Report by Rudra Narayan Sahoo, New Delhi:  The second edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), popularly known as India Ranking Report, is released today (03 April 2017) by Union HRD Minister HRD Minister Mr Prakash Javadekar.  The entire list was prepared by HRD Ministry in six categories: Overall, Engineering, Management, Universities, Colleges, and Pharmacy.

In the engineering category, many institutes have seen ups and downs in their rank compared to previous year ranking.  Among engineering and technology institutes in India, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has once again emerged as the best institute in 2017. The top six positions have remained same in 2017 as compared to previous year edition. Hence, IIT Bombay features at second spot , IIT Kharagpur at third position, IIT Delhi at fourth rank, IIT Kanpur at fifth position and IIT Roorkee at sixth place in NIRF 2017.

IIT Guwahati jumped by fourth positions to seventh place vs 11^th place last year.  Surprisingly Anna University , Chennai bags eighth place while Jadavpur University, Kolkata occupies ninth place. IIT Hyderabad slips to tenth place Vs seventh position last year.

The next two ranks are bagged by two NITs: National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), 11^th  and National Institute of Technology Rourkela (Odisha), 12^th.

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore finds 13 rank, the top private institute among the engineering and technology institutes. Birla Institute of Technology & Science –Pilani (BITS Pilani) another private institute emerges with 16 rank holder in NIRF 2017.

The TOP Engineering Institutes in India as per NIRF 2017:

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur
4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , New Delhi Delhi
5. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee
7. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati
8. Anna University , Chennai
9. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
10. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad
11. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli
12. National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela
13. Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
14. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
15. Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore
16. Birla Institute of Technology & Science –Pilani, Pilani
17. Indian Institute of Engineering Science And Technology, Shibpur (WB)
18. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar
19. Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna
20. Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi Delhi
21. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar (Punjab)
22. National Institute of Technology Surathkal, Surathkal
23. Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
24. College of Engineering, Pune
25. Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA), Thanjavur (TN)