MANDI: INDIAN Institute of Technology Mandi has ranked at no 20 in the engineering category, while it has climbed 39 places in the overall category in NIRF- 2022.
According to the IIT Mandi spokesperson, institute has been ranked no. 20 with a score of 60.43 among all Engineering Institutes in the country.
India Rankings 2022 was conducted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education announced the NIRF 2022 results today.
Institute has improved its position by 39 places in the ‘Overall’ category to rank 43 as compared to last year when it was ranked 82.
In the Engineering category, IIT Mandi has gained the 20th position and in the research category, it has gained the 39th position in NIRF 2022.
Announcing the NIRF 2022 Ranking Results, Dharmendra Pradhan said, “all CFTIs, deemed universities & private institutes should follow three frameworks, Accreditation, Ranking, Assessment”.
He said innovation and entrepreneurship will be included as one of the parameters of ARIIA from next year onwards to avoid duplicity.
Pradhan said Government of India aims to make the education system of India affordable for the common students in which digitalization will play a vital role.
Commenting on the rankings, Prof. Laxmidhar Behera, Director, IIT Mandi said. “It gives me great delight to note that IIT Mandi has made significant improvements in the NIRF 2022.
“All this has been made possible by the untiring efforts of our excellent faculty and students and their contribution to Research, Teaching, and other parameters”.
We will strive to keep our commitment to make IIT Mandi relevant with our research for the local region in Himachal Pradesh, while also being of relevance to the country."
As compared to last year, IIT Mandi has improved its overall ranking in NIRF rankings from #82 in 2021 to #43 in 2022. It has improved its engineering ranking from #41 in 2021 to #20 in 2022, and from no rank in ‘Research’ category in 2021 to #39 in 2022.
IIT Mandi’s NIRF Ranking 2022 ‘Research’ category score in specific parameters are:
- Graduation Outcomes – 77.55
- Teaching, Learning & Resources - 75.76
- Outreach & Inclusivity – 67.16
- Research and Professional Practice – 44.05
- Perception – 22.57
About NIRF Rankings
NIRF is an indigenous ranking framework for higher educational institutions. It outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. For further details on the India Rankings 2022.