NIRF Ranking 2024: Hindu College replaces Miranda House; 6 DU colleges in top 10
NIRF 2024 Rankings: Miranda House had held the No. 1 position in college rankings for 8 years. The top 10 list includes 6 Delhi University colleges.

Shradha Chettri | August 12, 2024 | 05:07 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Hindu College replaced Miranda House to bag the top position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF ranking 2024) under the ‘college’ category. Last year, Hindu College was in second rank and Miranda House in the first, a spot it had held for eight years.
St.Stephen’s College, Delhi, and Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata, have tied in the third position this year. Six Delhi University colleges have figured in the top 10 list under the college category in NIRF 2024.
The table below shows the top 10 institutions in the college category.
NIRF Ranking 2024: Top 10 colleges
College |
Rank |
Hindu College, Delhi |
1 |
Miranda House, Delhi |
2 |
St.Stephen’s College, Delhi |
3 |
Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College |
3 |
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Delhi |
5 |
St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata |
6 |
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore |
7 |
Loyola College, Chennai |
8 |
Kirori Mal College, Delhi |
9 |
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi |
10 |
NIRF 2024 Ranking: Changes
The college category ranking was introduced under NIRF in 2017 and Miranda House , an all women’s college under Delhi University, had been on top ever since.
This year Hindu College, which celebrated its 125th anniversary recently, has secured the top rank. Last year’s third position holder, Presidency College Chennai, failed to make it to the list of top 10 this year.
St.Stephen’s College has managed to figure in the NIRF top 10. Last year it was on the 14th spot. However, no official from the college was present to receive the award. RamaKrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College has also moved to the third position from Rank 8 in NIRF 2023.
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, a constituent college of DU, has also moved to fifth position from last year’s sixth. However, St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata, has slided one rank to the sixth position this year from the 5th in NIRF 2023.
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, is in the seventh spot this year against last year’s fourth. Loyola College Chennai has also slipped one position to Rank 8 from the Rank 7 in NIRF 2023.
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