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age technologies and critical/ of students. We ensure
creative thinking. You can rest they mature into not just
assured that we are constantly excellent engineering
upgrading our curriculum and professionals and techno-
launching study programmes crats but are also ethical
in nexgen technologies such as individuals, with under-
computational biology, data sci- standing of human values
ence, artificial intelligence and who take pride in their
power electronics,” says Dr. cultural heritage, and are
Yaj Medury, vice chancellor of men and women of con-
Mahindra University. An alum- viction and action. This
nus of IIT-Kharagpur and Uni- emphasis on all-round
versity of Wisconsin, Madison, education combined with
USA, Dr. Medury has rich expe- a robust research culture
rience in managing new genre Mahindra University’s Dr. Yaj Medury (centre): stellar debut and industry-academia
private higher ed institutions as partnerships is the secret
vice chancellor of Bennett University, Sardar Patel College of Engi- behind our high scores on all your pa-
Greater Noida, Jaypee University of neering, Mumbai to #21 (29), and rameters of engineering excellence,”
IT, Himachal Pradesh, and VIT Uni- CMR Institute of Technology, says Bansal, an alumnus of Bharati
versity before he was appointed VC of Bengaluru to #25 (40). Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering,
Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Bansal, joint
Mahindra University in 2020. head, Amity School of Engineer- Pune and Rajasthan University, and
F URTHER DOWN THE ing & Technology, Amity Univer- Technology & Science (ITS), Ghazi-
former professor at the Institute of
133-strong league table of
sity, Noida (estb.2005), is pleased
abad, who signed up with Amity Uni-
India’s best private engi-
the national Top 20 league table and
neering colleges, several with the institute’s steady progress to versity in 2010.
A highlight of this year’s national
institutes have made a great leap for- the school’s second position in Uttar league table of India’s best private
ward in the esteem of the informed Pradesh, India’s most populous (215 engineering institutes is that engi-
public. Among them: the Sri Sairam million) state. “We are proud that neering colleges from peninsular In-
Engineering College, Chennai, your knowledgeable respondents dia — the states of Tamil Nadu and
promoted to #18 (#84 in 2021-22), have recognised our consistent effort Karnataka and the western seaboard
Amity School of Engineering to provide high-quality engineering state of Maharashtra — dominate it.
and Technology, Noida to #19 education. Since inception, our focus Tamil Nadu has 32 private engineer-
(26), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s has been on rounded development ing colleges ranked among the Top
100; Maharashtra 21 and Karnataka
Amity’s Dr. Abhay Bansal (centre): all-round education emphasis
17. In contrast, the populous states of
Uttar Pradesh have 13 and Madhya
Pradesh four.
However, it’s pertinent to note that
although some engineering colleges
are modestly ranked nationally, they
are highly ranked in their states, some
of whom are more populous than the
average European country. For in-
stance, the School of Engineer-
ing, The Northcap University,
Gurugram, ranked #63 nationally,
is ranked #1 in Haryana (pop.28 mil-
lion). Likewise, Rajagiri School of
Engineering and Technology,
Kochi, Ernakulam (#38) is Kerala’s
#1 engineering college and the Sagar
Institute of Research & Technol-
ogy, Bhopal (#41) is #1 in the state
of Madhya Pradesh (pop.87 million).

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