IIT Dhanbad: 11th in the Country Among Engineering Institutes | 10 Sep 2021

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  • Along with this, BIT Mesra has been ranked 46th and NIT Jamshedpur has been ranked 86th in the engineering institutes category.
  • The ranking of ISM has further improved. The institute, which was ranked 12th last year among the top 100 engineering colleges in the country, has moved up to 11th this time. At the same time, the trend of decline in the ranking of BIT Mesra continues. This time it has been ranked 46th 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 79th to 86th 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 66th to 86th.
  • 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 21st, ISM Dhanbad 30th and BIT ranks 70th across the country.
  • There has been a decline in the ranking of IIM, Ranchi. Similarly, overall IIT, Dhanbad is ranked 26th. BIT Mesra has not got a place this time. Last year it was ranked 85th. BIT is ranked 14th 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.