9^th Mile, Khanapara, Ri Bhoi, July 15, 2022: The University of Science and Technology Meghalaya has been ranked among the top 200 universities of India in the seventh edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 which has been declared today by the Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan at New Delhi. It can be mentioned here that USTM is the only private university of the north-eastern region to achieve this place this year.

IIT Madras once again became the top institute this year in overall category. The education minister went live from YouTube and Twitter to announce the seventh edition of the rankings of top institutes of India. Under the top India rankings in the University category, the Indian Institute of Science has been placed 1^st, Jawaharlal Nehru University has been placed 2ns and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi has been placed at the 3^rd rank.

The NIRF ranking 2022 list under different categories such as engineering, medical, management, law etc. is now available on the NIRF official website – nirfindia.org. There are a total of 11 categories under which the Indian universities are ranked. The total number of institutions participating in NIRF ranking 2022 is 7,254.

The Indian universities and colleges are ranked based on teaching, learning and resources (TLR), research and professional practice (RP), graduation outcomes (GO), outreach and inclusivity (OI), peer perception. Apart from these six parameters, there are about 16 to 18 sub-parameters used for ranking the institutions in different categories.