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Cover Story EW India Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026-27

In this year’s Top 10 league table
of private engineering colleges, most
institutions are ranked a notch or two
above their 2025-26 ranks. Manipal
Institute of Technology, Karna-
taka has been promoted to #3 (5),
PSG College of Technology, Co-
imbatore is ranked #4 (4), Thapar
Institute of Engineering & Tech-
nology, Patiala has inched up to
#5 (6) jointly with RV College of
Engineering, Bengaluru (5). The
Indian Institute of Information
Technology, Hyderabad is ranked
#6 (3), School of Engineering,
Shiv Nadar University, Greater
Noida — promoted by IT tech bil-
lionaire Shiv Nadar — is tied at #7 (8)
SoT-DAU’s Dr. G. Venkatesh (centre right): disruptive technologies proactive response with Hindustan Institute of Tech-
nology & Science, Chennai (8),
Vellore, Chennai, Amaravati, Bhopal by the convergence of AI, data science, while Mahindra University Ecole
and Mauritius with an aggregate en- communication engineering, and in- Centrale School of Engineering,
rolment of 67,000 students mentored formation technology, with interdis- Hyderabad has lost ground to be
by 2,020 faculty. Several emails and ciplinary learning driving advanced ranked #9 (6). The Top 10 table is
phone calls to VIT top brass for an research and application. SoT-DAU is completed by SSN College of En-
interview to share the secrets of its fully prepared to equip students with gineering, Kalavakkam, Chen-
success went unanswered. Their loss the knowledge and skills to succeed in nai, jointly ranked #10 (7) with the
of free publicity. the new AI-powered digital age,” says Amrita School of Engineering,
In sharp contrast, Dr. G. Ven- Venkatesh, an alum of IIT-Madras Coimbatore (11).
katesh, Director of the School of and Tata Institute of Fundamental Cdr. (Dr.) Anil Rana, Director
Technology, Dhirubhai Ambani Research, Mumbai and former visit- of Manipal Institute of Technol-
University (SoT-DAU, estb.2001), ing faculty of IIT-Bombay. Currently, ogy (MIT, estb.1957), a constituent of
sited on an impressive 50-acre cam- SoT-DAU hosts 2,359 students and 91 the Manipal Academy of Higher Edu-
pus in Gandhinagar (Gujarat), was faculty. cation (MAHE) — ranked among In-
more than willing to share SoT-DAU’s
success mantra. MIT’s Dr. Anil Rana (centre right): holistic future-ready education focus
“ I AM PLEASED THAT WE

have retained our national
#2 rank. This academic year
marks a pivotal milestone
as we are proactively responding to
the transformative impact of disrup-
tive technologies such as AI and ma-
chine learning. We have introduced
two innovative AI-integrated four-
year degree programmes and two dual
degree programmes to be taught by
highly qualified faculty. Therefore, it’s
very satisfying to learn that we have
been awarded highest score under the
parameter of faculty competence, and
high scores for faculty welfare and de-
velopment and placements. I believe
the future of industry will be shaped

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