Five Years of India Rankings 2016 2020 an Evolutionary Study

Abstract

India Rankings i.e. National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) started in 2015 and completed its fifth year of yearly exercise in 2020. This article is based on evolutionary study of India Rankings. The study highlights the life cycle of India Rankings including different disciplines and their framework. It also focuses on how the framework is being matured year by year on the basis of availability of data in Institutions. There were several changes / deviations that happened due to non-availability of data or garbage data entered by the Institutes.