Telangana's academic institutions continue to slip in national rankings

Hyderabad: In a major setback, Telangana's academic institutions plunged in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 which was released on Monday.

In the overall list, IIT Hyderabad was as the highest-ranked institution from the state, securing the 12th position, up two slots. The University of Hyderabad (UoH) stood at 25th, down five ranks.

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal and Osmania University were placed 53rd and 70th, respectively. NIT Warangal retained its rank but down eight places since 2022, while OU slipped from 46th rank in 2022 and 67th in 2023.

In the universities category, UoH led the state at the 17th position, down seven rungs in a year. OU secured the 43rd rank, a fall from 36th in 2023 and 22nd in 2022.

The IIIT-Hyderabad, ranked 74th, as up 10 steps.

The engineering category saw IIT Hyderabad clinching the eighth rank. NIT Warangal followed at 21st, with IIIT Hyderabad at 47th and the UoH at 70th. JNTU-Hyderabad featured among the top 150 engineering institutions.

In the management category, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, led the state's institutions, ranking 39th. National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad ranked 96, while Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad, was at 97.

Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad was ranked third and ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education 36th position.

Incidentally, none of the state's colleges figured in the top 100. Nizam College and St Francis College for Women ranked between 101 and 150.

The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Hyderabad bagged an envious second rank in the pharmaceutical category.

Anurag University, Hyderabad, got the 71st rank. Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Narsapur got the 87th rank, and Kakatiya University in Warangal came next with 88th rank. CMR College of Pharmacy received the 95th rank.

Among the 50 entries in the medical category, only Osmania Medical College from Hyderabad made the list at 48th rank. Surprisingly, the Army College of Dental Sciences in Secunderabad also made the list, albeit at the 40th rank in the dental category, with a score of 49.38. There were only 40 entries in this category.

Nationally, IIT-Madras retained the top spot for the sixth consecutive year, while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru was ranked as the best university for the ninth year in a row. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirapalli is the only non-IIT in the top ten list.

Behind IIT Madras, IISc Bengaluru took the second spot in the “overall” category, followed by IITs at Bombay and Delhi. Eight IITs figured in the top ten besides All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

Among universities, IISc Bengaluru is followed by JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia. All three retained their positions.

Knowing the quality, performance and strengths of an academic institution is a right of students and parents, the education minister said after the rankings were announced.

“All the 58,000 HEIs (higher education institutions) in the country must come under the ranking and rating framework. Our ranking mechanism must also include skilling as a parameter. Intangible aspects are powerful stimulus to learning and development. We should devise mechanisms to bring intangible aspects of education in the rankings framework,” education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.

Among management colleges, IIM Ahmedabad retained its top spot for the fifth year, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. In pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard rose to the top spot from its second position.

DU's Hindu College and Miranda House switched positions in the colleges category with the former bagging the top spot. St Stephen's College is in the third position among colleges, up from its 14th rank last year.

The National Law School of India University topped the category and IIT Roorkee was announced the best for architecture.

Among medical colleges, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi bagged the top position followed by PGIME, Chandigarh and CMC Vellore at second and third spot.

Overall ranking:

IIT, Hyderabad: 12

University of Hyderabad: 25

National Institute of Technology, Warangal: 53

Osmania University: 70

IIIT, Hyderabad among 101-150

SR University, Warangal, among 151-200

Universities ranking:

University of Hyderabad: 17

Osmania University: 43

IIIT, Hyderabad: 74

SR Universit among 101-150

Anurag University, Hyderabad, among 151-200

MANUU among 151-200

Colleges ranking:

(No colleges from Telangana within the top 100)

Nizam College among 101-150

St. Francis College For Women among 101-150

Bhavan's Vivekananda College of Science, Humanities & Commerce, Hyderabad, among 151-200

St. Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad, among 151-200

Loyola Academy among 201-300

RBVRR College for Women among 201-300

Engineering ranking:

IIT, Hyderabad: 8

National Institute of Technology, Warangal: 21

IIIT, Hyderabad: 47

University of Hyderabad: 70

JNTU Hyderabad: 88

SR University: 98

University College of Engineering, Osmania University among 101-150

Management ranking:

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad: 39

National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad: 96

Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad: 97

NIT, Warangal: 100

Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, among 101-125

University of Hyderabad among 101-125

Law ranking:

Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad: 3

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education: 36

State public university ranking

Osmania University: 6

Innovation ranking:

IIT Hyderabad: 3

Agriculture and allied sectors ranking:

Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University: 37