The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will release the India Rankings 2017 report on April 10, 2017 at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.He will also present awards to top-ranked institutions i.e. top 10 in overall category and toppers in the stream-wise categories -Engineering,Management,Universities,CollegesandPharmacy.

India Rankings under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) were introduced in 2016 to rank Indian Universities. The Ministry of Human Resources and Development had launched the Ranking System on September 29, 2015. The first Rankings were announced on April 6, 2016. The Second Rankings (India Rankings 2017) have been announcedon April 3, 2017.

This release issued at 1630 hrs.