New Delhi, 12 June 2020: India Ranking 2020 Report has been released by Ministry of HRD under National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020.

In the Engineering category, IIT Madras remains at the Top for the fifth consecutive year. IIT Madras has also bagged the Top Rank in ‘Overall’ Category for the second consecutive year.

IIT Delhi emerges second position among engineering institutes in India. IIT Bombay secures third spot in the ranking table.  These top three have retained their top honors.

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli is the only NIT which breaks into Top 10 club, stands at 9^th place.

Anna University, Chennai secures 14^th place among tech institutes in India, which emerges as the Top State University in this category.

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is the only private university among India’s Top 20 engineering colleges. VIT bagged 15thy spot in the engineering category. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore is another private university among Top 25 with ranking of 20.

There are 14 IITs in the Top 25 while 5 are NITs. The five NITs among Top 25 are as followed: NIT Trichy -09, NIT Karnataka – 13, NIT Rourkela-16, NIT Warangal -19, NIT Calicut -23.

 The state universities who are in the top 25 are as followed: Anna University -14, Jadavpur University -17, and Institute of Chemical Technology -18.

In the Top 10, there are nine IITs: IIT Madras -1, Delhi-2, Bombay-3, Kanpur-4, Kharagpur -5, Roorkee-6, Guwahati=7, Hyderabad-8, and Indore -10.

NIRF India Ranking 2020: Top 25 Engineering institutes

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
3. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
4. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
5. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
7. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
8. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
9. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
10. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
11. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
12. Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)
13. National Institute of Technology Karnataka
14. Anna University
15. Vellore Institute of Technology
16. National Institute of Technology Rourkela
17. Jadavpur University
18. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
19. National Institute of Technology Warangal
20. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
21. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, West Bengal
22. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar
23. National Institute of Technology Calicut
24. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
25. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
26. Indian Institute of Technology Patna

 Speaking about these remarkable achievements, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, said, “We are delighted to maintain our top position for the fifth time running and ever since the NIRF rankings were launched. This is the result of the excellent work of our faculty, students and staff, and we look forward to continue on the path of excellence in the coming years and make a mark nationally and internationally.”