NIRF Ranking 2020: IIT Madras tops list for second year in a row

IIT Madras has been ranked No: 1 in India in both overall and engineering categories in NIRF Ranking 2020. Speaking about the NIRF Ranking Results, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank,’ Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, said, “IIT Madras retains the first rank followed by IISc, Bangalore. IIT Delhi has been ranked 3 in the Overall Category.” Nishank also added, “I congratulate all the top three institutes and I also encourage all the other institutes who participated to continue their good work.” Further, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said, “We will create an enabling situation when institutes from across the world will want to be a part of the Indian NIRF Rankings." Speaking about these remarkable achievements, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, said, “We are delighted to maintain our top position for the fifth time running and ever since the NIRF rankings were launched.” Bhaskar Ramamurthi, “This is the result of the excellent work of our faculty, students and staff, and we look forward to continue on the path of excellence in the coming years and make a mark nationally and internationally.” This strategic plan spelt out quantified targets for all key pillars of the Institute. These include: A flexible curriculum suited to the aspirations of today’s youth Significant increase in faculty strength A thriving research programme reflected in rapidly increasing publication quality and count India’s strongest industry-academia collaboration epitomized by the country’s first university-based Research Park An effervescent start-up ecosystem with nearly a hundred companies being currently incubated A rapidly expanding programme of collaborations and student exchanges with leading global universities An impressive Placement record IIT Madras and entrepreneurial eco-system IIT Madras has also created a strong entrepreneurial eco-system that encourages students to become job-generators.