NIRF Rankings 2022 will be released by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan via a virtual conference which will be conducted on July 15, 2022. The Education Ministry made the announcement on its official twitter handle on July, 12, 2022. The announcement reads “On 15th July 2022, Hon’ble Education Minister, Shri @dpradhanbjp will release #IndiaRankings2022 under #NIRF, virtually. The annual exercise outlines a methodology to rank Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) across India in various categories & subject domains.” According to the information released the NIRF India Ranking 2022 would be issued in 11 categories which are:

1. Overall
2. Universities
3. Management
4. Colleges
5. Pharmacy
6. Medical
7. Engineering
8. Architecture
9. ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements)
10. Law and Research Institutions.
11. Dental

Last year, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad ranked first in the management category, whereas, Indian Institute of Management, Madras ranked first in overall and engineering categories respectively. The institute also ranked second in the newly introduced research category. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences secured the first rank in the medical category of NIRF India Ranking 2022. This is the seventh edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework which will be released on 15th of July, 2022. The ranking framework was started on September 29, 2015. The university are selected for nomination on the basis of quality of work in:

• Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR)
• Research and Professional Practice (RP)
• Graduation Outcomes (GO)
• Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
• Peer Perception (PR)

*On the basis of marks assigned for each of these categories, the authority assigns the ranks.