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NIRF, explained
by Chitranjan Jegadeesan
Learn NIRF NIRF 2024/25 · engine-validated
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Built on a tested NIRF engine · your data never leaves this page

An honest NIRF estimate — no fake-precise rank.

This tool scores what NIRF lets you compute exactly, marks the topper-relative metrics as estimates, and tells you the truth about Perception (an opaque survey — not scorable). You get a provisional floor score, a completeness %, where you bleed marks, and evidence-backed data flags.

exact — computed precisely estimate — needs the field's topper survey — not computable (PR)
Free tool by Chitranjan Jegadeesan. Follow for the all-16-category v2 & yearly updates. assessments run · count only, no personal data (DPDP-aware)

Your data

leave blank if unknown
Engineering only for now — more categories coming soon.
Advanced — estimate the f() metrics against IIT-topper benchmarks (optional)
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NIRF Self-Assessment Report
Category: Engineering · Generated
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nirf.chitranjanjegadeesan.in
by Chitranjan Jegadeesan
© Chitranjan Jegadeesan · nirf.chitranjanjegadeesan.in · Unofficial NIRF estimate — verify at nirfindia.org
Provisional score (exact parts only)
/100
A floor/sanity figure — not a rank. NIRF's normalization curves are secret, so no honest tool can promise an exact rank.
Weight covered exactly0%
Sub-metrics exact0 / 17
Set baseline = mark your current numbers so the What-if sliders show the change. Save = downloads a small .json file to your device; next time, click Load and pick that file to restore everything (never uploaded). Report = a branded PDF of your scorecard.

Your priority actions

biggest, easiest wins first

What-if simulator

drag a lever → watch your score move

Where you bleed marks

exact metrics, biggest first

Data flags

evidence-backed · you decide

2025 rule watch

research integrity
Retraction negative marking — retracted papers/citations over the last 3 years now cost RP marks. Sweep your Scopus/WoS list against Retraction Watch before submission.

Self-citation removal — NIRF strips self-citations from your citation count. Don't rely on them; raise your top-25-percentile share instead.

Perception lever (legitimate) — submit a complete, accurate employer + academic-peer contact list. Never canvass for votes → detection drops PR to zero.
Privacy & DPDP — how this works. This tool runs entirely inside your browser. Every number you type is processed in your device's memory only — it is never uploaded, transmitted, saved, logged, or shared. The only network request this page makes is an anonymous usage ping that adds 1 to a public counter — it carries no IP, no cookie, and none of your data. There are no other servers, no database, no analytics, and no tracking. Close or refresh the tab and all your entered data is permanently gone. Because no personal or institutional data is ever collected or processed by us, this tool falls outside the obligations of India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023 — your data stays entirely under your control, on your own machine. (The page loads display fonts from Google's font CDN, which reveals only your IP address to Google and carries none of your entered data; a self-hosted-fonts build with zero external requests is available on request.)
Disclaimer. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with NIRF / Ministry of Education. Scoring logic ported from a NIRF-methodology engine validated against the official 2024 & 2025 Engineering framework PDFs. exact metrics use NIRF's fixed benchmarks; estimate metrics depend on the topper's value (NIRF does not publish the normalization curves); Perception is an opaque survey and is never scored here. Verify everything against the current-year methodology at nirfindia.org before any submission. Indicative self-assessment only, not an official rank. Free to use, not for resale. © Chitranjan Jegadeesan.

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Chitranjan Jegadeesan — Data Analyst & Full-Stack Developer. I built this entire tool and site myself. Available for data analytics, dashboards, web apps & automation — with NIRF / NAAC / NBA / AISHE accreditation analytics a specialty.