Recently I ranked engineering colleges in India based on the student quality and other parameters, and most of these rankings were also supported by a latest article in “Current Science”. Current Science is fortnightly research journal published by Indian Academy of Sciences since 1932. A recent article titled “Ranking of Indian engineering and technological institutes for their research performance during 1999–2008” in Current Science gives the ranking of engineering colleges based on research.I really appreciate the efforts made by authors for giving a new parameter for ranking engineering colleges. On same time have concerns over ranking of Anna University (ranked 9) and College of Engineering Anna University (ranked 16), as they both should represent only one institute, instead of two. Similarly Institute of Chemical technology (Ranked 13) is a very specialized college offering courses related to Chemical engineering. And also, IISc offers only Master and PhD degrees.
When there is a scope of some relaxation over the span of course and engineering studies for ranking, few very good research institutes that conduct major technological and Biological research (involving technology) in India, would also have been include. To name few are Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), and National Center for Biological Research (NCBS). Because when it comes to research India has few very specialized centers and Engineering studies are still well separated from research.
The list of top thirty colleges based on some research index is below.
| Rank | Institute |
|---|---|
| 1 | IISc, Bangalore |
| 2 | IIT Kanpur |
| 3 | IIT Bombay |
| 4 | IIT Kharagpur |
| 5 | IIT Delhi |
| 6 | Jadavpur University |
| 7 | IIT Madras |
| 8 | IIT Roorkee |
| 9 | Anna University |
| 10 | IIT Guwahati |
| 11 | Cochin University of Science and Technology |
| 12 | BITS, Pilani |
| 13 | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai |
| 14 | IT BHU, Varanasi |
| 15 | Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah |
| 16 | College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai |
| 17 | Harcourt Butler Institute of Technology, Kanpur |
| 18 | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad |
| 19 | Maulana Azad NIT, Bhopal |
| 20 | NIT/REC, Rourkela |
| 21 | NIT/REC, Warangal |
| 22 | NIT/REC, Trichy |
| 23 | Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sangrur |
| 24 | PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore |
| 25 | NIT, Jamshedpur |
| 26 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala |
| 27 | Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi |
| 28 | Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi |
| 29 | BITS, Mesra |
| 30 | S.J. College of Engineering, Mysore |
When it comes to research, India has few very specialized centers and Engineering studies are still well separated from research. Student preference may differ for course to course. A student going for Bachelor or Master of Engineering may not prefer this list because for them placement matters more than research. And placements depend on student quality and that changes the whole ranking.
I think research can be a good parameter for ranking engineering colleges in India but can not be used as only ranking as criteria, because of overlap in type colleges to be considered for ranking. Few are very specialized research centers and don’t offer undergrad studies (like IISc) and few are specialized to a single field (like Indian Institute of Chemical Technology).
Finally to conclude that research is a nice parameter for ranking engineering institutes in future but can not be treated as only criteria. I rally appreciate the authors contributing in giving a new direction to ranking engineering colleges in India. I hope in future we can see few more criteria coming up like Research project and funding and a specialized ranking based on departments. It is really a great direction to see some solid ranking in future.
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Thanks for your nice article! Your comment “Engineering studies are still well separated from research” aptly raises a very important issue.
There is a “big” difference between research in (basic) science and engineering in India: engineering is meant for a gateway to early establishment – naturally for ranking engineering institutes many factors other than research (e.g. high-salary job recruitment) come into play. In contrary, many science students are somewhat bound to pursue a career in higher studies and contribute to research “by default” – thanks to lack of lucrative jobs to be offered to them immediately after graduation unlike their engineer friends!
To progress, India must also focus on industry-based engineering research to bring a synergistic approach between science and technology. I am NOT saying IITs have not succeeded in this direction, but surely it demands more seriousness for the betterment of our beloved nation!
Dr Arijit K De
Berkeley, CA, USA
sir, u r telling about phd,MTech…. den hw to select the college for MS…?
sir, is it right that India is far behind in research field as compared with some foreign institutes like Cambridge, MIT, stanford, etc.
I m asking this because the persons i have seen holding a foreign Master degree is treated like an archangel in India.
sir,
you have missed the great one which is famous in india and is ranked as 1 given by govt. organisations in the research field i.e Central university of Hyderabad(HCU/UoHYD).
hello sir ,
i want to know which is better university among for m tech in ece
1. gndu amritsar
2. punjabi patiala…..
thank u
it very usefull
hey thanks,
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sir,what is the rank of UIT-RGPV,bhopal
Sir, i m a msc. student in biochemistry. I’m interstd 4 higher studies at US. Pls tell me hw imp is it 2 b a student of a renowned institute like IIT’s , IISc etc. 2 get an admisn in univs like UCB, MIT or Stanford. Please solve my query.