Karnala/Ludhiana, Sept. 5 -- Region's premier agricultural institutes - ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana - have bagged the second and third positions, respectively, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 under the Agriculture and Allied category.

The Union ministry of education announced the 10th edition of the rankings on Thursday. The first rank in the Agriculture and Allied category went to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, which scored 89.23 marks.

NDRI in Karnal, with a score of 75.87, retained its second position from the 2024 rankings.

Director and vice-chancellor Dheer Singh received the award from Union educat...