What does NIRF stand for?

NIRF stands for National Institutional Ranking Framework, a methodology to rank higher education institutions.

Calling it a National Institute of Ranking Federation is wrong, since it is a framework, not an institute or federation.

Naming it a National Institute of Ranking Framework mislabels it as an institute rather than a framework.

Naming it a National Institutional Ranking Federation replaces framework with federation.

It ranks institutions on parameters such as teaching, research, graduation outcomes and perception.

It was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2015.