IIT Palakkad NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #64 in NIRF 2025.
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
Palakkad, Kerala · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0878
At a glance
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad is a government institution in Palakkad, Kerala. Its best current NIRF result is #64 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 67.3% and a ₹12L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 866 students.
2023-24
105 / 156
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#64 Score51.20
NIRF Engineering journey
Rank #68 → #64 since 2022; score 44.92 → 51.20.
The rank line is IIT Palakkad's all-India position in NIRF Engineering: #68 in 2022 to #64 in 2025. Lower is better.
Engineering 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #64
- Score (out of 100)
- 51.20
- Last year rank
- #64
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #64
- Ranking trend
- Stable
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 56.4% → 67.3%; latest median salary ₹12L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 105 placed — 67.3% of the batch
- 16 chose higher studies
- 35 reported another outcome
Half of the 105 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹12L
- Placement rate
- 67.3%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
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 rose from 56.4% to 67.3%. The reported median salary moved from ₹7.5L in 2018-19 to ₹12L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹11.61 Cr → ₹41 Cr.
Year by year, 2018-19–2023-24
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: ₹11.61 Cr in 2018-19 to ₹41 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹10.18 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹11.66 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Research (RPC) improved most: 12.1 → 26.0. Perception (PR) 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. IIT Palakkad improved most in Research (RPC) (12.1 → 26.0). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 74.3, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 20.9.
Questions about IIT Palakkad
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
IIT Palakkad ranking questions
What is IIT Palakkad NIRF ranking 2025?
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #64 with a score of 51.20.
Which NIRF categories include IIT Palakkad in 2025?
IIT Palakkad appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering ranking categories on this profile.
Is Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad private or government?
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad located?
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad is listed in Palakkad, Kerala.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of IIT Palakkad graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹12L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 105 of 156 graduates placed (67.3%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹9L.
What is IIT Palakkad's best NIRF category?
Engineering is its best current result at #64 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 51.20.
How many students does IIT Palakkad have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 866 students, including 736 from outside the state and 4 international students.
Is IIT Palakkad improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 12.1 in 2022 to 26.0 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 205 PhD scholars.
How much does IIT Palakkad spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹41 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹11.66 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹10.18 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.