ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: 2009 Rankings of Engineering Colleges in India

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This year, three magazines have published their rankings for engineering colleges in India. Surprisingly, all magazines have awarded # 8 ranks to our college.

 Please note that all rankings are subjective and subject to interpretation.

 Here is the summary of all rankings by magazines for the past 4 years:

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1) Outlook India Rankings

a) Cover page- June 22 issue

http://www.outlookindia.com/archivecontents.asp?fnt=20090622

b) Essay

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090622&fname=ALead+Essay+(F)&sid=1

It's been a terrible year, professionally speaking, and one that has dulled the sheen of the India Story. Even if the economic slowdown currently looks like a figment of the Sensex's imagination, there's no denying the harsh realities: the jobs market has swung from irrational exuberance to an irrational freeze. While the pendulum will swing back, it'll be a while before we see 40 per cent annual pay hikes again. More worryingly, manufacturing and exports remain in the dumps. While much of the attention has been on the middle class' bewilderment at this dramatic turn of events, it is the armies of skilled and semi-skilled workers who have been hit the most. They continue to have reason to worry.

In these stormy times, Outlook's annual ranking of India's top professional colleges—in its fourth edition, this time with GfK-Mode—is an island of reassuring calm. That's because there are many familiar top-ranked institutions in the perceptual listings—an indication, if any was needed, of mind over glitzy matter. Given the advertising barrage by institutes of all types claiming "cent per cent placements" and promising a "good college life", this is a crucial need. Interestingly, industry professionals who participated in the survey gave more importance to academic excellence and the selection process—and lower weightage to an institute's infrastructure and placement track record. There is a lesson here somewhere for prospective students.

Then, we have a brand new minister for HRD, with plans to radically transform higher education. Actually there's no better time than now to fix the mess. Outlook interviewed Kapil Sibal to get a sense of his game plan for higher education. We have also sought views on two issues that will dominate headlines in the months to come: the future of many deemed universities and the move to allow foreign universities into India. A scarier, and more immediate, concern is the horrible reality of capitation fees and ragging. Our report on the measures to tackle ragging highlights the lack of any action on the ground. It also paints a disturbing picture about our society's value systems.

Last year, we had said that it was a wonderful time to be a young student in India. Happily, that fundamental reality remains—students have more choices than ever before, which is mirrored in the new streams we have added to this year's ranking. As always, choose wisely.

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c) Rankings

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090622&fname=ALead+Essay+(F)&sid=2

TOP PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES: RANKINGS

Top 75 Engineering Colleges (only top 25 shown here)

d) Other parameters

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090622&fname=ALead+Essay+(F)&sid=7

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