Patna: IIT-Patna fell seven places to 73rd in the overall category according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, released on Monday. However, it improved its engineering rank from 41st to 34th.
NIT-Patna remained in the 101-150 range overall with no improvement from last year. In engineering, it moved up slightly from 56th to 55th.
AIIMS-Patna climbed from the 101-150 range to 99th this year and secured 26th place in the medical category.
Patna University was ranked in the 51-100 band among state public universities.
In agricultural sciences, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (RPCAU), Pusa, secured 29th place, while Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, ranked 36th. RPCAU was placed in the 151-200 range overall.
IIM Bodh Gaya achieved 33rd place in the management category and Chanakya National Law University secured 31st in law.
No state institution ranked in the top 100 for pharmacy, dental or college categories this year.
The NIRF was approved by the union ministry of human resource development (MHRD) on 29th September 2015. Depending on their areas of operation, institutions have been ranked under 16 different categories – overall, university, colleges, engineering, management, pharmacy, law, medical, architecture, dental, research, innovation, open university, skill university and state public university.
The NIRF uses several parameters for ranking purposes like resources, research, and stakeholder perception.
The parameters broadly cover teaching, learning and resources; research and professional practices; graduation outcomes; outreach and inclusivity; and perception. A suitable metric has been proposed which computes a score under each sub-head. The sub-head scores are then added to obtain scores for each individual head.
The overall score is computed-based on the weights allotted to each head. The overall score can take a maximum value of 100.

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