COVER STORYTop 50 Private EngineeringCollegesA few private colleges are catching up but there is still a huge gap between the good, bad, and inevitably, the ugly. Rank Name of Institute City I.C (600) P.S (200) I.I (400) P (400) I.F (650) T.M (2250) I.C: Intellectual capital; P.S: Pedagogic systems; I.I: Industry Interface; P: Placements; I.F: Infrastructure and facilities; T.M: Total Marks 1 BITS Pilani 466 156 348 365 549 1884 2 BIT Mesra Ranchi 421 146 318 278 422 1585 3 PSG College of Technology Coimbatore 411 148 348 268 385 1560 4 Thapar Inst. of Engineering & Technology Patiala 406 137 303 266 375 1487 5 Dhirubhai Ambani Inst. of Infocom. Tech Gandhinagar 326 135 236 263 371 1331 6 Manipal Institute of Technology Manipal 324 133 248 250 362 1317 7 Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore 328 118 253 247 352 1298 8 VJTI Mumbai 331 117 254 257 322 1281 9 SSN College of Engineering Chennai 320 120 260 245 328 1273 10 RV College of Engineering Bangalore 318 128 230 266 326 1268 11 PES Institute of Technology Bangalore 307 113 240 265 323 1248 12 Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai 304 114 249 251 318 1236 13 Maharashtra Institute of Technology Pune 312 112 235 240 331 1230 14 SJ College of Engineering Mysore 300 110 245 233 333 1221 15 SASTRA University Thanjavur 295 111 242 231 330 1209 16 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Hyderabad 301 132 226 228 317 1204 17 Nirma Institute of Technology Ahmedabad 302 101 225 230 338 1196 18 BMS College of Engineering Bangalore 318 120 217 224 315 1194 19 SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai 305 116 221 221 330 1193 20 Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore 299 122 228 225 318 1192 21 Sathyabhama Engineering College Chennai 294 128 220 221 328 1191 22 Gitam Vishakhapatnam 301 105 230 229 325 1190 23 National Institute of Engineering Mysore 304 121 223 228 312 1188 24 The ICFAI Inst. of Science and Technology Hyderabad 319 134 231 222 278 1184 25 Mepco Schlenk Engineering College Sivakasi 296 119 187 212 353 1167 26 Amrita Institute of Technology & Science Coimbatore 275 113 197 210 348 1143 27 Shri Ramdeo Baba KN Engineering College Nagpur 315 111 186 214 316 1142 28 Karunya Institute of Technology Coimbatore 268 107 195 219 332 1121 29 Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai Erode 297 104 178 207 331 1117 30 Sreenidhi Inst. of Science & Technology Hyderabad 291 106 212 218 288 1115 31 SDM College of Engineering Dharwad 288 108 176 204 324 1100 32 Mufkham Jah Engineering College Hyderabad 287 109 188 210 302 1096 33 MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore 299 106 177 212 299 1093 34 Vasavi College of Engineering Hyderabad 288 103 196 208 295 1090 35 Jaypee University of Information Tech Solan 282 110 187 205 294 1078 36 RVR & JC College Of Engineering Guntur 286 104 168 213 305 1076 37 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneshwar 264 102 165 232 310 1073 38 KL College of Engineering Vaddeswaram 274 106 192 220 280 1072 39 Babu Banarasi Das Lucknow 272 105 199 207 285 1068 40 Institute of Technology & Management Gurgaon 312 105 172 223 254 1066 41 Hindustan Inst. of Engineering Technology Chennai 285 114 171 212 283 1065 42 Siddhartha Engineering College Vijayawada 279 101 189 208 284 1061 43 Sona College of Technology Salem 269 113 171 206 297 1056 44 Galgotia Noida 278 115 166 203 284 1046 45 VIT Pune 288 122 163 194 278 1045 46 Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engg Nagpur 271 116 165 199 277 1028 47 Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram 270 111 157 197 282 1017 48 Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science Warangal 265 106 159 194 267 991 49 KLE Society's College of Engineering Belgaum 262 107 155 197 269 990 50 JSS Academy of Technical Education Bangalore 260 109 151 191 262 973