthan | 30 |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh | 31 |
| Amity University Noida | Gautam Budh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 32 |
| Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 33 |
| Siksha `O` Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 34 |
| Malaviya National Institute of Technology | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 35 |
| Delhi Technological University | New Delhi | Delhi | 36 |
| Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy | Thanjavur | Tamil Nadu | 37 |
| Birla Institute of Technology | Ranchi | Bihar | 38 |
| Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar pradesh | 39 |
| National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra | Kurukshetra | Haryana | 40 |
| S. R. M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamilnadu | 41 |
| Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubneswar | Odisha | 42 |
| International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 43 |
| Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering | Kancheepuram | Tamil Nadu | 44 |
| Manipal Institute of Technology | Manipal | Karnataka | 45 |
| National Institute of Technology Silchar | Silchar | Assam | 46 |
| National Institute of Technology Durgapur | Durgapur | West Bengal | 47 |
| Motilal Nehru National institute of Technology | Allahabad | Uttar pradesh | 48 |
| PSG College of Technology | Coimbatore | Tamilnadu | 49 |
| College of Engineering Pune | Pune | Maharastra | 50 |
| Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamilnadu | 51 |
| Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology | Jalandhar | Punjab | 52 |
| Indian Institute Of Technology | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 53 |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology | Surat | Gujarat | 54 |
| Visvesvaraya Technological University | Belgaum | Karnataka | 55 |
| Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 56 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University | Hyderabad | Telangana | 57 |
| Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University | Vaddeswaram | Andra Pradesh | 58 |
| M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Bangluru | Karnataka | 59 |
| Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education | Srivilliputtur | Tamilnadu | 60 |
| National Institute of Technology Meghalaya | Shillong | Meghalaya | 61 |
| International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore | Bangluru | Karnataka | 62 |
| Defence Institute of Advanced Technology | Pune | Maharastra | 63 |
| Thiagarajar College of Engineering | Madurai | Tamil nadu | 64 |
| Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 65 |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam | 66 |
| National Institute of Technology Raipur | Raipur | Chhatisgarh | 67 |
| Punjab Engineering College (Deemed To Be University) | Chandigarh | Punjab | 68 |
| College of Engineering (A) | Vishakapatnam | Andhara Pradesh | 69 |
| R. V. College of Engineering | Bangluru | Karnataka | 70 |
| Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute | Mumbai | Maharastra | 71 |
| Punjab University | Chandigarh | Punjab | 72 |
| B.M.S. College of Engineering | Bangluru | Karnataka | 73 |
| Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) | Tanjavaur | Tamilnadu | 74 |
| National Institute of Technology Agartala | Agartala | Tripura | 75 |
| Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) | South West | Delhi | 76 |
| National Institute of Technology | Ponda | Goa | 77 |
| Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | Katra | J&K | 78 |
| National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 79 |
| Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences | Coimbatore | Tamilnadu | 80 |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 81 |
| Kumaraguru College of Technology | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 82 |
| Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 83 |
| Chandigarh University | Mohali | Punjab | 84 |
| College of Engineering Trivandrum | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 85 |
| Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | New Delhi | Delhi | 86 |
| Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | Punjab | 87 |
| University College of Engineering | Hyderabad | Telangana | 88 |
| Graphic Era University | Dehradun | Andhra Pradesh | 89 |
| Coimbatore Institute of Technology | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 90 |
| Siddaganga Institute of Technology | Tumkur | Karnataka | 91 |
| National Institute of Technology Patna | Patna | Bihar | 92 |
| C.V. Raman Global University | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 93 |
| PES Univesity | Bangluru | Karnataka | 94 |
| Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 95 |
| Jaypee Institute of Information Technology | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 96 |
| University College of Engineering | Kakinada | Andhara Pradesh | 97 |
| National Institute of Technology Hamirpur | Hamirpur | Himachal Pradesh | 98 |
| Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering | Pune | Maharastra | 99 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 100 |
NIRF ranking
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a system that was adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. This framework was constituted on 29 October, 2014 and has been approved by the MHRD and was launched by the Minister of Human Resource Development on 29 September, 2015. The first round of rankings was released by MHRD on April 04, 2016.
NIRF Rankings are released for Ten categories such as Overall, University, Engineering, College, Management, Pharmacy, Law, Architecture and Medical. There are separate rankings for different types of institutions depending on their areas of operation with varying weightage depending on the institution.
The NIRF Engineering rankings 2020 are based on 5 criteria:
The methodology of rankings 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
- Teaching ,Learning and Resources (TLR)
- Graduation Outcomes(GO)
- Perception (PR)
- Outreach and Inclusivity(OI)
- Research and Professional Practices(RP)
For more information on NIRF Engineering Ranking 2020, visit the official website:
https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/EngineeringRanking.html
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