In the previous article (October 18, 2025), I had briefly discussed the basic framework of NIRF 2025 and my assessment of this framework. Here I sum up the processes of data collection and analysis and some of its findings.

A total of 8863 institutions registered to participate in the rankings, and finally, 7692 institutions submitted their data in different categories and subject domains. Since one institution could submit data in more than one category, a total of 14,163 applications were received for ranking, and out of these, the overall (4045), colleges (4030), engineering (1584) and management (1026) were the largest categories. Region-wise participation of institutions was as follows: South (5268), West (4702), North (2304) and East (1889).

The Data Capturing System, Feedback Syst

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