NIRF 2025

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute NIRF ranking 2025

Explore ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Agriculture #2 in NIRF 2025.

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute

Karnal, Haryana · NIRF ID IR-G-U-0171

Government Best in 2025: Agriculture #2 1 categories in 2025 413 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute is a government institution in Karnal, Haryana. Its best current NIRF result is #2 in Agriculture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 75.5% and a ₹7.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 413 students.

₹7.5LUG median salary
2023-24
75.5% UG placed
37 / 49
#2Agriculture rank
NIRF 2025
483PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Agriculture journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 87.1% → 75.5%; latest median salary ₹7.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 49 graduates
75.5%
  • 37 placed — 75.5% of the batch
  • 12 chose higher studies
  • 0 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹7.5L

Half of the 37 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹7.5L
Placement rate
75.5%

Salary and placement rate, year by year

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate fell from 87.1% to 75.5%. The reported median salary moved from ₹5L in 2019-20 to ₹7.5L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2020-21 144 / 159 90.6% ₹7L
2021-22 113 / 126 89.7% ₹7L
2022-23 119 / 138 86.2% ₹8L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students413All reported programmes
From outside the state85.0%351 students
International0Students from outside India
Women35.6%147 students
Full fee reimbursement34Funded by the institution
Largest programme group267PG [2 Year Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars483483 full-time · 0 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-249477 in 2021-22 → 94 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects69Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score66.6Was 63.8 in 2023

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹85.27 Cr → ₹97.9 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.

Faculty & staff salaries₹97.9 Cr₹85.27 Cr in 2019-20 → +15%
Academic maintenance₹58.54 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹1.63 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹0.73 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2019-20–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹85.27 Cr in 2019-20 to ₹97.9 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.73 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹1.63 Cr.

Official sources

Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.

The five NIRF pillars

Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) improved most: 56.9 → 68.2. Research (RPC) is the lowest latest pillar.

What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute improved most in Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) (56.9 → 68.2). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 85.8, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 66.6.

Questions about ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute

Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute ranking questions

What is ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute NIRF ranking 2025?

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Agriculture rank #2 with a score of 75.87.

Which NIRF categories include ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute in 2025?

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute appears in the NIRF 2025 Agriculture ranking categories on this profile.

Is ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute private or government?

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute located?

ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute is listed in Karnal, Haryana.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹7.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 37 of 49 graduates placed (75.5%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹8L.

What is ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute's best NIRF category?

Agriculture is its best current result at #2 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 75.87.

How many students does ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 413 students, including 351 from outside the state and 0 international students.

Is ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 63.8 in 2023 to 66.6 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 483 PhD scholars.

How much does ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹97.9 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹1.63 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.73 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.

Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.