Established in the year 1967, NIT Silchar is one of the 31 NITs of the country. Founded as a Regional Engineering College (REC), it was given the status of National Institute of Technology (NIT) in the year 2007. With 11 departments offering courses in Engineering, Science, and Humanities, NIT Silchar is certainly one of the best technical institutions of India. It has been ranked by various ranking agencies such as NIRF, India Today, The Week, and many more. NIT Silchar has been ranked 38th for Engineering and 76th for overall performance by NIRF 2022 Rankings. The institute has also been ranked at 11th (overall), 8th Among Top Government Institution, and 2nd Zone wise (East) in the Dataquest top T-School Survey 2021

Also, NIT Silchar has been recognized at the global level with the prestigious rankings of Times Higher Education in the rank band of 801-1000th in the THE World University Rankings 2022 which has been consistent as that of THE World University Rankings 2021. The institute has been placed QS Asia University Ranking-2022 in the rank band #401-450. Also, NIT Silchar retained its position in THE EMERGING ECONOMIES Ranking-2022 at the rank band 251-300. 

NIT Silchar Ranking Highlights

Ranking Organization  Year Rank
THE World University Rankings 2022 801–1000
2021 801–1000
THE Asia University Rankings 2021 201-250
NIRF Overall Rankings 2022 76
2021 93
NIRF Engineering Rankings 2022 38
2021 48
The Week Best Technical Universities India 2021 25
2020 25
The Week Top Engineering Colleges India 2021 26
2020 32
Outlook India's Top Govt. Engineering Colleges 2021 20
2020 19
India Today Top Govt. Engineering Colleges 2021 24
2020 26

NIT Silchar NIRF Rankings 2022

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking structure adopted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to rank higher education institutions in India based on several factors. It includes the following: Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research, Professional Practice, and Collaborative Performance (RPC), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), Peer Perception. NIT Silchar has been ranked at the 38th position in the NIRF Engineering Rankings 2022. The following parameters are considered by the NIRF for ranking institutions under the Engineering Category. 

Parameters  Score out of 100
Teaching Learning and Resources 65.49
Research and Professional Practice 48.00
Graduation Outcomes 66.79
Outreach and Inclusivity  57.58
Perception  14.56

NIT Silchar Parameter Scores (Engineering Category)

Parameters  Components  Score Total
TLR SS 14.37 20.00
FSR 23.06 30.00
PQE 15.47 20.00
FRU 12.58 30.00
RP PU 21.17 35.00
QP 21.92 40.00
IPR 4.00 15.00
FPPP 0.91 10.00

GO		 GPH 30.49 40.00
GUE 15.00 15.00
MS 14.21 25.00
GPHD 7.10 20.00
OI RD 14.27 30.00
WD 16.00 30.00
ESCS 7.31 20.00
PCS 20.00 20.00
PR PR 14.56 100.00

In the NIRF Overall Category Rankings 2022, NIT Silchar has been ranked at the 76th position with a total score of 46.76. The tabulation below shows the parameters and their scores of the overall category NIRF Ranking.

Parameters  Score out of 100
Teaching Learning and Resources 52.26
Research and Professional Practice 36.84
Graduation Outcomes 68.43
Outreach and Inclusivity  57.10
Perception  6.29

NIT Silchar Parameter Scores (Overall Category)

Parameters  Components  Score Total
TLR SS 11.71 20.00
FSR 18.14 25.00
FQE 14.57 20.00
FRU 7.84 20.00
OE 0.00 15.00
RP PU 17.56 35.00
QP 16.91 35.00
IPR 2.00 15.00
FPPP 0.37 15.00
GO GUE 59.63 60.00
GPHD 8.80 40.00
OI RD 14.33 30.00
WD 15.46 30.00
ESCS 7.31 20.00
PCS 20.00 20.00
PR PR 6.29 100.00

Among the Top 10 Institutes, IIT Madras has maintained its 1st position following the IISc Bangalore at the 2nd position in the list. Following are the rankings of the top 10 Colleges under Overall Category in NIRF 2022.

Rank Name of the College  NIRF Score
1 IIT Madras 87.59
2 IISc Bangalore 83.57
3 IIT Bombay 82.35
4 IIT Delhi 82.22
5 IIT Kanpur 77.83
6 IIT Kharagpur 75.94
7 IIT Roorkee  71.48
8 IIT Guwahati  69.75
9 AIIMS Delhi 69.57
10 JNU Delhi 67.25

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NIT Silchar Outlook-ICARE Engineering Rankings 2021   

Rather than blindly comparing ­institutions against one another, ­Outlook-ICARE India University Rankings 2021 is a fair assessment based on how institutions within the same category perform against each other in a variety of metrics, thus ­reflecting the strengths and weak­nesses of a ­institution in each domain. NIT Silchar has been ranked 20th place among Top Engineering Institutes of Country”. The ranking forum considers its own parameters which are Academic & Research Excellence (250), Industry Interfere & Placement (250), Infrastructure & Facilities (200), Governance & Administration (150), Diversity & Outreach (150), Overall Score (1000). However, the following tabulation shows the parameter scores which the ranking forum considers.

NIT Silchar Outlook-ICARE Parameter Scores

Some of the top colleges ranked by the OUTLOOK-ICARE Engineering Rankings 2021 are mentioned below.

Rank Name of the College  Overall Score (1000)
1 IIT Madras 897.04
2 IIT Delhi 884.5
3 IIT Bombay 841.13
4 IIT Kharagpur 819.21
5 IIT Kanpur 812.45
6 IIT Roorkee  759.87
7 IIT Guwahati  747.7
8 NIT Karnataka Surathkal  675.58
9 NIT Trichy  664.75
10 ANNA University Chennai 631.96

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NIT Silchar Times Higher Education Rankings 2022   

Times Higher Education Rankings has placed NIT Silchar in the rank zone of  801-1000th for the year 2022 which is the same as that of 2021. However, in the Asia ranking list, the institute has earned its position of 201-250th in the same year. Times Higher Education’s Asia Ranking parameters are given below with numerical values for NIT Silchar.  

NIT Silchar THE Parameter Scores 2022

NIT Silchar THE Week Rankings 2021   

NIT Silchar has successfully maintained its 25th position in "The Week Best Technical Universities India Rankings 2021" whereas the institute has seen a hike in its "The Week Top Engineering Colleges India Rankings 2021" in which NIT Silchar has been ranked at the 26th position. Given below is the list of top 10 colleges as ranked by THE WEEK.

Institute Name The Week 2021 Ranking The Week 2020 Ranking
IIT Delhi 1 1
IIT Bombay  2 2
IIT Madras 3 3
IIT Kanpur 4 4
IIT Roorkee 5 5
IIT Guwahati  6 6
BITS Pilani 7 7
Anna University  - 8
NIT Trichy 8 9
IIT BHU 9 10

NIT Silchar India Today Rankings 2021   

The India Today Rankings of NIT Silchar has been raised by 2 this year and the institute has secured the 24th place in the India Today Top Govt. Engineering Colleges Rankings 2021. The table below shows the rankings of various other institutes in the year 2021.

Name Rank
IIT Delhi 1
IIT Bombay 2
IIT Kanpur 3
IIT Kharagpur  4
IIT Roorkee  5
IIT Guwahati 6
DTU 7

NIT Silchar Jagran Josh Ranking

Jagran Josh, one of India’s top education management portals ranks engineering colleges in the country after comprehensive three-stage research- Desk Research, Student Perception, and Industry Perception. After this rigorous process, around 500 institutes are shortlisted for the ranking process. 

Presently, NIT Silchar has been ranked at 64 position among the top 100 engineering colleges by Jagran Josh Ranking. 

Tabulated below are the ranking of the previous year of NIT Silchar as per Jagran Josh Rankings:

Year Rank
2019 64
2018 61
2017 85