NIRF 2025

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

Government Best in 2025: Engineering #64 1 categories in 2025 866 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

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.

₹12LUG median salary
2023-24
67.3% UG placed
105 / 156
#64Engineering rank
NIRF 2025
205PhD scholars
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.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 56.4% → 67.3%; latest median salary ₹12L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 156 graduates
67.3%
  • 105 placed — 67.3% of the batch
  • 16 chose higher studies
  • 35 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹12L

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

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 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.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 52 / 71 73.2% ₹9.5L
2022-23 51 / 70 72.9% ₹9.5L
2023-24 48 / 87 55.2% ₹9L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students866All reported programmes
From outside the state85.0%736 students
International4Students from outside India
Women23.4%203 students
Full fee reimbursement169Funded by the institution
Largest programme group666UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars205184 full-time · 21 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24111 in 2021-22 → 11 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects33Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score26.0Was 12.1 in 2022

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹11.61 Cr → ₹41 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹41 Cr₹11.61 Cr in 2018-19 → +253%
Academic maintenance₹12.68 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹11.66 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹10.18 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2018-19–2023-24

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: ₹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.