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Cover Story EW India Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2025-26

to meaningfully contribute to their
employer companies from day one.
This explains our highest scores un-
der the parameter of industry place-
ments as also competence of faculty
and industry interface. In our cam-
puses equipped with globally compa-
rable infrastructure — as testified by
our top score under this parameter
also — our students are provided high
quality industry-aligned engineering
and technology education,” says Rao.
I N THIS YEAR’S TOP 10 league

table of private engineering
colleges, most institutions are
ranked a notch or two above
their 2024-25 rank. PSG College of
Technology, Coimbatore has been
promoted to #4 (5), RV College of
Engineering, Bengaluru to #5 RVCE’s Prof. Subramanya (centre right): motivating upward progress
(#6) jointly ranked with the Manipal
Institute of Technology, Karna- disciplinary research and good repu- tored by 346 faculty on its muster
taka (#5), Mahindra University tation in industry which has resulted rolls.
École Centrale School of Engi- in a good placements record,” says An encouraging marker of im-
neering, Hyderabad to #6 (7) tied Subramanya, an alum of Bangalore proving standards of engineering
with the Thapar Institute of En- University and IIT-Madras with over and technology education is that this
gineering & Technology, Patiala 30 years of teaching, research and year’s league table features the debut
(#7). SSN College of Engineer- consultancy experience, appointed of several previously unranked insti-
ing, Kalavakkam, Chennai and principal of RVCE in 2016. tutions. Among them: RNS Institute
Shiv Nadar University, Greater Prof. Subramanya takes special of Technology, Bengaluru at #22,
Noida -- promoted by IT tech billion- pride in in RVCE’s connect with India Dr. NGP Institute of Technology,
aire Shiv Nadar — are ranked #7 (#7) Inc and believes that the college de- Coimbatore at #25, Pillai College
and #8 (#9) respectively. The Top 10 serves higher scores for research and of Engineering, Navi Mumbai at
table is completed by Hindustan In- industry interface. “RVCE is a pioneer #30, Meerut Institute of Engi-
stitute of Technology & Science, in establishing strong academia-in- neering & Technology at #54 and
Chennai, ranked #8 (#8), BMS Col- dustry connect. We have signed over Sri Aurobindo Institute of Tech-
lege of Engineering, Bengaluru at 100 MOUs and collaborations with nology, Indore at #56.
#9 (#8) and SASTRA University, globally reputed corporates including Moreover, it’s important to note
Thanjavur at #10 (#11). Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Intel, IBM, that although some colleges are
Prof. K. N. Subramanya, prin- CISCO, Infosys and Bosch among modestly ranked nationally, they
cipal of RV College of Engineering others who welcome our students as are often highly ranked in their host
(RVCE), Bengaluru, is pleased that interns and faculty for sabbaticals, states, some of whom more popu-
the 62-year-old college awarded top research and consultancy projects. In lous than European countries. For
(tied) score under the parameter of RCVE, we have established 28 Cen- instance, the Heritage Institute
infrastructure, is steadily rising up tres of Excellence including the RV- of Technology, Kolkata, ranked
the league table from #7 in 2022-23 Mercedes Benz Centre for Automotive #33 nationally, is the #1 private
to top table this year. Mechatronics and RV-Bosch Rexroth engineering college of West Bengal
“Steady upward progress in the Centre of Competence in Automation (pop.104 million); GITAM, Vi-
EW league table is motivating. But on Technologies. As a result, most of sakhapatnam, ranked India #43
merit, I believe we should be ranked our graduates are campus recruited is #1 in Andhra Pradesh (53 million)
among the Top 3. I attribute our con- immediately after graduation,” says and Rajagiri School of Engineer-
sistently rising reputation to provi- Subramanya with commendable in- ing and Technology, Kochi, Er-
sion of state-of-the-art infrastructure stitutional pride. Currently, RVCE nakulam, ranked India #68 is #1 in
by the management, culture of inter- (estb.1963) has 6,143 students men- Kerala (pop.35 million).

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