JNU, HCU among top 5 Indian universities in HRD Ministry 'India Rankings 2016' list

Both universities have been witness to massive student protests to protest governmental and administrative high-handedness

Jawaharlal Nehru University  (JNU), which has been the site of mass protests of late over charges of sedition levelled against some of its students, is the third best university in the country, a new ranking from the Ministry of Human Resource Development shows. Hyderabad Central University, which has also been rocked by student protests, has been ranked fourth best in the country.

HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Monday released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a domestic list of top universities, ahead of the new academic year. The ranking system, evaluates higher educational institutions in Engineering, Management, Universities & Pharmacy categories. The information submitted by various universities was vetted by the National Bureau of Accreditation, an independent agency.

The Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru has been adjudged the best in the country, followed by the Mumbai-based Institute of Chemical Technology, the ministry tweeted. However, both of them are only institutes, and are technically not designated as universities.

The Engineering category was dominated by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), led by IIT-Madras, and followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur in second and third places, respectively.

In the management category, too, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) took top honours, with IIM Bengaluru taking pole position, ahead of IIM (Ahmedabad) and IIM (Calcutta). 

The complete list is available here: https://www.nirfindia.org/univ