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Beyond the Top 3, PSG College
of Technology, Coimbatore,
ranked #4, Thapar Institute of
Engineering & Technology,
Patiala #5 and RV College of
Engineering, Bengaluru #6 have
all retained their last year’s ranks
in EWIPEIR 2021-22. But further
down the Top 10 league table of
India’s best private engineering
colleges, there is a rearrangement in
the seating order.
Manipal Institute of Tech-
nology has lost ground at #7 (#5
in 2020-21) even as BMS College
of Engineering, Bengaluru has
risen to #8 (10) jointly ranked with
SSN College of Engineering,
Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu (7).
SASTRA University, Thanjavur
(8) and Shiv Nadar University, RVCE’s Subramanya (centre) & students: right direction trajectory
Dadri (8) are jointly ranked #9 and
PES University, Bengaluru #10 record is better than in the past Mumbai #25 (28).
With the southern state of Tamil
(11) to complete the Top 10 table. few years. However, the flip side Nadu (516) and Maharashtra
P ROF. K.N. SUBRA Covid-19. We have learnt many im- (370) hosting the largest number
is that we lost two of our faculty to
portant lessons from the pandemic
MANYA, principal of
of private engineering colleges in
RV College of Engi-
and reinventing our curriculum,
neering, Bengaluru and are fully committed to adapting the country followed by Karnataka
(212), it’s hardly surprising that
(RVCE, estb.1963), is pleased about pedagogies, research and innova- colleges of these three states
the college’s #6 India and espe- tion practices to deliver cutting-edge dominate the national league
cially its #1 rank in Karnataka, with engineering education,” says Sub- table. Tamil Nadu has 32 private
top scores on the parameters of ramanya, an alumnus of Bangalore engineering colleges ranked among
industry interface and curriculum University and IIT-Madras with the Top 100; Maharashtra 21 and
and pedagogy (digital readiness). over 27 years of teaching, research Karnataka 17.
“Retaining our last year’s rank is and consultancy experience, who However, it’s important to bear in
the first step towards attaining our was appointed principal of the R.V. mind that although some engineer-
objective of being numbered among College of Engineering in 2016. Cur- ing colleges are modestly ranked
India’s Top 3 engineering colleges. rently the college has an enrolment nationally, they are highly ranked in
Our top scores under the parameters of 5,850 students and 360 faculty on their states, some of whom are more
of industry interface and curricu- its muster rolls. populous than the average European
lum and digital readiness are proof Further down the 129-strong country. For instance, the KJ So-
that we are moving in the right league table of India’s best private maiya College of Engineering,
direction. RVCE has been working engineering colleges, several Mumbai, ranked #25 nationally, is
with industry on interdisciplinary institutes have risen substantially in ranked #1 in Maharashtra (pop.115
research projects for more than two the esteem of the informed public. million). GITAM, Visakhapat-
decades and has established several Among them: Amrita School of nam (ranked #27 nationally) is
centres of excellence on campus in Engineering, Coimbatore to #12 Andhra Pradesh’s #1 engineering
collaboration with best companies. (from #16 in 2020), Thiagarajar college and Rungta College of
Highest quality digital teaching- College of Engineering, Engineering and Technology,
learning — as indicated by our top Madurai #13 (18), International Bhilai (#77 all-India) is #1 in the
score — is our strong point with fac- Institute of Information state of Chhattisgarh.
ulty well-trained to conduct online Technology (IIIT), Bengaluru In sum, all the engineering col-
classes. The outcome is that despite #18 (30), and K.J. Somaiya leges included in EWIPEIR 2021-22
the pandemic, RVCE’s placements College of Engineering, are among the best countrywide.

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