IIT-Madras tops HRD's national ranking, JNU gets 7th rank

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Published: April 08, 2019 05:48 PM IST

IIT-Madras tops HRD's national ranking, JNU gets 7th rank — The Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Madras. File

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Madras, topped the national ranking of higher institutes released by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) on Monday.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and IIT-Delhi ranked second and third in the list respectively. Of the top 10 institutes, seven are IITs.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Banaras Hindu University ranked seventh and 10th respectively.

The Delhi University's Miranda House was ranked the best among colleges across the country, while the varsity's St Stephen's College was ranked fourth.

The HRD Ministry has been publishing the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) since 2016.

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