The Bengaluru-based Christ University was one of the five new entrants to the list of top law colleges in India. This year the list was extended from the usual 15 colleges to 20. While Christ University secured the 20th place, Banaras Hindu University came 19th.
Panjab University, National Law University Cuttack and the National Law University and Judicial Academy were the other new entrants to the list at ranks 15, 14 and 16 respectively. Founded in 1969 as an autonomous college, Christ University was declared as an institution deemed to be university by the MHRD on July 22, 2008. The multi-disciplinary university, which focuses on teaching, research and service, offers Bachelors to Doctoral programmes in Humanities, Social Sciences, Commerce, Management, Engineering, Education and Law to over 18000 students. Panjab University on-the-other-hand is a public university. Now located in Chandigarh, it was originally started in in 1882 as the University of Punjab in Lahore, it was relocated to Chandigarh in 1947. National Law University is a much younger university and was only established in 2008 under the National Law University Odisha Act, commencing its first batch from July 2009. National Law University and Judicial Academy, too, was established the same way in 2009.
This is the first NIRF ranking that was announced under the leadership of HRD Minister Pokhriyal. The number of Indian institutes which registered for the NIRF ranking this year has increased from 20 per cent as compared to last year. This year for the first time dental institutes will also be ranked. Earlier, Institutes were ranked in multiple categories including – best overall institute, best university, top engineering institute, top college, best management institute, top pharmacy college, best law school, best architecture college, and top medical college. The education institutes and universities all over India are ranked across several parameters including teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcome outreach and inclusivity, and perception.
Check the full list here:
| 1 | National Law School of India University | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 78.66 |
| 2 | National Law University | New Delhi | Delhi | 74.02 |
| 3 | Nalsar University of Law | Hyderabad | Telangana | 73.12 |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 71.44 |
| 5 | National Law University | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 64.29 |
| 6 | The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences | Kolkata | West Bengal | 63.32 |
| 7 | Gujarat National Law University | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 60.78 |
| 8 | Symbiosis Law School | Pune | Maharashtra | 59.54 |
| 9 | Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | Delhi | 57.93 |
| 10 | The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law | Patiala | Punjab | 54.19 |
| 11 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 53.57 |
| 12 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 52.83 |
| 13 | Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 52.28 |
| 14 | National Law University | Cuttack | Odisha | 51.94 |
| 15 | Panjab University | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 51.11 |
| 16 | National Law University and Judicial Academy | Kamrup | Assam | 49.9 |
| 17 | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 49.6 |
| 18 | Indian Law Institute | New Delhi | Delhi | 49.44 |
| 19 | Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 49.17 |
| 20 | Christ University | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 48.01 |
