Jharkhand

• 10 Sep 2021

IIT Dhanbad: 11th in the Country Among Engineering Institutes

Why in News

• IIT, Dhanbad has been ranked 11^th in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)-2021 released by the Union Ministry of Education.

Key Points

• Along with this, BIT Mesra has been ranked 46^th and NIT Jamshedpur has been ranked 86^th in the engineering institutes category.
• The ranking of ISM has further improved. The institute, which was ranked 12^th last year among the top 100 engineering colleges in the country, has moved up to 11^th this time. At the same time, the trend of decline in the ranking of BIT Mesra continues. This time it has been ranked 46^th in the engineering colleges category. Last year it was ranked 38th in the country.
• The ranking of NIT, Jamshdepur has also declined. It has slipped from 79^th to 86^th position.
• In the National Institute Ranking Framework, this time also a single college from Jharkhand has not made it to the top 100 colleges of the country.
• In the category of Medical Colleges, Dental Colleges, Law Colleges and Research, a single institute of Jharkhand has not been able to make its place.
• In the universities category, only BIT Mesra from Jharkhand has been placed in top 100 universities across the country, although its ranking has also dropped from 66^th to 86^th.
• In the management institutes category four of the top 100 institutes are from Jharkhand. However, except for Jamshedpur's XLRI, three institutions have seen a drop in their rankings. XLRI ranks 8th, IIM Ranchi 21^st, ISM Dhanbad 30^th and BIT ranks 70^th across the country.
• There has been a decline in the ranking of IIM, Ranchi. Similarly, overall IIT, Dhanbad is ranked 26^th. BIT Mesra has not got a place this time. Last year it was ranked 85^th. BIT is ranked 14^th in the Top 50 in the category of Architecture Institutions.
• It is noteworthy that this is the sixth edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework launched by the Union Ministry of Education in November 2015.