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Parameters of excellence: India’s Top 10

private engineering colleges

o provide readers, especially aspiring engineers, The national rankings of Top 10 colleges under all nine
a comprehensive profile of India’s most respected parameters enumerated above, are set out below.
Tprivate engineering institutes, the Top 100 national
and state league tables are supplemented with Top 10
national rankings on the basis of parameters of excellence. Rank Industry interface
To compile the national and state rankings, AZ Research Rating
field researchers interviewed 2,100 higher education faculty, 2022 2023 2024 2025 (300)
students and industry representatives countrywide, asking 1 1 1 1 International Institute of Information
them to rate engineering institutes on nine parameters, viz, Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad 283
competence of faculty, faculty welfare and development, 2 3 3 1 Birla Institute of Technology and Science
research and innovation, curriculum and pedagogy, (BITS), Pilani 283
industry interface, placements record, infrastructure, 6 6 1 2 SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam,
leadership and value for money. Chennai 282
Unsurprisingly, the ‘competence of faculty’ parameter 5 2 2 2 Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information &
was assigned highest weightage (350) indicating that Communication Technology, Gandhinagar 282
the respondents believe that ability to attract and retain NR NR NR 2 Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru 282
faculty is the most important criterion for assessing the 4 5 5 3 PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 281
educational and research capability of engineering (and 3 4 4 4 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) 279
other) institutions. Parameter rankings which highlight 7 8 5 4 Thapar Institute of Engineering &
the prime strengths of highly ranked institutions are useful Technology, Patiala 279
because they enable students to select institutions whose 9 8 5 5 Manipal Institute of Technology 278
priorities dovetail with their own. 8 7 6 6 Mahindra University École Centrale School
of Engineering, Hyderabad 276
Rank Competence of faculty Rating 9 9 6 6 BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru 276
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2022 2023 2024 2025 (350) 7 10 7 7 RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru 275
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Hindustan Institute of Technology &
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2 3 3 1 Birla Institute of Technology and Science Science, Chennai 273
(BITS), Pilani 342 NR NR NR 8 Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida 273
3 2 1 2 Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & NR NR NR 9 SASTRA University, Thanjavur 272
Communication Technology, Gandhinagar 340 NR NR NR 9 Sri Aurobindo Institute of Technology, Indore 272
1 1 2 2 International Institute of Information NR NR 10 10 Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra 271
Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad 340
4 4 4 3 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) 338
NR 6 5 3 Mahindra University École Centrale School
of Engineering, Hyderabad 338 Rank Value for money
5 5 6 3 PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 338 Rating
8 7 7 4 RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru 337 2022 2023 2024 2025 (200)
NR 10 8 5 BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru 335 3 2 2 1 Birla Institute of Technology and Science
NR NR 10 6 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel (BITS), Pilani 166
College of Engineering, Mumbai 334 1 1 1 2 International Institute of Information
6 7 9 7 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad 165
Technology, Patiala 333 2 3 2 3 PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 164
NR NR NR 7 ICFAI Tech (ICFAI University), Hyderabad 333 6 5 4 4 Thapar Institute of Engineering &
7 8 7 8 Manipal Institute of Technology 332 Technology, Patiala 163
NR NR 9 8 Hindustan Institute of Technology & 4 4 3 5 Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information &
Science, Chennai 332 Communication Technology, Gandhinagar 162
9 9 10 9 SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, NR NR 7 5 Hindustan Institute of Technology &
Chennai 331 Science, Chennai 162
NR NR NR 10 Alagappa College of Engineering 10 6 5 6 Mahindra University École Centrale School
(Anna University), Chennai 330 of Engineering, Hyderabad 160

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