By Express News Service

KOCHI: Kerala has become the state with the second highest number of colleges in the best 100 art and science colleges as per the recently published National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for 2017.

The state has 14 colleges in the Best 100 list, coming a distant second to Tamil Nadu which has 37 colleges.



Christ College in Thrissur is the Kerala college with the highest ranking of 18. Following is the list of the colleges that made the Top 100.



Jose Thekkan, the principal of Christ College, Irinjalakkuda (Thrissur) said that the top ranking has come as result of the joint effort of students and teachers.

“I’m really happy about the achievement. This is the first time that we became part of NIRF’s ranking. Becoming the best college in Kerala in the first attempt is definitely happy news.”