IIT Madras has been ranked top in the NationalInstitutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 for Higher Education Institutes in the overall category. Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bengaluru has been placed second and IIT, Bombay at third position in the Overall category in IndiaRankings 2024 which was released today by Union Minister for EducationDharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi. In the University category, the top three positions are held by the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bengaluru, Jawahar Lal University (JNU), New Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. IIT, Madras got the first position in the Engineering category followed by IIT, Delhi and IIT, Bombay. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad ranked top among all institutes in the Management category followed by IM, Bangalore and IIM, Kozhikode. Proving its supremacy in the Medical category AIIMS, Delhi has clinched first position followed by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Christian Medical College(CMC), Vellore.  This year the awards were given in 16 categories and three new sections namely State public universities, OpenUniversities and Skill Universities. Among State Public Universities in India Rankings 2024Anna University, Chennai was placed first followed by Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Savitri Bai Phule University, Pune. In the top 100 College list three colleges of Delhi secured place from first to third rank. Hindu College, Delhi leap frogged to the first position in the College category followed by Miranda College and St. Stephen’s College. In the Open University category IGNOU got first position among all contenders. More than 6500 higher educational institutions with more than 10 thousand applications in different categories had applied for NIRF rankings in 2024.