TOP PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES: RANKINGS
Placements
Job-ready In Tough Times
| Rank | Name of Institute | City | Batch strength (2006-08) | Campus placements | % of students placed |
| 1 | IIT | Kharagpur | 320 | 320 | 100 |
| 2 | IIT | Kanpur | 110 | 110 | 100 |
| 3 | IIT | Roorkee | 331 | 331 | 100 |
| 4 | BITS | Pilani | 403 | 396 | 98 |
| 5 | NIT | Trichy | 434 | 425 | 98 |
| 6 | IT-BHU | Varanasi | 532 | 506 | 95 |
| 7 | NIT | Warangal | 374 | 353 | 94 |
| 8 | DCE | Delhi | 550 | 512 | 93 |
| 9 | College of Engg, Anna Univ | Chennai | 404 | 375 | 93 |
| 10 | NIT | Calicut | 531 | 484 | 91 |
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TOP PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES: RANKINGS
Highest Salaries
What Slowdown? Highest annual placement salary for engineering graduates
| Rank | Name of Institute | City | Salary |
| 1 | DCE | Delhi | 40.0 |
| 2 | IIT | Roorkee | 36.0 |
| 3 | IIT | Kharagpur | 22.0 |
| 4 | IIT | Kanpur | 22.0 |
| 5 | IT-BHU | Varanasi | 16.5 |
| 6 | NSIT | Delhi | 15.0 |
| 7 | BITS | Pilani | 12.0 |
| 8 | College of Engg, Anna Univ | Chennai | 12.0 |
| 9 | IIIT | Hyderabad | 12.0 |
| 10 | NIT | Calicut | 11.7 |
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TOP PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES: RANKINGS
Return On Investment
Number-Crunching: the ratio is calculated by dividing the average salary with the total course fee (incl. hostel charges)
| Rank | Institute | City | Total Fees (in Rs) | Average salary (Rs) | ROI |
| 1 | BIT | Sindri | 42,710 | 3,20,000 | 7.5 |
| 2 | IT-BHU | Varanasi | 89,585 | 4,90,000 | 5.5 |
| 3 | College of Engg Anna Univ | Chennai | 1,71,320 | 7,50,000 | 4.4 |
| 4 | NIT | Warangal | 1,31,400 | 5,00,000 | 3.8 |
| 5 | JNTU | Hyderabad | 95,900 | 3,50,000 | 3.6 |
| 6 | DCE | Delhi | 1,41,955 | 5,10,000 | 3.6 |
| 7 | MNIT | Jaipur | 1,32,400 | 4,54,000 | 3.4 |
| 8 | IIT | Roorkee | 1,96,000 | 6,65,000 | 3.4 |
| 9 | NSIT | Delhi | 1,75,600 | 5,53,000 | 3.1 |
| 10 | NIT | Calicut | 1,59,600 | 4,80,000 | 3.0 |
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