IISc best institution, Mohali''s NIPER best pharmacy institute

New Delhi, April 3

The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru was adjudged the overall best institution in the country by the HRD Ministry's national ranking framework.

Announcing the rankings at an event at the Vigyan Bhavan here on Tuesday, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has been adjudged the best engineering college and the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) the best management institution.

According to the national institutional ranking framework (NIRF), Delhi University's Miranda House was the best college, premier healthcare institute AIIMS the best medical college and NLSIU-Bengaluru the best law school in the country. 

In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, was ranked the best pharmacy institute in the country. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, was ranked number two on the list of medical institutions, after AIIMS.  

The Indian Institute of Science was established in 1909 by a visionary partnership of industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Maharaja of Mysore and the government of India, according to its official website.

Since its inception, the institute has laid a balanced emphasis on the pursuit of basic knowledge in science and engineering, as well as on the application of its research findings for industrial and social benefit.

In the words of its founder JN Tata, the objectives of the institute are "to provide for advanced instruction and to conduct original investigations in all branches of knowledge as are likely to promote the material and industrial welfare of India".

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Overall ranking
1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
6. Jawaharlal Nehru University 
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
8. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
9. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 
10. Anna University, Chennai

Top 10 Universities

1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
4. Anna University, Chennai
5. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
6. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
7. University of Delhi, New Delhi
8. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
9. Savitribai Phule Pune University
10. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Top 10 Medical Institutes

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
2. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
3. Christian Medical College, Vellore
4. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
5. King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
6. Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
7. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
8. Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
9. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
10. Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai

Top 10 Colleges

1. Miranda House, Delhi
2. St, Stephens, Delhi
3. Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
4. Hindu College, Delhi
5. Presidency College, Chennai
6. Loyola College, Chennai
7. Shri Ram College for Commerce, Delhi
8. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
9. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah
10. Madras Christian College, Chennai

Top 10 Engineering Institutes

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
6. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
8. Anna University, Chennai
9. Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
10. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Top 10 Management Institutions

1. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
2. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore 
3. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta 
4. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 
6. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
8. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
9. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 
10. Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur 

Top 10 Law Institutes

1.National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
2. National Law University, New Delhi
3. Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
5. National Law University, Jodhpur
6. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
7. The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences, Kolkata
8. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow
9. Symbiosis Law School, Pune
10. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law, Visakhapatnam 

Top 10 Pharmacy Institutes

1. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali
2. Jamia Hamdard, Delhi
3. University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh
4. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
5. Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani
6. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad
7. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
8. Bombay College of Pharmacy
9. SVKM, Mumbai
10. JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore

Top 10 Architecture Institutes

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
3. School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
4. College of Engineering Trivandrum
5. School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
6. Anna University, Chennai
7. JNAFAU School of Planning and Architecture, Hyderabad
8. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
9. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
10. Faculty of Architecture, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi

— PTI/Agencies