Hindu College, New Delhi, has clinched the top position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2024 for colleges released Monday. Miranda House has bagged the second position. Miranda House, which stood at the top last year, has gone down one place. 

Last year, Miranda House, Delhi, was the top-ranked college in India, followed by Hindu College, Delhi, and Presidency College, Chennai. In 2022, Miranda House also clinched the top position among colleges.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the NIRF Rankings 2024 in the presence of Professor Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairperson of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Sanjay Murthy, Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, and other dignitaries.

The rankings were released for 16 categories, up from 13 last year. The NIRF ranking categories added this year are state, skill, and open universities. Other categories for which rankings were released today include overall, colleges, research institutions, engineering, management, pharmacy, medical, dental, law, architecture and planning, agriculture and allied sectors and innovation.

Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras clinched the top position in the overall category once again. It is the sixth consecutive year when IIT Madras has retained the top spot in this most awaited category.