National rankings of higher education institutions on Monday

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The central government on Monday will release the second edition of India Rankings 2017 of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a methodology adopted to rank all institutions of higher education in the country.

The rankings would be released by Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar, a release said.

The NIRF was launched in September 2015 and the maiden rankings were released on April 4, 2016.

The ranking methodology is based on developing a set of metrices for ranking of academic institutions, based on the parameters agreed upon by a core committee set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

The parameters broadly cover "Teaching, Learning and Resources", "Research and Professional Practices", "Graduation Outcomes", "Outreach and Inclusivity", and "Perception".

In the last edition of the rankings, the Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore, was ranked as the top university, the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, as the top engineering institute, and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangaluru, as the top management institute.