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the best private autonomous and gov- In the pages following we present
ernment autonomous colleges, as also detailed city, state and national rank-
Top 100 non-autonomous colleges in ings of India’s most admired private
their categories. “Over 150 C fore field autonomous, government autonomous
personnel interviewed 4,813 sample as also Top 100 non-autonomous col-
respondents comprising 1,946 col- leges in that order. Although high na-
lege/university faculty and 2,467 final tional rank confers prestige and brag-
year college students and persuaded ging rights, city rankings are arguably
them to rate India’s best private au- of greatest interest to students and
tonomous, government autonomous parents. State rankings are also pres-
colleges and also Top 100 non-auton- tigious because most of India’s states
omous colleges on five parameters are as large and populous as European
of tertiary education excellence, viz, countries. League tables of the best
competence of faculty, faculty welfare 100 non-autonomous colleges are also
and development, curriculum and presented because these are excellent
pedagogy, industry placement record, institutions, ready for award of auton-
infrastructure and quality of leader- Palety: 4,813 sample respondents omous status in the near future.
ship/governance. Respondents were Moreover, the detailed Education-
asked to award 1-100 scores on four chand Palety, an alum of the Punjab World league tables also rank Top 10
parameters with the all-important pa- Engineering College, Fore School of colleges under all five parameters of
rameter of faculty competence given a Management, Delhi and former senior collegiate education excellence to en-
higher weightage of 200. The scores manager of ORG — India’s pioneer re- able students to choose the aptitudi-
awarded by respondents under each tail market research company — who nally most suitable college — even if
parameter were totalled to rank col- went solo in the millennium year and not top ranked — for undergrad edu-
leges in each category,” says Prem- promoted C fore. cation.
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