New Delhi April 3 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru came out at the top overall in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by Human Resource Development Ministry here on Tuesday.
The third edition of the NIRF for higher learning institutions had rankings in nine categories this year adding two new categories of Medical and Law.
In the Overall category the IISc was followed by Indian Institutes of Technology Madras and Bombay at second and third position respectively.
In the top university category the IISc again aced the list followed by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi and the Banaras Hindu University Varanasi.
Other categories in which rankings were published were architecture college pharmacy engineering and management.
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Miranda House Delhi University; National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali; Indian Institute of Technology Madras; and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad respectively topped these lists.
Law and medical categories were topped by National Law School of India University Bengaluru and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi.
--IANS
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