Analysis of National Institutional Ranking Framework-Journey so far

National Institutional Ranking Framework has been a great step forward in providing a framework, which outlines a methodology to rank academic institutions in India. Since its launch in September 2015, three India Rankings 2016, 2017 and 2018 have been published. The popularity of the National Institutional Ranking Framework has led to the competition as more and more institutions are applying for India Rankings. The number of the institutions applying for India Rankings has increased from 1400 in India rankings 2016 to 3000 in India rankings 2017 and to 4000 in India Rankings 2018. We have carried out the study of India Rankings 2016, 2017 and 2018. The study has focused on the parameters, which are the Influencing Factors in deciding the top hundred positions in India Rankings. Based on the result of our study, we have proposed the Ideal and the Minimum Attainment Scores in each ranking parameter to achieve success in India Rankings. The findings will be useful for Institutions who are going to apply in future for India Rankings 2019.