The 2023 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) judged the institutions and universities in the country on various parameters. The rankings of the 2023 NIRF ranked many universities from NE states among best in India. Many institutes from this region are ranked for the first time.
Institutes from North-East Regions also come out good but as compared to other regions, a lot needs to be done to improve education in the region.
No prize for Guessing! Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati maintained it’s All India Rank of 7th, is the highest engineering institution from Assam and North-East region.
TOP Engineering Colleges/Institutes from Assam & Northeast India in NIRF 2023
| All India Rank | University in NE |
| 7 (8 in 2022, 7 in 2021, 7 in 2020 & 2019) | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
| 40 (38 in 2022, 48 in 2021, 46 in 2020, 51 in 2019) | National Institute of Technology Silchar |
| 72 (60 in 2022, 59 in 2021, 61 in 2020, 67 in 2019) | National Institute of Technology Meghalaya |
| 151-200 (112 in 2022, 73 in 2021, 66 in 2020) | Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati |
| 91 (80 in 2022, 92 in 2021, 75 in 2020, 70 in 2019) | National Institute of Technology Agartala |
| 151-200 (123 in 2022, 104 in 2021) | Tezpur University |
| 95 (108 in 2022, 114 in 2021, 158 in 2020, 148 in 2019) | National Institute of Technology Manipur |
| 101-150 (171 in 2022, 160 in 2021, 200 in 2020) | National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh |
| 151-200 (173 in 2022, 251-300 in 2021) | Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT) Rangpo Sikkim |
| 151-200 (182 in 2021, 145 in 2020, 173 in 2019) | North-Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Tech (NERIST), Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh |
| Institutes which were in NIRF 2021 Ranks but missed in NIRF 2023 & 2022 | |
| (Rank-band: 251-300) | Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar Assam |
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