Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi has topped the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) University Ranking 2023 under the category of Central Universities (Overall). The six northeastern universities that ranked within the top 20 are Mizoram University, Tezpur University, North-Eastern Hill University, Rajiv Gandhi University, Sikkim University, and Assam University. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar, has claimed the top spot in the list of private universities in India, followed by Ashoka University and Nirma University.