NIRF ranking 2018: Union Human Resources Ministry has declared the list of best educational institutions in the country. In this year's announcement, the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru has been adjudged the overall best institution in the country by the Ministry's national ranking framework. Making this announcement at the Vigyan Bhavan here today, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has been adjudged the best engineering college and the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) the best management institution.
 
According to the national institutional ranking framework (NIRF), Delhi University's Miranda House was the best college, premier healthcare institute AIIMS is the best medical college, while NLSIU-Bengaluru has been declared as the best law school in the country.
 
In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
 
The Indian Institute of Science was established in 1909 by a visionary partnership of industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Maharaja of Mysore and the government of India, according to its official website.
 
Since its inception, the institute has laid a balanced emphasis on the pursuit of basic knowledge in science and engineering, as well as on the application of its research findings for industrial and social benefit.
 
The objectives of the institute are "to provide for advanced instruction and to conduct original investigations in all branches of knowledge as are likely to promote the material and industrial welfare of India," said its founder, J N Tata.  

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According to the latest HRD ministry rankings, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad was ranked No 1. business schools in India followed by IIM-Bangalore, IIM-Calcutta and IIM-Lucknow. 

Here is the list of top 10 Management institutes in India 2018:

1-Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
2-Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
3-Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta
4-Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
5-Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Bombay
6-Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
7-Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
8-Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
9-Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee
10-Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur