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Cover Story EW India Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2023-24

month (March).
With BITS-Pilani regaining its top
ranking, the Top 5 table has under-
gone a makeover. IIIT-Hyderabad is
ranked #2 followed by Vellore In-
stitute of Technology (VIT) and
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of
Information & Communication
Technology, Gandhinagar jointly
ranked #3. Following them are the
PSG College of Technology, Co-
imbatore and Thapar Institute
of Engineering & Technology,
Patiala, both of whom have retained
last year’s #4 and #5 rankings respec-
tively. The newly promoted (2020)
Mahindra University Ecole Cen-
trale School of Engineering, Hy-
derabad, which debuted last year at
RVCE’s Prof. Subramanya: “live hub of industry-academia collaboration” #9, has got another huge promotion
and is ranked #5 in EWIPEIR 2023-
ernance. The 1-100 scores awarded by of BITS-Pilani, is delighted that the 24
respondents under each parameter university, which has campuses in Beyond the Top 5, there is minor
were totalled to rank the country’s Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Mumbai, readjustment of seating in the crowd-
Top 100 private engineering colleg- has reclaimed its “rightful” India #1 ed Top 10 league table of India’s best
es/institutes inter se. “Low-profile position. private engineering institutions. RV
institutions assessed by less than 25 “It’s great news that we are back College of Engineering, Bengalu-
respondents are not ranked,” explains as #1. But I am not surprised that ru is ranked #6 (#7 in 2022-23) joint-
Premchand Palety, promoter-CEO BITS-Pilani is consistently ranked ly with Manipal Institute of Tech-
of C fore. India’s #1 private engineering insti- nology, Manipal (#6) followed by
T HERE’S A CHANGE AT THE are a 60-year-old institution, a pio- Bengaluru at #7 (#10) jointly with
tution in your rankings survey. We
BMS College of Engineering,
neer and leader in engineering edu-
top in EWIPEIR 2023-24.
SSN College of Engineering, Ka-
The Birla Institute of
Institute of Technology (BIT),
Technology and Sci- cation and research, and the coun- lavakkam, Chennai (#8). Birla
try’s most trusted brand in private
ence (BITS) Pilani (estb.1964) has engineering education. BITS-Pilani Mesra and Shiv Nadar Universi-
regained its position as India’s #1 pioneered dual degree programmes ty, Dadri are tied at #8 position. The
private engineering institution/uni- decades ago and our Practice School Top 10 table is completed by Hindu-
versity. Ranked #1 for six consecu- programme wherein students work in stan Institute of Technology &
tive years, BITS-Pilani was dislodged a company/industry for six months is Science, Chennai and SASTRA
from its top perch by the low-profile an innovation many other institutions University, Thanjavur, jointly
International Institute of Infor- have emulated. All our 900 faculty ranked #9 and Amrita School of
mation Technology, Hyderabad have Ph Ds and there’s a 35 percent Engineering, Coimbatore Cam-
(IIIT-H) and Vellore Institute of increase in research input every year. pus and PES University, Benga-
Technology, jointly ranked #1 in We strongly believe that excellence is luru at #10 — all of whom have im-
2022-23. However this year, C fore’s a journey and not destination and are proved their last year’s rankings.
3,025 knowledgeable respondents committed to continuous improve- “We are pleased to learn that RV
have voted BITS-Pilani India’s #1 pri- ment,” says Dr. Rao, an alumnus of College of Engineering (RVCE)
vate engineering institution with top Kakatiya University, IIT-Bombay and has retained its India #6 rank and is
scores under the parameters of faculty Universitat der Bundeswehr Munich, ranked #1 in Karnataka. I attribute
competence, infrastructure, industry Germany, former chair professor our consistent Top 10 ranking to the
interface, research and innovation for nanoelectronics at IIT-Bombay sincere and dedicated efforts of our
and leadership/governance quality. and IIT-Delhi and former director faculty, state-of-the-art infrastruc-
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, the of IIT-Delhi (2016-2021) before tak- ture, excellent placements record, in-
recently appointed vice chancellor ing charge as VC of BITS-Pilani last terdisciplinary research culture, and

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