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    NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop

    NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop

    Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 04 Sep 2025, 06:17 PM IST

    The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) released the official NIRF 2025 on September 4. NIRF ranking was announced for 6 categories. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) uses parameters like Teaching, Learning and Resources, Research and Professional Practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity, and Perception for ranking the institutes.

    NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop
    NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop

    For years, the IITs, NITs, and public universities like Anna University and Jadavpur remained unbeatable champions. However, NIRF ranking 2025 for engineering colleges threw surprises that were unexpected. Deemed Universities like BITS Pilani and Christ University showed a good improvement in their NIRF rankings as compared to the past. The details are below

    NIRF 2025 - Private Institutions that rose ranks

    For engineering aspirants, NIRF rankings are broad indicators of the worth of studying in one. The NIRF rankings 2025 showcase some good options in addition to the widely popular IITs and NITs

    The rise in the NIRF rankings for BITS Pilani, IIIT Hyderabad, and Christ University bring forth the point that private institutions are proving themselves as serious contenders to the label of “Best Institutes of the Country”. This also means that students now have more choices and not just in the government institutes. These institutes also come with very good infrastructure and facilities giving students better options in case the IIT dream doesn't work out.

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    NIRF 2025: Engineering Institutes that performed well

    Placements, global exposure, internships, and research opportunities are now deciding factors. Students are no longer choosing colleges by name but for the value they bring to the table. In short, the story is changing: Government colleges are facing stiff competition from the deemed and private institutes.

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    Government Engineering Institutes that showed a big drop

    Meanwhile, the rankings of some of the reputed government engineering colleges fell drastically. For example, the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology dropped 29 ranks, joined by NIT Delhi, NIT Silchar and IIT Ropar amongst the institutes that lost rankings. The table below gives the details.

    Engineering Institutes that dropped NIRF ranks

    Name

    NIRF Ranking 2025

    NIRF Rank 2024

    Difference

    Jadavpur University

    18

    12

    -6

    Anna University

    20

    14

    -6

    IIT Gandhinagar

    25

    18

    -7

    NIT Warangal

    28

    21

    -7

    IIT Ropar

    32

    22

    -10

    Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

    44

    39

    -5

    NIT Durgapur

    49

    44

    -5

    NIT Silchar

    50

    40

    -10

    IIEST, Shibpur

    54

    49

    -5

    Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

    61

    51

    -10

    NIT Delhi

    65

    45

    -20

    Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

    66

    59

    -7

    Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT)

    70

    57

    -13

    Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

    81

    72

    -9

    NIT Meghalaya

    83

    68

    -15

    NIT Kurukshetra

    85

    81

    -4

    NIT Raipur

    86

    71

    -15

    COEP Technological University

    90

    77

    -13

    Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

    92

    63

    -29

    The NIRF rankings are a measure for students and parents. A drop or a rise in the rankings helps them look closely at the factors and parameters that aid their career progress. The NIRF 2025 rankings do highlight that private institutions are now good options considering that they are ranked close to the IITs, the premier engineering institutes of the country.

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