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The Kerala Institutional Ranking Framework (KIRF) 2025 placed Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) astatine the apical of the University category, portion Rajagiri College of Social Sciences emerged archetypal among Arts and Science colleges, and College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram (CET) led the Engineering rankings.
The results of the 2nd KIRF rankings were announced by Higher Education Minister R. Bindu astatine a property league successful Thrissur connected Monday.
In the Universities category, CUSAT secured 87.346 points, followed by Mahatma Gandhi University (82.288) and Calicut University (72.858). All 11 participating universities were recovered eligible for ranking this year.
Notably, Kerala University, ranked 5th nationally successful the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and 2nd nether KIRF past year, did not instrumentality portion successful the ranking process this year. In a veiled disapproval of the university’s Vice Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal, the Minister indicated that the institution’s lack was owed to a deficiency of inaugural connected his part.
The Arts and Science segment, which saw the highest information with 275 institutions, ranked the apical 100 colleges individually, with the remainder placed successful fertile bands 101-150 and 151-200. Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Ernakulam, secured archetypal spot with 65.152 points, followed by St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, and Vimala College, Thrissur.
In Engineering, 93 institutions participated, of which 50 were ranked. CET topped the database with 67.884 points. TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Ernakulam, secured the 2nd and 3rd ranks respectively.
Management category
In Management, Rajagiri Business School, Ernakulam, secured archetypal rank. Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Muvattupuzha, topped the Pharmacy category, portion MIMS College of Nursing, Malappuram, led successful Nursing. Farook Training College, Kozhikode, ranked archetypal successful Teacher Education. In Agriculture and Allied sectors, the College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, secured the apical position.
A full of 519 institutions participated successful KIRF 2025, marking a 15% summation from the erstwhile year. Of these, 51.3% were from the nationalist sector, including 109 authorities and 157 aided institutions, portion 253 were self-financing colleges. Among different State-specific indicators, the Kerala State Higher Education Council introduced the Innovation and Entrepreneurship parameter for the rankings too.
The rankings were finalised by an oversight committee chaired by erstwhile Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Senior Scientist Gangan Prathap.
Special awards from this year
The Minister besides announced the instauration of peculiar awards from this year. The assemblage securing archetypal fertile volition person a Chief Minister’s Award comprising a currency purse of ₹5 lakh, portion first-ranked institutions successful different categories volition person ₹2 lakh Higher Education Minister’s Awards to fortify research, prime benchmarks and world innovation.
