Telangana institutes slide further in NIRF rankings

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Several higher educational institutions from slipped in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021rankings, released virtually by the union minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday. Only seven engineering institutions from Telangana figured in the top 200 compared to 11 in last years rankings. The figure stood at 16 in 2019.

In a first, the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) secured 15th rank in the research category, while improving its overall ranking to 16th from last years 17th rank. In the engineering category, the IIT-H retained its eighth position for the third consecutive year.

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) ranked 25th in the research category.

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However, in the overall rankings, the university slipped from 15th to 17th rank this year. In the universitys category, the varsity, which was granted the Institution of Eminence tag two years back by the ministry of education, has slipped from the sixth to ninth rank.