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Changing Equations
IITs are still the most revered for all-round academic excellence but
this years survey sees the non-IITs bettering the IITs on quite a few
parameters, making their mark and creating new benchmarks
The Top Ten
IIT Bombay Mumbai 1
IIT Madras Chennai 2
IIT Delhi New Delhi 3
IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 4
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad Hyderabad 5
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Pilani 6
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Guwahati 7
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 8
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal Surathkal 9
Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology Delhi 10
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The Top 100 T-schools
Rank
2011
Rank
2010
Change Institutes City Score hR
perception
Total
Score
1 1 0 IIT Bombay Mumbai 52.44 25 77.44
2 4 2 IIT Madras Chennai 54.75 22 76.75
3 2 -1 IIT Delhi New Delhi 47.11 24.05 71.16
4 3 -1 IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 47.47 22.51 69.98
5 5 0 International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad Hyderabad 49.22 20.42 69.64
6 9 3 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Pilani 42.76 21.44 64.20
7 8 1 Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Guwahati 42.80 19.42 62.22
8 7 -1 Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 41.92 17.15 59.07
9 10 1 National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal Surathkal 40.65 13.94 54.59
10 11 1 Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology Delhi 42.89 11.36 54.25
11 14 3 Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi 38.58 15.31 53.89
12 16 4 Delhi Technological University Delhi 41.23 12.36 53.59
13 17 4 Amity School of Engineering and Technology Noida 38.67 14.09 52.76
14 19 5 DA Institute of Information Communication Technology (DA-IICT),
Gandhinagar
Gandhinagar 38.08 12.2 50.28
15 National Institute of Technology, Warangal Warangal 37.32 10.53 47.85
16 18 2 College of Engineering, Pune Pune 35.62 10.77 46.39
17 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli 40.48 5.36 45.84
18 12 -6 National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Rourkela 38.96 6.03 44.99
19 20 1 Thapar University, Patiala Patiala 35.53 8.84 44.37
20 Motilal Nehru Institute of Engineeting, Allahabad Allahabad 38.07 6.25 44.32
21 31 10 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat 34.58 8.58 43.16
22 ABV IIIT and Management, Gwalior Gwalior 34.91 8.14 43.05
23 23 0 National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur Jamshedpur 34.45 8.23 42.68
24 36 12 SSN College of Engineering Kalavakkam off Chennai 33.68 8.49 42.17
25 29 4 Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology Delhi 36.03 6.03 42.06
26 38 12 Institute of Technology, Nirma University Ahmedabad 32.76 8.58 41.34
27 33 6 Amrita School of Engineering Coimbatore 35.69 5.6 41.29
28 College of Engineering, Trivandrum Trivandrum 32.66 8.36 41.02
29 32 3 West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata 38.96 1 39.96
30 28 -2 PES Insitute of Technology (PESIT) Bengaluru 39.73 39.73
31 24 -7 National Institute of Technology, Silchar Silchar 35.08 4.3 39.38
32 34 2 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur 33.46 5.63 39.09
33 41 8 Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi Sivakashi 33.96 5.1 39.06
34 43 9 Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology Bengaluru 33.89 5 38.89
35 37 2 Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, College of Engineering Pune 24.43 14.2 38.63
36 BNM Institute of Technology Bengaluru 31.94 6.43 38.37
37 54 17 BS Abdur Rahman University Chennai 32.25 5.36 37.61
38 42 4 Rungta College of Engineering & Technology Bhilai 35.32 1.88 37.20
39 40 1 Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology Greater Noida 31.42 5.63 37.05
40 25 -15 New Horizon College of Enginering Bengaluru 36.54 36.54
41 67 26 Dehradun Institute of Technology Dehradun 35.66 35.66
42 50 8 Army Institute of Technology (AIT) Pune 32.37 3.2 35.57
43 46 3 Oriental Institute of Science and Technology Bhopal 34.74 34.74
44 65 21 Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology New Delhi 29.40 5.2 34.60
45 79 34 GMR Institute of Technology Rajam 24.82 9.65 34.47
46 52 6 Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology Kochi 29.41 4.95 34.36
47 48 1 Bannari Amman Institute of Technology Erode 34.19 34.19
48 68 20 Orissa Engineering College Bhubaneswar 34.11 34.11
49 Ganesh Lal Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management Greater Noida 33.61 33.61
50 44 -6 Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai 33.54 33.54
51 63 12 Thakural College of Technology Bhopal 33.43 33.43
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oveRall SCoReS
Rank
2011
Rank
2010
Change Institutes City Score hR
perception
Total
Score
52 69 17 B I T Sindri Dhanbad 24.35 8.99 33.34
53 45 -8 Panimalar Enineering College Chennai 32.89 32.89
54 Govt Model Engineering College Kochi 32.38 32.38
55 Easwari Engineering College Chennai 32.16 32.16
56 Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata Kolkata 31.79 31.79
57 Trident Academy of Technology Bhubaneswar 31.65 31.65
58 53 -5 Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology Ghaziabad 30.98 30.98
59 Sona College of Technology Salem 30.57 30.57
60 NIT Kurukshetra Kurukshetra 24.39 5.96 30.35
61 Hindustan College of Science & Technology Mathura 24.52 5.8 30.32
62 64 3 SJB Institute of Technology Bengaluru 30.03 30.03
63 National Institute of Technology, Agartala Agartala 29.50 29.50
64 Rajalakshmi Engineering College Chennai 28.77 28.77
65 Government College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology Kolkata 28.53 28.53
66 51 -14 ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad Ghaziabad 28.37 28.37
67 Kasegaon Education Society, Rajarambapu Institute
of Technology
Islampur 28.31 28.31
68 Govt. College of Engineering, Amravati Amravati 28.27 28.27
69 PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design &
Manufacturing
Jabalpur 27.90 27.90
70 Hindustan Institute of Technology & Management Agra 23.84 4 27.84
71 National Institute of Technology, Patna Patna 27.39 27.39
72 76 6 Turba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology Bhopal 26.88 26.88
73 77 6 DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar Jalandhar 26.35 26.35
74 MAERS MIT College of Engineering Pune 26.12 26.12
75 Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engg Shimoga 26.10 26.10
76 Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology Chittoor 25.85 25.85
77 Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Anand 25.61 25.61
78 Anand Engineering College Agra 24.76 24.76
79 RCC Institute of Information Technology Kolkata 24.62 24.62
80 92 13 Vemana Institute of Technology Bengaluru 24.39 24.39
81 86 6 Faculty of Science and Technology, ICFAI University Dehradun 24.24 0.1 24.34
82 Velagapudi Ramakrishna Sidhhartha Engineering College Vijayawada 23.86 23.86
83 M V J College of Engineering Bengaluru 23.39 23.39
84 85 1 GH Patel College of Engineering & Technology Vallabh
Vidyanagar
20.85 1.88 22.73
85 JB Institute of Engineering & Technology Hyderabad 22.06 22.06
86 Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology Virudhunagar 21.36 21.36
87 Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tirupati Tirupati 21.18 21.18
88 PES College of Engineering Mandya 20.99 20.99
89 Dr MGR Education and Research Institute Chennai 20.42 20.42
90 University College of Engineering Hyderabad 19.01 19.01
91 Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr Rangarajan Dr Sakunthala Engineering
College
Chennai 18.72 18.72
92 81 -11 Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad Aurangabad 17.78 17.78
93 Smt Kamala and Sri Venkappa M Agadi College of Engineering
and Technology
Laxmeshwar 17.14 17.14
94 G Pulla Reddy Engineering College Kurnool, AP 16.08 16.08
95 University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Bengaluru 15.86 15.86
96 94 -2 Ghousia College of Engineering Ramanagaram 15.75 15.75
97 Textile & Engineering Institute Rajwada Inst Ichalkaranji 15.43 15.43
98 Delhi Institute of Technology and Management Sonepat 15.15 15.15
99 Konark Institute of Science and Technology Bhubaneswar 14.63 14.63
100 KS Institute of Technology Bengaluru 14.21 14.21
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T
rue to this saying, Indias
next logical evolution to a
global superpower (from
the much clichd Asian
tiger reference) lies in our ability to
groom further home grown technol-
ogy talent that should be truly global
in nature. Clearly knowledge is the
single most potent weapon India
must leverage to become an eco-
nomic superpower. But one needs
to go beyond the rhetoric and must
frequently do a due diligence on the
state of our technology education
delivery and make amends for its
improvement. That is the Dataquest-
CMR Top T-School Surveys key in-
tention. Into its 7th year, this years
survey fndings have their usual
share of surprises and pointers.
Over the years we have received
our share of bouquets and brick-
Knowledge itself
is powerfrancis
Bacon
Many IndusTry
bodIes have
froM TIMe To TIMe
looked aT The
eMployabIlITy of
overall engIneerIng
graduaTes (MosTly
non IITs whIch
esTIMaTes suggesT
Is as low as 25%.
clearly educaTIon
reforM experTs
argue ThaT
engIneerIng schools
need To engage
In More eMpIrIcal
currIculuM wITh
sTrong orIenTaTIon
Towards currenT
job and deMand
dynaMIcs
Institutes offering Doctoral programs In engg
44%
no
56%
Yes
phD/Doctorate Count
159
203
19
14
no of Student
pursuing phD
(average)
no of Doctorate
awarded (average)
2010-11
2011-12
To foster more research this compo-
nent has to increase.
Salary (In lakhs)
average Max
Salary
average an-
nual Salary by
all Companies
average
annual Sal-
ary by IT/ITeS
Companies
8.7
9.1
10.9
3.4 3.7 3.4
3.6
3.9
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Just a marginal increase, hope this
component also goes up going forward
Recruiment level (all Companies)
428
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
465
503
309
328
380
72 71
76
208
216
276
49 47
55
52
62
24
26
30
average
Strength of
Final Year
Batch
average no
of Students
placed
% of
Students
placed
average no
of Students
placed in
IT/ITeS
% of
Students
placed in
IT/ITeS
no of
Companies
visiting
(average)
no of
IT/ITeS-
Companies
visiting
(average)
no signifcant changes here, its been rather consistent over the years
(Base: 100)
4.0
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bats; we have considered the macro
landscapecomprising thousands
of technology schools present across
the country. Our intention is to
present some of the best T-schools
in the country, IITs and non-IITs
chosen through an elaborate process
of selecting, short listing and rank-
ing. In the end the institutes scores
on various parameters that decide
the top spots. Also, why include the
IITs individually? Well, a convinc-
ing answer for that lies in the fact
that though IITs are a collective
intellectual ecosystem, each IIT has
its share of unique differentiators
and hence the need to rank them
as separate entities from a rank-
ing perspective, to foster healthy
competition.
ParametersUp Close
Overall, looking at the top 10 list-
ings there was quite a bit of change.
As we look at the Ivy League of Top
5, the top 4 places go to the IITs
with the exception of IIIT Hydera-
bad holding on to its #5 position.
But it is interesting to note that
while IIT Bombay retained its #1
position, tough competition ensued
between the IITs of Delhi, Chennai,
and Kharagpur and the outcomes
altered the Top 5 ranking composi-
tion with IIT Madras making an
impressive climb to #2 position. In
fact it was a tight rope fnish by IIT
Bombay whose overall HR percep-
tion score helped it clinch the top
spot, which IIT Madras missed by a
whisker.
Both IIT Bombay and IIT Ma-
dras rightful stature in the survey
is due to the pioneering efforts they
have been doing all these years,
thats yielding fruits y-o-y. Be it
initiatives like alumni funding in
which IIT Bombay tops. For instance
IIT-B has launched a dedicated
online donations portal for better
reach as well as transfer of funds
easier from donors abroad. In terms
of research and industry-institute
Zone-wise Toppers excluding IITs
S no Institute overall
Rank
1 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 6
2 Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 8
3 Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, Delhi 10
4 Delhi Technological University, Delhi 12
5 Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Noida 13
S no Institute overall
Rank
1 International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad 5
2 National Institute of Technology, Karnataka Surathkal 9
3 National Institute of Technology, Warangal 15
4 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 17
5 SSN College of Engineering, Chennai 24
S no Institute overall
Rank
1 Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi 11
2 NIT Rourkela 18
3 National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur 23
4 West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata 29
5 National Institute of Technology, Silchar 31
S no Institute overall
Rank
1 Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Communication
Technology, Gandhinagar
14
2 College of Engineering, Pune 16
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat 21
4 Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 26
5 Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, College of Engineer-
ing, Pune
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collaboration IITB plays an aggres-
sive role. For instance it is working
on country specifc unique research
initiatives together with the industry
and one good instance here is its
collaboration with IBM for an Open
Collaboration Research (OCR)
project with the Industrial Design
Center (IDC) at the institute.
This unique research collabora-
tion focuses on the development
of new designs for mobile device
interfaces that can easily be used
by people who are semiliterate or
illiterate, as well as individuals
who have limited or no access to
information technology. Ultimately
through this collaboration the core
focus is on developing simple,
inexpensive mobile phone user
interfaces for everyone, regardless of
geography or education level, aims
to introduce new levels of ease-of-
use to mobile phone interaction via
developed software technology that
will be made available to the public
through open source. Meanwhile IIT
Madras also has excellent industry
academia collaborations.
Looking at the individual param-
eters, Infrastructure is one sweet
spot for IIT Bombay and in the Top
5, IITs rule in these parameters
with the only exception being NIT
Rourkela at #5. Meanwhile NITK-
Surathkal topped in the Industry
Interface. In terms of Academic En-
vironment, IIT Kharagpur took the
honors and made it to the top spot
followed by IIT Madras, Delhi, and
Bombay. On academic environment
as we look at the non-IITs the top
ones were Institute of Technology
BHU, NIT Rourkela, IIIT Hydera-
bad, Dehradun Institute of Technol-
ogy and BITS Pilani. Looking at the
results on academic environment
with bulk of institutes being IITs in
the Top 5, the other non-IITs need
to work on this front more to give at
least stiff competition to the IITs.
Monitoring for Quality
Of late the quality of engineering
education is subject to much debate
including the quality of faculty, as
well as graduating students. Experts
suggest that the mushrooming
of engineering colleges though a
sign of supply to cater the demand
but often times the availability of
infrastructure, academic output and
quality of faculty asking for more
quality. Moreover the quality of stu-
dents from these new and emerging
engineering colleges which comes
in all names with strong regional
political affnities need to be closely
monitored for quality and their over-
all academic credentials and their
industry accreditations need to be
taken into consideration.
Putting this perspective many in-
dustry bodies have from time to time
looked at the employability of overall
engineering graduates (mostly
non-IITs) which estimates suggest
is as low as 25%. Clearly education
reform experts argue that engineer-
ing schools need to engage in more
empirical curriculum with strong
orientation towards current job and
demand dynamics and try and arrive
at a judicious blend of theory and
practice with string emphasis on soft
skills as well. This many experts
feel will signifcantly improve the
employability quotient of graduating
engineers across disciplines and will
bring more parity and even bridge
the knowledge divide between IITs,
NITs and other privately funded
engineering institutions.
In the recent times even IITs and
its entrance test systemthe JEE
has come in for debate and scrutiny.
Some of the experts argue that the
JEE candidate selection process has
become so outdated and one needs
more innovative testing processes
that can test the candidates real
engineering IQ rather than theo-
retical aspect of things. With the
mushrooming of IIT coaching center
experts are asking for ground-up en-
gineering education reforms in the
country. Many feel the JEE system
has become too old and predictable
and hence many candidates prepar-
ing for the IITs adopt the mugging
theoretical concepts method and
placement-wise Ranking
Institutes City Total (out of 40) Rank
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad 30.0 1
IIT Bombay Mumbai 28.6 2
IIT Madras Chennai 28.6 3
PES Insitute of Technology (PESIT) Bengaluru 26.9 4
Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology Delhi 26.1 5
Delhi Technological University Delhi 25.9 6
IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 25.3 7
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Pilani 25.0 8
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli 24.6 9
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Guwahati 24.3 10
The patterns suggest IITs have stiff competion from institutes like IIIT hyderabad which are
clearly upping their ante
Salary in lakhs 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08
Average Salary among IITs 7.20 6.31 5.90 6.43
Average Salary among NIT 4.73 4.10 4.13 3.79
Clearly a gap exists in terms of compensation between IITs and nITs
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by taking so much mock tests they
clear the fnal real JEE. While these
candidates are top scorers in both
school and in IIT JEE the question
is how much extempore knowledge
they have on certain theoretical con-
cepts and their orientation towards
hardcore engineering. Recently
former Infosys chief Narayana
Murthy, pondered over the quality
of students at IITs right now and the
need for improvement when com-
pared to global technology schools
in the US.
While quality of students is
one issue raised by some in the
industry in IITs and other engineer-
ing schools in the country, a more
important debate is on the quality
of the faculty as well. It might be
recalled earlier this year Union
Minister Jairam Ramesh openly
criticised the quality of faculty in
IITs and IIMs. But from the IITs
perspective, the institutes do not
seem to be unduly perturbed by all
these criticisms and continue to do
their work. But experts feel that the
debate on improving the quality
must be seriously taken in the right
spirit and that attitude will ultimate-
ly beneft the whole IIT and overall
engineering education system in
the country and further its quality
benchmarks.
The Placement Edge
Getting back into the survey fnd-
ings and as we look at parameters
like placements there were some
upsets. IIT Bombay vacated its #1
position (previous year) to IIIT,
Hyderabad this year but managed to
occupy the #2 position. According
to IIT Mumbais placement report it
says, Amongst positive vibes about
economic recovery and increased
hiring, IIT Bombay entered its
placement season with high expec-
tations in 2010-11. Around 250
organizations participated in the
campus placement and over 950
jobs have been offered through on-
campus and pre-placement offers.
Students from Bachelor of Technol-
ogy (BTech), Master of Science
(MSc), Dual Degree (DD), Master of
Technology (MTech), Master of De-
sign (MDes), Master of Philosophy
(MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) programs in various felds of
engineering, science and technol-
ogy, and design participated in the
placement process.
Its indeed an impressive climb
by IIT Madras which zipped forward
to #3 position compared to #11 the
previous year. Interestingly none
of the IITs surveyed made it to the
number one spot and moreover in
the Top 5 on placements there were
only 2 IITs and 3 non-IITs (apart
from IIIT, Hyderabad the others
were PES Institute of Technology
(PESIT) and Netaji Subhash Insti-
tute of Technology). This shows that
other institutes apart from the IITs
are fast catching up on the place-
ments and attracting some of the
best and big names in the industry.
Instances like PESIT entering inside
Top 5 shows the changing land-
scape and the recruiters attitudinal
change in going for different caliber
of institutes apart from the IITs.
The prominent exits out of top 10
this year were ones like Dhirubhai
Ambani Institute of Information
Communication, IIT Guwahati, and
NIT Karnataka Surathkal.
Emphasis on Research
This is one area India needs to fos-
ter more output of global standards.
Also this is one area where experts
call for rapid and well rounded re-
forms that can usher in the motiva-
tion and deepen opportunities for
higher learning and research across
disciplines. For instance the initia-
tives like the Higher Education and
Industry Interface-wise Ranking
College name City Total Score (out of 5) Rank
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal Surathkal 5.0 1
IIT Madras Chennai 3.7 2
IIT Delhi New Delhi 3.7 3
IIT Bombay Mumbai 3.5 4
Faculty of Science and Technology, ICFAI University Dehradun 3.3 5
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 3.3 6
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur 3.3 7
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad 3.2 8
National Institute of Technology, Patna Patna 3.2 9
BS Abdur Rahman University Chennai 3.1 10
This parameter defes popular perception and drives home a point that industry interface patterns
are changing and IITs do have some serious competition
Research environment
(Avg No of Papers/Year)
161.5
191.1
2009-10 2010-11
The initiatives like the higher educa-
tion and Research Bill, 2010 drafted
by the Ministry of hRD has set the
stage for much needed reforms
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Research Bill, 2010 drafted by the
Ministry of Human Resource Devel-
opment (MHRD) has set the stage
for much needed reforms in space
but it needs to be implemented
fast and it is expected to be passed
by end of this year. The proposed
higher education bill will provide
for the determination, co-ordination,
maintenance of standards in, and
promotion of higher education and
research, including university edu-
cation, technical and professional
education other than agricultural
and medical education, and for that
purpose, to establish the National
Commission for Higher Education
and Research.
The bill also proposes to further
to promote the autonomy of higher
educational institutions for the free
pursuit of knowledge and innova-
tion, and for facilitating access,
inclusion and opportunities to all,
and providing for comprehensive
and holistic growth of higher educa-
tion and research in a competitive
global environment through reforms
and renovation; and to provide for
an advisory mechanism of eminent
peers in academia. While cutting
edge research on various felds
happens across IITs, with the higher
education bill one expects the other
non-IITs can also speed up their
research initiatives.
Looking at this years survey
outcomes on the research side,
only 56% of the surveyed sample
institutions offered PhD degrees
and this component has to go up
signifcantly for higher research
activities. But yet again it also puts
into focus the academic environ-
ment and infrastructure which are
the two key elements for candidates
pursuing research. For instance
even in IITs a bulk of them moves
out after their bachelors to MS
programs abroad, mainly the US. So
the challenge for IITs despite having
the best of everything is to retain its
own graduating students to opt for
PG and PhD within the IIT system.
But for non-IITs with the exceptions
like BITS and some NITs the overall
infrastructure relating to research
activities need to be increased. One
needs focussed collaborations and
speciality labs that can attract can-
didates who can feel more secured
once they see a career path post
their research completion.
A closer look at data on this front
this year shows a silver lining. For
instance the average number of PhD
intake saw an increase and in tan-
dem the average number of research
papers also increased. For the
non-IITs it can source some learn-
ing form the IITs model of higher
research. For instance IIT Madras in
addition to providing academic and
departmental research programs, it
has also initiated interdisciplinary
research projects across 16 do-
mains cutting across environmental
technologies to IT. Also to foster
more practical application of the
research skills institutes must go on
aggressively with Industrial Con-
sultancy. In the case of IIT Madras,
it provides for faculty and staff of
the institute to undertake specifc
assignments for the industry, which
include project design, testing and
evaluation or even training in new
areas of industrial development. In-
dustries and organizations involved
Infrastructure-wise Ranking
Institutes City Total Score (out of 10) Rank
IIT Bombay Mumbai 8.6 1
IIT Madras Chennai 7.8 2
IIT Delhi New Delhi 7.4 3
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Guwahati 6.8 4
NIT Rourkela Rourkela 6.3 5
IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 6.1 6
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat 6.1 7
Amity School of Engineering and Technology Noida 5.8 8
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal Surathkal 5.8 9
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad 5.8 10
here IITs shine and other institutes need to emulate the benchmarks set by IITs
academic environment-wise Ranking
Institutes City Total Score (out of 20) Rank
IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 15.7 1
IIT Madras Chennai 14.7 2
IIT Delhi New Delhi 13.0 3
IIT Bombay Mumbai 11.7 4
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 10.9 5
NIT Rourkela Rourkela 10.8 6
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Guwahati 10.4 7
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad 10.2 8
Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi 9.7 9
Dehradun Institute of Technology Dehradun 9.6 10
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Background
Dataquest compiled the seventh Dataquest-CMR survey scorecard
on the best T-schools in the country on the basis of a methodology and
calculations vetted by research frm CMR.
Research Objective
The aim of this survey was to determine the top Technology Schools
(BE, BTech, or similar level graduate technical course) in the country
and rank them on a list of parameters important for both students and
recruiters.
Research Methodology
The Dataquest-CMR survey was done in 2 phases.
phase 1Desk Research: In this phase, the CMR team so as to identify
the list of 300 Tech Schools did an exhaustive desk research and lead-
ing 40 companies who would be invited to be a part of the survey. We
screened colleges established post 2004 and the ones which were not
offering a BE, BTech, or similar level graduate technical courses.
phase 2: The Tech Schools and the IT companies shortlisted in Phase
1 were approached by CMR team. For the Tech Schools both email
responses and face-to-face interviews with the college representative
(preferably the placement coordinator) were considered. HR heads of
the leading companies were contacted over email to include the re-
cruiter perception in the survey. The data was compiled on the basis of
2-year objective data (academic years 2009-10 and 2010-11) provided
by institutes and perception scores of the recruiters.
The Ranking
The research team from CMR carried out the validation exercise. The
objective scores were obtained by evaluating the T-schools against the
following parameters:
n Placements
n Infrastructure
n Academic Environment
n Industry Interface
The weights were distributed as: Placements (40%), Infrastructure
(10%), Intellectual Capital (20%), and Industry Interface (5%). The total
weightage assigned to objective data was 75%.
These parameters were further categorized into sub parameters.
This was done in the following manner.
Placements
n Percentage of students placed in all type of companies
n Percentage of students placed in IT companies
n Number of companies visiting campus in all type of companies per
student
n Number of IT companies visiting campus per student
n Maximum Salary- Per Annum
n Average salary of all type of companies- Per Annum
n Average salary of IT companies- Per Annum
Infrastructure
n Computer to student ratio
n Percentage of computers connected to internet
n Percentage of students that can be accommodated in hostel
n Internet access in hostel
n Percentage of P IV/latest confguration computers
n Internet access in computer labs
How We Ranked the T-Schools
(The methodology of the Dataquest-CMR Best Tech School Survey 2011)
Methodology
n Batch strength for PG Course in engineering disciplines
n Availability of Digital/Network in-campus library
Academic Environment
n Faculty/Student ratio
n Percentage of permanent faculty
n Percentage of Permanent Faculty with PhD
n Number of Patents obtained by the institute
n Batch strength of PhD course in engineering discipline
n Percentage of students passed with frst division in BE/BTech
Degree
n Average number of research papers in 2009-10 and 2010-11
Industry Interface
n Number of MoU signed by the industry
n Average number of assignments in 2009-10 and 2010-11 for
organizations
n Affliation or linkages with international institute/education body
perception Score: The perception survey of recruiters was
conducted through another questionnaire. Recruiters were asked
to rate importance of various aspects while deciding which
Tech School to visit for campus recruitments on a 5-point scale.
Recruiters were also welcome to add any parameter of their
choice. They were given a list of institutes which they had to rate
on a 10-point scale. The overall weightage given to the recruiters
response was 25.
The composite score, which is the total of the objective data
score and the recruiters perception score, was used to arrive at
the fnal ranking.
analysis Methodology :All the absolute data provided by the
institutions were normalized and converted to relative data to
evaluate the relative distance among the institutes across different
parameters. After normalization the data had been multiplied
with respective weights of each parameter and then the total
objective score out of 75 was calculated. Similarly from the HRs
perception, the total score out of 25 was calculated only for those
institutes that received some marks from the HR professionals
otherwise the HR portion was kept blank. These 2 scores were
then added up and composite score was calculated out of 100.
The whole data was then arranged in descending order and we
fnally got the top institutes across India.
Reasons for Change in Rank : Every year, we experience few
reshuffing of ranks every year mainly due to the reason that this
survey is based on hard facts rather than perception only. As a
result, the total score of a particular institute gets modifed and
altered every year.
validation process : The CMR research team did all the data
validation exercise. We had asked for few documents from the
institutes like list of companies visited in the campus, number of
students recruited by each one of them and the salary offered to
the students, placement brochure, institute prospectus, compa-
nies for whom consulting/industrial assignment has been done,
name of journal where research paper has been published, and
offcial copy of semester results. Apart from these we had also
validated the data from various secondary sources. Especially
the placement data have been validated from the data provided
by the various companies who generally visit campuses
for placements.
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in the industrial development re-
quest IIT faculty to take up specifc
assignments channelled through the
Center for Industrial Consultancy
and sponsored Research (ICSR).
So clearly institutes must attract
more R&D jobs. If we take IIT-Bs
last placement season, its placement
report says that with the economy
increasingly striving for high-end
products and services, a larger
number of companies now strive to
develop products on the forefront of
technology. IIT-B saw an increase in
organizations hiring fresh gradu-
ates in the R&D sector. This sector
had been steadily growing for the
past few years and this year IIT-B
saw some premier job offers in this
sector. A total of 16 R&D organiza-
tions offered around 70 positions
this year.
Compensation Matters
While attracting top notch com-
panies for the campus recruitment
drive is a matter of great prestige
but when it comes to compensa-
tion there exists a gap in terms of
what is offered between the IITs and
non-IITs. Specifcally if we compare
IITs with NIT, the former takes the
hR perception-wise Ranking
RanK InSTITUTeS hR SCoRe
1 IIT Bombay 25
2 IIT Delhi 24.05
3 IIT Kharagpur 22.51
4 IIT Madras 22
5 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 21.44
6 International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad 20.42
7 Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 19.42
8 Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University 17.15
9 Birla Institute of Technology 15.31
10 Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, College of Engineering 14.2
11 Amity School of Engineering and Technology 14.09
12 National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal 13.94
13 Delhi Technological University 12.36
14 DA Institute of Information Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar 12.2
15 Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology 11.36
16 College of Engineering, Pune 10.77
17 National Institute of Technology, Warangal 10.53
18 GMR Institute of Technology 9.65
19 B I T Sindri 8.99
20 Thapar University Patiala 8.84
21 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology 8.58
22 Institue of Technology, Nirma University 8.58
23 SSN College of Engineering 8.49
24 College of Engineering, Trivandrum 8.36
25 National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur 8.23
26 ABV IIIT and Management, Gwalior 8.14
27 BNM Institute of Technology 6.43
28 Motilal Nehru Institute of Engineering, Allahabad 6.25
29 NIT Rourkela 6.03
30 Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology 6.03
31 NIT Kurukshetra 5.96
32 Hindustan College of Science & Technology 5.8
33 Harcourt Butler Technological Institute 5.63
34 Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology 5.63
35 Amrita School of Engineering 5.6
36 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 5.36
37 BS Abdur Rahman University 5.36
38 Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology 5.2
39 Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi 5.1
40 Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology 5
Colleges were ranked according to the perception of the recruiters
on various hR related aspects
The proposed
hIgher educaTIon
and research bIll,
2010 drafTed by
The MInIsTry of
huMan resource
developMenT
(Mhrd) has seT The
sTage for Much
needed reforMs In
space buT IT needs
To be IMpleMenTed
fasT and IT Is
expecTed To be
passed by The end
of ThIs year
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Weightage of parameters and Sub parameters
parameters Sub parameters Weights
Placements % of students placed in last 2 years 13
40
% of students placed in last 2 years in IT companies 2
No of companies visiting campus in last 2 years 7
No of IT companies visiting campus in last 2 years 2
Max Salary (last 2 yrs) - Per Annum 3
Avg salary (last 2 yrs) of all type of companies- Per Annum 11
Avg salary (last 2 yrs) of IT companies- Per Annum 2
Infrastructure Computer to students ratio 2
10
% of computers connected to internet 1
Hostel facility 0
% of students can be accomodate in hostel 1
Internet access in hostel 1
% P IV / latest confguration 1
% of students having access to computer 0
Internet access to computer labs 1
Batch strength for UG Course in Final year exams 0
Batch strength for PG Course in Final 2
Offering post graduation program course in engineering 0
Availability of Digital/Network in-campus library 1
Academic
Environment
Faculty/Students ratio 4
20
% of permanent faculty 3
% of visiting faculty 0
% of Permanent Faculty with PHD 4
Number of Patent obtained by the institute 3
Batch strength of PhD course in engineering discipline by
institute
2
% of students passed in frst attempt 0
% of students passed with frst division in BE/BTech Degree 2
Avg no of research papers in last two years 2
Industry
Interface
Number of MoU signed by the industry 2
5
Avg no of assigments in last two years 2
Affliation or linkages 1
Total-Institute response (out of 75) 75
Total-hR Response 25
The qualITy of sTudenTs froM These new and
eMergIng engIneerIng colleges whIch coMe
In all naMes wITh sTrong regIonal polITIcal
affInITIes need To be closely MonITored
for qualITy and TheIr overall acadeMIc
credenTIals and TheIr IndusTry accredITaTIons
need To be Taken InTo consIderaTIon
trophy with average annual salary
ranging in the `7 lakh while NITs
managed to get around an average
salary of `5 lakh annually.
Industry Interface
This parameter is increasingly be-
coming a USP for non-IITs which
are walking the extra mile to forge
closer ties with the industry. For
instance NITK Surathkal took the
#1 spot in this parameter and oth-
er names like Faculty of Science
and Technology, ICFAI University
and Harcourt Butler Technological
Institute signify the growing clout
these institutes have on Industry
Interface. Experts believe that
closer ties the institutes forge
with the industry will augur well
for them as they can leverage the
industrys expertise in many ways
and increase the opportunities for
the students.
Outlook
At the end of the day, looking back
at the survey fndings some are on
expected lines and some fndings
point to the new and changing equa-
tions. For instance as the debate
on delivering quality technology
education gets louder, even IITs are
not spared in those debate and it
applies to all. Moreover if we look
at some of the key parameters like
placement and industry interface,
one can see shifts happening there
and names like IIIT, Hyderabad
which topped in placements and
NITK Surathkal which topped in
Industry Interface certainly drives
home the stiff competition emerging
for IITs from these fronts. The good
news is such competition will usher
in new benchmarks on quality and
open up new development platforms.
With pointers like these one hopes
that the overall quality of technol-
ogy education in the country will
leapfrog in the years to come. n
Shrikanth G
shrikanthg@cybermedia.co.in
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Leader Shows the Way
K
nowledge is the supreme
goal says the motto of
one of Indias most re-
vered and hallowed in-
stitutes of engineering, IIT Bombay.
As part of this vision, to promote
knowledge and not just rote learn-
ing, the institute has been following
the liberal approach, including
their programs too. For the under-
grad students, the institute has come
out with a liberal approach to ease
off the pressure to earn the maxi-
mum credits. As per this approach,
students can earn their basic degree
with lesser credits (the minimum
now is 252 credits) and choose the
course of their liking to allow them
to graduate with a major degree and
a minor degree in a subject of their
choice. On the one hand, there are
more than 15 minor courses being
offered. On the other hand, students
who do not wish to work for any mi-
nor degree can simply shop around
for a mixed bag of subjects. Every
year, the institute launches around
5-10 new courses based on the cur-
rent favorites, thereby leading to a
huge basket of electives.
Perhaps, it is this liberal ap-
proach that has made IIT Bombay
one of the most sought-after destina-
tions for the UG and PG studies,
thus attracting the top performers in
JEE. For instance, in JEE 2011, 70
of the top 100 rankers have joined
the institute and this includes 8
of the top 10 JEE rank holders. In
2011, the institute has awarded
1,846 degrees and 173 PhD de-
grees.
The institute, a pioneer in many
respects, launched 2 new dual
degree programsMTech and PhD
and MSc and MTech (4-year course)
in order to increase their research
component.
Keeping in mind the increasing
needs of the growing student base,
new hostels and faculty accommo-
dation are being made and a new
lecturer hall complex is already
operational.
Shaking off the recession blues,
the institutes placement season
attracted 250 organizations with
over 950 job offers being made
through on-campus and pre-place-
ment offers. Interestingly, more than
two-thirds of the students opted for
science, engineering, and technol-
ogy oriented jobs. A vertical-wise
dissection of the companies visited
shows that the fnance sector was a
major recruiter offering more than
90 offers followed closely by man-
agement consulting, wherein
20 such companies visited and over
90 offers were made in the manage-
ment consulting sector. Besides
37 students, several with doctoral
degrees were also offered jobs in
education. n
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 1 1 1
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 28.6 2
Infrastructure 10 8.6 1
Academic Environment 20 11.7 4
Industry Interface 5 3.5 4
RANK
1
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
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IT Delhi slipped down by one
place to rank #3, perhaps
one can blame it on its low
rating in placement param-
eter. Nevertheless, IIT Delhi is
geared up for a massive exercise of
renewal and expansion in its golden
jubilee year. Its consistent efforts
in obtaining additional land for its
future expansion are fnally yield-
ing fruit and the Haryana Govern-
ment has agreed to allot 100 acres
of land in the NCR region to
IIT Delhi.
On an Expansion Spree
In FY11, 27 new regular fac-
ulty members were appointed and
`175 lakh allocated to encourage
development in research facili-
ties. In April 2011, 6 new projects
worth `79 lakh were sponsored
by international organizations and
285 new projects worth `43.68
crore were sponsored by national
organizations. Meanwhile, a PhD
program under the National
Resource Center for Value Educa-
tion in Engineering (NRCVEE)
was undertaken. The institute has
also set up a Curriculum Review
Committee to look into the courses
and syllabus for UG programs in
view of changed circumstances
and aspiration of students. With
all such efforts in academia, no
wonder it ranked #3 in academic
environment parameter. Even in
industry interface parameter, the
institute faired very well8 MoUs
signed with international universi-
ties/corporate/government and 2
with national. n
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 2 2 3
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 23.0 12
Infrastructure 10 7.4 3
Academic Environment 20 13.4 3
Industry Interface 5 3.7 3
RANK
3
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 3 4 2
T
he year was identifed
by IIT Madras as the
year of bridging knowl-
edge with industry. The
institute invested in setting up
various research centers includ-
ing the well-known university-level
research park that has got around 31
companies focusing on R&D across
different branches of engineering
and management.
The institute got 2 major sanctions
(upto `50 crore) to set up a multi-
disciplinary virtual center for study
Connecting Knowledge with Industry
and research on combustion involving
participation from aerospace, me-
chanical, chemical engineering; and
a virtual project focused on nano-
electronic study for manufacturing en-
gineering. Currently there are around
1,484 PhD students, 963 MTech
students, and around 698 students
pursuing MS in research, respectively.
IITM plans to increase the faculty
from 480 to 600 in the next couple
of years. It invested `8.5 crore for
the journals and `1.4 crore in books.
These initiatives get refected on the
overall ranking in placement, where
after a fat year, it saw an increase
jumping up to the third position from
11th in 2010. Around 252 companies
visited campus last year.
Interestingly, the college follows
a 10-year vision plan. While 2001-
10 was about focusing on research
and development works, 2011-20
would be the time for industry part-
nerships focusing towards industry-
oriented research apart from the
fundamental research, and building
a robust team. n
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
RANK
2
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 23.0 5
Infrastructure 10 5.8 11
Academic Environment 20 7.9 22
Industry Interface 5 3.1 16
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IIT-Hyderabad has really
put in efforts to maintain a
unique position among the
top 5 T-schools of India.
Notable fact is that now it has been
accredited at Grade A by NAAC,
for a period of 5 years, in effect
from September 2011. Parameters
like 100% niche placement, world
class faculty, and high-quality
research projects have actually
contributed to the overall increase
in the scores of the institute over
the years. It ranks #1 in terms of
Sustained Performance
placement among all the T-schools
surveyed.
This year more than 40% of
undergrad students have proac-
tively opted for research programs
in 2011. For the record, 8 industry
MoUs, 26 industry-funded consul-
tancy projects, and 70 government-
funded projects have been signed in
2010-11.
In continuation of its focus on
Computational Linguistics, IIIT-H
has introduced dual degree trans-
disciplinary programs, 5-year
courses in which undergraduate
students of computer science can
opt for humanities, linguistics, and
natural sciences in their third year.
One of the major initiatives has
been the 30% increase in its annual
intake at undergraduate level from
185 to 240 from the academic ses-
sion of 2011. So the infrastructure
also has been upgraded accordingly
including an amphitheater and
2 new research centers in
the campus. n
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 7 5 5
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 30.0 1
Infrastructure 10 5.8 10
Academic Environment 20 10.2 8
Industry Interface 5 3.2 9
RANK
5
I
IT Kharagpurs sweet spot
is its academic environment
in which its the undisputed
leader this time and thats an
impressive escalation given that the
same parameter was a pain area the
previous year. However its overall
rank slipped to #4 due to the key
concern areas related to param-
eters like industry interface and
placements. On the positive side,
it signifcantly bettered its scores
on infrastructure, for instance, the
rollout of campus wide optical fber
Time to Introspect
network that would be completed by
March 2012.
Its impressive #1 rank on
academic environment reinforces
its commitment to broad base on
its disciplines and in line with that
it has launched 2 new 4-year PG
programs in water management and
entrepreneurship management. In
addition, it has also established
a research center for bio-energy
and is also ramping up its hostel
facilities (men & women) and staff
quarters.
On the research front, it secured
a good deal of government/corpo-
rate-funded research projects and
also upped its industry/academia
collaborations.
While it continues to place the
bulk (almost 100%) of students,
it needs to focus on the quality as
well. In terms of recruitment diver-
sity, 35% was picked up by the IT
companies, 30% by the core indus-
tries, and the rest preferred teaching
and academic roles. n
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 1 2 4
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 25.3 7
Infrastructure 10 6.1 6
Academic Environment 20 15.7 1
Industry Interface 5 0.4 82
RANK
4
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B
ITS Pilani took a lot of
new initiatives towards
research and infrastruc-
ture which positively
impacted its ranking. The institute
follows long-term vision roadmaps
with short-term goals and a grand
vision for 2020. This strategy clearly
gives it a phased approach to realize
its goals and objectives. Augment-
ing infrastructure indeed topped
the institutes agendainitiatives
like the deployment of an open
standards based Oracles People-
Raising the Bar
Soft Enterprise Applications with
an aim to automate its academic
and administrative functionswill
signifcantly up its operations eff-
ciency. It has also earmarked around
`400 crore for a complete uplift of
its infrastructure. The institute, with
all these initiatives and investments,
intends to transit into a seat of
more advanced learning with strong
research and multidisciplinary
orientation.
While BITS Pilani received good
scores on placement and academic
environment, it needs to further up
the ante in parameters like industry
interface. While students get ample
industry exposure right from the
beginning, while comparing it to the
others at the top, it has some scope
for improvement. Interestingly, the
institute has more than 200 industry
collaborations and some feel that
needs to be utilized to its fullest po-
tential. Also, many feel the institute
needs more innovation labslike
the ones it has with Motorola
and HM. n
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 8 9 6
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 25.0 8
Infrastructure 10 5.3 26
Academic Environment 20 9.5 11
Industry Interface 5 3.0 32
RANK
6
B
ettering its performance
from the previous year,
IIT Guwahatis scores
across parameters refect
the concerted attempts it has taken
for overall improvementwhether its
academics, infrastructure, or research.
However, one of the issues that has
pained IIT Guwahati consistently is
attracting quality faculty, owing to
its remote location. Three substan-
tial initiatives to plug that lacunae,
widen opportunities, and tap talent
from within the institute were taken.
Getting Better
These are: allowing undergraduates to
opt for research programs from their
third year; dual degree programs; and
programs like the one that allows an
undergraduate student to get a degree
in any branch of engineering along
with a minor degree.
The institute considers itself
young and vibrant in spirit, so it
realizes the importance of regular
addition and innovation in infra-
structure and quality of research
projects. On an average it spends
`80-90 crore per year on infrastruc-
tural development and earns `40
crore per year from various ongoing
and new research projects.
This year, 2010-11, it has signed
88 new sponsored projects (worth
`37 crore) and 9 MoUs (7 with
foreign institutions and 2 with TCS
and Wipro).
IIT Guwahati has fared worse
than last year in terms of placement.
So, it needs to proactively take
initiatives to increase its industry
interface to ensure better absorption
in the years to come. n
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 6 8 7
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 24.3 10
Infrastructure 10 6.8 4
Academic Environment 20 10.4 7
Industry Interface 5 1.3 74
RANK
7
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T
he long pending conver-
sion of IT-BHU to IIT-
BHU, seems to be coming
closer to becoming a
reality, with the Lok Sabha giving its
nod earlier this year. The Institutes
of Technology (Amendment) Bill
2011 is now pending for approval in
the Rajya Sabha and is expected to
be cleared soon.
Given this backdrop as we
look at the survey fndings, except
for placement parameters (the
Raring to Go
institute says that there are no
placement issues and it continues
to place the bulk of them) which
went down a bit, however on other
parameters the institute has either
retained or bettered its position
compared to last year. For instance
its rank on infrastructure and
industry went up, while it retained
its place in academic environment.
Some of the infrastructure scaling
up initiatives it embarked over the
year include ones like the expan-
sion of hostel facilities, putting in
place 10 Gbps network connectiv-
ity among others.
Looking ahead, the institute is
pinning its hopes that its conver-
sion to IIT-BHU happens soon
and that it will attain a new found
status and will join the league of
elite IITs. Moreover this new status
as an IIT will help the institute to
attract and garner more funds for
its academic and research
activities. n
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 10 7 8
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 22.1 14
Infrastructure 10 5.7 15
Academic Environment 20 10.9 5
Industry Interface 5 3.3 6
RANK
8
A
lot has been happen-
ing at NITK Surathkal;
it introduced 2 new PG
coursesMTech in Nano
Technology and MTech in Me-
chatronics with 15 and 27 students
admitted in both courses, respec-
tively, taking the total to 28 PG
programs. The student intake saw a
marginal increase (the NRI student
intake increased to 83).
It enhanced its research capabili-
ties by hiking its research budget
to `25 crore this year across 70
Spending for the Future
research projects. The institute
also ramped up its infrastructure,
spending close to `166 crore on new
infrastructure; it plans to spend `50
crore more.
There has been a signifcant
increase in the number of tie-ups
too as NITK inked 5 international
MoUs and 6 national MoUs with
Bengaluru based CPRI and MRPL,
Alstom, CMTI.
For the students, FY11 was a
fantastic year as the UG placements
touched the 97% mark and PG
placements touched 65% wherein
the MCA program saw 100% place-
ments. The number of visiting com-
panies too saw an upswingin the
frst 6 months of 2011 itself, there
have been 150 company visits.
This year its seeing the rollout of
the phase 2 of the Technical Educa-
tion Quality Improvement project,
the total fnancial outplay is `12.5
crore. The institute also plans to
set up 6 inter-disciplinary Centers
of Excellence, which will attract
further funding of `5 crore. n
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 9 11 9
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 21.7 17
Infrastructure 10 5.8 9
Academic Environment 20 8.1 19
Industry Interface 5 5 1
RANK
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T
his time, Netaji Subhash
Institute of Technology
managed to move up one
place to the rank #10,
securing a place in the list of Top
10 T-schools. Placements ensured
that NSIT received all the attention.
It attributes its impressive perform-
ance to its ability to attract the top
rankers of AIEEE in admissions,
excellent educational programs and
academic trainings, adequate em-
phasis on extra-curricular activities,
excellent performance of alumni in
Well Placed
major MNCs and PSUs, and its high
standing among the major recruiters
within the country and abroad.
NSIT has 30 positions of Teach-
ing-cum-Research Fellowships
(TRF) for PhD students but are very
particular in selecting them, hence
sometimes there is a shortfall. This
could be one of the reasons for its
poor performance in the academic
environment parameter. Neverthe-
less, a number of faculty members
completed their PhD, several of
them were sponsored to attend and
present their research papers in
various international conferences,
and a number of them went abroad
as visiting faculty with their coun-
terparts for a short-term program
of collaborative research. As far as
infrastructure is concerned, several
new labs were created last year. In
spite of low rankings in few param-
eters, NSIT managed to climb up to
the Top 10 list and the placement
statistics certainly justifes its
high rank. n
Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology
Scores over the Years
Year 2009 2010 2011
Rank 17 11 10
Parameters Total Weights Score Ranks
Placement 40 23.0 5
Infrastructure 10 5.8 11
Academic Environment 20 7.9 22
Industry Interface 5 3.1 16
RANK
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Institutes Rank
ABES Engineering college , Ghaziabad 66
ABV IIIT and Management, Gwalior 22
Amity School of Engineering and Technology 13
Amrita School of Engineering 27
Anand Egineering College 78
Army Institute of Technology (AIT) 42
B I T Sindri 52
B. S. Abdur Rahman University 37
Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology 58
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology 47
Bharati Vidypeeth Deemed University, College of Engineering 35
Birla Institute of Technology 11
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 6
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya 77
BNM Institute of Technology 36
College of Engineering, Pune 16
College of Engineering, Trivandrum 28
DA Institute of Information Communication Technology (DA-
IICT), Gandhinagar
14
DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar 73
Dehradun Institue of Technology 41
Delhi institute of Technology and Management 98
Delhi Technological University 12
Dr. MGR Education And Research Institute 89
Easwari Engineering College 55
Faculty if Science and technology, ICFAI, University 81
G H Patel Collaege of Engineering & Technology 84
G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College 94
Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology 39
Ganesh Lal Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management 49
Ghousia College of Engineering 96
GMR Institute of Technology 45
Government college of Engineering & ceramic Technology 65
Govt. College of Engineeing , Amravati 68
Govt. Model Engineering College 54
Harcout Butler Technological Institute 32
Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata 56
Hindustan Collegeo of Science & Technology 61
Hindustan Institute of Technology & Management 70
IIT Bombay 1
IIT Delhi 3
IIT Kharagpur 4
IIT Madras 2
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 7
Institue of Technology , Nirma University 26
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University 8
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderbad 5
J. B. Institute of Engineering & Technology 85
Jawaharlal Nehru Nehru National college of Engg. 75
Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology 86
Kasegaon Education Societs, Rajarambapu Insttute of Technology 67
Konark Institute of Science and technology 99
Institutes Rank
KS Institute of Technology 100
M V J college of Engineering 83
MAERS MIT College of Engineering 74
Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology 25
Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of Technology 44
Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad 92
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College , Sivakasi 33
Motilal Nehru Institute of Engineeting, Allahabad 20
National Institute of Technology Agartala 63
National Institute of Technology karnataka Surathkal 9
National Institute of Technology Rourkela 18
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 17
National Institute of Technology Warangal 15
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur 23
National Institute of Technology, Patna 71
National institute of Technology, Silchar 31
Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology 10
New Horizon college of Enginering 40
NIT KURUKSHETRA 60
Oriental Institute of Science and Technology 43
Orissa Engineering College 48
Panimalar Enineering Colleg 53
PDPM indian Institute of information Technology, Design &
Manufacturing
69
PES College of Engineering 88
PES Insitute of Technology (PESIT) 30
Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology 46
Rajalakshmi Engineering College 64
RCC Institute of Information Technology 79
Rungta College of Engineering & Technology 38
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology 21
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology 34
SJB Institute of Technology 62
Smt. Kamala and Sri.venkappa M Agadi College of Engineering
and Technology
93
Sona College of Technology 59
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology 76
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tirupati 87
SSN College of Engineering 24
Textile & Engineering Istitute Rajwada Inst. 97
Thakural College of Technology 51
Thapar University Patiala 19
Thiagarajar College of Engineering 50
Trident Academy of Technology 57
Turba Institute of engineering and information Technology 72
University College of Engineering 90
University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering 95
Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering
College
91
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Sidhhartha Engineering College 82
Vemana Institute of Technology 80
West Bengal University of Technology 29