The top three higher education institutes in the country are IIT-Madras, IISc-Bangalore, and IIT-Bombay.
Miranda House has won the list for best college for the second year in a row.
IISc Bengaluru was the top-ranked university in the university category.
What exactly is NIRF:
It is the government's first attempt to rank the country's higher education institutions (HEIs).
In 2015, it was first introduced.
In the beginning, participation in the NIRF was voluntary; but, in 2018, it became mandatory for all government-run educational institutions.
This year, around 6,000 institutions took part in NIRF, which is nearly double the number from 2016.
What is the order in which they are ranked:
All educational institutions are evaluated on five characteristics in order to be ranked: teaching, learning, and resources, research and professional practises, graduation outcomes, outreach and diversity, and perception.
Overall national rating, universities, engineering, college, medical, management, pharmacy, law, architecture, dental, and research are among the best institutions listed by NIRF.