The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education , Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the MHRD and launched by Minister of Human Resource Development on 29 September 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. 

Parameters used for ranking purpose are :

Teaching, learning and resources (TLR)

Research, productivity, impact and IPR (RPII)

Graduation outcome (GO)

Outreach and inclusivity (OI)

Perception (PR)