IIM Ahmedabad has got back its 1st rank this year in NIRF Ranking 2017 released by MHRD, Government of India for management institutes in India. In the last year NIRF Ranking, IIM Bangalore was ranked at 1st position. 4 management institutes which were among top 10 in last year NIRF Ranking have slided down to lower positions.
Out of total 100 management institutes, MHRD has awarded Ranking positions to 50 management institutes only. Other 50 have been placed in the ranking bands of 51-75 and 76-100 in alphabetical order without assigning the ranking position.
MHRD-NIRF Ranking 2018 released: IIMs and universities dominate MBA Ranking
Composition of Institutes among top 50 management institutes
More IIMs and IITs have been ranked this year in NIRF Rankings. The management departments of IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee were nowhere in last year NIRF rankings. This year they have been ranked among top 10 positions. The Universities, government institutes and Private PGDM B-schools have got ranking positions in NIRF ranking this year.
| Type of institutes in NIRF 2017 Management Rankings |
Number of institutes ranked |
|
Indian Institutes of Management |
12 |
|
Indian Institutes of Technology |
4 |
|
University departments of management |
6 |
|
Government Institutes |
6 |
|
Private PGDM B-schools |
22 |
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2017 have been released by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India on Monday April 3, 2017 with many surprises and reshuffle in ranking positions of management institutes. Many B-schools which were ranked among top 10 last year have gone down below 20th position in the NIRF Ranking 2017 while those which were much below the top 20 ranking positions have climbed the ladder and have improved their rankings in 2017.
According to the National institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2017 IIM Ahmedabad has emerged as the top B-school while IIM Bangalore running close to the number 1 position, has narrowly missed the 1st rank by only 0.14 score. IIM Ahmedabad has obtained an overall score of 78.96 while IIM Bangalore has scored 78.82. Ironically, in last year NIRF Ranking IIM Bangalore had scored 93.04 and was declared number-1while IIM Ahmedabad was the runner up after scoring 89.91. IIM Calcutta is at 3rd position with a score of 76.60.
FMS Delhi: Not Ranked
One of the highly ranked, high RoI and most preferred MBA colleges in India, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)-University of Delhi has not been separately been ranked among management institutes or colleges. It appears that FMS Delhi has been ranked with overall ranking positions for Universities with University of Delhi which has been ranked at the 8th position.
IIFT Delhi: Shifted from University to Management Institute
Correcting the status of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Delhi from University category to the Management Institute, MHRD has ranked this top MBA institute at # 30. Last year IIFT was ranked among the Universities instead of management institutes.
Claiming that the Ranking Frameworks are similar, the exact methodologies adopted by MHRD are domain specific. Apart from ranking all the colleges, institutes and universities overall, the Ranking methods have been worked out for 5 categories of institutions namely Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Universities and Colleges.
NIRF 2017 top 25 Ranking Vs NIRF 2016 top 25
According to NIRF Ranking 2017, following are the top 10 B-schools in India. Their last year NIRF ranking positions are also mentioned
|
MHRD-NIRF Ranking 2017 |
Name of the institute |
MHRD-NIRF Ranking 2016 |
|
1 |
IIM Ahmedabad |
2 |
|
2 |
IIM Bangalore |
1 |
|
3 |
IIM Calcutta |
3 |
|
4 |
IIM Lucknow |
4 |
|
5 |
IIM Kozhikode |
6 |
|
6 |
IIT Delhi |
* |
|
7 |
IIT Kharagpur |
* |
|
8 |
IIT Roorkee |
* |
|
9 |
XLRI Jamshedpur |
13 |
|
10 |
IIM Indore |
10 |
|
11 |
IIT Kanpur |
9 |
|
12 |
NITIE Mumbai |
* |
|
13 |
IIM Tiruchirappalli |
14 |
|
14 |
IIM Raipur |
18 |
|
15 |
IIM Udaipur |
5 |
|
16 |
MDI Gurgaon |
11 |
|
17 |
VIT Vellore |
17 |
|
18 |
SPJIMR, Mumbai |
16 |
|
19 |
IIM Rohtak |
19 |
|
20 |
IIM Kashipur |
21 |
|
21 |
Rajiv Gandhi IIM Shillong |
20 |
|
22 |
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar |
* |
|
23 |
Anna University Chennai |
* |
|
24 |
IMT Ghaziabad |
* |
|
25 |
IIM Ranchi |
28 |
*Not ranked as Management Institute last year
B-schools among top 50
There are number of top B-schools among top 50 which were ranked high last year in NIRF Ranking. Below is the shared the list-
|
MHRD-NIRF Ranking 2017 |
Name of the institute |
MHRD-NIRF Ranking 2016 |
|
26 |
PSG College of Technology Coimbatore |
* |
|
27 |
IMI New Delhi |
7 |
|
28 |
BHU Varanasi |
* |
|
29 |
IRMA Anand |
* |
|
30 |
IIFT New Delhi |
* |
|
31 |
NIRMA University Ahmedabad |
29 |
|
32 |
Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal |
8 |
|
33 |
Xavier University Bhubaneswar |
* |
|
34 |
NMIMS Mumbai |
13 |
|
35 |
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi |
10 |
|
36 |
FORE School of Management, New Delhi |
23 |
|
37 |
GIM Goa |
* |
|
38 |
IFMR Chennai |
* |
|
39 |
Tezpur University Tezpur |
27 |
|
40 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development, Pune |
* |
|
41 |
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai |
* |
|
42 |
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore |
41 |
|
43 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida |
26 |
|
44 |
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA), Thanjavur |
* |
|
45 |
Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida |
* |
|
46 |
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai |
* |
|
47 |
MIT School of Telecom Management, Pune |
* |
|
48 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior |
22 |
|
49 |
IMI, Kolkata |
12 |
|
50 |
XIME Bengaluru |
30 |
*Not ranked among management institutes last year
NIRF Ranking 2017: Methodology
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has been approved by the MHRD and was launched by Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on September 29, 2015.
This is the second ranking released by MHRD. The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on MHRD NIRF Ranking 2017
