NIRF Rankings 2024 Live: IIT-Madras, IISc Bengaluru, IIM-A and AIIMS have been top institutes in the country. (Graphic: Abhishek Mitra)

NIRF Ranking 2024, Top Universities in India Live: The Ministry of Education will announce the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 today. In its ninth edition, the ranking framework evaluates institutions on five broad parameters — teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity and perception.

The higher educational institutes are listed under 13 categories — overall, universities, medical, engineering, management, law, architecture, colleges, research institutions, pharmacy, dental, agriculture and allied sectors, and innovation. Last year, as many as 5,543 higher education institutions participated in the NIRF.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras continued to bag the top spot for the fifth consecutive year, while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has been ranked as the best university. IIT-Madras has also been ranked as the best engineering college for the past 8 years. In the management category, IIM-Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta are among the top five.