New Delhi: Miranda House, New Delhi has emerged as the Best College in India as per  National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2017 report, released today by Ministry of HRD.  Loyola College Chennai bags second rank while Shri Ram College of Commerce, New  Delhi stands third in the India Ranking report 2017.

Top college ranking is introduced for the first by NIRF, popularly known as India Ranking Report. The list has been only prepared based on the colleges which had applied for the process. Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli bags fourth spot while Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, New Delhi features at fifth place.

 St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata stands at the sixth place. The top ten colleges in India are as followed:  Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi (7), Dyal Singh College, New Delhi (8), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, New Delhi (9), and The Women’s Christian College, Chennai (10).

Out of top 20 colleges in India, eight are located in Delhi/New Delhi city. Three Colleges form each Chennai and Coimbatore are among top twenty list. Two colleges from Kolkata feature in the top twenty colleges list in India.

Best Colleges in India as per NIRF 2017:

1. Miranda House, Delhi
2. Loyola College, Chennai
3. Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
4. Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli
5. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, New Delhi
6. Xavier`s College, Kolkata
7. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi
8. Dyal Singh College, New Delhi
9. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, New Delhi
10. The Women’s Christian College, Chennai
11. S.G. College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore
12. Madras Christian College, Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu)
13. Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Virudhnagar (Tamil Nadu)
14. S.G.R. Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore
15. Keshav Mahavidyalya, Delhi                 \
16. Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai
17. Christ College (Autonomous), Thrissur (Kerala)
18. Loreto College, Kolkata
19. Kongunadu Arts & Science College , Coimbatore
20. Acharya Narendra Dev College, Kalkaji Delhi
21. AU College of Science and Technology, Visakhapatnam
22. Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore
23. AU College of Arts and Commerce, Visakhapatnam
24. Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada
25. Rajagiri College of Social Sciences , Ernakulam (Kerala)
26. Holy Cross College, Tiruchirapalli
27. Fatima College, Madurai
28. Sacred Heart College, Ernakulam (Kerala)
29. Joseph`s College of Commerce , Bengaluru
30. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Pune