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ast week, we just completed three
months of what is arguably the most
significant event of our collective
lifetime—an unprecedented nation-
wide lockdown meant to slow the spread of
the COVID-19 pandemic. These twin develop-
ments will have consequences far beyond the
already evident economic downturn. A June
2020 UNICEF report warns that the lives and
futures of children across South Asia are being
torn apart by the COVID-19 crisis. Young adults
may be less susceptible to the virus itself, but
they could be profoundly affected by its fallout.
Nowhere is this more evident than in education.
Teaching and examination schedules have been
disrupted, and the academic calendar will now
begin in September.
Cities like Mumbai and Delhi, which account
for the largest concentration of our educational
institutions, are the most affected by the pan-
demic and lockdowns. Students are unlikely to
travel abroad in the numbers that they did last
year—over 200,000 students went abroad to the
US alone—which means competition for domes-
tic college admissions this year is set to intensify.
In these uncertain times, the 24th edition
of India Today Group’s Best Colleges Survey
assumes even greater significance. For the past
two decades, our survey has been the most
authentic reflection of the state and progress of
colleges across the country.
While we get on with our lives and learn to
live with the coronavirus until a cure or vac-
cine is found, there are important lessons. The
pandemic and its disruption have also presented
opportunities to expose and tackle some of the
long-standing challenges that are otherwise
brushed under the carpet. Top among these is
the focus on health and education, particularly
medical education.
The findings of this year’s survey—as in the
past couple of years—once again demonstrate
that there is an urgent need to democratise the
quality of education in India. Most of the top
colleges have remained concentrated in a few big
cities, with the national capital region of Delhi
leading the pack. That explains the incredibly
high cut-off marks of Delhi University colleges
and the nerve-wracking competition among stu-
dents to secure a seat in a college of their choice.
The top 25 colleges in arts, science and com-
merce are restricted to only eight cities though
175 cities participated in the survey. The top 25
engineering and law colleges are concentrated
in just six cities. The medical stream fares a little
better, with the top 25 colleges spread across 11
cities. Yet, India has only an estimated 1.2 mil-
lion doctors, or 9 per 10,000 people, compared
to China’s 20. The shortage of doctors aside, they
are also distributed disproportionately across the
country. Four states—Andhra Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra—account
for 45 per cent of these doctors even though they Our June 29, 2015 cover
constitute only 24 per cent of India’s population.
India has 541 medical colleges but 47 per cent of
our districts don’t have one.
A
part from correcting geographical dispar-
ities, there are other serious fundamental
problems in our higher education system.
India has more institutes of higher education
than most countries—the number of colleges
is close to 40,000 and still rising. Yet, only 20
per cent of the 5 million students who graduate
every year in India find employment, a report by
Our May 30, 2016 cover
the Associated Chambers of Commerce and In-
dustry of India revealed. The problem lies with
quality of graduates our institutes churn out.
For example, India boasts of some of the world’s
best technical institutes in the form of the IITs,
but at the same time, hundreds of engineering
colleges across the country have such abysmal
standards of infrastructure and faculty that
they inevitably produce unemployable engi-
neers. According to the National Employability
Report-Engineers, 2016 by Aspiring Minds,
nearly 80 per cent of the graduating engineers
were unemployable. Our May 22, 2017 cover
At the root of this is the tragic failure of
skill education in the country and the encour-
agement of rote learning which has had a
detrimental effect on learning outcomes. Our
colleges, even the better ones, remain focused
on churning out useless degrees that provide
no opportunity for hands-on learning. India
is plagued by the obsession to get a degree of
any kind even if it does not get you a job. There
is no appreciation of the dignity of labour, and
hence the failure of vocational training in India.
The systemic skill gap is actually a massive
hidden cost to the Indian economy. The corona Our June 4, 2018 cover
pandemic has made us realise how pathetic our
medical infrastructure is. Sadly, there is no such
event that will expose how broken our education
system is, yet the fact remains that no country
has progressed without a robust education
framework. Fixing this is the best gift we can
give to the generations to come.
(Aroon Purie) Our May 27, 2019 cover
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 UPFRONT
COVID: HOW BIG
CITIES ARE BATTLING
THE SURGE PG 10
The Elusive Miracle Drug
R
udra Govind runs a phar-
macy in Delhi’s Shahdara.
He remembers the rush for
hydroxychloroquine in April
when the ICMR (Indian Council of
Medical Research) announced it as a
possible prophylactic—his stock sold
out within two days. Predictably, there is
a similar surge in demand for two
new Covid drugs—Favipiravir and
Remdesivir—as they enter the market.
Since news broke on June 21 that
pharmaceutical company Glenmark’s
Favipiravir formulation FabiFlu had
been cleared by the DCGI (Drug Con-
troller General of India) for ‘restricted
6 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
C OV I D - 1 9
By Sonali Acharjee
emergency use’ in ‘mild to moderate
cases’, Govind has received daily enqui-
ries about the medicine. It didn’t seem to
matter that Favipiravir, like Remdesivir
before it, was not a guaranteed treat-
ment for Covid.
“People just hear ‘new Covid cure’
and think there is new hope, better re-
covery prospects,” says Dr T. Narayanan,
president of the Indian Pharmaceutical
Association. But to think of these new
drugs as ‘cures’ elides the caveat that
“they have not been found to be effec-
tive in severe cases—the stage at which
inflammation and thrombosis become
hard to treat”. ‘Mild to moderate’ cases,
DRONE WAR
ON LOCUSTS
PG 14
THE GOOD FIGHT
A medical worker
treats a Covid patient
at Delhi’s Max Super
Speciality Hospital
which account for the bulk of Covid
positives, typically have a high likeli-
hood of recovering on their own.
Favipiravir and Remdesivir target
different phases of the disease—the
former is for mild to moderate (but
not on oxygen) cases while the latter is
for moderate cases on oxygen sup-
port. According to the latest clinical
management guidelines issued by the
health ministry, ‘mild’ patients include
those with uncomplicated respiratory
tract infections and attendant fever,
cough and sore throat. ‘Moderate’ cases
include those with pneumonia but no
sign of severe disease; for adults, this
UPFRONT
can manifest in breathlessness and an
oxygen saturation of 90-94 per cent on
room air. Anything below 90 per cent is
worrisome as many patients are suscep-
tible to a sneaky onset of hypoxia. Once
Covid infects the lining of air sacs in the
lungs, pro-inflammatory chemicals are
released at the site to inhibit the virus.
Inflammation of this delicate lung lining
causes it to thicken, resulting in a drop
in blood oxygen levels. The body then
compensates by gradually increasing
the breathing rate. This also results in
release of additional carbon dioxide in
the body, the build-up of which would
normally alert one’s brain to
falling oxygen levels, which
could be well below 80 or less
before one starts to feel visibly
breathless, suddenly bringing
to light the severity of the infec-
tion. Moderate cases thus need
to be monitored, and are often
advised to be on precautionary
oxygen support.
F
avipiravir will be sold as
FabiFlu in India and will
be manufactured do-
mestically, including the APIs
(active pharmaceutical ingre-
dients) needed for it. The recommended
course is 1,800 mg on day one, followed
by 800 mg a day for up to 13 days. Each
tablet is 200 mg, which would mean
nine tablets on day one, and four tablets
daily thereafter. Priced at Rs 103 a pop, a
14-day course would cost around
Rs 6,695. “It is certainly not the most af-
fordable drug at the moment, especially
if it is only to treat mild to moderate
symptoms,” says Malini Aisola, co-
convenor of the All India Drug Action
Network. In India, two more trials for
the drug are ongoing—pharmaceutical
company Cipla and the CSIR (Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research),
are conducting a randomised trial. On
June 24, CSIR expressed intentions
of increasing the size of its Favipiravir
study to around 600-700 people.
On the other hand, Remdesivir,
licensed to five companies in India by
patent holder Gilead, is administered
to moderate cases on oxygen support or
those experiencing breathlessness. It is
8 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
an intravenous drug, since a patient on
oxygen cannot swallow pills. A ran-
domised trial by Gilead, on 600 patients,
concluded that those on a five-day course
had a 65 per cent chance of showing clin-
ical improvement by day 11 as opposed to
those not given the drug. Remdesivir is
to be sold at around Rs 5,000-6,000
per vial, and the cost of a five-day treat-
ment would be around Rs 30,000. “It
is still an experimental drug, but if it
does improve moderate cases, it would
be a crucial barrier to prevent the onset
COVID BARRIER Remdesivir is being used
to treat moderate cases on oxygen support
SHARING OF DATA
IS CRUCIAL FOR
THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND
THE POTENTIAL
BENEFITS AND RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH
EVERY NEW DRUG
of severe symptoms,” says Dr Suresh
Kumar, director of LNJP (Lok Nayak Jai
Prakash Narayan) Hospital, Delhi. To-
cilizumab is another experimental drug
recommended for moderate cases, as it
has shown signs of halting the cytokine
storms that lead to inflammation.
Halting the progression of the
disease to severe pneumonia or acute
respiratory distress is important. Once
the virus starts infecting the lining of
the lungs, causing inflammation and,
sometimes, blood clots, chances of
recovery start to reduce. There are very
few drugs being used in India at the mo-
ment for such cases. Plasma therapy is in
its trial phase and is administered only
on an emergency basis. There is hope,
however, in the world’s oldest steroid—
dexamethasone. “This is the first drug
to show a reduction in mortality,” says
Dr Narayanan. In an Oxford University
trial, about 2,000 hospital patients were
given dexamethasone and the results
were compared with 4,000 patients
who were not. For those on ventilators,
it cut the risk of death from 40 to 28
per cent, and for those needing oxygen,
from 25 to 20 per cent. However,
the long-term effects of steroids
remain a concern and these are
not recommended for diabetics,
who, in India, account for many
severe cases.
As repurposed drugs are ap-
proved for use in India, there are
three important things to bear in
mind. One, experimental treat-
ments should not be confused
with guaranteed cures. Two, India
must formulate a protocol for
informed consent before admin-
istering these new drugs. This is
also recommended by the WHO
(World Health Organization) and we are
yet to devise a mechanism for compas-
sionate use of medicine. Three, data
must be shared on priority. At the World
Health Assembly 2019, India adopted
a resolution for data transparency. And
yet, the data, on the basis of which drugs
are cleared, has not been shared by the
DCGI. “The public has a right to know
on what basis a drug has [been consid-
ered] to show efficacy and has been ap-
proved,” says Dr C.S. Pramesh, director
of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai.
With over 9 million Covid cases
around the world, and over 450,000 in
India alone, there is a desperate longing
for a miracle drug. Trials that would
usually take a year to complete are now
being conducted and finished in a mat-
ter of months. Global sharing of data is
in everybody’s interest—for the public
to make an informed choice and for the
medical community to understand the
potential benefits and risks associated
with every new drug. n
 Bouncing
Back
D efence secretary Ajay
Kumar tested positive
for COVID-19 on June 4 and
was home quarantined.
Illustration by SIDDHANT JUMDE

Several of his senior

bureaucrats also had to go
into similar self-isolation.
Kumar has had a speedy
recovery, though. And just
in time: he was back at work
two days after the June
15 Galwan Valley incident
where 20 Indian soldiers
were killed, and has run
marathon meetings since
then. He even accompanied
defence minister Rajnath
Singh on his three-day visit
to Russia. Talk about hitting
the ground running.
GL ASSHOUSE

IGNOREASANA STING MINISTRY

The sixth World Yoga Day came and went on June 21 along with the solar eclipse,
but it did not stir West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. She was
content walking on the treadmill at home, to keep up with her fitness regimen.
M aharashtra chief
minister Uddhav
Thackeray may not have
The Trinamool Congress identifies the day too closely with Prime Minister ventured out of Matoshree
Narendra Modi, and the party has been giving the day a miss for years. West during the lockdown, but
Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, however, ensured that the day did not go it has not stopped
unsung. He celebrated it at Raj Bhavan, along with a group from Kreera Bharati his ministers from
Paschimbanga, masks and rules of physical distancing firmly in place. creating a stir. Two
of them--agriculture
minister Dadaji
Bhuse and junior
KCR’s Rao Revival minister Bachchu
Kadu—conducted sting
B eginning June 28, Telangana chief minister K.
Chandrashekar Rao is pulling out all the stops
to celebrate the birth centenary year of former prime
operations to assess
the state of the state. Bhuse
minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. The Congress has all conducted a sting operation
but forgotten the tallest leader to emerge from the in Aurangabad on June 21 to
region. KCR has constituted a committee led by the expose the black marketing
ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi secretary-general of fertilisers, sending two
and Rajya Sabha member Dr K. Keshava Rao, and agriculture officials on
including a son and daughter of PVN. Doing so “for a compulsory leave. Earlier,
man with such extraordinary qualities who was also Kadu conducted a sting on
a freedom fighter, educationist and a literary figure”, Amravati policemen to verify
KCR said, “is an honour for the entire state”. Events if they were implementing
are to be held through the centennial year in 2021. lockdown rules effectively.

Sandeep Unnithan with Romita Datta, Kiran D. Tare and Amarnath K. Menon
 HAWK EYE
Chennai police use drones to
make announcements during
the reimposed lockdown
C OV I D H O T S P O T S
Can the Big Five
Turn the Tide?
By Sonali Acharjee
N
ot far from Azadpur Mandi
in North Delhi stands
Mahendru Enclave. A tanker
sprays sodium hypochlorite
in the narrow bylanes every morning.
Here, 47 homes in Gali nos. 3, 4 and
5 were marked as a single contain-
ment zone on June 5, making it one of
the largest Covid clusters among the
national capital’s 240 active contain-
ment zones as on June 23. Only 4 km
away, in Jahangirpuri, another 400
homes make up 10 of the 32 clusters in
North Delhi district. This entire area
has been a hotspot since April, when
one Covid-positive woman infected 26
10 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
members of her family.
“We have been regularly sanitising
public areas, monitoring movement
with the help of drone surveillance and
running police patrols,” says North
Delhi district deputy commissioner
Deepak Shinde, whose team faces the
challenge of containing the virus in
Jahangirpuri’s congested homes and
galis where the prescribed norms of
physical distancing are practically
impossible to follow. “We have common
toilets. The rooms are small and the
galis just wide enough for one person to
pass through. There is no space where
you are not rubbing shoulders with at
least three to four people,” says Mukesh
Sharma, a resident of K-Block in
Jahangirpuri. One of the homes inside
the containment zones in Mahendru
Enclave has 12 people living in a one-
bedroom tenement. “People still walk
around without masks,” adds Sharma.
The North Delhi district, which is
only 60 sq. km, has the second high-
est number of active clusters, after
Southwest Delhi, which has 37 clus-
ters and is spread over 250 sq. km.
According to Census 2011, North
Delhi’s population density is more than
double that of Southwest Delhi. “Even
if a mildly asymptomatic case is in close
proximity to others—say, sharing a
bedroom or utensils or toilets—there
are chances of infection spreading,”
explains Dr B.L. Sherwal, director of the
Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital
in Delhi. Several of Delhi’s containment
zones are congested marketplaces or
urban villages—Sadar Bazaar, Ghazipur
village, Naraina village, Masihgarh
village, Pilanji village, Khadar and
Ghuman Hera village, to name a few.

ANI
A similar situation has been noted
in Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and
Bengaluru. Covid infections in these
cities have been particularly high in the
densely packed and congested areas—
Koyambedu in Chennai, Belgachhia
in Kolkata, Dharavi in Mumbai and
Padarayanapura in Bengaluru, which
has turned into a hotspot most recent-
ly. As on June 23, it had 67 infected
cases, the highest among Bengaluru’s
440 containment zones. According
to Census 2011, Padarayanapura had
some 120,533 people living per sq. km.
A FEW RIGHT MOVES
Covid thrives in congested pock-
ets, but that does not mean it can-
not be contained. With 800,000
people living cheek by jowl in a 2.1
sq. km area, Dharavi was a ticking
time bomb for Covid spread in April.
But the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation’s ‘Chase the virus’ pro-
gramme paid off. Under this strategy,
15 people who came in contact with a
Covid patient are isolated. The BMC
screened around 550,000 people in
Dharavi. Suspected cases were sent to
RAJANISH KAKADE/ AP
institutional quarantine. Other strate-
gies used in Dharavi included disinfect-
ing 450 public toilets, used by 80 per
cent of the residents, and strict enforce-
ment of containment rules, where food
and grocery kits were delivered at the
doorstep. As on June 20, Dharavi’s
five-day compounded daily growth rate
of cases had dropped to 0.85 per cent,
from 23 per cent a month ago.
In Tamil Nadu, Chennai continues
to be an area of concern, particularly
its congested northern limits. Three
of every five cases reported in the state
are from the city. On May 31, the state
had 1,149 cases, but by June 22, the
figure had reached 62,087. A second
THE ‘DHARAVI
MODEL’ SHOWS
THAT WHILE
COVID THRIVES IN
CONGESTED AREAS,
IT IS POSSIBLE
TO CONTAIN IT
EFFECTIVELY
EXIT ANXIETIES
Migrants in Mumbai’s Dharavi wait
for transport to railway stations, from
where they will take trains home
lockdown has been imposed, but this
time around, the authorities are trying
to lessen the impact of the shutdown
with free supply of essentials and are
offering Rs 1,000 as grant to indigent
ration card-holders. “We have ramped
up testing and stepped up contact-
tracing through mobile testing facilities
as well as static and mobile fever clin-
ics focused on the hotspots and buffer
zones,” says Dr J. Radhakrishnan, state
health secretary. In Chennai alone,
there are 530 such fever clinics where
over 30,000 people are examined every
day. They are sent for testing if they
report any of the Covid symptoms;
earlier, a person in the state needed to
exhibit five of the 15 Covid symptoms
identified by the Union health ministry.
K
olkata accounts for a third of
the 14,358 cases in West Bengal.
“About 4.3 million people are
spread over slums across the city and
had we not tackled this segment,
it could have turned into another
Dharavi,” says Atin Ghosh, member
of the board of administrators of the
Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s
government seems to have turned a cor-
ner and given up its ostrich-like denial
of manifest problems. Official estimates
of the number of cases, casualties and
tests conducted have caught up with the
situation on the ground. From ranking
the lowest in testing—183 per million
population—on April 30, the state had
scaled up testing to 4,565 per million by
June 22. Most encouragingly, Bengal’s
recovery rate is a high 60.5 per cent.
THE LONG BATTLE AHEAD
The fight, though, is far from over.
With India in the Unlock phase, many
urban centres are witnessing a spike in
cases. Kolkata, for example, on June 16
saw its highest single-day spike of 170
cases. Delhi recorded over 3,000 cases
daily between June 20 and June 23. In
Mumbai, while the BMC focused on
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UPFRONT

COVID AND
 …AND LESSONS FROM THE
COVID BATTLEFIELD

CONGESTION
l Northeast Delhi: ASHAs and ANMs
were engaged for outreach and public
awareness and sanitation drives were run
Impact: No active containment clusters
 WHY POPULATION
DENSITY MATTERS… l The Belgachhia slum cluster in Kolkata
l North Delhi was cordoned off; locals convinced
district has 32 active people to stay indoors and all essential
containment zones and items were delivered at the doorstep
a population density of Impact: No new cases
13,019 per sq. km
l BMC adopted an aggressive contact-
l Slum central
tracing and containment strategy
Dharavi in Mumbai
has over 2,400 Covid Impact: Dharavi’s five-day daily growth
cases and 354,167 rate has dropped from 23% a month
persons per sq. km ago to 0.85%

l The Padarayanapura l Across Chennai, mostly its northern

area in Bengaluru has parts, fever clinics were set up to
66% of all active cases in the examine people with any symptoms
city and a population density Impact: People are coming forth for
of 120,533 per sq. km voluntary testing

Dharavi, the slums in Kandivali, Malad
and Dahisar turned into new hotspots,
with a growth rate of over 6 per cent.
Ensuring affordable treatment
has been a priority for all five cities. In
Mumbai, at least 36 private hospitals
stand accused of inflating Covid treat-
ment bills. Kirit Somaiya, vice-president
of the BJP in Maharashtra, alleges that
private hospitals charge for even PPE
kits, gloves and handling of biomedi-
cal waste. The BMC has been engaging
with private hospitals to try and reduce
these costs. In Kolkata, private hospi-
tals have been instructed to display the
availability of Covid beds and not refuse
emergency patients. Delhi is setting up
what is being billed as the largest Covid
care centre in the world—a 10,000-bed
facility in Chhatarpur. Every city district
will be linked to a big hospital to extend
care to Covid patients. A serological sur-
vey (20,000 samples) will be conducted
from June 27 to July 10 to map the
spread of infection.
STRATEGIC SHIFT
The overall strategy for all five cities is
to control the pace of new cases such
that the system is able to cope with the
numbers. All state administrations
understand that sudden spikes are
disastrous because while beds can still
be set up, healthcare workers have lim-
itations. Analysts had for long believed
that the low testing rates were a big
reason why the cases were multiplying.
But it is now clear that other factors
also played a role. For example, Tamil
Nadu, which has done the most tests
in the country (14,094 per million peo-
ple as on June 23), had 62,087 cases.
But Rajasthan (with a population
similar to Tamil Nadu) had done fewer
tests (10,435 per million as on June
23) and registered only 15,232 cases.
Rajasthan contained Covid through its
public awareness efforts.
“Health outreach is crucial,” says Dr
SOME STATES
HAVE BELATEDLY
REALISED THAT
SOCIAL OUTREACH
IS A KEY ASPECT
OF THE FIGHT TO
LIMIT THE SPREAD
OF COVID-19
Basab Gupta, former deputy commis-
sioner, National Urban Health Mission.
“Preventing infection is equally a mat-
ter of guiding people towards adopting
the right precautions and behaviour.”
A similar strategy was adopted in
Northeast Delhi district. It has the high-
est population density in the city and
yet not a single Covid cluster at present.
Shashi Kaushal, deputy commissioner
of district, engaged accredited social
health activists (ASHAs) and auxiliary
nurse midwives (ANMs) to conduct
house-to-house screenings and raise
awareness on cautionary measures.
That kind of outreach is really effec-
tive, specially in these congested slum
pockets, where poor literacy makes
access to quality information a particu-
lar challenge. In the early days of the
outbreak, the Big Five cities were all
remiss in ignoring this channel. While
testing is still important to help isolate
infected individuals, the real battle will
be won only when we manage to raise
the base level of public awareness about
hygiene protocols that must be followed
to fight the disease. n
—with Amarnath K. Menon,
Kiran D. Tare and Romita Datta

12 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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D RO N E S
NEW WINGS IN
WAR ON LOCUSTS
By Rahul Noronha and Rohit Parihar
T
he government has mounted a
new air defence to take down
the swarms of desert locusts
threatening crops across west-
ern, northern and central India for
the past two months. Drones, fitted
with insecticide sprayers, have been
approved by the Union agriculture
ministry for use in locust control. Two
states, worst-affected Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh, have started employ-
ing these flying machines.
On June 22, the ministry’s Locusts
Warning Organisation (LWO) pressed
into service nine drones in the districts
of Jaisalmer, Barmer, Bikaner and
Nagaur in Rajasthan. A similar exer-
cise has been carried out in Shivpuri
district of Madhya Pradesh.
Spraying insecticide with drones,
officials say, could prove to be effective
against locusts. Conventionally, locust
attacks are tackled with tractor-mount-
ed insecticide sprayers (for vegetation
on the ground) and fire engines (for
trees and tracts of uninhabited or desert
land); such equipment were used in Sri
Ganganagar, Jaipur and Ajmer districts
of Rajasthan on June 22.
The LWO is headquartered in
Jodhpur and has 10 Locust Control
Offices (LCOs) in the desert areas
of Rajasthan and two in Gujarat. In
addition, it has set up four temporary
offices in Rajasthan and one each in
Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Since May, measures to control
the locusts have been undertaken
over approximately 114,000 hectares
of land, spread across 84 districts in
14 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
VIMAL BHATIA
AIRBORNE ATTACK
A drone in action in locust-infested Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar dimension to locust control and their
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya efficacy in the form of [pest] mortal-
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. ity has been encouraging,” says Atish
How did drones join the anti- Chandra, joint secretary in the Union
locust drive? In January and May, two agriculture ministry.
companies had demonstrated their use While these drones can cover areas
at select locations in Rajasthan, and inaccessible to the tractor-mounted
both central and Rajasthan govern- sprayers and fire engines, they have
ment officials had found the results limitations as well. “Drones can carry
to be encouraging. In end-May, the only 10-20 litres of insecticide [at a
agriculture ministry floated tenders time] and cover a maximum area of 10
and shortlisted five companies for the ha. So they will play only a small role in
supply of drones. Consultations were the overall locust-control operations,”
then held with Central says Naresh Gangwar,
Insecticides Board over principal secretary (agri-
ON JUNE 22,
the protocols to be fol- culture), Rajasthan. Also,
lowed during the spray-
DRONES WERE each drone has a flight
ing. While the Centre
USED IN FOUR time of about 15 minutes
alone is permitted to use
DISTRICTS OF and needs a recharge or
highly toxic chemicals RAJASTHAN; change of battery before
on uncultivable land, MADHYA the next sortie.
the states are allowed PRADESH HAS To put the over-
to use a dozen less toxic TRIED THEM all scale of the exer-
insecticides on agricul- IN SHIVPURI cise in perspective,
tural land. DISTRICT the Rajasthan govern-
The shortlisted ment has deployed
companies will deploy 2,142 tractors and 46
five drones each, totalling 25, in fire engines to fight locusts. Madhya
Rajasthan. Twelve have been supplied Pradesh is using 83 tractors and 47
so far in June. While the companies fire-control vehicles; Uttar Pradesh
are providing the drones and the man- four and 16, respectively; and Punjab
power, the insecticides are being sup- 50 and six. Gujarat has deployed 38
plied by the state government. The tractors. The Centre has put to use
Rajasthan government is also negotiat- 15 of the 60 Micron sprayers sourced
ing prices with these companies for a from the United Kingdom. Beginning
contract to supply 30 drones, for later September, the UK firm will start sup-
use as per need. The Madhya Pradesh plying five aerial spray (CD atomiser)
government has asked the drone com- kits with GPS trackers. These will be
panies for more demonstrations. fitted on air force helicopters for aerial
“Drones have added a new spraying against pests. n

ANI
Is the New Détente
Credible?
I
ndian and Chinese
troops have agreed to
disengage at multiple
points along the Line
of Actual Control (LAC)
in eastern Ladakh. But the
massive unprecedented
build-up along the long LAC
and the new permanent for-
tifications in the Pangong
Tso area challenge optimism
about a cessation of hostili-
ties. The corps commanders
of India and China met at a
border outpost here a week
after the June 15 incident,
16 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
I N D I A- C H I N A
By Sandeep Unnithan
which saw the worst violence
on the India-China border
in the past 53 years. But this
is only the first ‘step back’
from the biggest military
deployment by the two sides
since the 1962 war. India, at
least, can now say it’s a direct
response to China’s attempt
at forcibly altering the unde-
marcated 3,448 km LAC
between the two countries.
The June 22 corps com-
mander-level talks between
Lt General Harinder Singh
of the Leh-based 14 Corps
and Major General Liu
Lin of the South Xinjiang
Military District, accord-
ing to government sources,
were held in a ‘positive and
constructive atmosphere’—a
significant choice of words
considering blood had been
spilled on the border for the
first time in decades. The
marathon 12-hour talks
arrived at a ‘mutual consen-
sus to disengage’. Modalities
for disengagement from
all friction areas in east-
ern Ladakh will be taken
BRAVEHEARTS
Army chief Gen. M.M. Naravane
visits injured soldiers at the
Leh military hospital, June 23
forward by both the sides.
On Monday, June 15, 20
Indian soldiers were killed in
fierce hand-to-hand combat
with PLA soldiers. A senior
Chinese official admitted
the PLA had also sustained
casualties. At a select briefing
of diplomats in the Chinese
foreign ministry on June 24,
deputy director general of
boundary and ocean affairs
He Xiangqi said the “casual-
ties were not very heavy” but
did not provide more details.
India has repeatedly
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Line of No Control talks. The other three are

Hot Springs, Gogra Post and
a spur of the Pangong Lake
The India-China LAC talks mention four ‘friction areas’—Galwan (see graphic). The Chinese
Valley, Gogra Post, Hot Springs and Pangong Lake (Fingers area) now have thousands of PLA
soldiers with tanks and
armoured vehicles deployed
along their side of the LAC
in a blocking move to pre-
vent forcible eviction. This
has led to what is known as a
‘mirror deployment’ of forces
of similar strength by the
Indian Army and fighter jets,
helicopters and gunships
by the IAF. Civilian satellite
imagery shows a massive
deployment of troops on the
Galwan Valley floor with
semi-permanent fortifica-
tions and heavy vehicles.
In the ‘Finger 4’ area of the
Pangong Lake, the Chinese
have made concrete bunkers
*Hot Springs is to house their troops and
near Gogra Post have built a road, cutting off
Indian patrols three kilo-
metres short of the LAC as
urged the Chinese to restore Wang Yi, during a June 23 verify whether the PLA had India sees it in this area.
status quo ante, which RIC (Russia-India-China) indeed withdrawn from the Getting the PLA to
means the PLA needs to summit that also included Galwan valley after agreeing withdraw from the multiple
pull back several kilometres, Russian foreign minister to disengage at the meet- points of intrusion is going
back to where they were in Sergei Lavrov. Defence ing of the two commanders to be a hard ask—it could
April this year. Beijing’s bla- minister Rajnath Singh, on June 6. The Indian army take months, maybe even
tant disregard for the ‘peace meanwhile, was in Moscow says it has changed its rules until October when winter
and tranquility’ agreements with a delegation to ensure of engagement. This could sets in. “Nothing is going to
signed till now has angered that Russia meets its com- mean authorising troops to happen overnight,” says an
New Delhi. “Leading voices mitments on the delivery of use deadly force in the event army official.
of the world must respect arms and ammunition. of a clash, which could nulli- The biggest issue going
international law and rec- The biggest stumbling fy border protocols signed by ahead, as Lt Gen. Rakesh
ognise the legitimate inter- block now, army officials both sides in 1996 prevent- Sharma, former GOC of the
ests of partners,” foreign say, is the lack of trust on the ing the use of firearms. Leh-based 14 Corps, says, is
minister S. Jaishankar ground. The soldiers of the The Galwan valley is one what to do about the con-
said in a veiled reference to 16 Bihar regiment had been of four ‘friction areas’ along fidence-building measures
his Chinese counterpart, ambushed while trying to the LAC mentioned in the (CBMs) signed by the two
sides. There have been mul-
tiple standoffs over the past
THE INDIAN ARMY SAYS IT HAS CHANGED ITS few years, in Depsang and
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. DOES THIS MEAN THE Chumar. “This is a question
TROOPS ARE NOW AUTHORISED TO USE DEADLY the Indian public will want
FORCE IN THE EVENT OF A CLASH, NULLIFYING to know the answers to—if
there are protocols in place,
THE ‘NO FIREARMS’ AGREEMENTS? why are there repeated viola-
tions by the Chinese side?” n

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process. Here’s our annual guide to
the best colleges, with a difference ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING,
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TECHNOLOGY
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board examination—the make-or-break score for which BUSINESS STUDIES
is the ticket for a student to find admission in a reputed New Delhi
college. The disruption is evident. By this time, the 10+2
board results should have been out. Colleges should have BCA DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER
released their cut-off lists. Instead, the academic calen- SCIENCE, CHRIST
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C O L L EG E S

safety of studying at home versus the privilege

of enrolling in a star college in a big city. Three
of India’s top hot-spots for higher education—
Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, which attract HALL OF
thousands of students from India’s small
FAME

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towns and villages—are also the epicentres of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Will things return to normal, come Sep- Colleges that have never slipped from the
tember? How safe will it be to stay in a hostel top 10 rankings since the survey began
or paying guest accommodation in big cities?
How good are colleges in India’s smaller cities?
Will the competition become more cut-throat
ARTS (1998-2020)
this year as the number of Indian students go- LOYOLA COLLEGE, Chennai
ing abroad will see a big dip due to COVID-19?
India sent 202,014 students last year to the US, ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi
which is the second largest number of students
any country sends to the US, after China.
SCIENCE (1998-2020)
arents and students across India

P are grappling with these questions

as they try to cope with an
unprecedented situation. For the
ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi

past two decades, the India Today Group’s COMMERCE (1998-2020)

survey has been the most authentic reflection
SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, Delhi
India’’’s colleges. The
of the state and progress of Indias
24th edition of the survey assumes even more
significance in light of Covid.
As in the past two years, Marketing and MEDICINE (1999-2020)
Development Research Associates (MDRA), a
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, New Delhi
Delhi-based reputed market research agency,
conducted the survey across 14 streams—arts, CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, Vellore
science, commerce, medical, dental, engineer-
ing, architecture, law, mass communication, ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, Pune
hotel management, BBA, BCA, social work
and fashion design. The survey was conducted
between November 2019 and June 2020. In an ENGINEERING (1998-2020)
encouraging development, 1,302 colleges par-
ticipated this year, from 1,207 last year. While INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kanpur
undergraduate courses were evaluated in 12 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kharagpur
streams, postgraduate courses were considered
for mass communication and social work.
The findings of the survey this year—as in LAW (2000-2020)
the past couple of years—once again underline
the urgent need to democratise the quality of NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru
education in India. Most of the top colleges ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune
have remained concentrated in a few big cit-
ies, with the national capital region of Delhi
*St Stephen’s College did not participate in 2017
leading the pack. That explains the incred-
ibly high cut-offs in Delhi University colleges
and the nerve-wracking competition among

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C O L L EG E S
students to secure a seat in a college
of their choice.
Though colleges from about
175 cities have participated in the
rankings, the top 25 colleges in arts,
science and commerce are restricted
to only eight cities, the top 25 engi-
neering and law colleges in six. The
medical stream fares a little better,
with the top 25 colleges spread across
11 cities. This geographical disparity
is a strong argument in favour of exex-
panding digital education, which can
help top institutes take their courses
and classes to remote areas. But to
convert that ambition into reality,
India first needs to eliminate the digi-
tal divide. According to a 2018 World
Bank report, Indians were more con-
strained by the circumstances they
were born in than the citizens of five
other large developing countries—
Brazil, China, Egypt, Indonesia
and Nigeria. The digital divide may
exacerbate those constraints.
The government is banking heavheav-
ily on the Bharat Net project, which
aims to provide broadband through
optic fibre to 250,000 gram panchay
panchay-
ats to improve connectivity. Initiated
by the UPA government in 2011, the
project has missed several deadlines
and is now expected to meet its target
by August 2021. Till February 2020,
cables had been laid in 146,717 (59
per cent) gram panchayats, of which
134,248, or 53 per cent, are service-
ready. Even if deadlines are met, it
will be a job half done. Effective and
viable digital education will need
multiple infrastructure, social and
academic support, and a definitive
overhaul of the education system. The
launch of the New Education Policy,
possibly in the monsoon session of
Parliament, will be a step toward it.
The spread of virtual education
by government institutes may also
bridge another disparity—in the
quality of education in government
and private institutes, particularly in
24 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
HOW GOOD ARE THE
COLLEGES IN YOUR CITY?
The seven big cities account for the maximum
number of colleges in the top 10, top 25 and top
50 ranks out of the 1,302 institutions surveyed
CITY
DELHI NCR
BENGALURU
CHENNAI
MUMBAI + NAVI MUMBAI
PUNE
HYDERABAD
KOLKATA
engineering and medical. That is why
government colleges—though many
of them fare poorly in terms of infra-
structure—account for 67 per cent of
total enrolment, despite the fact that
78 per cent of India’s nearly 40,000
colleges are privately managed.
Measure the quality against cost-
effectiveness, and the gap widens.
To measure the value for money
of every institute, the India Today
Best Colleges Survey devised the
return on investment (RoI) measure
in 2018. RoI is calculated by dividing
the average annual placement salary
with total course fee. There is massive
disparity in RoI between private and
government colleges—the govern-
ment engineering college with the
best RoI scored 7.8 while the private
college with the highest RoI fared
3.8. Similarly, the average course fee
of top 10 government medical col-
leges stands at Rs 87,196 compared
to the Rs 35,29,658 average fee—40
Ü
TOP 10 TOP 25 TOP 50
38 82 113
17 55 78
19 31 42
11 24 40
9 16 27
3 7 14
4 7 13
times more—of the top 10 private
medical colleges. Yet, there are only
three private medical colleges among
the top 20, and only one among the
top 10. And all three are at least half
a century old, indicating the domi-
nance of institutes with a long legacy.
This trend is evident across stre-
ams. In all 14 of them, all colleges
that were set up in or after 2000
were evaluated separately. None of
these colleges, some in existence for
two decades, could manage a place
among the top 20 in any stream.
This is an area in which our survey
expects intense competition. The
journey of a small-town college
to the top is not just an academic
achievement, it holds the potential
to kickstart an education revolution
in India. Such a revolution will be
the foundation of a self-sustainable
economy, the one Prime Minister
Narendra Modi hopes will be India’s
answer to the pandemic. n
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C O L L EG E S
HOW THE COLLEGES WERE RANKED
ith nearly 50,000
W
institutes for higher
education, this 24th
annual edition of
India Today Group’s
ranking of colleges
in India intends to make critical
career decisions easier for aspirants,
based on rich information and data.
This ranking has come to be known
as the gold standard for other stake-
holders such as recruiters, parents,
alumni, policy-makers, the general
public and institutions. This year’s
survey was conducted in association
with reputed Delhi-based market re-
search agency Marketing & Develop-
ment Research Associates (MDRA)
between November 2019 and June
2020. Colleges were ranked across
14 streams—arts, science, com-
merce, medical, dental, engineering,
architecture, law, mass communica-
tion, hotel management, BBA, BCA,
social work and fashion design.
During objective ranking,
MDRA carefully attuned 112-plus
performance indicators in each
stream to provide the most compre-
hensive and balanced comparisons
of colleges. These indicators were
clubbed into five broad parameters—
‘Intake Quality & Governance’,
‘Academic Excellence’, ‘Infrastruc-
ture & Living Experience’, ‘Personal-
ity & Leadership Development’ and
‘Career Progression & Placement’.
Moreover, to give more realistic,
relevant and accurate information,
MDRA evaluated colleges based on
data for the current year. The rank
rank-
ing tables also give parameter-wise
scores to provide deeper insights into
key aspects of decision-making by
various stakeholders. The ranking
was done in multiple steps.
 An extensive desk review of
26 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
MDRA’s database and secondary
research was conducted to prepare
a list of colleges in each stream.
Only those colleges, which have
been offering full time, in-classroom
courses and churned out at least
three pass-out batches till 2019,
were considered. In 12 streams,
undergraduate courses were ranked.
In Mass Communication and Social
Work, post-graduate courses were
evaluated.
 Experts with rich experience in
their fields were consulted to frame
the parameters and sub-parameters
for different streams. Indicators
critical for establishing best colleges
were meticulously determined and
their relative weights were finalised.
For fair comparison on year-on-year
basis, weightages of parameters
remained unchanged from the previ-
ous two years.
 Comprehensive objective ques-
tionnaires were designed for each of
the 14 streams, taking into account
these performance indicators and
were put up in public domain—
on the websites of india today
and MDRA. The MDRA directly
contacted about 10,000 colleges
fulfilling the eligibility criteria seek
seek-
ing objective data for verification.
Attested hard copies and soft copies
were sought and 1,302—95 more
colleges than last year—eligible in-
stitutes submitted institutional data
along with voluminous supporting
documents within the stipulated
deadline.
 After receiving objective data
from participating colleges, MDRA
verified the information provided.
In case of insufficient/incorrect
data, respective colleges were asked
to provide complete, correct and
updated information.
 The perceptual survey of these
colleges was carried out among
1,861 well-informed respondents
(577 senior faculty members, 313
recruiters/ professionals, 404 career
accelerators and 567 final-year
students) across 27 cities. They were
as follows:
North: Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad,
Gurugram, Faridabad, Lucknow,
Kota, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Ludhi-
ana and Roorkee
East: Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Guwa-
hati, Patna and Raipur
West: Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad,
Indore, Panaji and Nagpur
South: Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyder-
abad, Kochi and Coimbatore
 National and zonal rankings were
taken from them in their respective
field of experience and were given 75
per cent and 25 per cent weightages,
respectively. They also rated the in-
stitutes on a 10-point rating scale on
each of the five key parameters.
 While computing objective scores,
it was ensured that aggregate data
alone was not used and hence data
were normalised on the basis of the
number of students in order to get
a fair comparison. The total scores
arrived from objective and percep-
tion survey were added in the ratio of
60:40—for 11 professional courses—
while a ratio of 50:50 was taken for
academic courses—arts, science and
commerce—to get the final com-
bined score.
 A large team of researchers, stat-
isticians and analysts worked on this
project. The core team of MDRA,
led by Executive Director Abhishek
Agrawal, included Abnish Jha as the
Project Director, Rajan Chauhan as
Senior Research Executive, Somen-
dra Shahi as Research Executive and
Manveer Singh as Executive EDP.
 Ü A RTS & SC I E NC E
BE ST
COLLEGE S
TEACHING
YOU TO
THINK
With its liberal academic environment,
famed student societies and enviable
placement record, Hindu shows the way
By Shelly Anand
rom a small
F
building in Old
Delhi’s Kinari
Bazaar, and with
an affiliation
to the Panjab
University, Hindu College began
its academic journey in 1899. Its
humble beginning, though, belied
the higher purpose behind its
foundation. The prominent person-
alities of the time who set it up had
imagined the college as a centre
that would offer higher education
free of religious, missionary and
elitist biases. The institution grew
into a nerve centre of social and po-
litical debate during India’s inde-
28 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
No H I N DU COL L EG E , DE L H I
pendence struggle, particularly the
Quit India Movement when many
of its teachers and students went to
jail. The decades-long tradition of
excellence of the college stems from
its distinguished roots.
The college faced a space
crunch in its very days of infancy. In
1902, Rai Bahadur Sultan Singh,
a prominent resident of Delhi,
donated a part of his property
in Kashmere Gate, from where
Hindu College functioned till
1953, before shifting to its present
25-acre location in Delhi Univer-
sity’s North Campus. Starting with
just 13 students, Hindu College is
now a 4,000-strong community of
students from across the country. It
boasts of 18 departments across the
arts, science and commerce streams
and is renowned as a hub of intel-
lectual growth and learning.
“Beyond academics, the
numerous societies of the college
form an essential component in
the overall development of the
students,” says Dr Anju Srivastava,
principal, Hindu College. The
44-odd student societies have been
game-changers in terms of provid-
ing students exposure and holistic
education. Among the most promi-
nent societies is Ibtida. Launched
in 1991, it is considered the ground
zero of dramatics in the university
 CAMPUS GLORY
Principal Anju
Srivastava at the
Hindu College lawns

YASIR IQBAL

TOP TOP
ARTS COLLEG E S SC I E NC E COLLEG E S
Ü

1 HINDU COLLEGE Delhi 1 HINDU COLLEGE Delhi

2 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE Delhi 2 MIRANDA HOUSE Delhi

3 MIRANDA HOUSE Delhi 3 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE Delhi

4 LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN New Delhi 4 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai

5 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai 5 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai

6 HANSRAJ COLLEGE Delhi 6 HANSRAJ COLLEGE Delhi

7 LOYOLA COLLEGE Chennai 7 DAULAT RAM COLLEGE Delhi

8 DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES, 8 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai
CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru
9 DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES, CHRIST
9 GARGI COLLEGE New Delhi (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru

10 RAMJAS COLLEGE Delhi 10 LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, New Delhi
 BE S T Ü A RTS & SC I E NC E No H I N DU COL L EG E , DE L H I
C O L L EG E S
WHAT I
LEARNED IN circuit, with artistes making events, such as the Interna-
COLLEGE forays into the world of cinema tional Hindu Model United
and television. Srijya, the cho- Nations. Enactus, launched
reography society started in in 2014, is the social entrepre-
2003, has staged spectacular neurship society.
productions, including pieces Be it academics, extra-
from the Mahabharata. If curricular activities or place-
Vagmi, established in 2005, ments, the Hindu College
dominates the Hindi debating legacy goes far and wide. The
HARDEEP S. PURI
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge),
circuit in Delhi and beyond, alumni include the who’s who
Housing & Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation Caucus, the discussion forum of academia, politics, bureau-
BA (Hons) & MA in History (1968-1973) of the college founded two cracy, literature, arts, media,
years later, has been promot- sports, judiciary and entre-
ing out-of-the-box thinking preneurship. From Hardeep
“I cherish my time at
the college where I in politics, foreign affairs and Singh Puri, Union minister of
participated in debating philosophy. The society has state for civil aviation (inde-
and served as the ‘prime also started international pendent charge), to filmmaker
minister’ of the ‘Hindu
College parliament’.
Hindu College’s focus on ANJU SRIVASTAVA
knowledge is backed by Guruspeak Principal, Hindu College
opportunities that help
students gain real-world
application experience. Three new research and in
The institution prepared things done in the application of
me for my career as a the past three pure knowledge.
teacher, civil servant and, years ✪ We encourage
now, a public servant” ✪ We have problem-solving
upgraded the and policy
infrastructure formulation skills
through self- among students.
financing mode, value-added Hands-on learning
with contributions courses in applied and workshops
from philanthropists areas and go for to develop the
and alumni more international academic rigour of
✪ The projects collaborations students is critical
include a state- for us. The Science
DR APARNA MATHUR of-the-art girls’ Festival invites
Senior Economist, Council of Economic hostel, expansion of What Hindu pioneers from the
Advisers, The White House field for talks and
the new academic College does
BA (Hons) in Economics (1993-96) block and a differently students make
dedicated centre ✪ Hindu College has paper presentations
for interdisciplinary and take part in
“I remember the hard a liberal academic
research environment quizzes.
work put in by our
✪ The fully air- that encourages ✪ Bird-watching
dedicated faculty. The
conditioned college healthy academic trips on the
economics I learned then campus, the
auditorium has also debates and helps
laid the foundation for my recording of flora
been renovated students develop
career. I also recall the their analytical and and fauna in the
fun days as a ‘fresher’, the critical thinking college campus
afternoons spent hanging Three things the and heritage
skills
college plans to
out at the college (and the ✪ We have invested walks are all part
do in the future
canteen) with friends, the in innovative of the method
✪ We aim to of curriculum
humming along at college interdisciplinary
promote a culture instruction so that
festivals, the college of research among
research projects
students can relate
trips, and our journeys by our undergraduate
wherein students
are trained in their syllabi to the
U-Special buses” students, start surrounding world

30 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
 Imtiaz Ali and cricketer Gautam
Gambhir to politician Subrama-
nian Swamy, the list of achievers is
long. “The strength of Hindu Col-
lege lies in providing an inclusive
space that is gender-sensitive and
gives equitable access to all learn-
ers, irrespective of their regional
and socio-economic backgrounds,
including the differently-abled
students,” says Srivastava.
Counted among the country’s
top undergraduate colleges, arts
and science are the most sought-
after streams at Hindu. “When the
college began more than 120 years
ago, [only] arts and science were
taught—that foundation has pro-
vided Hindu core strength in these
streams,” says Srivastava. “Despite
the high cut-off for admissions,
we get a flood of applications from
students in these two streams. We
hold the edge because of a mix of
factors, such as faculty and infra-
structure among others.”
What makes Hindu College the
top choice for arts and science? For
Ü A RTS
GAI N E RS Colleges that have made the biggest
leap over the previous year
COLLEGE
1 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Thrissur
2 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, Mumbai
3 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS,
SCIENCE & COMMERCE, Bengaluru
Colleges ranked among top 100 in 2020 and 2019
NEW ENTRANTS AMONG TOP 25
COLLEGE
1 LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, New Delhi
2 RAMJAS COLLEGE, Delhi
3 DAULAT RAM COLLEGE, Delhi
one, it provides a liberal environ- research-based exposure,
ment that encourages free-flowing the college has invested in
academic debates and discussions innovative interdisciplinary
and helps students develop analyti- research projects, where,
cal and critical thinking skills. The according to Srivastava,
student-teacher relationship is the students are “trained in
more of mentor-mentee. To provide research and application of
pure knowledge”. “The college
organises the [annual] Asian
Undergraduate Summit
in collaboration with the
National University of Sin-
Hindu College is gapore. Under this, we host
a 4,000-strong students from across Asia
and our students, too, travel
community of to various Asian countries as
students and delegates,” says Srivastava.
boasts of The college also offers
hands-on learning and orga-
18 departments nises workshops for the same.
across the For instance, the Science
arts, science Festival invites pioneers from
the field for talks; students
and commerce also make presentations and
streams participate in quizzes. Bird-
watching and heritage walks
form a part of the method
of curriculum instruction to
encourage students to relate
their syllabi to the surround-
ing world.
In the past three years,
Ü
Hindu College has taken
several steps to upgrade
RANK IN 2020 RANK IN 2019
its infrastructure through
contributions from philan-
59 69 thropists and alumni. A well-
furnished girls’ hostel has
30 38
come up, the new academic
block has been expanded and
a dedicated four-storey build-
67 73
ing complex with research
laboratories is being built.
The media and filmmaking
and linguistics laboratories
Ü
are nearing completion.
“In future, we plan to incul-
RANK IN 2020
cate a culture of research
among our undergraduate
4 students. There are also plans
to have more international
10 collaborations and start
value-added courses in ap-
15
plied areas,” says Srivastava. n
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TOP
EMERGING COLLEGES
OF THIS CENTURY

Ü
COLLEGE CITY

1 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE Bengaluru

2 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE Bengaluru

3 SARLA ANIL MODI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, NMIMS Mumbai

4 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS Bengaluru

5 LOYOLA ACADEMY PG & DEGREE COLLEGE, Secunderabad

6 DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Coimbatore

7 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE Jaipur

8 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE Hyderabad

9 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE Bengaluru

10 STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE Jaipur

Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after 2000

were considered

COLLEGES WITH
THE LOWEST COURSE FEE
Ü

FEE FOR THE

COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV

COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Chennai 1,335
2 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, Kochi 2,568
3 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, Lucknow 3,000
4 SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR & SHREE BHAILALBHAI A. PATEL (DETROJWALA)
UMIYA ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, Ahmedabad 3,000
5 SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Mumbai 3,150
6 SONOPANT DANDEKAR SHIKSHAN MANDALI’S SD ARTS, V.S. APTE COMMERCE,
M.H. MEHTA SCIENCE COLLEGE, Palghar 3,150
7 SES’S L.S. RAHEJA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, Mumbai 3,216
8 PRAMUKH SWAMI SCIENCE & H.D. PATEL ARTS COLLEGE, Kadi, Gujarat 3,600
9 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, Coimbatore 4,335
10 BETHUNE COLLEGE, Kolkata 5,791
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

32 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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The 44-odd
COLLEGES WITH BEST student
MALE-FEMALE STUDENT RATIO societies

Ü
COLLEGE CITY
of Hindu
College
1 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA are game-
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Ujire, Karnataka changers,
providing
2 ICFAI UNIVERSITY NAGALAND Dimapur
learners wide
3 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE New Delhi exposure
4 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai
and holistic
education
5 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE Bengaluru

COLLEGES WITH HIGHEST

NUMBER OF STUDENT SOCIETIES

Ü
N0. OF
COLLEGE CITY SOCIETIES

1 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Bengaluru 57

2 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE Delhi 49

3 GARGI COLLEGE New Delhi 45

4 INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Delhi 45

5 HINDU COLLEGE Delhi 44

COLLEGES WITH
HIGHEST NUMBER OF FESTIVALS
Ü

N0. OF
COLLEGE CITY FESTIVALS

1 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai 61

2 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE Bengaluru 55

3 HINDU COLLEGE Delhi 46

4 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai 38

5 MIRANDA HOUSE Delhi 37

34 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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TOP
CITY-WISE COLLEGES

Ü
YASIR IQBAL

EXAM DAY
Students at St
Stephen’s College

DELHI SOCIAL SCIENCES, CHRIST (DEEMED 3. GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA

1. HINDU COLLEGE
2. ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE
3. MIRANDA HOUSE
MUMBAI
1. SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF
ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF
SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE &
ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS)
2. SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
3. K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS
AND COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
CHENNAI
1. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
2. LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
3. STELLA MARIS COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
BENGALURU
1. DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES &
TO BE UNIVERSITY) SD COLLEGE
2. ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
JAIPUR
3. KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE
1. S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG
(AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE
HYDERABAD
2. ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE
1. ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 3. STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE
2. ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
3. ST JOSEPH’S DEG. & PG COLLEGE
COIMBATORE
PUNE 1. DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
1. SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS
& COMMERCE 2. SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE
OF ARTS & SCIENCE
2. ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR
3. DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI
GIRLS
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE
3. FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS, DR
VISHWANATH KARAD MIT-WORLD
PEACE UNIVERSITY KOCHI
CHANDIGARH 1. SACRED HEART COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA
1. MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV
2. BHARATA MATA COLLEGE
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
3. ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
2. DAV COLLEGE, SECTOR-10

36 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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GAI N E RS Colleges that have made the biggest

Ü
leap over the previous year

The college COLLEGE RANK IN 2020 RANK IN 2019

focuses on
1 M.S. RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE &
hands-on
COMMERCE, Bengaluru 39 49
learning.
Initiatives 2 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Bengaluru 13 19
such as bird- 3 SHIVAJI COLLEGE, New Delhi 32 37
watching Colleges ranked among top 100 in 2020 and 2019
and heritage
walks form NEW ENTRANTS AMONG TOP 25

Ü
a part of the
method of COLLEGE RANK IN 2020

curriculum
instruction 1 DAULAT RAM COLLEGE, Delhi 7

2 LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, New Delhi 10

3 RAMJAS COLLEGE, Delhi 17

TOP
EMERGING COLLEGES OF THIS CENTURY
COLLEGE
Ü CITY

1 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE Bengaluru

2 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE Jaipur

3 MANIPAL SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES Manipal

4 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE Mumbai

5 SCHOOL OF SCIENCES, JAIN (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru

6 VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, MADHYAMGRAM Kolkata

7 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore

8 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, Coimbatore

9 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, Hyderabad

10 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, Pune

Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after 2000

were considered

38 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
 COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
FEE FOR THE
COLLEGE CITY ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE Lucknow 3,000

2 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE Coimbatore 4,725
3 V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu 5,431
4 BETHUNE COLLEGE Kolkata 6,491
5 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai 6,890
6 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA Kochi 6,970
7 BAJAJ COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Wardha 7,830
8 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, ALUVA Kochi 8,040
9 MG SCIENCE INSTITUTE Ahmedabad 8,215
10 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai 9,554
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

COLLEGES WITH BEST MALE- COLLEGES WITH HIGHEST

FEMALE STUDENT RATIO NO. OF STUDENT SOCIETIES
Ü

Ü
COLLEGE CITY N0. OF
COLLEGE SOCIETIES

1 DAV COLLEGE SECTOR-10 Chandigarh 1 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Bengaluru 57

2 SCHOOL OF SCIENCES, JAIN
(DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru 2 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi 49

3 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Ahmedabad

3 GARGI COLLEGE, New Delhi 45
4 RAMNIRANJAN JHUNJHUNWALA COLLEGE
OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, Mumbai 4 INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Delhi 45
5 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Coimbatore 5 HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi 44

COLLEGES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF FESTIVALS

Ü

NUMBER OF
COLLEGE CITY FESTIVALS

1 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai 61

2 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE Bengaluru 55
3 HINDU COLLEGE Delhi 46
4 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai 38
5 MIRANDA HOUSE Delhi 37

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NEW FRONTIERS
The chemistry lab at
Miranda House, Delhi
RAJWANT RAWAT

TOP
CITY-WISE COLLEGES
Ü

DELHI BENGALURU AHMEDABAD

1. HINDU COLLEGE
2. MIRANDA HOUSE
3. ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE
MUMBAI
1. SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS,
CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE &
AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF
COMMERCE & ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS)
2. KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE
3. SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
(AUTONOMOUS)
KOLKATA
1. VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE,
MADHYAMGRAM
2. J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE
3. BETHUNE COLLEGE
1. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES, CHRIST
(DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)
2. ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
3. MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
PUNE
1. ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS
2. INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
& SCIENCE
3. ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF
ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE
HYDERABAD
1. ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
2. ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
3. ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE
1. ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS),
2. MG SCIENCE INSTITUTE
3. GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE
JAIPUR
1. ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE
2. S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
3. PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
COIMBATORE
1. SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF
ARTS & SCIENCE
2. SRI RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
VIDYALAYA COLLEGE OF ARTS
& SCIENCE
3. SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)

CHANDIGARH KOCHI
CHENNAI
1. GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE 1. SACRED HEART COLLEGE
1. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
2. MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV (AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA
2. LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 2. BHARATA MATA COLLEGE,
3. STELLA MARIS COLLEGE THRIKKAKARA
3. DAV COLLEGE, SECTOR-10
(AUTONOMOUS)
3. ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN, ALUVA

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C O L L EG E S Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü A RTS

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
250 250 150 200 150 1,000 1,000 2,000
 1 2 HINDU COLLEGE, DELHI 217.1 202.9 113.1 168.7 142.8 844.6 989.1 1,833.7
 2 1 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, DELHI 207.4 183.3 125.2 176.5 132.4 824.8 997.3 1,822.1
3 3 MIRANDA HOUSE, DELHI 205.3 185.8 106.4 161.0 129.0 787.5 978.6 1,766.1
- 4 NP LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, NEW DELHI 202.5 183.1 91.5 152.3 123.1 752.5 986.9 1,739.4
5 5 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 178.9 170.3 124.8 167.0 95.9 736.9 975.7 1,712.6
6 6 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, DELHI 193.2 159.4 86.2 127.4 121.5 687.7 983.1 1,670.8
7 7 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 182.1 151.8 105.5 109.4 110.1 658.9 976.5 1,635.4
8 8 DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES, 165.2 176.2 124.2 122.3 115.4 703.3 928.7 1,632.0
CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
 9 10 GARGI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 187.6 154.9 81.7 132.6 119.6 676.4 931.1 1,607.5
- 10 NP RAMJAS COLLEGE, DELHI 156.9 151.3 95.0 100.0 109.7 612.9 979.2 1,592.1
 11 9 INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, DELHI 171.0 143.5 102.0 147.9 120.2 684.6 907.4 1,592.0
 12 13 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF 174.0 146.3 88.6 86.2 135.1 630.2 959.4 1,589.6
SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE &
ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI
 13 11 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 208.7 141.3 105.0 146.2 87.7 688.9 897.9 1,586.8
 14 12 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 171.7 171.8 85.3 124.2 99.3 652.3 894.5 1,546.8
- 15 NP DAULAT RAM COLLEGE, DELHI 172.2 156.0 82.8 110.1 107.1 628.2 903.9 1,532.1
 16 18 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 164.8 146.9 94.3 143.1 81.8 630.9 884.0 1,514.9
 17 16 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 158.8 145.9 110.2 146.8 55.1 616.8 893.1 1,509.9
 18 19 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 140.6 155.7 121.5 135.9 99.0 652.7 852.9 1,505.6
 19 15 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 155.8 140.7 103.0 119.5 95.2 614.2 890.1 1,504.3
 20 23 SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PUNE 159.1 142.7 93.9 150.9 91.0 637.6 866.2 1,503.8
 21 20 SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, MUMBAI 159.6 134.6 76.9 122.5 104.1 597.7 905.9 1,503.6
 22 21 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 165.5 163.6 104.6 123.2 99.8 656.7 846.6 1,503.3
 23 22 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA, KOCHI 173.0 140.2 108.1 110.0 95.0 626.3 875.0 1,501.3
 24 17 K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE 166.2 137.5 99.9 133.9 88.4 625.9 873.4 1,499.3
(AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI
 25 24 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), AHMEDABAD 152.2 119.7 102.9 100.1 105.5 580.4 916.1 1,496.5
 26 28 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, RANCHI 165.2 131.6 89.2 103.2 89.3 578.5 898.7 1,477.2
 27 25 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 153.1 127.7 109.7 126.2 100.3 617.0 850.2 1,467.2
 28 32 MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE, DELHI 163.8 162.9 85.4 134.2 94.5 640.8 816.5 1,457.3
 29 31 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 160.7 134.9 105.3 101.3 107.2 609.4 847.3 1,456.7
 30 38 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 162.0 140.4 79.7 134.1 106.3 622.5 823.7 1,446.2
 31 29 DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, NEW DELHI 158.5 110.6 54.0 105.4 107.7 536.2 898.8 1,435.0
 32 26 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHANDIGARH 162.1 131.2 82.8 94.3 105.9 576.3 858.1 1,434.4
 33 27 B.K. BIRLA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE 168.6 143.5 96.1 140.5 92.2 640.9 788.2 1,429.1
(AUTONOMOUS), KALYAN, MAHARASHTRA
- 34 NP MAITREYI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 168.8 130.1 81.9 123.7 91.2 595.7 829.8 1,425.5
- 35 NP PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE, PATNA 164.6 154.8 82.1 101.2 106.5 609.2 812.8 1,422.0
 36 30 LAKSHMIBAI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 140.4 155.2 66.9 122.6 103.6 588.7 824.1 1,412.8
 37 36 SARLA ANIL MODI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, MUMBAI 119.8 140.8 98.4 146.9 123.9 629.8 782.1 1,411.9
- 38 NP S.P. MANDALI’S RAMNARAIN RUIA AUTONOMOUS 196.0 140.2 72.1 96.4 109.6 614.3 797.1 1,411.4
COLLEGE, MUMBAI
 39 35 DAV COLLEGE, SEC-10, CHANDIGARH 163.4 126.8 81.4 91.1 92.0 554.7 846.3 1,401.0
 40 34 ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 150.5 143.6 83.8 138.9 100.2 617.0 755.2 1,372.2

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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
250 250 150 200 150 1,000 1,000 2,000
 41 33 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA SD COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 157.0 120.5 92.4 89.0 124.1 583.0 787.4 1,370.4

 42 39 SHIVAJI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 170.8 164.8 80.8 91.0 93.9 601.3 702.0 1,303.3

 43 37 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 165.9 125.4 82.0 110.8 100.3 584.4 714.4 1,298.8

 44 42 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 134.4 169.2 84.5 118.5 104.3 610.9 666.1 1,277.0

 45 40 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 152.4 119.4 77.1 105.7 97.3 551.9 722.9 1,274.8

 46 41 POST GRADUATE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, CHANDIGARH 153.5 141.5 85.2 105.0 103.0 588.2 675.5 1,263.7

 47 48 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND COMMERCE, MUMBAI 145.7 128.7 95.0 112.1 68.3 549.8 697.1 1,246.9

- 48 NP S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE, JAIPUR 170.0 135.9 86.6 88.2 120.7 601.4 637.7 1,239.1

 49 44 FACULTY OF ARTS, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH 134.2 154.4 116.9 88.7 102.3 596.5 641.8 1,238.3
50 50 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 166.2 164.1 109.8 123.6 87.8 651.5 500.1 1,151.6

 51 47 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, BENGALURU 104.5 122.7 77.7 96.5 74.0 475.4 663.4 1,138.8

 52 49 SES’S L.S. RAHEJA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, MUMBAI 150.3 105.6 81.3 97.8 61.6 496.6 616.9 1,113.5

 53 45 RAMANUJAN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 166.2 171.0 73.2 125.5 82.8 618.7 478.9 1,097.6

 54 46 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 165.5 112.9 87.4 109.8 102.2 577.8 453.7 1,031.5

 55 51 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS, BENGALURU 84.3 95.9 97.8 68.8 41.0 387.8 621.0 1,008.8

- 56 NP LOYOLA ACADEMY PG & DEGREE COLLEGE, SECUNDERABAD 155.2 112.9 122.4 140.1 90.3 620.9 352.3 973.2

 57 59 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TN 162.3 157.1 93.8 120.0 85.8 619.0 340.5 959.5

 58 55 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 118.1 112.4 55.9 16.8 43.7 346.9 600.4 947.3

 59 69 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR 166.8 148.6 102.3 125.7 91.9 635.3 299.4 934.7

 60 61 BHARATI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 161.9 135.5 72.1 94.7 97.3 561.5 372.6 934.1

 61 53 KASTURBA GANDHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR 135.7 123.5 88.7 95.1 92.1 535.1 396.2 931.3
WOMEN, SECUNDERABAD

 62 58 DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE 101.6 119.1 108.9 107.7 99.0 536.3 386.8 923.1
(AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE

63 63 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 97.2 144.0 101.4 127.2 108.6 578.4 337.9 916.3

 64 57 VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, MADHYAMGRAM, KOLKATA 133.8 134.0 55.8 62.5 72.5 458.6 452.2 910.8
65 65 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE 153.6 140.5 116.8 134.8 75.8 621.5 280.1 901.6
(AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA

- 66 NP ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 120.2 114.7 86.1 135.3 92.8 549.1 266.0 815.1

 67 73 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, BENGALURU 123.3 131.5 111.1 99.7 77.3 542.9 249.8 792.7

 68 64 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS ), VIJAYAWADA 135.6 141.0 103.5 116.5 100.7 597.3 173.2 770.5

 69 75 THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, BHOPAL 139.8 145.7 113.1 95.4 108.7 602.7 164.9 767.6

 70 74 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 173.5 131.9 88.9 63.9 52.7 510.9 252.6 763.5

 71 103 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA, JALANDHAR 151.1 136.2 99.7 92.3 42.3 521.6 239.6 761.2

 72 67 MES COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, VASCO DA GAMA, GOA 140.8 133.9 67.2 117.3 91.1 550.3 208.8 759.1

- 73 NP BETHUNE COLLEGE, KOLKATA 148.8 105.4 47.8 86.0 98.8 486.8 260.9 747.7

- 74 NP DAV COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 130.5 121.0 83.7 76.6 45.2 457.0 284.6 741.6

 75 60 DAV COLLEGE, HOSHIARPUR, PUNJAB 131.8 148.2 100.8 88.8 57.8 527.4 212.4 739.8

 76 66 GOVT COLL. (AUTONOMOUS), ANANTAPUR, ANDHRA PRADESH 155.4 150.9 69.6 75.1 92.6 543.6 194.9 738.5

 77 56 GOPICHAND ARYA MAHILA COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 117.1 78.7 61.5 63.0 65.0 385.3 326.4 711.7

 78 72 PRAMUKH SWAMI SCIENCE & H.D. PATEL ARTS COLL., KADI, GUJARAT 156.8 117.4 119.7 126.7 64.8 585.4 121.2 706.6

 79 NP STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 98.2 139.9 106.7 121.2 117.9 583.9 112.3 696.2

 80 68 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 138.2 159.1 123.8 108.9 83.7 613.7 74.3 688.0

 81 86 ANNA ADARSH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 154.2 120.4 85.0 119.9 89.1 568.6 115.6 684.2

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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
250 250 150 200 150 1,000 1,000 2,000
- 82 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, ERNAKULAM 162.2 114.2 98.4 104.3 69.1 548.2 114.1 662.3

 83 84 SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV COLLEGE 171.6 121.2 100.4 100.5 89.9 583.6 77.5 661.1
FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI

- 84 NP CHEVALIER T. THOMAS ELIZABETH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 141.0 124.2 99.5 118.7 66.3 549.7 110.9 660.6

 85 77 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND 127.4 135.9 120.5 116.1 93.8 593.7 52.0 645.7
SCIENCE, COIMBATORE

 86 78 ROSARY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, SALCETE, GOA 159.0 111.4 72.6 85.9 77.0 505.9 135.0 640.9
 87 80 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 111.6 141.6 93.6 63.2 72.8 482.8 154.0 636.8
 88 82 CROSSLAND COLLEGE, BRAHMAVAR, KARNATAKA 129.8 137.6 101.1 96.5 93.9 558.9 75.3 634.2
 89 85 T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 112.5 106.4 102.2 123.0 67.3 511.4 122.1 633.5
90 NP 176.2 124.8 95.3 111.6 44.0 551.9 80.3 632.2
- V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE, THOOTHUKUDI, TAMIL NADU

 91 79 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 163.4 152.9 102.7 111.3 57.3 587.6 43.7 631.3
 92 83 SONOPANT DANDEKAR SHIKSHAN MANDALI’S SD ARTS, V.S. APTE 153.4 146.2 87.7 93.0 67.5 547.8 82.3 630.1
COMMERCE, M.H. MEHTA SCIENCE COLL., PALGHAR, MAHARASHTRA

- 93 NP GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 121.6 108.5 102.3 69.1 74.8 476.3 150.9 627.2

- 94 NP DEMPO CHARITIES TRUST’S DHEMPE COLLEGE OF ARTS 160.8 110.1 43.0 40.5 56.5 410.9 213.6 624.5
& SCIENCE, PANAJI

- 95 NP FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS, DR VISHWANATH KARAD MIT-WORLD 127.9 67.6 92.8 101.5 47.8 437.6 184.6 622.2
PEACE UNIVERSITY, PUNE

 96 76 KONGU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE, TN 138.3 63.6 108.6 70.2 90.4 471.1 147.8 618.9
 97 90 MAHESHWARI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, JAIPUR 113.9 109.9 62.7 114.0 90.6 491.1 126.9 618.0
98 NP ST PIOUS X DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 113.8 82.5 89.0 88.9 96.9 471.1 139.7 610.8
 99 88 DNYANPRASSARAK MANDAL’S COLLEGE & RESEARCH 161.2 155.7 95.4 120.5 20.4 553.2 53.5 606.7
CENTRE, MAPUSA, GOA

- 100 NP VIDYA PRASARAK MANDAL’S K.G. JOSHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & N.G. 115.5 106.3 55.5 92.2 86.7 456.2 148.4 604.6
BEDEKAR COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, THANE

 101 105 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 154.2 118.9 80.7 94.5 48.6 496.9 103.5 600.4
 102 91 AVADH GIRLS PG COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 134.0 117.1 57.9 70.9 80.7 460.6 135.3 595.9
 103 87 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE, TN 146.3 121.6 108.9 96.9 70.4 544.1 46.9 591.0
- 104 NP INDIAN ACADEMY DEGREE COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS, BENGALURU 129.2 141.0 97.1 123.4 39.1 529.8 59.6 589.4
 105 96 DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 107.2 115.2 38.1 49.4 96.3 406.2 176.6 582.8

 106 93 SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR AND SHREE BHAILALBHAI 164.2 118.4 68.4 87.6 73.7 512.3 67.0 579.3
A. PATEL (DETROJWALA) UMIYA ARTS & COMMERCE
COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, AHMEDABAD
- 107 NP ALVA’S COLLEGE, MOODUBIDIRE, KARNATAKA 116.8 126.9 106.4 117.8 111.2 579.1 0.0 579.1
 108 106 PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 108.0 135.2 93.0 126.8 83.4 546.4 29.1 575.5
 109 89 SONAPUR COLLEGE, SONAPUR, ASSAM 149.5 145.7 67.8 104.8 84.8 552.6 14.9 567.5
 110 94 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 147.7 90.5 66.8 71.2 40.3 416.5 144.6 561.1
 111 99 RATHINAM COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE 85.8 123.0 101.6 98.6 65.7 474.7 86.3 561.0
- 112 NP THE NEW COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 136.5 135.2 92.3 131.1 58.4 553.5 0.0 553.5
 113 92 ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 122.9 89.7 76.9 29.3 82.2 401.0 148.9 549.9
PUNE

 114 101 FR AGNEL COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PILAR, GOA 149.8 133.1 77.4 105.7 67.2 533.2 0.0 533.2

- 115 NP PADMASHRI VIKHE PATIL COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 114.7 95.9 89.7 47.2 46.4 393.9 115.3 509.2
AHMEDNAGAR, MAHARASHTRA

- 116 NP ICFAI UNIVERSITY NAGALAND, DIMAPUR 97.8 113.1 75.7 139.0 75.4 501.0 0.0 501.0

 117 113 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 106.3 105.4 79.2 77.3 45.7 413.9 79.6 493.5

118 98 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE 139.1 57.1 81.2 113.6 36.8 427.8 62.9 490.7

FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 119 97 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 151.1 114.7 81.7 66.8 76.3 490.6 0.0 490.6

 120 NP FURKATING COLLEGE, GOLAGHAT, ASSAM 150.4 103.9 83.3 75.6 65.9 479.1 0.0 479.1

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the
parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score
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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
250 250 175 175 150 1,000 1,000 2,000
 1 2 HINDU COLLEGE, DELHI 222.4 197.8 136.7 140.9 146.0 843.8 997.1 1,840.9
 2 1 MIRANDA HOUSE, DELHI 216.7 201.5 134.4 145.3 144.4 842.3 998.0 1,840.3
3 3 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, DELHI 196.9 186.8 136.4 143.0 141.6 804.7 994.6 1,799.3
4 4 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 195.3 176.9 144.6 153.8 109.5 780.1 969.7 1,749.8
5 5 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 191.0 172.4 141.5 111.1 108.7 724.7 992.5 1,717.2
 6 7 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, DELHI 194.1 176.4 103.0 111.5 127.3 712.3 989.4 1,701.7
- 7 NP DAULAT RAM COLLEGE, DELHI 198.4 162.5 114.2 119.2 108.9 703.2 957.1 1,660.3
 8 9 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 201.3 156.2 119.1 120.5 114.5 711.6 923.3 1,634.9
 9 8 DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 174.8 158.2 136.2 138.8 115.2 723.2 910.3 1,633.5
UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
- 10 NP LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, NEW DELHI 195.5 167.9 124.8 156.5 122.4 767.1 866.0 1,633.1
 11 12 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 191.0 146.8 112.4 108.7 123.0 681.9 932.2 1,614.1
 12 13 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 195.8 174.8 113.1 127.0 94.0 704.7 906.1 1,610.8
 13 19 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 194.1 160.3 100.6 111.2 114.4 680.6 925.9 1,606.5
14 14 GARGI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 197.5 164.2 96.5 106.1 106.8 671.1 930.1 1,601.2
 15 11 INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, DELHI 186.6 148.3 128.1 127.3 101.0 691.3 903.0 1,594.3
 16 15 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 189.8 176.8 92.2 105.6 128.9 693.3 900.8 1,594.1
- 17 NP RAMJAS COLLEGE, DELHI 169.1 150.8 109.1 106.3 116.8 652.1 927.9 1,580.0
 18 17 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE 186.8 136.7 93.9 102.8 124.5 644.7 932.2 1,576.9
OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
AND ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI
 19 22 ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 183.0 175.0 79.3 103.1 118.6 659.0 892.4 1,551.4
 20 18 MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE, DELHI 170.5 157.1 115.8 127.1 100.0 670.5 879.5 1,550.0
 21 23 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 162.7 142.9 110.1 88.0 104.3 608.0 901.4 1,509.4
 22 16 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 171.5 141.6 104.7 105.9 101.0 624.7 881.4 1,506.1
 23 21 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA SD COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 177.6 174.9 128.5 105.4 95.5 681.9 806.3 1,488.2
 24 26 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA, KOCHI 188.0 156.6 128.1 127.7 77.2 677.6 810.4 1,488.0
25 25 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 157.5 162.4 158.4 92.0 99.1 669.4 810.0 1,479.4
 26 20 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), AHMEDABAD 185.8 129.7 116.8 68.1 111.7 612.1 861.2 1,473.3
27 27 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 176.0 149.9 90.9 117.0 109.7 643.5 820.9 1,464.4
 28 31 SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI 182.9 119.9 110.6 89.6 87.7 590.7 867.7 1,458.4
 29 24 B.K. BIRLA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE 180.0 158.6 95.2 126.3 96.5 656.6 801.7 1,458.3
(AUTONOMOUS), KALYAN, MAHARASHTRA
 30 28 ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 181.7 120.8 85.8 113.4 86.8 588.5 846.2 1,434.7
 31 32 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR 175.0 145.2 106.0 81.0 109.2 616.4 814.6 1,431.0
WOMEN, CHANDIGARH
 32 37 SHIVAJI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 179.7 134.6 99.3 77.5 100.9 592.0 740.0 1,332.0
 33 34 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR 182.9 168.8 97.4 116.2 90.2 655.5 675.6 1,331.1
 34 33 DAV COLLEGE, SECTOR-10, CHANDIGARH 172.8 128.6 114.4 60.9 92.5 569.2 754.0 1,323.2
35 35 POST GRADUATE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE 171.0 141.5 86.9 64.7 112.9 577.0 738.4 1,315.4
FOR GIRLS, CHANDIGARH
- 36 NP MAITREYI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 173.5 162.0 105.5 112.3 69.8 623.1 691.9 1,315.0
- 37 NP RAMNARAIN RUIA AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE, MUMBAI 184.4 125.4 64.6 67.3 91.1 532.8 781.4 1,314.2
 38 30 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 101.3 158.6 121.0 79.4 110.2 570.5 743.0 1,313.5
 39 49 M.S. RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND 136.9 150.5 114.8 78.3 85.3 565.8 747.4 1,313.2
COMMERCE, BENGALURU
- 40 NP MANIPAL SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPAL 137.1 170.0 138.2 130.1 65.3 640.7 672.3 1,313.0
- 41 NP ANUGRAH NARAYAN COLLEGE, PATNA 176.0 145.0 80.6 76.0 118.0 595.6 717.3 1,312.9
 42 38 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), RANCHI 190.4 113.6 111.1 99.8 91.7 606.6 706.2 1,312.8
 43 29 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 176.8 132.0 104.1 104.2 102.9 620.0 692.3 1,312.3
- 44 NP PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), PATNA 168.8 139.3 81.5 95.7 97.8 583.1 729.1 1,312.2

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 BE S T
C O L L EG E S Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü SC I E NC E

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
250 250 175 175 150 1,000 1,000 2,000
- 45 NP LAKSHMIBAI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 151.8 147.8 114.8 72.7 118.3 605.4 697.1 1302.5
 46 44 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TN 183.4 158.1 98.9 78.6 92.3 611.3 690.3 1301.6
 47 41 FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES, ALIGARH MUSLIM 126.3 185.0 126.8 57.4 71.4 566.9 723.3 1290.2
UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH
- 48 NP S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), JAIPUR 182.3 152.9 81.2 60.8 109.2 586.4 701.0 1287.4
 49 39 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND 156.9 137.6 106.8 96.7 94.8 592.8 693.1 1285.9
COMMERCE, MUMBAI
 50 36 SCHOOL OF SCIENCES, JAIN (DEEMED TO BE 130.4 154.2 85.9 91.6 106.7 568.8 714.8 1283.6
UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
 51 50 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS 156.5 161.9 117.2 102.3 42.5 580.4 696.3 1276.7
& SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
- 52 NP SRI RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYALAYA COLLEGE 139.9 174.0 118.3 126.4 66.7 625.3 651.3 1276.6
OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
 53 42 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU 120.5 135.3 111.9 108.1 84.9 560.7 715.2 1275.9
 54 43 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 173.6 136.5 83.5 101.7 91.7 587.0 684.9 1271.9
 55 46 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 172.2 145.1 122.3 73.1 79.9 592.6 662.5 1255.1
- 56 NP LADY IRWIN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 180.8 174.6 94.9 113.0 108.2 671.5 574.1 1245.6
 57 48 VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, MADHYAMGRAM, KOLKATA 149.1 143.7 100.6 69.0 106.1 568.5 609.6 1178.1
- 58 NP K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND COMMERCE 161.4 93.7 77.4 64.4 79.6 476.5 696.1 1172.6
(AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI
 59 45 BISHOP HEBER COLL. (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TN 176.5 143.0 99.4 79.4 74.9 573.2 599.0 1172.2
- 60 NP MOP VAISHNAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 150.6 73.5 116.5 113.0 116.7 570.3 599.3 1169.6
(AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI
 61 40 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 152.4 126.3 87.9 103.6 83.2 553.4 611.0 1164.4
(AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU
 62 54 SRI KRISHNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE 125.9 136.3 106.2 99.2 100.3 567.9 590.2 1158.1
(AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE
- 63 NP J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE, KOLKATA 141.8 126.2 89.9 75.3 71.8 505.0 651.9 1156.9
 64 57 DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 125.6 145.4 103.0 87.7 102.8 564.5 588.9 1153.4
 65 52 M.G. SCIENCE INSTITUTE, AHMEDABAD 173.3 142.3 82.0 57.0 91.0 545.6 601.0 1146.6
 66 55 RAMNIRANJAN JHUNJHUNWALA COLLEGE OF ARTS, 178.9 97.9 59.5 83.8 86.0 506.1 636.5 1142.6
SCIENCE & COMMERCE, MUMBAI
- 67 NP V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE, THOOTHUKKUDI, TAMIL NADU 187.4 166.4 126.5 96.7 59.5 636.5 497.3 1133.8
 68 53 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 145.8 106.7 107.2 118.9 81.4 560.0 572.6 1132.6
- 69 NP ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 134.2 96.0 93.5 79.4 85.3 488.4 642.1 1130.5
 70 60 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE 159.2 109.5 125.1 72.2 89.5 555.5 573.1 1128.6
(AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA
 71 63 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 162.7 141.1 89.6 84.1 112.2 589.7 535.3 1125.0
 72 51 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND 122.7 155.6 107.6 81.8 95.0 562.7 562.1 1124.8
SCIENCE FOR WOMEN, COIMBATORE
 73 56 PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 115.8 156.1 109.5 95.4 74.9 551.7 525.8 1077.5
 74 61 GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 143.1 124.4 112.8 73.0 89.0 542.3 531.7 1074.0
- 75 NP AMITY INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES, NOIDA 115.3 160.8 137.1 85.3 96.9 595.4 472.5 1067.9
 76 64 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 180.1 132.5 100.8 71.5 57.0 541.9 521.1 1063.0
 77 58 SCIENCE & LABORATORY EDUCATION & LIBRARY SCIENCE, 102.5 148.9 111.0 72.9 99.2 534.5 439.6 974.1
IPS ACADEMY, INDORE
 78 66 BAJAJ COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, WARDHA, MAHARASHTRA 137.0 131.8 83.9 82.6 80.7 516.0 383.2 899.2
 79 70 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 151.3 108.3 53.9 98.2 56.4 468.1 424.3 892.4
- 80 NP DCT’S DHEMPE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, PANAJI 180.4 138.0 48.7 64.4 54.5 486.0 404.2 890.2
 81 106 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (AUTONOMOUS), JALANDHAR 174.4 156.0 110.1 97.1 63.5 601.1 284.2 885.3
 82 62 DAV COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 150.7 163.4 108.8 70.4 78.3 571.6 310.2 881.8
- 83 NP BETHUNE COLLEGE, KOLKATA 188.9 130.0 71.3 71.9 101.1 563.2 305.4 868.6
 84 67 GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE, AHMEDABAD 98.9 133.0 64.0 49.7 77.9 423.5 443.0 866.5

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
250 250 175 175 150 1,000 1,000 2,000
 85 73 KASTURBA GANDHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE 162.9 104.0 85.6 56.0 63.2 471.7 394.0 865.7
FOR WOMEN, SECUNDERABAD
- 86 71 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE, TN 166.2 123.2 104.8 54.0 64.0 512.2 323.5 835.7
87 87 BBK DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 134.4 127.2 83.7 82.4 60.9 488.6 343.7 832.3
 88 86 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLL. (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE, TN 137.2 113.4 100.4 81.3 82.6 514.9 306.8 821.7
 89 68 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR 147.1 140.7 63.1 36.2 52.5 439.6 366.7 806.3
 90 84 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 134.9 118.8 117.4 74.6 110.9 556.6 243.5 800.1
(AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE
- 91 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, ALUVA, KOCHI 163.6 139.1 105.8 105.8 52.7 567.0 219.4 786.4
 92 72 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), VIJAYAWADA 138.8 124.4 110.0 79.8 77.0 530.0 253.4 783.4
 93 69 SCHOOL OF LIFE & BASIC SCIENCES, JAIPUR NATIONAL 127.6 149.6 116.3 116.7 69.0 579.2 191.0 770.2
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
 94 80 GOVT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ANANTAPUR, ANDHRA PRADESH 147.9 138.5 91.6 70.5 93.3 541.8 218.9 760.7
 95 104 SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV 175.0 116.8 102.1 71.3 102.4 567.6 169.3 736.9
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 96 82 DAV COLLEGE, HOSHIARPUR, PUNJAB 129.0 121.4 114.6 77.2 67.4 509.6 226.4 736.0
 97 109 ANNA ADARSH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 146.9 115.9 94.8 90.7 84.2 532.5 196.1 728.6
 98 111 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 150.3 119.6 113.7 44.7 47.2 475.5 246.2 721.7
 99 88 S.M. PATEL COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE, VALLABH 136.7 122.3 99.5 116.8 84.7 560.0 151.5 711.5
VIDYANAGAR, GUJARAT
 100 96 NATUBHAI V. PATEL COLLEGE OF PURE AND APPLIED 107.4 147.3 101.0 75.9 82.8 514.4 196.2 710.6
SCIENCES, VALLABH VIDYANAGAR, GUJARAT

 101 103 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 178.7 107.9 111.9 81.0 86.5 566.0 141.7 707.7
 102 105 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 132.4 83.8 54.8 58.0 35.5 364.5 343.1 707.6
 103 75 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 109.4 134.4 122.6 114.1 91.2 571.7 134.9 706.6
- 104 NP LOYOLA ACADEMY, SECUNDERABAD 128.9 92.1 111.4 73.1 108.2 513.7 182.8 696.5
 105 98 SHRI SHANKARLAL SUNDARBAI SHASUN JAIN COLLEGE 123.5 107.2 84.8 107.1 64.9 487.5 197.2 684.7
FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
- 106 NP INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND SCIENCE, PUNE 126.4 88.8 67.8 63.7 65.7 412.4 260.4 672.8
 107 89 JNAN VIKAS MANDAL’S, MOHANLAL RAICHAND MEHTA 153.7 96.8 104.4 83.9 33.9 472.7 197.4 670.1
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, DIWALIMAA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE,
AMRITLAL RAICHAND MEHTA COLLEGE OF ARTS, DR R.T.
DOSHI COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, NAVI MUMBAI
 108 74 ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE 155.2 112.7 87.0 28.9 67.7 451.5 210.6 662.1
AND COMMERCE, PUNE
 109 110 JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH, MYSURU 121.1 133.7 95.8 78.3 63.9 492.8 162.5 655.3
 110 77 PRAMUKH SWAMI SCIENCE & H.D. PATEL ARTS 161.2 144.2 124.9 69.7 90.5 590.5 64.0 654.5
COLLEGE, KADI, GUJARAT
 111 107 V.L.B. JANAKIAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND 125.4 95.1 110.1 87.9 96.4 514.9 137.0 651.9
SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
- 112 NP INDIAN ACADEMY DEGREE COLLEGE 118.6 164.2 119.8 96.0 29.9 528.5 122.4 650.9
(AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU
 113 83 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 174.4 119.8 112.6 82.3 55.5 544.6 104.9 649.5
- 114 NP CHEVALIER T. THOMAS ELIZABETH COLLEGE 120.5 106.7 97.4 95.2 54.1 473.9 170.6 644.5
FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 115 95 MUTHAYAMMAL COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, NAMAKKAL, TN 121.7 128.0 111.9 112.0 90.1 563.7 70.4 634.1
 116 94 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 90.8 125.5 96.3 54.3 39.2 406.1 221.1 627.2
117 NP FACULTY OF SCIENCE, MIT-WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, PUNE 113.4 86.0 90.6 56.5 63.0 409.5 217.0 626.5
 118 85 DNYANPRASSARAK MANDAL’S COLLEGE AND RESEARCH 147.0 144.4 119.0 102.4 31.8 544.6 64.7 609.3
CENTRE, MAPUSA, GOA
 119 90 MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, ALANDI, PUNE 102.4 118.6 108.1 74.4 62.6 466.1 141.9 608.0
- 120 NP ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, BENGALURU 82.2 126.9 120.6 78.5 8.2 416.4 188.0 604.4

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding
the parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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 Ü COM M E RC E SH R I R A M COL L EG E OF COM M E RC E
No
BE ST
COLLEGE S
CHANDRADEEP KUMAR

CREME DE LA
THE
TRADE
CREME Students on
the SRCC campus

SRCC’s future-
oriented courses
and its own

PUNDITS
standing as a
national resource
centre speak of
its pedigree
By Mrini Devnani
(SRCC), DE L H I
hri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC),
S
University of Delhi, commenced education in
the field of commerce in 1920. With over 90
years of an ever-evolving existence, the college
excels in knowledge, application, ethics and
society-oriented delivery in the discipline of
commerce. The pedagogy is rooted in traditional values paired
with innovative techniques—methods that focus on instilling
a deep sense of conceptual clarity and curiosity for life-long
learning in students. Thorough mentoring, add-on courses,
internships and academic research are the nub of pursuing a
degree in Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) at SRCC.
Using the usual modes of chalk and talk for classroom
lectures, personalised (one-to-one) tutorials as well as par-
par
ticipative learning, SRCC is renowned for easing out difficult
theoretical concepts by conducting regular presentations, we- we
binars, field visits and industry-interface for students. Their
method can be summed up in three words, ‘vaad, ‘vaad, vivaad and
samvaad’,’, as they encourage dialogue, debate and discussion
in classrooms to ensure a two-way communication between
students and teachers.
A BCom aspirant must be a critical thinker and sharp
learner to thrive in the course. The institution stresses on gain-
gain
ing knowledge, applying multi-level concepts to draw effective
TOP
COLLEG E S
Ü
1 SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, Delhi
2 HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi
3 LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, New Delhi
4 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, Delhi
5 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai
6 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai
7 DEPT OF COMMERCE, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE
UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru
8 RAMJAS COLLEGE, Delhi
9 SHRI VILE PARLE KELAVANI MANDAL’S NARSEE MONJEE
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS, Mumbai
10 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF
COMMERCE & ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), Mumbai
SRCC’s ’’s method
can be summed
up in three
words, ‘vaad,
vivaad and
samvaad’, as
samvaad’
they encourage
dialogue, debate
and discussion
in classrooms
financial and business strategies. Students
can publish research in-house through
an exacting academic mentoring process,
as well as avail funding to present their
research at various national and interna-
tional forums. With this, they are taught to
become risk-takers and pushed to channel
their entrepreneurial and creative energies.
To inculcate team spirit and peer-to-
peer learning, SRCC currently has more
than 50 active student societies for extra-
curricular interests, ranging from perform-
ing arts to crafts, sports, social care and
welfare. The college maintains world-class
infrastructure, including air-conditioned
classes, a well-stocked library, a state-of-
the-art resource centre that could act as a
catalyst in enhancing the teaching-learning
experience. The institution also has a well-
developed sports complex and swimming
pool for extra-curricular activities. As they
heavily employ information and commu-
nications technology (ICT)-based teach-
ing methods such as presentations, films,
webinars, audio-visual aids and software-
based learning, in July 2019, a National
Resource Centre was set up in the college
with a sound-proof video studio lab consist-
ing of modern multimedia facilities to help
students learn better.
The college has an active academia-
industry, academia-academia and
institution-alumni interface, encouraging
 BE S T Ü COM M E RC E No
SRCC , DE L H I
C O L L EG E S

SIMRIT KAUR, Principal,

Guruspeak Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi

Three new things short-term courses central bank. to a solar power corporates are
done in the past were launched in model. We have rapidly transforming
✪ SRCC has
three years collaboration with developed an to adapt and adopt
been awarded
specialised industry in-house solid local culture with a
✪ Value-added two National
partners to fill in waste management global identity
courses since Resource Centres
curriculum gaps system
August 2018 such in Commerce and ✪ Data analytics
as ‘Business ✪ Signed MoU with Economics by ✪ Launch more and big data:
Analytics using R Indian Corporate the Ministry of value-added cou- Businesses
(a programming Law Service Human Resource rses in collaboration worldwide have
language for Academy, Manesar, Development with industry given commerce
statistical analysis under which faculty (MHRD) which will partners a data-oriented
and data mining)’ members of SRCC provide databases dimension, where
✪ Extend our social
in collaboration will design and and learning data is carefully
responsibility
with BSE Institute administer training content to all collected and
and academic
Limited, ‘Data modules for new faculty members utilised to generate
mentoring through
Analytics using R’ in recruits of Indian and researchers greater stakeholder
new outreach
collaboration with Corporate Law engaged in the value
and extension
Chartered Institute Service. A similar study of commerce
programmes ✪ Technology
of Management MoU has been and economics
and artificial
Accountants signed between
intelligence: Words
(CIMA) in 2019 SRCC and RBI Three emerging
Three new things like ‘automation’,
and ‘Accountancy under which our trends in comm­
planned for the ‘blockchain’ and
Star (A-Star) faculty members erce education
future ‘digitisation’
Programme’ in will conduct a
✪ Glocalisation— have become
collaboration training programme ✪ Reduce reliance
think global, act commonplace for
with CIMA-AICPA for Grade B and on the electricity
local. Multinational businesses
in 2020. These C officers of the grid by transitioning

WHAT I LEARNED During my time in SRCC, I was lucky

IN COLLEGE to learn from an esteemed faculty
whose books are referred to all over
the world
world. Besides academics, there
was equal importance given to sports,
theatre and extracurricular activities.
I entered SRCC as a boy with dreams
and graduated as a youth, ready
RAKEYSH OMPRAKASH to take on the challenges that life
MEHRA offered. My movies today borrow a
Film director
BCom (Hons), 1983
lot from my SRCC days, especially
Rang De Basanti”

54 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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students to interact and en-

gage with the finest practitio-
GAI N E RS Colleges that have made the biggest

Ü
ners in the field of academics, leap over the previous year
the corporate world, politics,
COLLEGE RANK IN 2020 RANK IN 2019
sports and arts, among other
disciplines. Simultaneously,
the college is also focused on 1 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Tiruchirappalli 80 92
instilling value systems in
students by educating them
2 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF
about social issues such as ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore 68 76
gender sensitisation and
cultural binaries. Students 3 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, Coimbatore 82 90
pursuing commerce in the
college are placed in diversi-
fied fields such as consulting,
NEW ENTRANTS AMONG TOP 25

Ü
finance, marketing, research
and analysis, human re-
COLLEGE RANK IN 2020
sources and project manage-
ment in renowned corporate
organisations and start-ups. 1 LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, New Delhi 3
The learning process at SRCC
is all about transformation, 2 RAMJAS COLLEGE, Delhi 8
through didactic and auto-
didactic methods. n
3 DAULAT RAM COLLEGE, Delhi 13

TOP
EMERGING COLLEGES OF THIS CENTURY

Ü
COLLEGE CITY

1 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE Bengaluru

2 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai

3 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE Bengaluru

4 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE Kolkata

5 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE Lucknow

6 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Bengaluru

7 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE Hyderabad

8 AMITY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & FINANCE Noida

9 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT Gwalior

10 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Coimbatore

Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after 2000

were considered

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3,904
NO. OF STUDENTS WHO APPLIED IN
85
NO. OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE
SRCC IN 2019; 707 GOT IN PERMANENT FACULTY IN SRCC

GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
FEE FOR THE
COLLEGE CITY ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 GOENKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Kolkata 3,090

2 MAITREYI COLLEGE New Delhi 16,545

3 JAGIROAD COLLEGE Jagiroad, Assam 23,490
4 BHARATI COLLEGE New Delhi 27,375
5 LAKSHMIBAI COLLEGE New Delhi 29,415
6 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE (ARSD) New Delhi 30,495
7 DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE New Delhi 33,458
8 RAMJAS COLLEGE Delhi 34,875
9 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Anantapur 35,000
10 MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE New Delhi 36,000
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

PRIVATE COLLEGES
WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE
Ü
FEE FOR THE
COLLEGE CITY ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 H.L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Ahmedabad 3,600

2 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE Coimbatore 4,335

3 AVADH GIRLS’ DEGREE COLLEGE Lucknow 5,000
4 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA Chandrapur, Maharashtra 5,040
5 V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu 5,041
6 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Erode, Tamil Nadu 6,288
7 H.A. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Ahmedabad 7,200
8 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai 8,434
9 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE Kochi 9,000
10 ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE Pune 9,585
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

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GOVERNMENT
COLLEGES WITH BEST VALUE FOR MONEY

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COLLEGE CITY RoI

1 GOENKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Kolkata 113.3

2 MAITREYI COLLEGE New Delhi 23.6
3 LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN New Delhi 15.6
4 RAMJAS COLLEGE Delhi 14.3
5 HINDU COLLEGE Delhi 12.4
6 DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE New Delhi 10.4
7 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE New Delhi 10.5
8 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE (ARSD) New Delhi 10.2
9 HANSRAJ COLLEGE Delhi 9.2
10 GARGI COLLEGE Delhi 8.9

PRIVATE COLLEGES
WITH BEST VALUE FOR MONEY

Ü
COLLEGE CITY ROI

1 H.L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Ahmedabad 60.0

2 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE Coimbatore 57.7
3 CAUVERY COLLEGE Virajpet 46.2
4 SHRI VILE PARLE KELAVANI MANDAL'S NARSEE MONJEE
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS Mumbai 39.5
5 V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE Thoothukudi 35.7
6 H.A. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Ahmedabad 34.7
7 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Thrissur 34.5
8 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai 34.4
9 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE Kochi 29.6
10 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF
SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
AND ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS) Mumbai 26.4
RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual salary on placement/ fee for the entire course

COLLEGES WITH BEST MALE-FEMALE STUDENT RATIO

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CITY
COLLEGE

1 JNAN VIKAS MANDAL’S MOHANLAL RAICHAND MEHTA DEGREE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Navi Mumbai

2 NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Pune

3 KSG COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE Coimbatore

4 CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Mohali

5 SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (SRCC) Delhi

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CITY-WISE COLLEGES
DELHI
1. SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
2. HINDU COLLEGE
3. LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN
MUMBAI
1. SHRI VILE PARLE KELAVANI
MANDAL’S NARSEE MONJEE COLLEGE
OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS
2. SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF
ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF
SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE &
ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS)
3. K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS &
COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
CHENNAI
1. LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
2. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
3. STELLA MARIS COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
BENGALURU
1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
Ü
CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)
2. ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF
COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
3. KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE
PUNE
1. SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
COMMERCE
2. NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF
COMMERCE
3. ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS
HYDER ABAD
1. ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
2. ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
3. ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG
COLLEGE
AHMEDABAD
1. H.L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
2. H.A. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
3. SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR &
SHREE BHAILALBHAI A. PATEL UMIYA
ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE FOR
GIRLS
JAIPUR
1. S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG
(AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE
2. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS &
MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY
3. PODDAR INTERNATIONAL
COLLEGE
COIMBATORE
1. SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
2. DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE
3. SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE
OF ARTS & SCIENCE
KOCHI
1. SACRED HEART COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA
2. BHARATA MATA COLLEGE
3. ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN, ALUVA
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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
225 250 150 175 200 1,000 1,000 2,000
1 1 SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (SRCC), DELHI 198.9 207.3 127.3 151.0 185.0 869.5 997.6 1,867.1

2 2 HINDU COLLEGE, DELHI 199.0 185.7 135.3 149.6 185.0 854.6 994.2 1,848.8
- 3 NP LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, NEW DELHI 204.9 163.1 128.8 148.0 183.7 828.5 977.5 1,806.0
 4 3 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, DELHI 188.3 163.5 112.7 136.0 170.7 771.2 992.3 1,763.5
 5 6 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 196.6 163.1 113.1 119.9 159.4 752.1 988.5 1,740.6
 6 7 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 192.3 180.1 122.3 127.3 145.3 767.3 971.3 1,738.6
 7 5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 167.6 178.8 113.5 96.1 156.8 712.8 975.9 1,688.7
UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
- 8 NP RAMJAS COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 152.8 167.3 115.3 109.7 149.9 695.0 967.6 1,662.6
 9 12 NARSEE MONJEE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS, 176.0 142.9 79.4 109.4 158.3 666.0 953.3 1,619.3
MUMBAI
 10 11 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE 174.8 142.5 102.5 95.4 160.8 676.0 938.9 1,614.9
OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
& ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI
 11 8 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, BENGALURU 150.9 173.4 81.7 129.5 153.2 688.7 925.1 1,613.8
 12 10 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE (ARSD), NEW DELHI 169.6 156.5 90.4 115.2 141.3 673.0 929.9 1,602.9
- 13 NP DAULAT RAM COLLEGE, DELHI 177.6 144.9 77.6 114.7 153.3 668.1 927.1 1,595.2
 14 15 GARGI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 181.7 139.8 89.8 119.1 142.4 672.8 918.4 1,591.2
 15 13 INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, DELHI 167.8 103.8 118.9 125.6 142.7 658.8 920.4 1,579.2
 16 17 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE, CHENNAI 170.6 131.2 103.8 114.0 142.4 662.0 902.9 1,564.9
 17 16 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 169.5 126.7 111.3 112.2 148.6 668.3 877.6 1,545.9
 18 14 K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, MUMBAI 165.6 129.2 80.0 110.8 151.3 636.9 904.7 1,541.6
 19 21 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 142.8 160.8 117.3 125.0 126.0 671.9 857.2 1,529.1
 20 23 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE, BENGALURU 145.0 134.3 101.6 90.9 142.7 614.5 911.3 1,525.8
 21 26 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 169.9 156.5 79.9 126.3 122.3 654.9 867.9 1,522.8
22 22 GOENKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS 170.7 151.8 52.3 96.6 151.7 623.1 897.7 1,520.8
ADMINISTRATION, KOLKATA
 23 19 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE, 165.3 161.6 93.1 104.2 147.9 672.1 844.2 1,516.3
CHANDIGARH
 24 20 SRI GURU GOBIND SINGH COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, NEW DELHI 166.4 186.7 90.4 135.9 125.6 705.0 809.5 1,514.5
 25 27 SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PUNE 154.4 146.5 75.6 121.3 105.1 602.9 905.7 1,508.6
 26 18 DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, NEW DELHI 143.8 109.9 72.7 79.6 140.8 546.8 960.6 1,507.4
 27 25 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 159.0 141.1 96.3 134.7 143.6 674.7 829.9 1,504.6
 28 24 SHIVAJI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 170.5 118.6 98.9 96.5 136.5 621.0 865.5 1,486.5
29 29 SACRED HEART COLLEGE, KOCHI 181.6 125.8 106.2 103.0 127.1 643.7 840.9 1,484.6
30 30 MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 169.6 168.2 105.3 124.7 114.4 682.2 793.1 1,475.3
- 31 NP MAITREYI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 179.9 117.8 105.6 143.0 122.6 668.9 803.8 1,472.7
 32 28 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 142.4 145.9 106.9 107.1 122.7 625.0 845.1 1,470.1
 33 31 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE, KOLKATA 134.4 109.1 62.8 113.5 132.3 552.1 895.7 1,447.8
 34 32 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR, KERALA 180.4 132.7 107.7 124.2 141.3 686.3 739.5 1,425.8
 35 34 B.K. BIRLA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 171.8 141.8 81.8 114.3 122.6 632.3 780.3 1,412.6
KALYAN
36 36 NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, PUNE 166.5 126.2 65.0 109.6 142.4 609.7 799.4 1,409.1
 37 38 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 156.2 148.1 86.4 117.1 121.0 628.8 777.5 1,406.3
 38 35 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, RANCHI 151.5 111.8 81.8 93.1 124.8 563.0 841.0 1,404.0
 39 33 SESHADRIPURAM COLLEGE, BENGALURU 133.3 139.5 89.2 100.6 124.9 587.5 806.5 1,394.0
 40 37 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 128.2 126.4 102.1 133.4 140.7 630.8 726.0 1,356.8
 41 39 ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 160.1 124.5 77.8 118.9 128.1 609.4 724.1 1,333.5
 42 41 RAMANUJAN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 162.7 185.7 65.6 121.3 135.5 670.8 662.4 1,333.2

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
225 250 150 175 200 1,000 1,000 2,000
43 43 LAKSHMIBAI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 149.2 152.3 83.8 105.5 115.5 606.3 720.9 1,327.2
 44 40 BHARATI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 169.0 118.6 77.9 109.1 131.5 606.1 719.1 1,325.2
45 45 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 148.0 99.8 77.3 107.9 120.6 553.6 692.1 1,245.7
CHANDIGARH
 46 42 POST GRADUATE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, 150.7 133.2 89.6 59.5 113.0 546.0 662.6 1,208.6
CHANDIGARH
 47 44 DAV COLLEGE CHANDIGARH, CHANDIGARH 154.4 117.6 90.4 54.6 122.2 539.2 663.9 1,203.1
- 48 NP S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), JAIPUR 157.1 146.9 89.9 79.1 150.1 623.1 579.3 1,202.4
 49 48 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 153.5 112.6 67.7 81.6 113.7 529.1 663.4 1,192.5
 50 46 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 168.3 144.2 85.5 106.1 127.0 631.1 551.0 1,182.1
 51 47 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 118.9 123.5 107.6 106.8 112.9 569.7 611.3 1,181.0
BENGALURU

52 52 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 120.7 95.6 75.0 119.7 131.3 542.3 638.1 1,180.4
- 53 NP AMITY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & FINANCE, NOIDA 95.5 146.6 92.3 82.8 125.6 542.8 633.5 1,176.3
 54 55 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 132.0 120.7 102.1 81.0 105.1 540.9 633.7 1,174.6
BENGALURU
 55 53 BADRUKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, HYDERABAD 121.5 136.6 65.1 84.8 136.1 544.1 602.4 1,146.5
 56 57 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE (IIMC), 125.1 129.9 65.3 93.0 112.1 525.4 601.6 1,127.0
HYDERABAD
 57 53 H.L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, AHMEDABAD 171.5 124.1 71.1 81.6 87.2 535.5 577.9 1,113.4
 58 50 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 124.9 142.9 108.0 96.5 125.1 597.4 512.3 1,109.7
59 59 BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 153.5 117.3 96.1 43.1 79.8 489.8 605.3 1,095.1
60 60 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 143.9 129.3 80.2 64.1 96.2 513.7 558.6 1,072.3
MUMBAI

61 61 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 110.3 139.2 87.8 97.4 111.1 545.8 501.6 1,047.4
COIMBATORE

62 62 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR, PUNJAB 147.4 127.5 87.4 74.7 111.6 548.6 492.5 1,041.1
 63 66 ANNA ADARSH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 153.3 122.2 78.0 103.1 94.4 551.0 489.9 1,040.9
 64 65 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 148.8 136.6 105.2 97.4 117.1 605.1 415.1 1,020.2
 65 64 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 124.1 125.4 77.6 86.4 106.0 519.5 452.2 971.7
BENGALURU
 66 69 H.A. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, AHMEDABAD 135.9 83.4 35.7 70.1 78.2 403.3 550.0 953.3
67 67 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 149.6 106.3 80.9 46.7 94.6 478.1 464.9 943.0
 68 76 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 128.4 137.6 105.4 100.1 106.5 578.0 334.4 912.4
COIMBATORE
 69 71 B.B.K. DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 131.8 76.7 71.8 90.3 88.9 459.5 449.5 909.0
 70 74 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (AUTONOMOUS), JALANDHAR 139.6 116.4 89.1 105.6 102.8 553.5 355.3 908.8
 71 70 DAV COLLEGE ABOHAR, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 140.7 140.8 99.7 94.2 96.7 572.1 335.0 907.1
- 72 NP LOYOLA ACADEMY, SECUNDERABAD 136.3 83.8 95.2 85.5 127.8 528.6 329.6 858.2
 73 80 GURU NANAK COLLEGE, CHENNAI 162.7 98.9 73.4 66.3 114.2 515.5 331.5 847.0
 74 75 ROSARY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, SALCETE, GOA 136.5 117.7 56.0 66.3 103.2 479.7 352.7 832.4
 75 81 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 133.4 154.3 102.9 117.8 106.8 615.2 214.9 830.1
COIMBATORE
 76 78 DAV COLLEGE HOSHIARPUR, HOSHIARPUR, PUNJAB 141.8 150.3 88.7 93.1 120.6 594.5 209.2 803.7
 77 73 INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE, PUNE 136.6 118.7 77.8 67.3 93.1 493.5 307.9 801.4
 78 77 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ANANTAPUR, AP 153.1 148.5 90.1 83.1 124.2 599.0 175.4 774.4
 79 84 KONGU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE, TN 135.1 136.6 106.7 77.0 79.1 534.5 224.5 759.0
 80 92 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TN 166.0 124.4 102.9 112.7 88.5 594.5 151.7 746.2
 81 88 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR 123.2 129.8 89.0 124.0 80.4 546.4 191.1 737.5
WOMEN, COIMBATORE
 82 90 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 122.5 128.8 81.3 93.1 114.3 540.0 184.8 724.8

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
225 250 150 175 200 1,000 1,000 2,000
 83 82 L.S. RAHEJA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, MUMBAI 134.8 113.2 66.1 67.0 26.8 407.9 313.9 721.8
 84 83 SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV 153.6 118.1 85.2 89.2 124.3 570.4 146.7 717.1
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
- 85 NP THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, BHOPAL 127.0 106.5 63.3 74.9 139.3 511.0 205.9 716.9
 86 85 INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, GLA UNIVERSITY, 81.4 128.1 119.1 101.0 132.5 562.1 154.6 716.7
MATHURA
87 87 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR NATIONAL 116.0 140.3 116.7 112.1 94.8 579.9 135.9 715.8
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
 88 79 DR R.V. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 107.0 78.5 87.6 65.3 97.2 435.6 279.1 714.7
89 89 DNYANPRASSARAK MANDAL’S COLLEGE & RESEARCH 164.8 144.2 90.3 89.9 75.3 564.5 148.7 713.2
CENTRE, MAPUSA, GOA
 90 97 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), VIJAYAWADA 134.4 86.2 117.4 109.6 98.8 546.4 166.7 713.1
 91 93 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE 149.8 121.9 100.4 76.3 97.7 546.1 162.2 708.3
(AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA
 92 120 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 165.5 127.3 84.0 89.7 133.9 600.4 103.6 704.0
- 93 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, ALUVA, KERALA 163.6 147.6 88.8 96.9 115.5 612.4 87.8 700.2
- 94 NP THE ICFAI UNIVERSITY, SIKKIM, GANGTOK 86.5 113.0 104.1 132.2 115.1 550.9 147.6 698.5
- 95 NP V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE, THOOTHUKUDI, TAMIL NADU 175.3 121.4 91.8 99.5 88.9 576.9 115.3 692.2
 96 94 KASTURBA GANDHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 144.6 86.1 73.9 86.5 90.6 481.7 204.2 685.9
SECUNDERABAD
 97 91 LINGAYA’S LALITA DEVI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND 115.7 142.6 109.4 108.9 98.5 575.1 104.2 679.3
SCIENCES, NEW DELHI
 98 114 SIVANANDA SARMA MEMORIAL RV COLLEGE, BENGALURU 136.3 121.8 70.5 74.5 103.9 507.0 169.5 676.5
 99 116 PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 119.8 151.7 102.8 108.8 106.9 590.0 84.4 674.4
- 100 NP SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, DR VISHWANATH KARAD MIT 96.7 133.5 50.9 60.9 80.2 422.2 247.4 669.6
WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, PUNE
 101 100 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 111.1 141.4 102.2 93.5 91.7 539.9 120.1 660.0
 102 99 SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE, PUNE 165.5 99.5 82.3 52.8 77.6 477.7 182.0 659.7
 103 98 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 131.2 138.1 102.1 45.7 88.3 505.4 146.0 651.4
- 104 NP CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF 131.7 154.2 119.7 120.1 125.4 651.1 0.0 651.1
BUSINESS, MOHALI
- 105 NP DEVKI DEVI JAIN MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, LUDHIANA 136.6 66.7 83.9 96.4 104.3 487.9 159.6 647.5
 106 111 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 150.5 131.4 107.8 94.5 74.1 558.3 86.0 644.3
 107 101 SHRI SHANKARLAL SUNDARBAI SHASUN JAIN COLLEGE FOR 119.2 127.5 69.6 106.3 96.4 519.0 118.3 637.3
WOMEN, CHENNAI
 108 106 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 112.4 135.0 67.9 96.0 116.4 527.7 101.5 629.2
 109 102 MAHESHWARI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, JAIPUR 106.9 128.1 65.3 112.5 114.6 527.4 101.7 629.1
110 NP THE NEW COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 152.0 130.3 87.1 80.3 103.9 553.6 75.2 628.8
 111 112 MMK & SDM MAHILA MAHA VIDYALAYA, MYSURU 97.5 87.1 63.2 68.9 121.6 438.3 180.3 618.6
 112 103 SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR & SHREE BHAILALBHAI A. PATEL 116.2 112.7 62.9 64.2 59.4 415.4 203.1 618.5
UMIYA ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, AHMEDABAD
- 113 95 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 139.7 96.8 48.0 28.0 93.3 405.8 210.6 616.4
- 114 NP SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE, POORNIMA 84.8 131.7 116.6 109.6 108.5 551.2 64.4 615.6
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
 115 113 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 109.7 111.4 78.1 52.0 64.2 415.4 195.0 610.4
 116 124 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 98.1 106.4 104.6 70.9 112.5 492.5 115.5 608.0
COIMBATORE
- 117 NP ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 73.7 134.3 77.0 75.6 114.8 475.4 125.2 600.6
 118 115 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 123.6 90.0 68.1 90.8 77.0 449.5 149.3 598.8
 119 118 CAUVERY COLLEGE, VIRAJPET, KARNATAKA 131.2 101.9 76.3 5.9 125.4 440.7 157.5 598.2
 120 108 ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND 134.3 134.9 68.8 53.9 65.9 457.8 137.5 595.3
COMMERCE, PUNE

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
225 250 150 175 200 1,000 1,000 2,000
 121 NP STANI MEMORIAL P.G. COLLEGE, JAIPUR 77.4 156.8 80.7 93.4 126.8 535.1 58.9 594.0
 122 117 SONOPANT DANDEKAR SHIKSHAN MANDALI'S S.D. ARTS, V.S. 150.8 142.7 73.9 75.0 84.1 526.5 60.5 587.0
APTE COMMERCE, M.H. MEHTA SCIENCE COLLEGE, PALGHAR
- 123 123 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, 147.8 142.7 91.5 72.2 93.4 547.6 39.1 586.7
COIMBATORE
 124 NP ICFAI UNIVERSITY, NAGALAND, DIMAPUR 75.0 120.0 104.6 120.1 121.1 540.8 39.7 580.5
125 110 M.E.S COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, VASCO-DA-GAMA 131.6 58.5 57.4 41.4 94.5 383.4 196.4 579.8
 126 131 DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR CANTT, FEROZEPUR 104.3 85.6 60.6 90.3 102.5 443.3 134.4 577.7
127 119 MUTHAYAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE NAMAKKAL 121.6 161.4 99.8 85.3 67.2 535.3 33.7 569.0
 128 137 T JOHN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE, BENGALURU 102.6 122.1 95.8 71.5 106.6 498.6 69.0 567.6
 129 122 V.L.B. JANAKIAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 121.9 116.4 99.9 114.0 80.2 532.4 35.0 567.4
COIMBATORE
 130 135 FR AGNEL COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PILAR, GOA 140.8 147.6 71.2 97.1 65.2 521.9 43.8 565.7
- 131 125 JNAN VIKAS MANDAL’S MOHANLAL RAICHAND MEHTA 146.1 90.7 53.6 45.7 84.8 420.9 144.0 564.9
DEGREE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE DR. R.T. DOSHI DEGREE
COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT, NAVI MUMBAI
- 132 144 DPM’S SHREE MALLIKARJUN COLLEGE & SHRI CHETAN 140.1 131.8 83.3 71.3 78.7 505.2 56.6 561.8
MANJU DESAI COLLEGE, CANACONA
- 133 128 AVANTHI DEGREE & P.G. COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 103.0 154.7 75.4 100.3 127.2 560.6 0.0 560.6
 134 138 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 97.1 104.9 99.9 80.6 64.0 446.5 113.4 559.9
 135 136 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 134.1 131.6 62.4 73.7 80.2 482.0 76.5 558.5
 136 134 K.S.R. COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR WOMEN, 61.2 91.1 105.0 29.8 97.5 384.6 170.7 555.3
TIRUCHENGODE
 137 141 JAGIROAD COLLEGE, JAGIROAD, ASSAM 141.3 71.9 89.7 106.1 69.6 478.6 73.9 552.5
- 138 126 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR 105.9 125.3 75.0 99.2 99.4 504.8 47.6 552.4
WOMEN, CHENNAI
 139 130 MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, PUNE 93.5 141.6 113.5 121.2 79.8 549.6 0.0 549.6
 140 NP SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, REVA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 71.6 139.7 116.9 93.9 99.3 521.4 27.4 548.8
 141 NP CHEV. T. THOMAS ELIZABETH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 129.9 109.9 78.3 83.3 69.6 471.0 76.2 547.2
- 142 132 GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, WARDHA 131.0 121.5 78.4 89.4 86.4 506.7 37.5 544.2
- 143 NP MM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AMBALA 99.9 131.7 102.9 103.5 77.4 515.4 26.2 541.6
 144 NP AVADH GIRLS DEGREE COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 114.0 92.8 33.0 71.6 22.1 333.5 207.7 541.2
 145 NP KSG COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 106.3 129.5 86.0 130.3 85.2 537.3 0.0 537.3
 146 NP PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEWAS 82.0 138.8 90.0 96.3 111.2 518.3 0.0 518.3
 147 NP PADMASHRI VIKHE PATIL COLLEGE OF ARTS SCIENCE & 140.6 98.2 85.2 23.3 27.3 374.6 142.9 517.5
COMMERCE, PRAVARANAGAR, AHMEDNAGAR
148 140 SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 109.4 107.5 85.2 76.5 64.5 443.1 74.0 517.1
 149 NP ST PIOUS X DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 134.5 71.1 84.5 59.8 125.7 475.6 31.2 506.8
 150 NP DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, MAHARISHI 106.6 110.1 100.8 104.0 56.1 477.6 24.9 502.5
MARKANDESHWAR UNIVERSITY, AMBALA
- 151 NP UTTARANCHAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEHRADUN 76.3 124.9 116.4 94.9 85.0 497.5 0.0 497.5
- 152 NP ROYAL SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, GUWAHATI 80.8 102.8 121.1 56.9 129.3 490.9 0.0 490.9
 153 NP FACULTY OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 62.1 130.2 95.1 93.0 110.4 490.8 0.0 490.8
AMRAPALI GROUP OF INSTITUTES, HALDWANI
 154 NP PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LUDHIANA 76.4 135.1 106.2 102.3 40.1 460.1 28.7 488.8
- 155 NP ALVA’S COLLEGE, MOODABIDRI, KARNATAKA 131.2 88.0 88.7 57.9 104.0 469.8 0.0 469.8
 156 139 PIONEER COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 92.3 76.6 82.3 113.0 90.5 454.7 0.0 454.7
 157 NP VELTECH RANGA SANKU ARTS COLLEGE, CHENNAI 69.2 107.3 120.9 92.4 61.1 450.9 0.0 450.9
 158 147 NAZARETH COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 113.1 78.1 69.2 28.5 55.4 344.3 101.7 446.0
- 159 NP ROOTS DEGREE COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 73.1 138.4 56.8 120.0 47.4 435.7 0.0 435.7
- 160 NP INDIAN ACADEMY DEGREE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 109.2 98.7 87.1 37.5 79.8 412.3 17.3 429.6
NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the
parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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BE ST
COLLEGE S

BONE IDENTITY
Students at a dissec-
tion lab at AIIMS Delhi

AIIMS AND AMBITI

From its globally renowned faculty to its groundbreaking research and training, the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences continues to challenge itself to remain the best

66 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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TOP
M E DICAL COLLEG E S
1 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
2 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL
3 ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE
4 MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE
5 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL
EDUCATION & RESEARCH
6 KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
7 INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY
8 VARDHMAN MAHAVIR MEDICAL COLLEGE
9 LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE
10 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
n the past 37
I
years, Dr Rakesh
Aggarwal, cur-
rently director
of the Jawaha-
rlal Institute of
Postgraduate
Medical Education and Research
(JIPMER), has been part of some
of the best medical institutes in
YASIR IQBAL
the world, from the World Health
Organization to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
in the US. His work on viral hepa-
ONS
titis—particularly his research on
Hepatitis E and B—has helped
improve clinical care for patients
with gastrointestinal diseases. He
says the foundations of his career
and academic curiosity were set
in 1983, when he attended his
first class at AIIMS (All India
Institute of Medical Sciences) in
By Sonali Acharjee Delhi. “What really pushed us
to excel was the open academic
Ü
New Delhi
Vellore
Pune
New Delhi
Puducherry
Lucknow
Varanasi
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
atmosphere and the personalised
attention from great teachers who
encouraged questions,” he says.
Even today, the institute and
students remain proud of their
faculty. AIIMS Delhi has 49
teaching departments and eight
specialised centres, with over
3,000 students pursuing graduate
and post-graduate degrees and
PhDs. It has the highest number
of published medical research pa-
pers in indexed journals in India
and more than 700 collaborative
research projects ongoing, with
domestic and international fund-
ing totalling about $16 million.
Learning from global experts
across disciplines gives students
a solid understanding of diseases
and advances in diagnosis and
treatment. From K. Srinath
Reddy, chairman of the Public
Health Foundation of India, to fo-
rensic scientist Tirath Das Dogra
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C O L L EG E S

WHAT I LEARNED
IN COLLEGE
TOP
E M E RG I NG COLLEG E S
I N M E DIC I N E

Ü
1 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES New Delhi

2 AMRITA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Kochi ANOOP MISR A

MBBS, 1980
3 ERA’S LUCKNOW MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL Lucknow Chairman, For tis-C-DOC Centre of
Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic
Diseases and Endocrinology
4 SHRI RAM MURTI SMARAK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Bareilly

5 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Gangtok

“At AIIMS, I received
probably the best
6 K.S. HEGDE MEDICAL ACADEMY Mangaluru clinical training in the
world. The teachers
7 DR D.Y. PATIL MEDICAL COLLEGE, HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE Pune were brilliant, we
had a variety of
8 SAVEETHA MEDICAL COLLEGE Chennai
patients to see and
9 DR PINNAMANENI SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL the atmosphere is
something I remember
SCIENCES & RESEARCH FOUNDATION Vijayawada
and savour. Because of
10 L.N. MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH CENTRE Bhopal this, I was always one
up on clinicians in the
Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after 2000 were considered UK and USA”

Guruspeak DR VINAY KUMAR BAHL

Dean (academics) and Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS

Three changes bone marrow de-emphasising telemedicine,

made in the past
three years
✪ In 2019, we initiated
skill training as a part
of the undergraduate
curriculum. The
faculty identified and
developed training
modules for skills
considered essential
for MBBS students.
This was undertaken
in the SET (Skills,
e-learning and
Telemedicine) facility
at the institute, which
aims to modernise
medical education.
✪ AIIMS has identified
various specialities
for new academic
programmes (DM/
MCh/ Fellowship)—
infectious diseases,
transplant, minimal the role of certain robotics, artificial
access surgery, diseases which are intelligence and
paediatric oncology, no longer common in big data analysis
paediatric the present era are some of the
gastroenterology, new areas of
✪ We are planning
paediatric specialisation
to have a school of
pulmonology,
public health in the ✪ Organ transplants
rheumatology, and web-streaming
near future and genetically
arthroplasty, became widely used.
targeted individual
arthroscopy, Till date, 2,189 users ✪ A major
therapies are
foetal medicine, have registered and upgradation of
also going to see
reproductive 198 courses have AIIMS to transform
growing interest
medicine and been created the campus and
urogynaecology, on the platform. infrastructure into a ✪ Public,
to name a few. world-class health environmental
Three new university at a cost and occupational
✪ As a result of
initiatives planned of Rs 7,000 crore has health, molecular
the COVID-19
for the future already been initiated and regenerative
pandemic, starting
in March 2020, medicine and
✪ AIIMS is Three emerging
physical classes oncology are areas
overhauling its trends in medical
for undergraduate that will receive
undergraduate education
students were special attention
curriculum to include
suspended and for skill and
new areas such as ✪ Given the
online teaching using science upgradation
genetics, ethics and emergence of
the SARAL platform in the future
family health, and new technology,

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AVERAGE COURSE FEE OF AVERAGE COURSE FEE OF
TOP 10 GOVERNMENT COLLEGES TOP 10 PRIVATE COLLEGES

to spiritual guru Deepak Chopra, tently maintained its position as

the exposure that students get at
AIIMS is unrivalled. This is further
developed by practical experience.
The volume and variety of patients
at AIIMS teaches students to cope
with high case loads and critical
situations from the very start. The
institute, which has the highest-
paid residents in India, sees around
10,000 patients daily. “The patient
load puts pressure on clinicians
while providing material for new ap-
proaches to treatment and research,”
says immunologist Dr Indira Nath,
a former professor of biotechnol-
ogy at AIIMS. With about 2,500
beds, AIIMS Delhi sees more than 3
million patients every year for OPD
(out patient department) consulta-
tions. Doctors perform more than
200,000 surgeries every year.
Since 1956, AIIMS has consis-
India’s leading medical university.
Those who aspire to one of the 125
seats for its MBBS course have
various reasons for wanting to study
here—the infrastructure, the teach-
ing quality, the brand value and even
the nature of student life. “As far as
medical colleges go, AIIMSonians
know how to have the most fun,”
says Amrita Jain, who graduated in
2011. The institute is also known for
its annual festival, Pulse. Today, it
is Southeast Asia’s largest medical
festival, featuring a Sufi night, a
fashion show, a comedy night and
several musical performances.
Students say the course pushes
them to excel in ways they never
expected. “There is so much em-
phasis on research, new ideas and
collaboration between departments.
At AIIMS, you are exposed to

PRIVATE COLLEGES
WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE
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FEE FOR THE

COLLEGE
ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Vellore 2,17,880

2 DR PINNAMANENI SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF
MEDICAL SCIENCES & RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Vijayawada 4,85,775
3 MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Wardha 5,80,840
4 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, New Delhi 16,20,000
5 DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Ludhiana 19,04,719
6 ST JOHN ’ S MEDICAL COLLEGE, Bengaluru 26,64,900
7 M.S. RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE, Bengaluru 32,02,875
8 PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & RESEARCH, Coimbatore 37,40,100
9 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, Ludhiana 40,59,365
10 KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, Manipal 50,23,000
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GOVERNMENT
COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
FEE FOR THE
COLLEGE CITY
ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE Pune 0

2 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES New Delhi 1,628
3 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Jodhpur 1,638
4 LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE New Delhi 5,000
5 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES New Delhi 5,300
6 MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE New Delhi 19,265
7 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL
EDUCATION & RESEARCH Puducherry 34,500
8 MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL Kolkata 54,500
9 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY Aligarh 73,965
10 OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE Hyderabad 76,075
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

COLLEGES WITH BEST MALE-FEMALE STUDENT RATIO

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COLLEGE CITY

1 L.N. MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH CENTRE Bhopal

2 DR RAJENDRA PRASAD GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE Kangra

3 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES New Delhi

4 KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE Manipal

5 GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL Chandigarh

scholars and faculty from different
streams—they help you find links
and possibilities [in the most un-
expected places],” adds Jain. The
institute has historically focused
on encouraging nascent fields of
medicine and new learning meth-
ods. “I decided to take up immu-
nology when the subject was in its
infancy in India,” says Dr Nath. “I
could do that because AIIMS was
a place that tolerated new ideas.
Later, I founded the Department of
Biotechnology at AIIMS—the first
time such a department was pos-
sible at an Indian medical school.”
AIIMS was also the first Indian
medical college to begin using
technology for teaching and train-
ing students in telemedicine. “The
multidisciplinary nature of the
institute promotes research and
enriches patients, clinicians and re-
searchers. This academic environ-
ment [ensures] AIIMS [remains]
a leader in medical sciences and
treatment,” adds Dr Nath.
This is evident today as well.
The current batch of residents at
AIIMS, who are now handling
Covid patients, say that they are
ready to handle 100-200 patients
each. They have been prepared
for medical emergencies, and that
experience has given them the ca-
pacity to cope with Covid—despite
workers at the institute getting
infected every month, treatment
continues. AIIMS is also running
a national teleconsultation centre
for doctors who wish to enquire on
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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
300 300 240 180 180 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 280.0 289.6 214.8 156.0 172.2 1,112.6 800.0 1,912.6
2 2 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, VELLORE 252.1 266.4 187.6 163.7 171.2 1,041.0 791.4 1,832.4
3 3 ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, PUNE 234.6 234.1 206.9 152.9 148.9 977.4 794.8 1,772.2
4 4 MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE, DELHI 255.8 238.9 189.0 146.6 150.3 980.6 788.4 1,769.0
5 5 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL 255.4 215.2 187.4 135.5 132.4 925.9 777.9 1,703.8
EDUCATION & RESEARCH, PUDUCHERRY
6 6 KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW 246.1 220.7 185.4 137.3 119.3 908.8 770.7 1,679.5
7 7 INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BANARAS HINDU 238.8 234.9 198.1 104.4 116.0 892.2 782.6 1,674.8
UNIVERSITY, VARANASI
 8 9 VARDHMAN MAHAVIR MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 243.5 216.1 197.1 127.3 128.3 912.3 743.2 1,655.5
 9 8 LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 238.9 206.4 166.5 134.7 137.3 883.8 742.2 1,626.0
- 10 NP UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 255.8 205.3 184.2 135.3 123.7 904.3 717.2 1,621.5
 11 10 GRANT GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, MUMBAI 199.9 210.5 172.0 129.6 153.4 865.4 752.1 1,617.5
 12 11 SETH GS MEDICAL COLLEGE & KEM HOSPITAL , MUMBAI 226.8 229.3 172.3 136.3 125.1 889.8 701.8 1,591.6
 13 12 KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANIPAL 198.5 202.4 187.9 143.0 118.6 850.4 709.2 1,559.6
 14 13 BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 230.6 195.0 180.9 137.5 126.4 870.4 665.5 1,535.9
BENGALURU
15 15 GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, CHANDIGARH 218.5 196.3 184.7 125.9 108.7 834.1 687.1 1,521.2
 16 17 LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE & GENERAL 185.0 215.4 187.3 144.2 119.0 850.9 642.7 1,493.6
HOSPITAL, MUMBAI
 17 14 ST JOHN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE, BENGALURU 185.7 211.0 193.7 136.2 130.9 857.5 633.5 1,491.0
 18 16 GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 214.3 172.6 162.3 126.6 133.9 809.7 680.9 1,490.6
 19 18 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM 215.4 194.3 175.3 143.3 116.2 844.5 639.0 1,483.5
UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH
 20 21 OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 210.9 193.9 144.3 134.4 126.2 809.7 608.1 1,417.8
 21 20 MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, KOLKATA 211.6 187.7 155.0 130.8 126.2 811.3 602.0 1,413.3
 22 19 SRI RAMACHANDRA MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH 145.2 209.6 184.7 139.2 117.6 796.3 599.6 1,395.9
INSTITUTE, CHENNAI
23 23 MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 211.3 174.9 182.4 138.7 123.3 830.6 550.9 1,381.5
WARDHA
24 24 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 150.6 192.7 173.6 132.8 127.2 776.9 604.2 1,381.1
25 25 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, JODHPUR 202.2 208.4 182.8 111.2 100.6 805.2 572.0 1,377.2
 26 28 DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, LUDHIANA 205.7 226.2 163.5 130.3 96.7 822.4 550.1 1,372.5
 27 26 M.S. RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE, BENGALURU 177.6 204.2 194.7 137.9 121.3 835.7 535.3 1,371.0
 28 27 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, LUDHIANA 180.9 200.3 201.1 133.7 108.4 824.4 543.6 1,368.0
29 29 KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANGALURU 191.5 197.3 147.1 123.5 132.2 791.6 549.9 1,341.5
 30 31 AMRITA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, KOCHI 136.3 219.5 206.8 135.8 109.9 808.3 509.9 1,318.2
 31 30 ERA’S LUCKNOW MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, LUCKNOW 138.7 200.2 186.7 136.8 119.1 781.5 536.3 1,317.8
 32 35 DR RAJENDRA PRASAD GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, 159.7 132.5 162.4 123.1 108.0 685.7 442.3 1,128.0
KANGRA
 33 36 SHRI RAM MURTI SMARAK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL 162.1 174.0 185.5 129.5 102.5 753.6 373.9 1,127.5
SCIENCES, BAREILLY
34 34 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, GANGTOK 99.7 175.5 164.3 134.5 97.0 671.0 454.9 1,125.9
 35 33 K.S. HEGDE MEDICAL ACADEMY, MANGALURU 144.3 199.7 173.5 124.3 112.3 754.1 360.2 1,114.3
 36 38 BELAGAVI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BELAGAVI 180.9 115.2 158.0 103.8 116.3 674.2 305.9 980.1
 37 39 VEER SURENDRA SAI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & 162.2 121.5 158.8 133.0 114.9 690.4 197.2 887.6
RESEARCH, SAMBALPUR, ODISHA
 38 41 JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, MYSURU 153.8 178.0 172.8 104.5 105.3 714.4 170.8 885.2
- 39 NP JAWARHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, BELAGAVI 150.3 189.0 179.3 85.1 50.1 653.8 229.0 882.8
40 40 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL 132.8 172.6 155.0 76.9 99.2 636.5 245.3 881.8
COLLEGE, PUNE

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the
parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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BE ST Ü DE N TA L No DENTAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI
COLLEGE S

YASIR IQBAL
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Dentistry students in a lab in MAIDS, Delhi

NOTHING BUT THE

TOOTH
For the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental
Sciences, training and producing world-class
dentists is a matter of national pride
By Sonali Acharjee

t’s nothing more development of India, to the fabric of independent status as MAIDS in

I
than a black granite the country itself,” says Dr Mahesh 2003) decided to demolish the jail,
slab with the words Verma, the head of the college from which was then shifted to Tihar, and
‘‘Shaheed Smarak. 1995 to 2019. In 1912, this same spot use the land for something as much
Ghar. Old
Phansi Ghar was the site of Delhi’s Central Jail in demand then as it is now—train-
Delhi Jail’ written and saw the imprisonment and ing doctors. “It’s a matter of pride for
on it, but it’s the pride of every hangings of 14 freedom fighters, us, a reminder of what we originally
student at the Maulana Azad accused of plotting the assassination set out to do—provide good and
Institute of Dental Sciences of the then Viceroy of India, Lord practical education,” says Dr Verma.
(MAIDS). It is a symbol of the Hardinge. The founding fathers of The institute, however, isn’t
history this campus has been Maulana Azad Medical College stuck in the past. It has always
witness to. “It links us to the (whose dental wing was granted embraced contemporary values and

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trends. This year, all their classes
are being conducted digitally. Their 1 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, New Delhi
new 12-storey building is currently
being used as a Covid Care ward by 2 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S
the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Lucknow
Hospital. “As soon as we can conduct
offline classes, we will resume train-
3 POST-GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCE, Rohtak
ing, as practice is an integral part of 4 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, IMS, BHU, Varanasi
our curriculum,” says Dr Sangeeta
Talwar, director of MAIDS. Each 5 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Manipal
final-year student of the five-year
6 NAIR HOSPITAL DENTAL COLLEGE, Mumbai
bachelor of dental surgery course is
required to treat at least eight to 10 7 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Mumbai
patients daily at various OPDs to get
a real-life understanding of patholo- 8 DR R. AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Kolkata
gies involving the jaw, mouth, teeth
9 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Nagpur
and gums. As most alumni recount,
the practical experience at MAIDS 10 CHRISTIAN DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Ludhiana
was priceless.
Emerging branches of den-
tistry are equally valued at MAIDS.
Modern smile design, one of the most
sought-after specialisations in the
world, is taught here keeping in mind TOP
the latest digital dental equipment. EMERGING COLLEGES OF THE CENTURY
Students learn that designing the

Ü
‘perfect’ jaw is not only about aesthet-
ics, but also about oral health. The 1 I.T.S. CENTRE FOR DENTAL STUDIES & RESEARCH, Ghaziabad
institute is also entering fields of den-
tal care for the elderly, tissue banking,
2 AMRITA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, Kochi
forensic odontology, dental treatment 3 SRI RAMACHANDRA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Chennai
for the differently-abled and commu-
nity dentistry. 4 ARMY COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Secunderabad
This diversification of dentistry
reflects in the nature of research 5 MANAV RACHNA DENTAL COLLEGE, Faridabad
pursued here as well—MAIDS is the
6 I.T.S. DENTAL COLLEGE, HOSPITAL & RESEARCH
only Indian institute to have con-
ducted a pioneering study in 2006 to
CENTRE, Greater Noida
understand the oral health practices 7 SCHOOL OF DENTAL SCIENCES, SHARDA
and treatment needs of the elderly
UNIVERSITY, Greater Noida
in rural India. “While working at
major corporate chains or pursuing 8 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) DENTAL
research have been traditional career COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Navi Mumbai
options for BDS graduates, many
are now looking to work with the 9 COORG INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Virajpet
National Health Mission and take
dental care to rural areas,” says Dr 10 PMS COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCE &
Talwar. Dental diseases are a signifi- RESEARCH, Thiruvananthapuram
cant public health menace in India—
Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after
a 2016 study done at the National
2000 were considered

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THE LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
FEE FOR ENTIRE
COLLEGE
COURSE ( ` )

1 DR ZIAUDDIN AHMAD DENTAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM

UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 7,260
2 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES,
Delhi 9,355
3 DR R. AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL,
Kolkata 38,800
4 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, IMS, BHU,
Varanasi 130,000
5 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Lucknow 149,000

Course fees include tuition and other fees

WHAT I LEARNED IN COLLEGE

DR SHRUTI GOEL
Founder and principal dentist, Veda
Dentistr y and Cosmetology; BDS (2011 ), MDS
(2015), senior residency (2018), from MAIDS

“The amount of clinical exposure,

mentorship, materials and equip-
ment we got at MAIDS was incredible.
My core values of providing excellent
care to patients, life-long learning
and adopting current technology and
materials is based on what I learnt at
MAIDS. I'm proud of my alma mater and
grateful to it for everything”

1,56,012
` 2,002,679
`

Average Average
course fee course
of top 10 fee of top
government 10 private
colleges colleges
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C O L L EG E S

PRIVATE COLLEGES WITH THE

LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
COURSE FEE FOR
COLLEGE
ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 BHOJIA DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, Baddi ₹ 420,000

Colleges with 2 KRISHNADEVARAYA COLLEGE OF DENTAL
best male-female SCIENCES & HOSPITAL, Bengaluru ₹ 469,940
student ratio 3 DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF DENTAL
SCIENCES, Bengaluru ₹ 469,940
1 DR ZIAUDDIN AHMAD DENTAL
COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM 4 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, RAMAIAH
UNIVERSITY, Aligarh UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, Bengaluru 594,940

2 FACULTY OF DENTAL 5 GENESIS INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES AND

SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S RESEARCH, Ferozepur ₹ 765,765
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY,
Course fee includes tuition and other fees
Lucknow

3 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF

DENTAL SCIENCES, New Delhi
DR SANGEETA TALWAR, Director-principal,
4 GURU NANAK INSTITUTE Guruspeak Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
OF DENTAL SCIENCES &
RESEARCH, Kolkata
Three new things e-library
5 FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, JAMIA done in the past
MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi three years Three emerging
✪ Added four PG streams in dental
seats this year education
and 10 under- ✪ Forensic odon-
graduate seats tology, which is
last year currently taught
✪ Since March under our oral
Centre for Biotechnology Information Three new things
25, all classes for pathology course,
shows that out of 3,102 people in rural for the future
will get more
undergraduate
and urban areas of Andhra Pradesh’s ✪ We want to focus. It allows
and postgraduate
Krishna district, 40 per cent needed start a centre for doctors to play a
students and all
dental care, of which 78 per cent had differently-abled vital role in crimi-
examinations
unmet dental needs largely because of patients. Students nal investigations.
have been con-
unaffordable treatment. “Community will be trained on ✪ Smile design has
ducted online
dental service is a positive change how to conduct been a growing
✪ Last year, the
and one which means dental care can certain dental field for a while
college started a
be universal and affordable in the procedures on now but with the
tissue bank, the
those with disa- introduction of
future,” says Dr Talwar. only one of its
bilities, particu- new technology,
With 50 seats on offer and an an- kind in a dental in-
larly for those digitalised smile
nual tuition fee of Rs 1,800, the BDS stitute in India. We
with mental health design is fast be-
course is competitive. The hope for the procure tissues
issues. coming popular as
future is to have more seats on offer, and bones from
✪ Opening of a a specialisation.
an increased stipend for BDS student the orthopaedic
12-storey new ✪ Public health
interns and expanded dental research. department and
building with more dentistry is in its
With India’s dentist ratio at 1:8,000, then provide
facilities for prac- nascent stages
the future of affordable and quality grafts to various
tical learning right now but it
dental care lies largely in the hands of streams of medi-
✪ Launching an will be huge soon
dental colleges like MAIDS. n cal sciences.

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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
300 300 240 180 180 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, DELHI 286.3 266.9 230.9 165.6 143.0 1,092.7 800.0 1,892.7
FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL
2 2 263.5 255.5 223.1 144.2 159.7 1,046.0 795.2 1,841.2
UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
3 3 POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, ROHTAK 254.2 211.5 202.7 141.9 151.5 961.8 779.9 1,741.7
4 4 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, IMS, BHU, VARANASI 247.3 199.1 211.3 145.1 151.7 954.5 771.7 1,726.2
5 5 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, MANIPAL 215.7 213.4 194.6 145.7 145.5 914.9 765.5 1,680.4
6 6 NAIR HOSPITAL DENTAL COLLEGE, MUMBAI 215.2 198.8 132.1 136.8 123.6 806.5 767.8 1,574.3
7 7 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, MUMBAI 208.7 168.9 161.0 131.6 135.6 805.8 767.4 1,573.2
 8 11 DR R. AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, KOLKATA 226.5 179.3 145.6 122.1 114.6 788.1 739.3 1,527.4
 9 10 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, NAGPUR 201.5 220.2 180.8 112.8 125.4 840.7 670.9 1,511.6
 10 8 CHRISTIAN DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, LUDHIANA 184.4 169.8 187.9 135.2 116.3 793.6 715.7 1,509.3
 11 9 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, MANGALURU 181.5 224.8 139.8 136.8 107.6 790.5 716.5 1,507.0
FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF
12 12 207.5 207.4 216.8 146.4 124.9 903.0 568.9 1,471.9
APPLIED SCIENCES, BENGALURU
DR ZIAUDDIN AHMAD DENTAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM
 13 16 233.3 169.8 159.0 132.7 125.5 820.3 651.5 1,471.8
UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH
 14 13 SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCE & HOSPITAL, DHARWAD, 179.0 198.5 133.0 138.3 122.4 771.2 687.8 1,459.0
 15 19 FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI 246.4 195.3 125.6 121.1 125.1 813.5 623.6 1,437.1
 16 18 I.T.S. CENTRE FOR DENTAL STUDIES & RESEARCH, GHAZIABAD 204.2 204.8 184.5 143.2 136.3 873.0 561.8 1,434.8
17 17 AMRITA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, KOCHI 198.1 199.4 205.2 138.0 105.5 846.2 566.6 1,412.8
A.B. SHETTY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES,
 18 14 163.7 194.0 196.7 131.4 102.5 788.3 624.4 1,412.7
MANGALURU
 19 15 SRI RAMACHANDRA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, CHENNAI 137.2 198.9 196.9 131.7 113.4 778.1 622.7 1,400.8
 20 21 SAVEETHA DENTAL COLLEGE, CHENNAI 168.1 198.2 186.2 144.1 125.1 821.7 495.3 1,317.0
 21 20 ARMY COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, SECUNDERABAD 185.4 199.0 157.4 120.3 115.3 777.4 537.6 1,315.0
22 22 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, AURANGABAD 217.1 160.9 164.9 124.0 109.9 776.8 531.8 1,308.6
DR HARVANSH SINGH JUDGE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL
 23 26 183.7 156.0 123.3 114.4 123.8 701.2 497.1 1,198.3
SCIENCES & HOSPITAL, CHANDIGARH
24 24 MANAV RACHNA DENTAL COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 187.0 155.4 111.4 113.8 121.3 688.9 508.4 1,197.3
 25 27 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, PUNE 182.4 196.9 160.0 82.7 75.4 697.4 496.7 1,194.1
I.T.S. DENTAL COLLEGE, HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE
 26 25 184.3 165.5 181.8 132.7 117.5 781.8 410.7 1,192.5
GREATER NOIDA
 27 23 COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, DAVANGERE, KARNATAKA 161.5 193.8 179.5 133.8 67.5 736.1 441.3 1,177.4
SCHOOL OF DENTAL SCIENCES, SHARDA UNIVERSITY,
- 28 NP 176.2 170.5 170.7 120.4 104.5 742.3 431.4 1,173.7
GREATER NOIDA
 29 28 THE OXFORD DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, BENGALURU 161.6 159.1 105.4 137.6 116.9 680.6 478.1 1,158.7
BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) DENTAL
 30 29 129.8 185.5 101.6 106.5 118.3 641.7 490.6 1,132.3
COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, NAVI MUMBAI
 31 30 COORG INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, VIRAJPET 129.6 196.2 139.1 102.3 108.9 676.1 432.4 1,108.5
PMS COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCE & RESEARCH,
 32 33 178.6 165.1 119.9 107.7 104.8 676.1 404.3 1,080.4
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
 33 31 D.A. PANDU MEMORIAL R.V. DENTAL COLLEGE, BENGALURU 136.0 191.5 131.2 100.9 107.0 666.6 413.5 1,080.1
 34 32 YENEPOYA DENTAL COLLEGE, MANGALURU 138.5 196.9 186.8 132.2 110.7 765.1 314.7 1,079.8
35 35 GURU NANAK INST. OF DENTAL SCIENCES & RESEARCH, KOLKATA 162.3 116.2 109.6 48.9 86.9 523.9 554.4 1,078.3
 36 40 VISHNU DENTAL COLLEGE, BHIMAVARAM, ANDHRA PRADESH 189.3 174.8 130.8 122.7 122.7 740.3 308.6 1,048.9
BHOJIA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL
 37 39 134.1 152.7 113.0 134.7 121.2 655.7 304.5 960.2
BADDI, HIMACHAL PRADESH
 38 42 J.S.S. DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, MYSURU 154.9 167.7 145.1 143.8 99.7 711.2 243.9 955.1
KRISHNADEVARAYA COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES
 39 37 135.5 162.1 191.8 134.5 119.3 743.2 209.0 952.2
& HOSPITAL, BENGALURU
- 40 NP VIVEKANANDHA DENTAL COLL. FOR WOMEN, NAMAKKAL, TN 197.0 134.8 162.5 102.8 157.7 754.8 192.8 947.6
NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding
the parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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No
BE ST
COLLEGE S

TECH
CENTRAL
The institute is channeling its students’ entrepreneurial
spirit into servicing its vision of ‘IIT Delhi for society’
By Shelly Anand

CHANDRADEEP KUMAR

MINUTE
MATTER
A student at
the Nano Lab
in IIT Delhi
(I IT) DE L H I , N EW DE L H I
TOP
COLLEG E S (OVE RALL)
1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-DELHI
2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-BOMBAY
3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-KHARAGPUR
4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-KANPUR
5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-ROORKEE
6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-GUWAHATI
7 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE (BITS) PILAN)
8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
9 DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU)
10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IIIT) ALLAHABAD
ne of the original
O
seven IITs set
up to provide
students with
world-class facili-
ties in training,
research and
development in the field of science,
engineering and technology, the
Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Delhi, has seen over 48,000
students graduate in various
disciplines since its inception in
1961. With undergraduate, post-
graduate, doctoral and certificate
programmes offered, the institute
has multiple departments under
its wings. Ranging from applied
mechanics, biochemical engin-
eering and technology, chemical
engineering, chemistry, civil
engineering, electrical engineer-
ing, and materials science and
engineering to textile and fibre
engineering, IIT Delhi takes its
diverse disciplines quite seriously.
The distinguished alumni
includes former IPS officer and Lt
Governor of Pondicherry Kiran
Bedi, Flipkart co-founder Sachin
Bansal, former RBI governor
Ü
New Delhi
Mumbai
Kharagpur
Kanpur
Roorkee
Guwahati
Pilani
Tiruchirappalli
Delhi
Allahabad
Raghuram Rajan, MP and former
Union minister Jayant Sinha, and
NIIT chairman and co-founder
Rajendra Pawar, among others.
IIT Delhi director V. Ramgo-
pal Rao says, “IIT Delhi is known
for its start-up culture. Since we
are located in the capital, the con-
nect with society and government
boosts entrepreneurship on the
campus.” One of the latest resea-
rch activities include PRACRITI
(Prediction and Assessment of Co-
rona Infections and Transmission
in India), a web-based platform
for monitoring COVID-19. On the
start-up front, Nanosafe Solutions
has launched an anti-microbial
and washable face mask called
‘NSafe’ and ETEX, a smart textile
start-up is working on innovative
solutions in healthcare. Adds Rao,
“Our focus today is on relevant re-
search to help in the fight against
COVID-19. There are about 20
ongoing projects at IIT Delhi for
prevention of coronavirus; one
million PPE kits have also been
made in the past two months. We
have developed a Covid detection
kit that has been approved by the
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WHAT I LEARNED
IN COLLEGE
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GOVE RNM E NT COLLEG E S

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1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-DELHI New Delhi

2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-BOMBAY Mumbai CHETAN BHAG AT

Author, BTech in Mechanical
3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-KHARAGPUR Kharagpur Engineering, 1995

4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-KANPUR Kanpur

IIT Delhi changed my
5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-ROORKEE Roorkee entire life. I became
6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-GUWAHATI Guwahati
more self-confident,
made friends and learnt
7 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI Tiruchirappalli to solve the toughest
problems. I am a writer
8 DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU) New Delhi now, but even today
people hold me in
9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IIIT) Allahabad high esteem because I
10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-ROPAR Ropar studied here”

ICMR.” Some of the COVID-19

R&D projects include develop-
TOP
ing knit-based masks, Hazmat
PRIVATE COLLEG E S hoodie-based masks, low-cost
Ü

hand sanitisers and PPE for

1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE (BITS), PILANI Pilani hospital and health workers.
The Centres of Excellence
2 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (BIT), MESRA Ranchi (CoEs) here are of three types—
those set up by the institute,
3 VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (VIT) Vellore
industry sponsored and funded
4 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) Manipal as sponsored projects. Those set
up by the institute are on biologi-
5 THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Patiala cally-inspired robots and drones
(BIRD), transportation research
6 BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Bengaluru
and injury prevention pro-
7 M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Bengaluru gramme (TRIPP), and in cyber
systems and information assur-
8 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Kancheepuram ance. The industry-sponsored
are the oilfield services company
9 PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Coimbatore
Schlumberger Ltd’s CoE on oil
10 SVKM’S DWARKADAS J. SANGHVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Mumbai technology, Denmark-based
DESMI’s CoE on waste manage-
ment and Yardi Systems Inc’s
centre for sustainable infrastruc-
ture. The sponsored projects in-
The culture of R&D and clude the DRDO-IIT Delhi joint
incubators is so strong at IIT Delhi advanced technology centre. The
that it is now fertile ground for culture of R&D and incubators
is so strong at IIT Delhi that it is
Centres of Excellence now fertile ground for CoEs, say
the teaching staff. n

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E M E RG I NG COLLEG E S

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1 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Pune

2 SVKM’S NMIMS MUKESH PATEL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING Mumbai

3 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Majitar

4 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY New Delhi

5 GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Greater Noida

6 RUNGTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Bhilai

7 AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY NOIDA Noida

8 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, MANIPAL UNIVERSITY Jaipur

9 G.L. BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT Greater Noida

10 JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Noida

11 FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (FST), ICFAI TECH Hyderabad

12 THE LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Jaipur

13 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY ) Bengaluru

14 MAHARAJA AGRASEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY New Delhi

15 NITTE MEENAKSHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Bengaluru

16 UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY Mohali

17 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (SET), ANSAL UNIVERSITY Gurugram

18 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, CHITKARA UNIVERSITY Rajpura

19 DIT UNIVERSITY Dehradun

20 SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Tirupati

21 ISB&M SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY Pune

22 INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING Hyderabad

23 SRI SAIRAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Bengaluru

24 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JAIN UNIVERSITY Bengaluru

25 AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE Ghaziabad

Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after 2000 were considered

GAINERS Colleges that have made the biggest leap over the previous year
Ü

COLLEGE RANK IN 2020 RANK IN 2019

1 THE LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Jaipur 68 84

2 SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Chennai 54 58
3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-MANDI, Mandi, HP 13 16
Colleges ranked among top 100 in 2020 and 2019

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT) DELHI, NEW DELHI
C O L L EG E S

NEW ENTRANTS AMONG TOP 25

Ü
COLLEGE RANK IN 2020

1 INDRAPRASTHA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DELHI, New Delhi 14

2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-GANDHINAGAR, Gandhinagar 18
3 INDIRA GANDHI DELHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (IGDTUW), New Delhi 25

Guruspeak V. RAMGOPAL RAO , Director, IIT Delhi

Three new things done
in the institute in the
past three years
One of our student
surveys noted that
everyone wants to be an
entrepreneur at IIT Delhi.
In the past three years,
over 16 unicorns have
come from the campus.
An immersion programme
has started under which
students are sent to
villages and hospitals
to see and understand
real-world problems and
connect with society.
This is optional for them
and they get non-graded
units (NGUs) for this. We
have modified our minor
degree programme in
entrepreneurship. Last
year, in 2019, for the
faculty, two research-
based programmes were
started and they get
funding from the institute.
For PhD students
and faculty, research
solutions for multi-
disciplinary initiatives
and major initiatives
include FIDP (Faculty
Induction & Development
Programme) where two
faculty members work on
a project that is internally
funded. IIT Delhi also
signed an MoU with the All
India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi
for biomedical research.
About 100 research
projects were started
with a focus on issues
in society. We shifted
focus from research and
development to relevance
and delivery; relevance
with focus on society and
delivery with focus on
industry interaction and
start-ups.
Three new things
planned for the future
There will be a further
boost to start-ups; we
want at least one in five
faculty members to have
a start-up. We will be
working towards ensuring
that students become
job providers rather than research, internation-
job seekers. COVID-19 alisation and industry
has brought a spurt in connect—will be followed.
activity and we will be We have already given a
looking at a “problem proposal to the senate
first approach” and “not for short-term certificate
a solutions approach”. programmes in artificial
IIT Delhi for society will intelligence and data
be key, and research science in collaboration
papers will look at the with eight companies in
question: have we solved the education space. A
a problem in society? decision on this could
The three ‘Is’ approach— come as early as the first
interdisciplinary week of July.

COLLEGES WITH BEST MALE-FEMALE STUDENT RATIO

Ü

SN COLLEGE CITY

1 ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Madanapalle

2 SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Chennai

3 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Shivamogga

4 VIGNAN’S FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH Guntur

5 SHRI RAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Jabalpur

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FEE FOR THE ENTIRE
RANK COLLEGE CITY COURSE ( ` )

1 ANDHRA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Visakhapatnam 49,000

2 ZAKIR HUSAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Aligarh 64,300
3 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY Hyderabad 81,750
4 GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE Jagdalpur 90,000
5 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Karad 2,94,164
6 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Pune 3,42,350
7 SHRI GURU GOBIND SINGHJI INSTITUTE OF
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Nanded 3,46,572
8 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, COCHIN UNIVERSITY
OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Kochi 3,63,345
9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IIIT) Allahabad 3,92,000
10 INDIRA GANDHI DELHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (IGDTUW) New Delhi 4,11,000
Note: Course fees include tuition and other fees

PRIVATE COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE

RANK COLLEGE CITY Ü
FEE FOR THE ENTIRE
COURSE ( ` )

1 ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Madanapalle, AP 1,80,000

2 THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Madurai 1,90,000
2 VEL TECH RANGARAJAN DR SAGUNTHALA R&D
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Chennai 1,90,000
3 NEHRU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Coimbatore 2,00,000
3 MAILAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE Villupuram, TN 2,00,000
3 AALIM MUHAMMED SALEGH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Chennai 2,00,000
4 ANDHRA LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Vijayawada 2,11,200
5 RAVINDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN Kurnool 2,12,500
6 SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Tiruchengode, TN 2,15,000
7 VEL TECH MULTI TECH DR RANGARAJAN DR SAKUNTHALA
ENGINEERING COLLEGE Chennai 2,20,000
Average course fee of top 10 government colleges `7,36,685 Course fee includes tuition and other fees
Average course fee of top 10 private colleges `8,68,085

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GOVERNMENT COLLEGES WITH BEST VALUE FOR MONEY

Ü
RANK COLLEGE CITY R o I*

1 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY Hyderabad 7.83

2 ZAKIR HUSAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Aligarh 7.59
3 ANDHRA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Visakhapatnam 7.46
4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IIIT ALLAHABAD) Allahabad 3.95
5 GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE Jagdalpur 2.71
6 DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU) Delhi 2.36
7 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT), KANPUR Kanpur 2.23
8 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT), BOMBAY Mumbai 2.07
8 INDIRA GANDHI DELHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (IGDTUW) New Delhi 2.07
9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI Tiruchirappalli 2.06
*RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual placement salary/ fee for the entire course

PRIVATE COLLEGES WITH BEST VALUE FOR MONEY

RANK COLLEGE CITY Ü R o I*

1 B.M.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Bengaluru 3.83

2 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Pune 3.82
3 RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Bengaluru 3.05
4 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY New Delhi 2.99
5 VEL TECH RANGARAJAN DR SAGUNTHALA R&D INSTITUTE
OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Chennai 2.11
6 SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Coimbatore 2.10
7 DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Bengaluru 2.02
8 THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Madurai 2.01
9 P.A. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Mangaluru 1.98
10 KRUPAJAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE Bhubaneswar 1.95

*RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual placement salary/ fees for the entire course

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IIT Bombay
students drive
the change

DANESH JASSAWALA

TOP REGION-WISE GOVERNMENT COLLEGES

Ü
NORTH
Ü

WEST
SN COLLEGE CITY SN COLLEGE CITY

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY (IIT), DELHI New Delhi BOMBAY (IIT)-BOMBAY Mumbai

2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY (IIT), KANPUR Kanpur (IIT), GANDHINAGAR Gandhinagar

3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE Pune

(IIT), ROORKEE Roorkee 4 VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE

OF TECHNOLOGY Nagpur
4 DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU) New Delhi
5 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF
5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION
ENGINEERING, KARAD Karad, Maharashtra
TECHNOLOGY (IIIT) Allahabad

EAST SOUTH
Ü

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF 1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-KHARAGPUR Kharagpur TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI Tiruchirappalli

2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

(IIT)-GUWAHATI Guwahati SURATHKAL Mangaluru

3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

(IIT)-BHUBANESWAR Bhubaneswar OSMANIA UNIVERSITY Hyderabad

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 4 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, COCHIN

TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA Rourkela UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Kochi

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 5 ANDHRA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR Silchar OF ENGINEERING Visakhapatnam

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TOP
REGION-WISE PRIVATE COLLEGES

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Ü
NORTH WEST
SN COLLEGE CITY SN COLLEGE CITY

1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 SVKM’S DWARKADAS J. SANGHVI

& SCIENCE (BITS), PILANI Pilani COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Mumbai
2 THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING 2 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE
& TECHNOLOGY Patiala
UNIVERSITY) COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Pune
3 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE
3 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Pune
OF TECHNOLOGY New Delhi

4 GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 4 SVKM’S NMIMS MUKESH PATEL SCHOOL OF

& TECHNOLOGY Greater Noida TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING Mumbai

5 AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 5 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

& TECHNOLOGY, NOIDA Noida NIRMA UNIVERSITY Ahmedabad

EAST SOUTH
Ü

Ü
1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 VELLORE INSTITUTE OF
(BIT), MESRA Ranchi TECHNOLOGY (VIT) Vellore

2 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE 2 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF

OF TECHNOLOGY Majitar TECHNOLOGY (MIT) Manipal

3 RUNGTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 3 BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Bengaluru

& TECHNOLOGY Bhilai
4 M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Bengaluru
4 BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Durg
5 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
5 JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Kalyani & TECHNOLOGY Kancheepuram

PERCENTAGE OF COLLEGES HAVING

TIE-UPS WITH FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES
Ü

Average
course fees %
for top 10 govt 1-25 96
engineering
colleges and top 26-50 68
10 private ones 51-75 64
vary by just over
Rs 1 lakh 76-100 72

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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-DELHI, 241.7 232.3 216.5 103.7 266.0 1,060.2 798.9 1,859.1
NEW DELHI
2 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-BOMBA), MUMBAI 243.9 229.0 209.2 98.9 262.2 1,043.2 795.7 1,838.9

3 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-KHARAGPUR, 239.5 228.9 210.4 90.3 261.8 1,030.9 791.8 1,822.7
KHARAGPUR
4 4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-KANPUR, KANPUR 238.6 220.7 211.8 98.5 260.1 1,029.7 790.5 1,820.2

5 5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-ROORKEE, ROORKEE 235.3 213.6 207.3 94.7 247.5 998.4 784.8 1,783.2

6 6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-GUWAHATI, 222.4 202.2 209.1 99.1 259.4 992.2 784.7 1,776.9
GUWAHATI
 7 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 225.0 181.2 174.1 76.0 242.8 899.1 773.4 1,672.5

 8 7 DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU), NEW DELHI 224.8 181.5 181.2 86.2 216.8 890.5 770.8 1,661.3

 9 10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IIIT 205.6 169.4 209.0 78.1 235.7 897.8 735.3 1,633.1
ALLAHABAD), ALLAHABAD
 10 11 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-ROPAR, ROPAR 204.0 208.9 195.8 80.5 200.0 889.2 723.6 1,612.8

 11 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-BHUBANESWAR, 187.8 194.1 193.9 90.2 208.7 874.7 732.5 1,607.2
BHUBANESWAR
 12 14 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-MANDI, MANDI, HP 215.6 193.9 207.1 84.9 210.1 911.6 686.4 1,598.0

- 13 NP INDRAPRASTHA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 205.1 166.4 182.1 88.2 225.1 866.9 730.3 1,597.2
NEW DELHI
 14 12 MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 213.5 162.9 188.2 88.4 213.1 866.1 729.7 1,595.8
(MNNIT), ALLAHABAD
 15 13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA 220.6 162.7 191.8 88.6 219.2 882.9 710.3 1,593.2
SURATHKAL, MANGALURU
- 16 NP INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)-GANDHINAGAR, 211.2 204.8 208.5 89.2 162.9 876.6 699.9 1576.5
GANDHINAGAR
 17 15 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 182.6 169.5 190.4 85.2 209.8 837.5 710.4 1547.9

18 18 VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 191.2 186.5 174.0 82.0 178.9 812.6 682.2 1,494.8
NAGPUR
- 19 NP INDIRA GANDHI DELHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN 194.4 160.2 168.5 80.2 194.2 797.5 691.4 1,488.9
(IGDTUW), NEW DELHI
 20 17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA 200.8 173.7 207.3 77.3 181.8 840.9 644.3 1,485.2

 21 19 HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, KANPUR 212.2 160.6 168.8 70.2 172.2 784.0 681.0 1,465.0

 22 20 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, OSMANIA 165.1 172.0 168.2 88.4 199.9 793.6 617.5 1,411.1
UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD
 23 16 ZAKIR HUSAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 207.1 169.5 173.8 74.0 154.7 779.1 627.9 1,407.0
ALIGARH
 24 21 DR B.R. AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 205.0 160.2 181.0 88.3 192.9 827.4 546.6 1,374.0
JALANDHAR
 25 23 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-DELHI, NEW DELHI 197.4 148.3 158.9 71.2 201.8 777.6 565.1 1,342.7

 26 22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SILCHAR 226.3 155.4 172.2 78.7 174.1 806.7 527.5 1,334.2

 27 24 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SRINAGAR 186.2 153.5 155.4 76.6 175.3 747.0 515.5 1,262.5

28 NP NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UTTARAKHAND, 175.3 161.9 157.6 71.5 182.0 748.3 507.2 1,255.5
SRINAGAR GARHWAL
 29 25 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MEGHALAYA, 193.3 191.7 136.9 69.2 171.4 762.5 473.3 1,235.8
SHILLONG
- 30 NP SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE 213.5 126.2 153.0 59.0 136.9 688.6 467.9 1,156.5
AND TECHNOLOGY, KOCHI
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PRIVATE COLLEGES Ü ENGINEERING
OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE (BITS)-PILANI, 216.3 172.8 185.0 88.1 255.3 917.5 773.9 1,691.4
PILANI

2 2 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (BIT), MESRA, RANCHI 206.1 167.5 193.1 73.1 202.7 842.5 740.4 1,582.9
3 3 VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (VIT), VELLORE 209.0 162.4 187.8 82.0 196.5 837.7 707.8 1,545.5
4 4 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT), MANIPAL 196.1 161.6 172.8 70.2 198.7 799.4 725.2 1,524.6
5 5 THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, PATIALA 205.4 159.2 175.7 81.0 180.7 802.0 692.7 1,494.7
6 6 B.M.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 200.0 163.7 167.7 87.7 206.7 825.8 666.7 1,492.5
 7 8 M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 167.8 163.4 162.7 84.6 195.8 774.3 692.9 1,467.2
 8 9 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, KANCHEEPURAM 169.1 161.4 171.7 76.3 159.7 738.2 682.3 1,420.5
 9 7 PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE 197.0 180.0 176.5 80.6 177.2 811.3 604.7 1,416.0
10 10 SVKM’S DWARKADAS J. SANGHVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 188.1 154.0 145.1 69.9 177.4 734.5 633.1 1,367.6
MUMBAI
 11 13 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED 169.1 131.0 139.9 59.7 198.8 698.5 612.8 1,311.3
TO BE UNIVERSITY), PUNE
 12 11 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 140.4 150.5 163.1 80.2 164.1 698.3 603.9 1,302.2
 13 12 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, MYSURU 169.9 137.8 159.8 67.3 152.2 687.0 565.6 1,252.6
14 14 SVKM’S NMIMS MUKESH PATEL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY 196.8 162.9 146.2 69.9 178.0 753.8 473.3 1,227.1
MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING, MUMBAI
15 15 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NIRMA UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD 191.5 145.0 146.2 66.8 166.1 715.6 461.7 1,177.3
 16 17 K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MUMBAI 188.7 140.4 156.4 72.3 167.5 725.3 442.3 1,167.6
 17 16 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MAJITAR 162.4 158.2 180.2 63.3 135.7 699.8 461.5 1,161.3
 18 20 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI 201.9 125.8 154.1 61.3 158.4 701.5 433.3 1,134.8
 19 24 GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 176.2 113.0 151.7 60.1 124.1 625.1 509.0 1,134.1
GREATER NOIDA
 20 23 SHRI RAMDEOBABA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & 164.3 133.8 144.8 70.8 144.9 658.6 462.0 1,120.6
MANAGEMENT, NAGPUR
 21 19 RUNGTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, BHILAI 156.6 138.7 162.5 62.9 188.6 709.3 410.0 1,119.3
- 22 NP AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, NOIDA 139.6 166.4 154.6 65.7 139.3 665.6 435.5 1,101.1
 23 31 SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 164.9 134.9 155.5 59.1 123.4 637.8 422.7 1,060.5
CHENNAI

- 24 NP FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR 142.7 115.7 167.0 81.0 162.6 669.0 382.4 1,051.4
 25 22 THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MADURAI 168.5 138.3 146.1 61.6 157.1 671.6 370.7 1,042.3
 26 27 G.L. BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, 129.3 148.7 157.7 69.9 147.5 653.1 385.4 1,038.5
GREATER NOIDA
 27 21 SHRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE OF 177.1 135.6 171.4 63.2 147.1 694.4 330.9 1,025.3
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, DHARWAD, KARNATAKA
 28 26 M.V.J. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 159.8 126.8 164.7 55.5 147.8 654.6 345.5 1,000.1
- 29 NP SIR M. VISVESVARAYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 164.7 100.3 141.3 58.4 147.3 612.0 383.0 995.0
 30 29 K.L.S. GOGTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI, 159.9 136.7 152.3 56.4 140.3 645.6 343.2 988.8
KARNATAKA
 31 33 CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 157.3 112.4 162.3 70.6 148.8 651.4 334.7 986.1
HYDERABAD

- 32 NP JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NOIDA 159.6 112.6 137.1 35.3 181.9 626.5 349.0 975.5
 33 35 ARMY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 134.8 113.0 139.0 67.0 167.6 621.4 353.0 974.4
 34 39 FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (FST), ICFAI TECH, 138.6 135.3 165.6 52.8 150.9 643.2 320.5 963.7
HYDERABAD
 35 18 MEPCO SCHLENK ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SIVAKASI 156.4 133.4 163.2 70.7 128.4 652.1 305.4 957.5
 36 30 R.M.K. ENGINEERING COLLEGE, THIRUVALLUR 121.6 134.2 171.9 68.2 125.4 621.3 335.1 956.4
 37 57 THE LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR 150.0 137.1 149.2 66.0 156.0 658.3 291.4 949.7
- 38 NP FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 124.1 136.7 157.6 63.9 106.6 588.9 360.4 949.3
UNIVERSITY ), BENGALURU

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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000
 39 25 GURU NANAK DEV ENGINEERING COLLEGE, LUDHIANA 187.3 122.8 156.3 59.1 112.6 638.1 311.1 949.2
 40 36 D.Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 157.9 116.3 130.9 68.6 134.3 608.0 340.1 948.1
 41 43 MAHARAJA AGRASEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI 153.6 95.9 127.6 49.3 156.6 583.0 364.9 947.9
 42 28 MUFFAKHAM JAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 161.9 161.5 131.1 64.6 114.0 633.1 314.4 947.5
HYDERABAD
- 43 NP DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 147.0 134.4 151.4 63.2 165.3 661.3 285.7 947.0
 44 40 NITTE MEENAKSHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 151.2 138.0 162.5 68.7 147.9 668.3 269.0 937.3
 45 38 UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, CHANDIGARH 91.3 154.7 169.5 65.3 156.0 636.8 299.7 936.5
UNIVERSITY, MOHALI
 46 42 VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 174.0 135.7 117.0 61.7 151.9 640.3 293.9 934.2
 47 51 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (SET), ANSAL 145.5 136.9 155.0 58.7 159.9 656.0 277.5 933.5
UNIVERSITY, GURUGRAM
 48 32 SRI SAIRAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 153.3 149.4 157.8 68.7 129.9 659.1 274.1 933.2
 49 34 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 142.1 127.6 139.5 59.8 147.3 616.3 310.1 926.4
SHIVAMOGGA, KARNATAKA
 50 45 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, CHITKARA 127.9 153.6 158.5 55.5 149.5 645.0 273.7 918.7
UNIVERSITY, RAJPURA, PUNJAB
 51 47 SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMKUR 175.8 142.0 157.8 71.1 137.6 684.3 224.3 908.6
- 52 NP DR VISHWANATH KARAD MIT WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, 124.8 136.4 159.2 62.7 128.4 611.5 288.9 900.4
PUNE
- 53 NP DIT UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN 126.2 129.2 151.3 60.0 130.0 596.7 295.1 891.8
 54 55 SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TIRUPATI 113.9 123.5 134.9 39.6 97.7 509.6 369.1 878.7
- 55 NP BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DURG 157.4 131.2 166.2 47.4 165.6 667.8 198.1 865.9
- 56 NP ISB&M SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 140.8 127.8 143.5 61.0 196.0 669.1 194.1 863.2
 57 50 INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, HYDERABAD 124.6 144.3 159.4 69.5 148.6 646.4 212.1 858.5
 58 52 SRI SAIRAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 139.9 147.8 176.6 64.0 134.8 663.1 195.0 858.1
 59 84 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JAIN UNIVERSITY, 128.2 147.3 149.7 46.9 157.0 629.1 228.7 857.8
RAMANAGARA, KARNATAKA
 60 62 AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD 154.5 121.6 149.0 64.1 116.5 605.7 251.5 857.2
 61 56 BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ERODE 148.7 136.4 166.5 70.2 108.3 630.1 226.4 856.5
 62 58 VEL TECH MULTI TECH DR RANGARAJAN DR SAKUNTHALA 101.7 131.7 172.3 63.2 156.2 625.1 231.3 856.4
ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI
 63 70 LAKSHMI NARAIN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL 117.7 118.1 135.3 47.0 147.1 565.2 290.7 855.9
 64 44 P.E.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MANDYA, KARNATAKA 148.2 135.2 170.4 68.6 113.2 635.6 219.5 855.1
 65 49 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, JK 99.3 123.5 179.7 65.5 127.2 595.2 252.1 847.3
LAKSHMIPAT UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
66 66 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, MANAV RACHNA 155.7 144.2 173.1 70.4 97.7 641.1 203.4 844.5
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, FARIDABAD
- 67 NP SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, GALGOTIAS 162.7 97.8 128.8 41.0 98.9 529.2 314.7 843.9
UNIVERSITY, GREATER NOIDA
 68 79 MKSSS’S CUMMINS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN, 149.5 113.0 120.8 50.8 153.1 587.2 255.8 843.0
PUNE
 69 64 DAV INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JALANDHAR 169.9 94.8 171.3 67.2 120.9 624.1 218.0 842.1
 70 63 RMD ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KAVARAIPETTAI, TAMIL NADU 123.5 125.1 142.5 57.2 126.8 575.1 260.2 835.3
 71 61 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR 95.5 101.2 168.5 72.6 119.8 557.6 277.6 835.2
 72 53 SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, ERNAKULAM 156.2 129.1 159.5 67.0 91.7 603.5 231.5 835.0
 73 59 RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 129.8 136.4 131.4 54.7 131.1 583.4 247.7 831.1
 74 68 SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, SALEM 120.5 131.6 148.8 65.8 114.8 581.5 246.1 827.6
 75 71 JAIPUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE & RESEARCH CENTRE, JAIPUR 154.3 85.2 125.7 67.4 145.8 578.4 245.8 824.2
 76 78 GMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RAJAM, ANDHRA PRADESH 130.5 128.7 157.6 70.2 113.3 600.3 216.9 817.2
- 77 NP KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE, ERODE, TAMIL NADU 107.0 137.4 170.7 73.3 129.3 617.7 199.1 816.8

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000
 78 75 SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, CHENNAI 89.9 133.9 156.3 61.0 118.8 559.9 254.9 814.8
 79 73 DAYANANDA SAGAR ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY & 91.2 121.5 153.1 59.0 146.4 571.2 239.5 810.7
MANAGEMENT, BENGALURU
 80 69 PIMPRI CHINCHWAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 116.1 121.7 136.9 69.7 140.6 585.0 221.4 806.4
 81 77 IES COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL 106.5 114.9 157.3 67.9 150.1 596.7 208.6 805.3
 82 94 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 97.7 125.3 166.6 66.1 116.7 572.4 230.5 802.9
SANSKRITI UNIVERSITY, MATHURA
 83 67 VIVEKANAND EDUCATION SOCIETY’S INSTITUTE OF 97.3 106.5 129.0 53.0 127.8 513.6 288.3 801.9
TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI
 84 74 MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 132.1 141.9 151.8 54.7 127.1 607.6 193.2 800.8
HYDERABAD
 85 76 CHANDIGARH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MOHALI 133.6 112.4 144.2 59.3 148.3 597.8 200.5 798.3
 86 48 JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KALYANI, WEST BENGAL 120.4 140.7 168.4 70.7 89.2 589.4 207.2 796.6
 87 91 FR CONCEICAO RODRIGUES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 117.5 127.8 128.9 58.1 153.8 586.1 209.7 795.8
MUMBAI
 88 93 CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 134.4 135.6 134.3 70.6 139.0 613.9 180.2 794.1
 89 80 ICFAI TECH SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 91.7 145.4 158.1 74.4 163.2 632.8 158.2 791.0
 90 87 P.A. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MANGALURU 160.2 86.9 127.9 48.6 126.3 549.9 237.5 787.4
 91 95 AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW 160.8 134.0 163.2 55.1 133.8 646.9 137.8 784.7
- 92 NP D.Y. PATIL RAMRAO ADIK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAVI 170.5 121.6 117.4 70.7 139.4 619.6 162.6 782.2
MUMBAI
 93 81 KIT-KALAIGNARKARUNANIDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 120.1 136.6 161.6 73.5 145.3 637.1 139.3 776.4
COIMBATORE

- 94 NP VEL TECH RANGARAJAN DR SAGUNTHALA R&D INSTITUTE OF 147.2 139.7 149.5 57.6 124.9 618.9 152.7 771.6
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI
 95 97 EASWARI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 152.4 133.3 148.9 54.2 129.9 618.7 152.8 771.5
- 96 NP STANI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 156.8 137.4 180.4 75.5 141.9 692.0 76.8 768.8
JAIPUR
 97 85 G.H. RAISONI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, NAGPUR 147.6 113.8 136.2 73.9 136.3 607.8 159.8 767.6
- 98 NP SRI VENKATESWARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, TIRUPATI 127.7 84.8 116.9 52.3 137.9 519.6 245.6 765.2
- 99 NP SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 119.9 133.2 154.9 63.6 150.8 622.4 142.5 764.9
COIMBATORE
 100 104 SHRI VISHNU ENGINEERING COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 121.2 108.2 138.8 50.8 133.0 552.0 208.2 760.2
(AUTONOMOUS), BHIMAVARAM, ANDHRA PRADESH
 101 83 BRACT’S VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION 121.5 129.7 101.5 58.0 134.5 545.2 210.7 755.9
TECHNOLOGY, PUNE
 102 82 S.A. ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 105.3 142.1 148.9 57.2 136.2 589.7 165.3 755.0
- 103 NP JAYAWANT SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL RAJARSHI SHAHU 137.3 149.5 164.4 59.4 142.2 652.8 100.6 753.4
ENGINEERING COLLEGE, PUNE
 104 100 VIGNAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, HYDERABAD 144.5 125.7 152.0 63.8 149.2 635.2 117.3 752.5
 105 96 FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ICFAI TECH), JAIPUR 123.7 116.8 185.9 46.0 109.1 581.5 168.7 750.2
 106 105 SRI SAI RAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI 139.0 135.4 163.3 68.6 120.7 627.0 121.5 748.5
- 107 NP YESHWANTRAO CHAVAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, NAGPUR 146.1 121.1 134.2 57.7 118.6 577.7 170.3 748.0
 108 92 KCG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI 72.1 140.2 165.5 68.6 131.5 577.9 167.4 745.3
 109 86 JB INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DEHRADUN 109.3 119.1 170.8 53.9 112.1 565.2 179.6 744.8
- 110 NP CMR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD 97.2 120.1 152.0 57.5 121.8 548.6 194.1 742.7
 111 106 HINDUSTHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE 62.0 136.4 153.6 53.5 125.5 531.0 207.7 738.7
 112 89 TRIDENT ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY, BHUBANESWAR 87.0 134.2 153.0 58.1 110.5 542.8 193.9 736.7
 113 107 KIET GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, GHAZIABAD 126.8 102.8 142.1 56.3 129.5 557.5 171.7 729.2
- 114 NP WALCHAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SOLAPUR 140.9 70.9 129.0 54.4 77.0 472.2 254.9 727.1
 115 109 FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, ICFAI UNIVERSITY 99.1 89.2 159.4 60.5 82.0 490.2 232.7 722.9
TRIPURA, AGARTALA

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000
 116 102 NALLA MALLA REDDY ENGINEERING COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 127.7 120.6 144.8 60.2 124.9 578.2 142.1 720.3
 117 110 VELAGAPUDI RAMAKRISHNA SIDDHARTHA ENGINEERING 126.4 126.1 152.0 66.4 105.3 576.2 144.0 720.2
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), VIJAYAWADA
 118 108 MEDI-CAPS UNIVERSITY, INDORE 109.7 126.3 156.9 58.2 156.0 607.1 110.8 717.9
 119 197 KRUPAJAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR 137.3 153.0 137.3 72.6 141.2 641.4 75.7 717.1
 120 113 HERITAGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA 153.0 109.7 131.4 36.4 113.5 544.0 171.3 715.3
- 121 NP ROYAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, GUWAHATI 136.4 124.7 171.0 66.7 65.6 564.4 149.3 713.7
 122 125 SHRI RAM MURTI SMARAK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & 97.3 125.7 161.4 55.6 125.4 565.4 148.0 713.4
TECHNOLOGY, BAREILLY
123 NP AXIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, KANPUR 129.7 113.6 151.8 55.8 131.0 581.9 127.3 709.2
 124 88 GANDHI INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY, KHURDA, 131.7 133.9 145.1 57.4 92.5 560.6 146.0 706.6
ODISHA
 125 114 G.H. PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 126.7 123.3 148.8 56.7 121.5 577.0 129.4 706.4
VALLABH VIDYANAGAR, GUJARAT
- 126 NP VIGNAN’S FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & 133.1 161.7 144.2 49.6 105.3 593.9 109.9 703.8
RESEARCH, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH
 127 123 RADHARAMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, BHOPAL 128.2 122.6 154.4 61.5 146.8 613.5 86.9 700.4
 128 116 M. KUMARASAMY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KARUR, 125.3 127.1 146.4 62.4 125.0 586.2 112.1 698.3
TAMIL NADU
 129 112 ANURAG GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS (AUTONOMOUS), 96.9 122.9 148.5 55.1 131.7 555.1 138.8 693.9
HYDERABAD
 130 111 K.S. RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAMAKKAL, 73.1 144.8 174.4 72.7 47.2 512.2 180.4 692.6
TAMIL NADU
- 131 NP SANJIVANI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KOPARGAON, 169.4 117.0 157.8 51.7 71.5 567.4 121.9 689.3
MAHARASHTRA
- 132 NP UTTARANCHAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DEHRADUN 107.0 108.7 180.0 68.7 76.2 540.6 141.8 682.4
 133 103 NEHRU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 100.1 135.2 148.0 43.6 133.6 560.5 120.2 680.7
COIMBATORE
134 134 ROORKEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE 88.3 135.4 145.7 70.3 109.7 549.4 127.5 676.9
 135 117 B.V. RAJU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NARSAPUR, TELANGANA 115.2 130.4 165.6 63.6 124.1 598.9 76.3 675.2
 136 129 VEL TECH HIGH TECH DR RANGARAJAN DR SAKUNTHALA 71.4 92.0 133.5 50.8 125.8 473.5 199.6 673.1
ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI
 137 127 NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KARKALA, KARNATAKA 154.1 135.9 164.1 57.9 150.4 662.4 3.6 666.0
- 138 NP SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE 154.6 111.9 160.2 78.2 157.4 662.3 0.0 662.3
 139 135 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 141.6 103.3 119.4 47.7 136.9 548.9 111.1 660.0
- 140 NP K.L. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, GUNTUR 153.5 154.2 147.6 66.9 129.3 651.5 0.0 651.5
- 141 NP MALLA REDDY ENGINEERING COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 85.2 134.4 171.0 72.0 139.1 601.7 42.0 643.7
HYDERABAD
 142 128 MLR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD 86.3 137.3 134.8 78.4 126.2 563.0 79.6 642.6
 143 130 RAJEEV GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & 119.4 158.6 154.2 64.9 93.7 590.8 50.9 641.7
TECHNOLOGY, NANDYAL, ANDHRA PRADESH
 144 120 GEETANJALI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL STUDIES, UDAIPUR 126.6 122.8 165.2 54.0 93.7 562.3 76.4 638.7
- 145 NP CVR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, HYDERABAD 169.3 118.5 145.1 35.4 142.8 611.1 19.7 630.8
 146 144 HINDUSTHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 133.4 101.3 147.9 69.5 139.7 591.8 36.4 628.2
COIMBATORE
 147 132 VISHNU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 107.8 127.0 163.6 57.3 105.1 560.8 67.1 627.9
BHIMAVARAM, ANDHRA PRADESH
 148 119 CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MEDCHAL, TELANGANA 104.3 120.8 153.1 59.4 106.4 544.0 82.2 626.2
149 NP TECHNO MAIN SALT LAKE, KOLKATA 86.8 88.2 118.5 43.3 111.0 447.8 177.3 625.1
 150 148 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, GLA 89.2 116.2 153.3 49.0 124.9 532.6 90.3 622.9
UNIVERSITY, MATHURA
 151 143 ROORKEE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ROORKEE 101.4 130.7 153.6 68.3 130.4 584.4 36.7 621.1
 152 133 PRASAD V. POTLURI SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF 87.3 127.4 153.4 54.2 135.7 558.0 62.3 620.3
TECHNOLOGY, VIJAYAWADA

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000
 153 145 SETH JAI PARKASH MUKAND LAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING 136.8 88.5 149.8 54.8 118.5 548.4 70.0 618.4
& TECHNOLOGY, YAMUNANAGAR, HARYANA
 154 166 AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, GWALIOR 86.8 115.6 182.9 48.7 109.5 543.5 73.5 617.0
 155 149 MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, 108.8 117.2 132.0 46.5 105.8 510.3 106.1 616.4
MADANAPALLE, ANDHRA PRADESH
 156 141 GOKARAJU RANGARAJU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & 103.2 137.0 118.4 61.8 119.4 539.8 76.5 616.3
TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD
 157 150 HOPE FOUNDATION’S FINOLEX ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT & 96.2 104.7 151.5 59.8 119.3 531.5 83.7 615.2
TECHNOLOGY, RATNAGIRI
 158 136 SRI MANAKULA VINAYAGAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE, 132.8 132.6 143.9 66.6 129.5 605.4 3.6 609.0
PUDUCHERRY
 159 124 SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 106.9 127.6 165.9 61.4 107.6 569.4 37.7 607.1
TIRUCHENGODE, TAMIL NADU
 160 131 PAAVAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), NAMAKKAL 133.3 141.9 151.9 41.8 93.7 562.6 42.3 604.9
 161 151 K. RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 88.0 118.9 153.7 64.7 109.5 534.8 70.0 604.8
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TAMIL NADU
 162 165 KANPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR 122.6 84.9 164.1 72.6 84.8 529.0 73.5 602.5
 163 139 ITS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GREATER NOIDA 129.9 131.3 171.8 66.3 96.9 596.2 3.6 599.8
- 164 NP DKTE SOCIETY’S TEXTILE & ENGINEERING INSTITUTE, 150.4 100.2 108.6 47.2 139.1 545.5 49.6 595.1
ICHALKARANJI, MAHARASHTRA
 165 164 ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MADANAPALLE, AP 124.9 99.3 145.9 40.9 108.6 519.6 72.2 591.8
 166 146 GYAN GANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES, 149.3 105.8 136.2 41.1 103.5 535.9 55.2 591.1
JABALPUR
 167 137 MGM’S JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ENGINEERING COLLEGE, 115.1 90.3 103.2 38.6 102.1 449.3 141.4 590.7
AURANGABAD
168 NP SHIVALIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DEHRADUN 107.4 134.1 179.9 75.8 89.3 586.5 0.0 586.5
 169 154 VELALAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, ERODE 118.4 123.4 154.0 57.7 113.2 566.7 16.4 583.1
 170 163 MANAKULA VINAYAGAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 126.2 82.1 150.2 67.1 122.1 547.7 32.8 580.5
PUDUCHERRY
- 171 NP MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE, 100.5 132.7 156.7 55.8 86.7 532.4 45.2 577.6
AMBALA
- 172 NP VIVEKANANDHA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN 80.2 129.5 162.0 65.3 140.2 577.2 0.0 577.2
(AUTONOMOUS), NAMAKKAL, TAMIL NADU
 173 147 AVANTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 109.3 124.1 161.4 69.7 111.7 576.2 0.0 576.2
HYDERABAD
 174 152 NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KOVILPATTI, TAMIL NADU 122.9 134.5 169.8 77.1 71.7 576.0 0.0 576.0
 175 160 AISSMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 141.7 108.5 119.7 60.3 126.8 557.0 17.4 574.4
 176 199 GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA 81.8 94.5 137.8 32.0 108.2 454.3 118.9 573.2
- 177 NP MATURI VENKATA SUBBA RAO (MVSR) ENGINEERING 166.5 101.9 83.2 51.9 87.5 491.0 82.1 573.1
COLLEGE, HYDERABAD
 178 156 GEETHANJALI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 82.4 122.2 117.9 54.9 121.6 499.0 71.9 570.9
HYDERABAD
 179 155 BVC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AMALAPURAM, ANDHRA 114.5 89.8 153.4 53.8 93.5 505.0 65.8 570.8
PRADESH
 180 173 SAGAR INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL 88.6 115.2 154.8 58.6 111.3 528.5 37.2 565.7
 181 172 HOLY MARY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, 116.1 101.2 174.6 55.1 117.8 564.8 0.0 564.8
HYDERABAD
- 182 NP MUTHAYAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, RASIPURAM, TN 87.4 129.6 151.5 72.2 120.9 561.6 0.0 561.6
- 183 NP LAKIREDDY BALI REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 158.5 127.5 138.2 55.0 82.3 561.5 0.0 561.5
MYLAVARAM, ANDHRA PRADESH

 184 162 ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE, ERODE 99.7 130.1 162.0 57.7 103.8 553.3 0.0 553.3
 185 175 RAVINDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN, KURNOOL 98.0 108.7 136.8 38.5 78.2 460.2 92.5 552.7
 186 205 NETAJI SUBHASH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KOLKATA 148.8 91.1 79.5 56.4 108.8 484.6 63.2 547.8
187 NP EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, NAMAKKAL, TAMIL NADU 135.2 139.7 167.3 59.6 43.7 545.5 0.0 545.5

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 OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000
 188 180 AISSMS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 125.6 92.2 121.4 57.2 98.6 495.0 49.7 544.7
- 189 NP K. RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, 96.2 124.0 152.3 54.6 116.7 543.8 0.0 543.8
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
 190 171 SHRI RAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JABALPUR 97.1 120.5 145.3 53.4 125.7 542.0 0.0 542.0
- 191 NP NARASARAOPETA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, NARASARAOPETA, 144.2 137.9 123.8 49.0 86.9 541.8 0.0 541.8
ANDHRA PRADESH
- 192 NP DR SUDHIR CHANDRA SUR DEGREE ENGINEERING COLLEGE, 142.4 112.1 145.4 53.0 86.1 539.0 0.0 539.0
KOLKATA
 193 176 T. JOHN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 81.0 131.5 166.7 66.3 86.1 531.6 0.0 531.6
 194 177 S.B. PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, INDAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 88.0 142.5 149.1 58.6 92.2 530.4 0.0 530.4
- 195 NP MAILAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE, VILLUPURAM, TAMIL NADU 82.7 118.7 150.2 49.7 127.7 529.0 0.0 529.0
 196 181 G. PULLAIAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 97.2 93.0 120.4 43.8 101.1 455.5 71.9 527.4
KURNOOL, ANDHRA PRADESH
 197 174 MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, MEERUT 116.4 83.3 160.2 52.4 112.1 524.4 0.0 524.4
- 198 NP POORNIMA UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR 99.0 125.3 152.8 57.9 83.8 518.8 0.0 518.8
 199 185 RAJENDRA MANE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 83.9 134.5 173.1 47.4 74.7 513.6 3.6 517.2
RATNAGIRI
200 NP JEPPIAAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANCHIPURAM, TN 68.8 112.2 152.0 70.3 106.5 509.8 0.0 509.8

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the parameter-wise score.
The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score
In addition, due to the lockdown, a few premier engineering colleges (IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kharagpur, IIIT-Allahabad, IIT-Ropar, IIT-Mandi, VNIT-Nagpur and
NIT-Rourkela) could not submit their data. Hence, they were ranked on the basis of data submitted in 2019 and current publicly available data
 Ü ARCHITECTURE No DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE &
BE ST
COLLEGE S

SPATIAL
FORCES
Aesthetic appeal and utilitarian, these are the
bywords at the Department of Architecture and
Planning, IIT Roorkee, one of the oldest schools
in the discipline in India
By Shelly Anand

estled in the

N
foothills of the TOP
Himalayas in COLLEG E S

Ü
Haridwar district,
Uttarakhand, the
Indian Institute of 1 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING,
Technology (IIT), Roorkee, is one IIT ROORKEE Roorkee
of the oldest and biggest technical
institutions in the country. Spread 2 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE (S.P.A.), NEW DELHI New Delhi
over a 365-acre lush green campus,
3 SIR J.J. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Mumbai
it is known mainly for its engineer-
ing and architecture and plan- 4 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE (S.P.A.), BHOPAL Bhopal
ning programmes. The latest QS
World University Rankings 2021 5 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & EKISTICS,
classify IIT Roorkee as a ‘historic’ JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA New Delhi
public institution with very high
focus in ‘research intensity’. While
6 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, BIRLA INSTITUTE
it is a natural centre of excellence, OF TECHNOLOGY, MESRA Ranchi
delivering degrees in 55 disciplines
7 MANIPAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING Manipal
of engineering, applied sciences and
architecture and planning, it is in 8 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE Mysuru
the latter that IIT Roorkee is again
No. 1 in the country. 9 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE (S.P.A.), VIJAYAWADA Vijayawada
The department of architecture
10 BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Bengaluru
and planning at IIT Roorkee was

1 10 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
PLANNING, IIT ROORKEE

CHANDRADEEP KUMAR

established in 1956 and, over the years, it has strengthened

BRICK BY itself in terms of courses offered, research papers published
BRICK and consultancy projects done. It has a B. Arch., M.Arch.,
B. Arch stu- master of urban and rural planning and PhD programmes
dents at IIT for those who are creatively and aesthetically inclined.
Roorkee dis- The five-year B. Arch. programme teaches students
cuss an urban
varied subjects, from introduction to architecture, graphics
renewal
project and design, to building materials and construction, build-
ing economies and society, culture and built environment.
For electives, they get to study interior design, applied arts,
high-rises, digital architecture, acoustics and lighting and
contemporary world architecture. What’s unique about
the course structure is that in these five years, students get
exposed to multiple topics through symposiums, industry
visits, projects and workshops. In the final year, they have to
work on their thesis and also have to design a project from
start to finish. “Our architecture and planning department
is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and is pursu-
 BE S T Ü A RC H I T ECT U R E
C O L L EG E S
TOP E M E RG I NG COLLEG E S
OF TH I S C E NTURY
INSTITUTE
1 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, Noida
2 MBS SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, New Delhi
3 AAERT & THE SSB FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE,
SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Surat
4 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, Lucknow
5 AXIS INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, Kanpur
Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after 2000 were considered
DR P.S. CHANI, Head of the Department
Guruspeak
Three things you have
done in the past three
years
✪ Development of the
accessibility guidelines for
Indian Railways
✪ Establishing a dedicated
lab infrastructure with labs
focusing on inclusive design,
civic design, industrial
design, spatial planning,
virtual reality, energy
in buildings and urban
dynamics
✪ Organising the 53rd
annual global conference of
the Architectural Science
Association, held for the
first time in India in 2019
New initiatives planned
for the future
✪ Advancing universal
accessibility and inclusion
for Indian cities at the
national level in partnership
with the National Institute of
Urban Affairs
✪ Reframing the
department’s ecosystem
to meet future academic
and research needs by
112 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, IIT
WHAT I
LEARNED IN
COLLEGE
Ü
FINAL SCORE
(2,000)
1,252.0
VENK ATESH BABU ARUNACHAL AM
M.Arch., 2016-18
961.5
853.5 “My alma mater taught
me to be inquisitive
847.4 and try new things
and ideas, to venture
798.8 out and not stick
to the beaten path.
To wear many hats
and yet succeed in
whatever we do. And
to follow the college
of Architecture and Planning,
motto: ‘Shramam vina
IIT Roorkee
na kimapi saadyam’.
Nothing is impossible if
we put in the
hard work.”
ing high-end research. The top rank is a testa-
ment to our continued efforts in imparting high
quality education in this field,” says Prof. Ajit K.
Chaturvedi, director, IIT Roorkee.
Out-of-the-box thinking, critical reasoning,
analytical skills and a problem-solving approach
considering both national
are some of the things architecture students
and global priorities
adapt to here. The main stress of the programme,
✪ Targeted research though, is on design being aesthetically impres-
focused on rural, peri-
urban and small towns for
sive and utilitarian—what they build must serve
their independent growth, a purpose, something that is ingrained in the
particularly after the minds of students from day one of the course.
COVID-19 situation Research work and projects keep the
students occupied throughout their course of
Three emerging trends in study. While in the ‘tinkering lab’, equipped
the study of architecture with state-of-the-art tools, students work on
with a social goal projects, the well-equipped library offers them
✪ Engagement with sufficient material for research purposes. There
research paradigms on
are six new labs at the department of architec-
social perspectives of built
environment and urbanism ture and planning now—the virtual reality lab,
SPARSH (spatial planning research), urban
✪ Sustainable village
dynamic lab, civic design lab, industrial design
development plans
lab and the LID (Laboratory for Integrative
✪ Enhancement of CSR
Design) lab. One of the new labs to be added to
initiatives in social
this is the net zero emissions lab, set up under
development
an India-UK programme. n
ROORKEE

GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
COLLEGE FEE FOR THE ENTIRE
COURSE ( ` )

1 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & EKISTICS,

JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi 55,750
2 SIR J.J. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, Mumbai 183,800
3 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, Vijayawada 291,800
4 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, Bhopal 388,000
5 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE,
UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE, Mysuru 477,865
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

PRIVATE COLLEGES
WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEE
Ü

FEE FOR THE ENTIRE

COLLEGE
COURSE ( ` )

1 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, IPS ACADEMY, Indore 341,000

2 WOMEN’S EDUCATION SOCIETY’S SMT. MANORAMABAI
MUNDLE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, Nagpur 427,500
3 BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, Bengaluru 427,850
4 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, D.Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Kolhapur 430,000
5 AXIS INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, Kanpur 474,750
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

PRIVATE COLLEGES
WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY
Ü

COLLEGE RoI

1 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, IPS ACADEMY, Indore 1.06

2 MBS SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, New Delhi 0.85
3 BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, Bengaluru 0.82
4 AXIS INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, Kanpur 0.79
5 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, D.Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Kolhapur 0.67
Note: *RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual placement salary/
fee for entire course

COLLEGES WITH BEST

MALE-FEMALE STUDENT RATIO
Ü

COLLEGE CITY

1 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, BIT, MESRA Ranchi

2 SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE Gurugram
3 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, Noida
4 CHITKARA SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE Patiala
5 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE Bhopal
 BE S T
C O L L EG E S Ü R A N KS A N D SCOR ES OF COL L EG ES
Ü A RC H I T ECT U R E

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
275 260 240 150 275 1,200 800 2,000
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, IIT ROORKEE,
1 1 221.8 219.2 220.6 145.7 230.2 1,037.5 789.6 1,827.1
ROORKEE

2 2 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI 236.0 209.8 209.6 137.3 204.7 997.4 783.6 1,781.0

3 3 SIR J.J. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, MUMBAI 228.8 190.2 169.6 106.8 188.7 884.1 785.7 1,669.8

4 4 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, BHOPAL 208.2 199.6 178.9 106.6 201.1 894.4 662.4 1,556.8
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & EKISTICS, JAMIA MILLIA
5 5 227.9 164.9 156.6 74.2 202.9 826.5 680.0 1,506.5
ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, BIRLA INSTITUTE OF
6 6 212.0 162.5 208.1 85.9 134.3 802.8 675.8 1,478.6
TECHNOLOGY, MESRA, RANCHI

7 7 MANIPAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, MANIPAL 198.6 161.7 188.1 72.1 175.4 795.9 636.7 1,432.6
SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF
8 8 189.0 102.2 179.2 78.8 199.5 748.7 660.7 1,409.4
MYSORE, MYSURU
 9 11 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, VIJAYAWADA 207.6 219.1 197.9 125.1 214.1 963.8 424.5 1,388.3

— 10 10 BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BENGALURU 206.1 167.8 147.4 119.9 175.4 816.6 547.0 1,363.6

 11 12 SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE, GURUGRAM 198.3 170.2 149.1 89.4 164.9 771.9 517.1 1,289.0

 12 15 RV COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BENGALURU 187.5 167.0 148.8 74.2 168.1 745.6 514.7 1,260.3

 13 14 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, NOIDA 186.0 156.1 168.7 75.8 168.4 755.0 497.0 1,252.0

 14 16 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, IPS ACADEMY, INDORE 169.0 99.2 145.0 95.0 173.0 681.2 325.8 1,007.0

— 15 NP MBS SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI 150.9 92.7 87.4 57.7 202.9 591.6 369.9 961.5
AAERT & THE SSB FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, SARVAJANIK
 16 17 173.3 140.8 166.2 90.2 164.1 734.6 118.9 853.5
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, SURAT
 17 18 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, LUCKNOW 186.9 122.4 193.8 87.8 151.3 742.2 105.2 847.4

 18 22 AXIS INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, KANPUR 168.8 88.9 180.8 74.3 167.9 680.7 118.1 798.8
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, K.L.S. GOGTE INSTITUTE OF
— 19 NP 191.8 89.3 144.4 73.2 137.5 636.2 149.9 786.1
TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI, KARNATAKA
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, PERIYAR
 20 23 200.2 139.6 161.6 90.6 132.1 724.1 60.2 784.3
MANIAMMAI UNIVERSITY, THANJAVUR
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, INTEGRAL
 21 19 174.2 123.1 166.3 94.2 129.1 686.9 92.0 778.9
UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW

— 22 NP M.M. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, AMBALA 166.9 128.0 198.9 70.7 153.6 718.1 51.2 769.3
PRIYADARSHINI INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
 23 21 170.7 145.7 146.5 70.8 116.1 649.8 106.9 756.7
STUDIES, NAGPUR
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, D.Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF
 24 25 154.0 141.6 143.2 84.9 154.8 678.5 70.9 749.4
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, KOLHAPUR
 25 26 DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BENGALURU 169.7 113.4 150.8 84.9 104.4 623.2 120.0 743.2

 26 24 CHITKARA SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, PATIALA 168.8 149.2 141.8 89.4 135.8 685.0 47.7 732.7
SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, POORNIMA
— 27 NP 172.5 125.3 164.3 99.5 128.1 689.7 0.0 689.7
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
IDEAS-INSTITUTE OF DESIGN EDUCATION AND ARCHITECTURE
 28 27 126.9 58.6 125.7 18.6 126.3 456.1 92.4 548.5
STUDIES, NAGPUR

— 29 NP ROYAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, GUWAHATI 48.6 146.6 186.2 91.0 43.4 515.8 0.0 515.8
WOMEN’S EDUCATION SOCIETY’S SMT. MANORAMABAI
— 30 NP 88.7 103.9 60.4 48.5 84.7 386.2 0.0 386.2
MUNDLE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, NAGPUR

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding
the parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

1 14 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
 Ü L AW NAT IONA L L AW SC HOOL OF I N DI A U N I V E R SI T Y,
No
BE ST
COLLEGE S

COURTING
NLSIU Bengaluru,
with its sharp focus
on cutting-edge
practices and small
batch sizes, remains

SUCCESS
ahead of the pack
By Sonali Acharjee

A FINE POINT
Students at the NLSIU
Bengaluru campus
BE NGA LU RU
hese days, lawyers don't nec-
T
essarily come wearing black
robes. Legal services are in-
creasingly being dispensed by
digital avatars like chat-bots
and online forums. Today,
the future of law is being debated around the
world—more and more clients want afford-
able, transparent and prompt legal services
and often turn to internet forums or web-
sites for their needs. The digital revolution is
even changing the courts—India saw its first
virtual divorce during the lockdown, and dur-
ing this time, the Delhi High Court held 270
SANDESH RAVIKUMAR
TOP
LAW COLLEG E S
Ü
1 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL
OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru
2 GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW
UNIVERSITY, Gandhinagar
3 SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, Pune
4 DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA
NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, Lucknow
5 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS
HINDU UNIVERSITY, Varanasi
6 NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY
ODISHA, Cuttack
7 RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY OF LAW,
PUNJAB, Patiala
8 ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune
9 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED
TO BE UNIVERSITY) NEW
LAW COLLEGE, Pune
10 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY
OF LUCKNOW, Lucknow
virtual sessions. As the digital divide sets in,
the law firms that are succeeding are the ones
that have embraced the virtual world.
At the National Law School of India Uni-
versity (NLSIU), Bengaluru, the focus is on
both the human value of a lawyer and the pro-
fessional potential of technology. “The idea of
a lawyer has evolved in the 34 years since we
started out as a university,” says Sudhir Krish-
naswamy, vice-chancellor of NLSIU. “We still
emphasise the power of a good argument, of
analysis, exploration and scrutiny—these are
things technology cannot [offer] without a
human interface.”
To familiarise students with digital dis-
ruptions, the institute has an LTech (law and
technology) Committee, which, for the past five
years, has been publishing the Indian Jour-
nal of Law and Technology, the nation’s first
peer-reviewed journal in this field. Members
work to increase awareness of legal issues
linked to new technology, and through debate
and dialogue, students learn to stay up-to-date
with the latest developments. At NLSIU, web-
based learning was implemented long before it
became essential in 2020. The institute has a
history of adopting modern practices—when it
was founded under N.R. Madhavan Menon in
1986, it was one of the first universities in India
to look beyond traditional teaching methods,
introducing case studies and group classes.
Nonetheless, the faculty ensures that basic
legal practices and approaches are not forgot-
ten. “You have to know the basics—that is the
foundation on which you add new skill sets.
Simple things like how to write an argument
or a legal script, or knowing the founding
principles of law in India, should be com-
mon knowledge [for students and lawyers],”
adds Krishnaswamy. The institute also has a
background in social responsibility; it has had
a centre for women and law since its inception.
Not only is legal aid given to women and those
from disadvantaged backgrounds, but legal
awareness classes are often held as well.
It is tough to get admission to this uni-
versity. NLSIU’s five-year LLB course has just
80 seats (which might increase to 120 next
 BE S T
Ü L AW
C O L L EG E S
WHAT I
LEARNED
IN COLLEGE
M A D H AV K H O S L A ,
BATCH OF 2008
Author of India’s Founding Moment:
The Constituition of a Most
Surprising Democracy
“My time at NLSIU
Bengaluru was
truly extraordinary,
above all for the
peer group that one
encountered. The
institution, like all
great institutions,
captured what it
meant to learn from
one’s friends and
classmates, how one
could grow amid a
brilliant and special
student community.
With the peers that
one had, one not only
learned to think like
a lawyer, but more
fundamentally, how
to think”
year). The institute maintains there
is more scope for personalised
teaching with a smaller batch.
When assessing potential students,
Krishnaswamy says, “It is not only
knowledge, but also the passion for
the legal profession, the motivation
to learn [that we look for].” The
strategy seems to be working—NL-
SIU has never had less than 100 per
cent placements; their graduates
are consistently snapped up by the
best domestic and global law firms.
Starting salaries range from Rs 15-
1 18 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
No NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU
SUDHIR KRISHNASWAMY
Guruspeak Vice-chancellor, National Law
School of India University, Bengaluru
"WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS
TO EXPLORE AND INNOVATE IN
WHATEVER THEY WISH TO DO"
Three changes for the future
made in the past
three years ✪ We hope to
increase our
✪ The university undergraduate seats
migrated to online from 80 to 120 if
learning in Oct 2019 the executive
legal specialisation
council approves
but it will also
✪ The process of of it this year
grow to have many
shortlisting PhD
branches—AI law will
candidates has ✪ Early discussions
been streamlined; are on with partner
be one such branch
now, we offer eight universities in
✪ While
spots but everyone Bengaluru for
constitutional law
gets a fellowship collaborative
has always been
and personalised academic
important, the
mentoring programmes
next decade will
see lawyers relive
✪ Distance-learning ✪ There will be more
and reimagine our
programmes have emphasis on policy
founding principles
been revamped. engaged research.
These are no longer Some of the subjects
mere pen and paper will be legal system
✪ COVID-19 has
disrupted oral
programmes but reforms, labour and
arguments--they
have been expanded work and climate
are measured and
to include alumni change
shorter now. This
lectures and hybrid
will be a tremendous
learning methods Three emerging
opportunity for
(between reading trends in legal
young learners
and taught classes) education
to contribute to
legal debates
Three new ✪ Technology will be
initiatives planned very significant as a
over and above
automated text
19 lakh. However, many do not take teaching and even in the restaurant
the corporate route, choosing instead industry. What holds them together,
to pursue further studies or enter though, is a deep admiration for their
legal research. Climate change was alma mater and a bond that goes
a particularly popular topic among beyond age or background. It is not
students last year—they recognise that uncommon for final-year NLSIU
environmental advancements need students to be coached for placement
solid legal backing in India. interviews or research proposals by
“We encourage students to those who might have graduated 10
explore and innovate in whatever they years ago. It is through these links and
wish to do,” says Krishnaswamy. In- the standard of taught courses that
deed, several alumni have succeeded NLSIU graduates consistently carve
in other fields, such as journalism, a name for themselves amongst the
community service, publishing, legal fraternity. n
 TOP EMERGING
COLLEGES IN LAW

Ü
COLLEGE FINAL SCORE
(OUT OF 2000)
NLSIU has
never had
1 SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, Pune 1722.6 less than
2 SCHOOL OF LAW, CHRIST UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru 1392.7 100 per cent
placement
placement—
3 ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW, Mohali 1317.4 graduates
are hired
4 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, Hyderabad 1286.3 by top
5 INSTITUTE OF LAW, NIRMA UNIVERSITY, Ahmedabad 1283.9 domestic
and global
6 LLOYD LAW COLLEGE, Greater Noida 1270.7 law firms.
Starting
7 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF LAW, Bengaluru 1253.7
salaries
8 CMR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LEGAL STUDIES, Bengaluru 1226.1 range from
Rs 15-19
9 KLE SOCIETY’S LAW COLLEGE, Bengaluru 1192.0 lakh per
annum
10 SCHOOL OF LAW, KIIT (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bhubaneswar 1169.4

Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after 2000 were considered

AN ELOQUENCE OF
INDIA TODAY

LAWYERS A mock court

at Symbiosis Law School

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 BE S T
Ü L AW No NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU
C O L L EG E S

GAI N E RS Colleges that have made the biggest

Ü
leap over the previous year
NLSIU has
COLLEGE RANK IN 2020 RANK IN 2019 a history
of social
1 KLE SOCIETY’S LAW COLLEGE, Bengaluru 21 27 respon-
siblity; it
siblity
2 NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA, Cuttack 6 9
has had a
3 BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF LEGAL STUDIES, centre for
Bengaluru 19 22 women and
law since its
inception,
where legal
NEW ENTRANTS AMONG THE TOP 25 aid is given

Ü
to women
COLLEGE RANK IN 2020 and those
from dis-
1 GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, Gandhinagar 2 advantaged
backgrounds
2 DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, Lucknow 4

3 RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, Patiala 7

PRIVATE COLLEGES WITH

THE LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
COLLEGE FEE FOR THE
COLLEGE CITY ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 MANIKCHAND PAHADE LAW COLLEGE Aurangabad 45,000

2 V.M. SALGAOCAR COLLEGE OF LAW Panaji 73,480

3 SMT KAMLABEN GAMBHIRCHAND SHAH LAW SCHOOL Mumbai 77,670
4 VAIKUNTA BALIGA COLLEGE OF LAW Udupi 82,725
5 ST WILFRED’S COLLEGE OF LAW Jaipur 87,000

GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
WITH THE LOWEST COURSE FEES
Ü

FEE FOR THE

COLLEGE
COLLEGE CITY ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY Varanasi 6,846

2 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY Aligarh 9,025

3 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM LAW COLLEGE Mumbai 20,650
4 SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW COLLEGE Kolkata 45,000
5 DR B.R. AMBEDKAR COLLEGE OF LAW Visakhapatnam 1,50,000

Course fee includes tuition and other fees

 BE S T
Ü L AW
C O L L EG E S

Percentage of colleges
that have tie-ups with 63.6 45.9
foreign universities GOVERNMENT PRIVATE

GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY

Ü
RoI
COLLEGE CITY

1 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY Varanasi 111.01

2 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY Aligarh 69.81

3 SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW COLLEGE Kolkata 5.33

4 DR B.R. AMBEDKAR COLLEGE OF LAW Visakhapatnam 4.48

5 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW Lucknow 3.33

6 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY Bengaluru 1.70

7 DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY Lucknow 1.28

8 GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY Gandhinagar 1.06

9 NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA Cuttack 0.96

10 RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB Patiala 0.86

PRIVATE COLLEGES
WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY COLLEGES
Ü

WITH BEST
COLLEGE
COLLEGE CITY RoI MALE-FEMALE
STUDENT RATIO
COLLEGE
Ü
1 VAIKUNTA BALIGA COLLEGE OF LAW, Udupi 5.80
COLLEGE CITY
2 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)
NEW LAW COLLEGE, Pune 4.63 1 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL Hyderabad

3 MANIKCHAND PAHADE LAW COLLEGE, Aurangabad 4.00 2 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM

LAW COLLEGE, Mumbai
4 ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune 3.35
3 SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW,
5 ST WILFRED’S COLLEGE OF LAW, Jaipur 2.87
Chennai
6 NEF LAW COLLEGE, Guwahati 2.60
4 AMITY LAW SCHOOL, Noida
7 BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF LEGAL STUDIES, Bengaluru 1.56
5 SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW
8 ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW, Mohali 1.12 COLLEGE, Kolkata
9 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF LAW, Bengaluru 1.00

10 LAW COLLEGE DEHRADUN, UTTARANCHAL UNIVERSITY, Dehradun 0.98

RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on

the average annual placement salary/ fee for entire course

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Ü L AW

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
210 300 180 240 270 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 189.2 265.2 165.8 232.6 237.8 1,090.6 800.0 1,890.6
- 2 NP GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, GANDHINAGAR 183.1 244.9 163.5 203.5 234.9 1,029.9 755.5 1,785.4
3 3 SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, PUNE 150.1 225.5 159.5 209.9 229.5 974.5 748.1 1,722.6
- 4 NP DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, 169.2 225.8 151.4 176.7 191.7 914.8 743.4 1,658.2
LUCKNOW
5 5 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI 175.7 215.2 150.6 170.8 181.4 893.7 744.6 1,638.3
 6 9 NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA, CUTTACK 168.4 218.6 152.5 183.9 234.3 957.7 667.2 1,624.9
- 7 NP RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB, 169.0 222.2 157.2 176.7 183.7 908.8 716.0 1,624.8
PATIALA
 8 4 ILS LAW COLLEGE, PUNE 173.7 195.2 147.8 172.8 192.5 882.0 720.9 1,602.9
 9 7 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) NEW 147.4 201.2 143.2 173.2 233.3 898.3 679.6 1,577.9
LAW COLLEGE, PUNE
10 10 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW, LUCKNOW 134.3 192.5 147.1 167.3 194.4 835.6 674.5 1,510.1
 11 8 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH 141.5 242.8 155.3 163.6 179.5 882.7 599.8 1,482.5
 12 11 SCHOOL OF LAW, CHRIST UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 135.5 192.8 161.0 171.7 183.0 844.0 548.7 1,392.7
13 13 DR B.R. AMBEDKAR COLLEGE OF LAW, VISAKHAPATNAM 144.4 176.9 146.8 158.1 180.3 806.5 556.6 1,363.1
14 14 ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW, MOHALI 133.8 186.9 143.1 157.1 174.5 795.4 522.0 1,317.4
15 15 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, HYDERABAD 126.1 218.0 149.2 167.1 162.6 823.0 463.3 1,286.3
16 16 INSTITUTE OF LAW, NIRMA UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD 127.8 203.5 144.6 206.8 172.7 855.4 428.5 1,283.9
17 17 LLOYD LAW COLLEGE, GREATER NOIDA 128.6 188.6 129.0 171.4 174.5 792.1 478.6 1,270.7
18 18 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF LAW, BENGALURU 119.7 156.5 147.6 105.8 151.8 681.4 572.3 1,253.7
 19 22 BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF LEGAL STUDIES, BENGALURU 147.6 111.8 109.5 146.3 182.8 698.0 551.2 1,249.2
 20 19 CMR LAW SCHOOL, BENGALURU 117.6 178.4 158.7 143.2 136.5 734.4 491.7 1,226.1
 21 27 K.L.E SOCIETY’S LAW COLLEGE, BENGALURU 125.1 168.7 118.1 157.1 167.4 736.4 455.6 1,192.0
 22 20 SCHOOL OF LAW, KIIT (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), 94.4 186.6 151.5 165.8 157.3 755.6 413.8 1,169.4
BHUBANESWAR
23 23 AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA 92.9 204.6 132.3 168.4 138.6 736.8 427.4 1,164.2
24 24 SCHOOL OF LAW, IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN 115.7 186.9 144.6 153.1 160.1 760.4 349.7 1,110.1
 25 26 IMS LAW COLLEGE, NOIDA 113.6 182.3 126.7 147.5 152.1 722.2 351.4 1,073.6
 26 25 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 131.2 166.4 130.6 134.9 138.7 701.8 363.2 1,065.0
 27 28 LAW COLLEGE DEHRADUN, UTTARANCHAL UNIVERSITY, 128.8 185.9 127.9 146.2 174.0 762.8 275.2 1,038.0
DEHRADUN
- 28 NP SCHOOL OF LAW, SHARDA UNIVERSITY, GREATER NOIDA 131.7 184.9 141.3 149.4 152.3 759.6 253.7 1,013.3
 29 21 INDORE INSTITUTE OF LAW, INDORE 96.5 178.9 128.0 149.3 174.0 726.7 267.4 994.1
- 30 NP AMITY LAW SCHOOL, LUCKNOW 122.1 168.7 145.8 137.7 152.7 727.0 211.4 938.4
- 31 NP SCHOOL OF LAW, GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY, GREATER NOIDA 114.0 169.1 143.6 150.4 159.9 737.0 201.0 938.0
- 32 NP KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM LAW COLLEGE, MUMBAI 176.1 103.2 70.4 69.1 136.2 555.0 382.5 937.5
- 33 NP ST WILFRED’S COLLEGE OF LAW, JAIPUR 117.9 172.4 145.1 150.5 170.5 756.4 179.3 935.7
34 34 SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW COLLEGE, KOLKATA 120.3 90.0 85.9 138.8 143.6 578.6 351.3 929.9
 35 31 SEEDLING SCHOOL OF LAW & GOVERNANCE, JAIPUR 127.1 188.7 149.1 141.2 129.8 735.9 187.1 923.0
 36 29 V.M. SALGAOCAR COLLEGE OF LAW, PANAJI 123.4 143.2 84.9 117.6 116.4 585.5 336.7 922.2
 37 40 SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, CHENNAI 116.7 188.2 151.2 176.7 128.0 760.8 144.3 905.1
 38 33 MANIKCHAND PAHADE LAW COLLEGE, AURANGABAD 120.7 130.4 115.3 88.0 141.2 595.6 299.1 894.7
 39 38 CHANDERPRABHU JAIN COLLEGE OF HIGHER STUDIES & 134.0 166.0 103.2 151.6 136.4 691.2 200.7 891.9
SCHOOL OF LAW, NEW DELHI
 40 32 KLE SOCIETY’S S.A. MANVI LAW COLLEGE, 115.8 94.5 132.0 100.8 113.5 556.6 334.7 891.3
GADAG, KARNATAKA

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding-off errors while adding
the parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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 Ü M ASS COM M U N ICAT ION
BE ST
COLLEGE S
MEDIA
SAVVY
IIMC Delhi doesn’t just focus on teaching
its students journalism, but also on
enriching their understanding of the world
By Kaushik Deka
wenty-four-year
T
old Krishna Raj, a
commerce
graduate from
Delhi University,
had joined the
Indian Institute of Mass Commu-
nication (IIMC), Delhi, in April
2019 with just one aim—to study
sports journalism. Nine months in,
though, Raj can also write and
research on environment, a subject
he was not well-versed with. It’s not
the lush green campus of the
institute that motivated Raj to
dabble in environmental journal-
ism. It was the academic rigour of
the English journalism (EJ) course
at the IIMC, which prepares
students to break barriers and
practise professional versatility.
That’s not the only advantage
though. In a pandemic-hit year,
which saw the media industry
cutting salaries and laying off
124 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
No INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS
employees, Raj managed to get
recruited by a digital news platform
at a salary of Rs 4.5 lakh per year.
His batchmate, Himanshi Tiwari,
bagged an internship with BBC
News. “When I joined IIMC, I was
not sure if a nine-month course
would be able to teach me enough
about journalism. But the EJ
course is designed to offer the best
of journalism in a short duration,”
says Tiwari.
The PG diploma course in
EJ is the flagship course of the
IIMC, which also offers a PG
diploma in print journalism in
various languages, radio and TV
journalism, and advertising and
public relations.
With shifts in both presenta-
tion and consumption of news,
the course is designed to train its
students on the various aspects
and techniques of evidence-based
storytelling. The course lays impor-
ROLLING
A student at IIMC Delhi
learns on-camera
reporting skills
tance on practical experience, focused
on developing a student’s reporting
and researching skills. EJ students
even get opportunities to visit news-
rooms of reputed media houses, both
from print and TV.
Apart from news, EJ students are
given training in the fields of public
health and child rights issues, media
laws and documentary-making.
“During the course tenure, students
are given practical, ethical and tech-
nical knowledge apart from hands-on
workshops to tell stories through text,
images, audio and video,” says Profes-
sor Surbhi Dahiya, course director,
department of English journalism.
In November 2019, Dahiya or-
ganised a workshop on ‘Drone Jour-
nalism’, with three resource persons
COMMUNICATION (IIMC), NEW DELHI

from air force and media. Another

workshop was conducted in the
same month on mobile journalism.
“The objective of these workshops
is to not just help students learn
new technologies, but to engage
them in healthy debates over ethi-
cal issues related to new practices
in journalism,” says Dahiya. Last
year, the EJ department also or-
ganised a special lecture on inves-
tigative reporting delivered by Bill
Hinchberger, former international
correspondent of the Financial
Times and Business Week.
EJ students excel in co-curric-
ular activities, too; winning awards
in various inter-college events.
In January, two students secured
first position in an English debate
competition at the annual cultural
festival “ALOHA 2020” organised
by Delhi Metropolitan Education
(DME), Noida. Another student
won the first prize at a poster-
making competition organised by
the Union ministry of petroleum.
The teachers at IIMC, too, have
RAJWANT RAWAT

TOP
COLLEG E S
Ü

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION (IIMC) New Delhi

2 AJK MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA New Delhi

3 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION Pune

4 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES, SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY Pune

5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD Hyderabad

6 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION Udupi

7 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS Mumbai

8 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru

9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA Bengaluru

10 SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA DEPARTMENT, SOPHIA SMT MANORAMA DEVI SOMANI COLLEGE Mumbai
 BE S T Ü M A SS COM M U N IC AT ION No
IIMC, NEW DELHI
C O L L EG E S

been bringing glory to the institute

TOP on a global platform. Last year,
EMERGING COLLEGES OF THIS CENTURY Dahiya presented a research paper in

Ü
1 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES,
CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru
2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA, Bengaluru
3 MANORAMA SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, Kottayam
4 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, Mumbai
5 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai
Note: Colleges whose first batch graduated in or
after 2000 were considered for this ranking
the fifth World Journalism Educa-
tion Congress (WJEC) held at the
Paris-Dauphine University. She also
won first position at Laureate of the
Community leadership contest at the
WJEC Whova contest. In fact, IIMC
is known for its world-class team of
faculty and experts who guide and
equip students for the challenges they
will face in the field of journalism.
But IIMC is not just about
journalism, it focuses on enriching
a student’s’’s overall understanding of
the world. During an educational trip
to McLeodganj last year, they had an

K.S. DHATWALIA,
Guruspeak Director General, IIMC

Three things done in management is moving more reliance on a blend-

the past three years
✪ On November 15, 2018,
the ministry of human
resource development
issued a letter of intent
for the conversion of
IIMC into ‘Deemed to be
University’, subject to
the fulfilment of certain
conditions within a period
of three years. Work is on
towards fulfilling those
conditions.
✪ Three master’s pro-
grammes in health
communications, new
media communication and
media and communication
governance in IIMC Delhi;
a master’s programme in
folk media communication
in IIMC Dhenkanal; and a
master’s programme in
community media in IIMC
Kottayam, are set to be
launched. Five depart-
ments have been notified,
and the syllabuses for
three of the five courses
have been finalised.
✪ The institute is in the
process of filling up
vacancies for professors,
associate professors and
assistant professors, and
the selection process is
expected to be completed
by the end of September.
Three things planned
for the future
To fulfil the conditions to
become a ‘deemed to be
university’, the institution
needs to create neces-
sary infrastructure facil-
ities such as academic
buildings, central library,
teacher’s residence
and sports areas. The
forward with all serious-
ness to achieve these
goals across all centres.
✪ Since infrastructure fa-
cilities, the level of teach-
ing-learning processes,
and input-output-outcome
ratio are not the same in
regional centres as com-
pared to in Delhi, there
is an acute need for the
standardisation of norms
and facilities. A committee
is looking into sorting out
this issue at the earliest.
✪ Construction of
physical infrastructure
is more or less completed
in Aizawl and is in pro-
gress in Jammu.
Three emerging trends
in media education
✪ The pandemic will
have its fallout on media
education as well. With
increasing dependence on
online modes of teaching
and learning processes,
ed mode of education
and distance learning will
become the norm.
✪ The media dynamics
are undergoing a para-
digm shift from print to
non-print modes, with an
emphasis on the impor-
tance of digital and social
media. The students of
journalism and mass
communication need to be
trained in the new trends.
They need to be more
tech-savvy to be able to
handle the pressures and
requirements of compos-
ite newsrooms, where all
forms of print, electronic
and digital journalism
synergise.
✪ The massive job cuts,
and the financial and
operational problems of
media houses will impact
fresh graduates. Media
education will have to
equip freshers now with
an ability to tell a story
most succinctly.

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IN COLLEGE
COLLEGES WITH THE
LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
ANSHU GUPTA
COLLEGE
FEE FOR ENTIRE Founder director, Goonj,
COURSE ( ` ) Ramon Magsaysay
1 DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, award winner; Hindi
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 18,025 Journalism (1990),
Ad & PR (1991 )
2 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Chandigarh 24,490 “IIMC accepted me, a small-
3 STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE, Jaipur 46,000 town, Hindi-speaking
graduate, in the system... I
4 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION,
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, Hyderabad 56,000 don’t want IIMC to become a
place for those who can af-
5 AJK MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, ford private colleges, I want it
JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi 77,010
to be open for middle-class,
6 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION passionate people”
STUDIES, SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE
UNIVERSITY, Pune 84,000
7 SCHOOL OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION
STUDIES GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY, Greater Noida 87,000 Colleges with
8 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA best male-female
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka 91,290 student ratio

Ü
9 VPM’S K.G. JOSHI COLLEGE OF ARTS &
COMMERCE, Thane 99,414 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS
10 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, Mumbai 101,735 COMMUNICATION (IIMC) New Delhi

Course fee includes tuition and other fees 2 VPM’S K.G. JOSHI COLLEGE OF
ARTS & COMMERCE Thane

COLLEGES WITH 3 JAGRAN SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM &

BEST VALUE FOR MONEY COMMUNICATION
Ü

Bhopal

COLLEGE RoI 4 SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION,

1 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE
FOR WOMEN, Chandigarh
2 STANI MEMORIAL P.G. COLLEGE, Jaipur
3 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION,
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, Hyderabad
4 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka
5 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION
STUDIES, SAVITRIBAI PHULE
PUNE UNIVERSITY Pune
6 AJK MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
CENTRE, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi
7 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, Mumbai
8 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS
COMMUNICATION (IIMC), New Delhi
9 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES,
CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru
10 VPM’S K.G. JOSHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE Thane
RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average
annual placement salary/ fee for the entire course
IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY Dehradun
12.25 5 AJK MASS COMMUNICATION
11.41 RESEARCH CENTRE, JAMIA MILLIA
ISLAMIA New Delhi
6.89
audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
6.57 IIMC has six centres—in Delhi, Dhen-
kanal, Aizawl, Kottayam, Amaravati and
Jammu. The syllabus is reviewed annually
to keep it relevant. The courses offered by
5.95
the institute represent a meaningful blend
of classroom teaching, rigorous exercises,
4.87 lab journals and field visits. It has its own
4.18 community radio station and a Commu-
nity Radio and Research Centre, where the
training ranges from content and resource-
3.66 generation to learning about technology.
Students are encouraged to establish their
2.42 own community radio stations. It also has a
vast library, which, the institute claims, has
2.01 the largest collection of specialised study
material for mass communications. n
 BE S T
C O L L EG E S Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü M A SS COM M U N IC AT ION

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
180 300 210 180 330 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMM. (IIMC), NEW DELHI 150.2 258.3 167.0 156.6 293.9 1,026.0 796.3 1,822.3

2 2 AJK MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, JAMIA 129.0 255.7 189.8 145.3 278.0 997.8 785.9 1,783.7
MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI
 3 4 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION, PUNE 131.9 220.4 164.6 134.5 241.6 893.0 716.4 1,609.4
 4 7 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES, 135.0 185.0 125.7 126.8 254.0 826.5 781.8 1,608.3
SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE
 5 3 DEPARTMENT OF COMM., HYDERABAD UNI., HYDERABAD 140.7 219.8 172.3 138.7 213.2 884.7 719.6 1,604.3

6 6 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION, UDUPI 118.9 216.3 183.4 141.2 235.9 895.7 683.5 1,579.2
 7 5 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS, MUMBAI 103.1 193.0 128.6 131.6 228.9 785.2 746.9 1,532.1

8 8 DEPTARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES, CHRIST, BENGALURU 107.8 209.1 171.9 104.8 227.3 820.9 627.7 1,448.6

9 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA, BENGALURU 118.5 132.6 140.0 109.2 216.8 717.1 725.1 1,442.2

10 10 SOCIAL COMM. MEDIA DEPT., SOPHIA, SMT MANORAMA DEVI 89.0 179.2 141.0 136.9 217.8 763.9 676.9 1,440.8
SOMANI COLLEGE, SOPHIA POLYTECHNIC, MUMBAI
 11 12 MANORAMA SCHOOL OF COMM. (MASCOM), KOTTAYAM 89.7 179.2 138.6 111.7 231.0 750.2 689.3 1,439.5
 12 13 AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, NOIDA 85.8 192.7 144.2 126.5 228.3 777.5 595.5 1,373.0
 13 14 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 89.8 182.8 115.1 115.8 230.0 733.5 630.1 1,363.6
 14 11 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 117.4 192.8 139.2 115.9 203.4 768.7 547.8 1,316.5
 15 17 ST JOSEPH COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, KOTTAYAM 81.8 187.4 162.2 134.7 184.5 750.6 524.9 1,275.5
 16 19 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 100.5 190.0 146.3 132.2 195.5 764.5 507.0 1,271.5
 17 16 APEEJAY INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION, NEW DELHI 84.3 183.5 142.3 104.4 189.8 704.3 559.2 1,263.5
 18 15 DEPT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, AMU, ALIGARH 120.4 176.5 140.6 116.6 199.0 753.1 508.4 1,261.5
 19 18 SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION, 82.5 182.8 109.5 119.5 126.3 620.6 592.2 1,212.8
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NOIDA
 20 22 SCHOOL OF MASS COMM., IMS UNISON UNI., DEHRADUN 103.8 131.1 149.5 84.0 180.5 648.9 472.5 1,121.4
 21 20 NSHM SCHOOL OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION, KOLKATA 87.8 194.6 141.0 133.9 155.7 713.0 402.9 1,115.9
 22 21 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE 90.2 91.4 153.3 117.2 210.8 662.9 443.0 1,105.9
(AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA

23 23 AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, LUCKNOW 87.8 184.1 164.8 126.0 185.1 747.8 352.1 1,099.9
 24 28 JAGRAN SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & COMM., BHOPAL 91.9 209.1 152.7 97.8 172.5 724.0 279.1 1,003.1
 25 27 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHANDIGARH 89.7 59.6 123.1 123.0 185.1 580.5 385.3 965.8

- 26 NP DEPT OF MEDIA STUDIES, JAIN UNI, BENGALURU 92.9 191.5 147.2 132.4 221.1 785.1 141.5 926.6
 27 29 DOON BUSINESS SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 72.8 185.2 146.6 118.8 188.1 711.5 210.8 922.3

- 28 NP NATIONAL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, 69.7 121.5 139.7 127.6 204.5 663.0 251.1 914.1
BENGALURU

 29 32 AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, GWALIOR 85.7 141.3 143.1 111.9 175.1 657.1 256.7 913.8
 30 33 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 85.9 129.4 168.0 127.7 160.2 671.2 235.7 906.9
 31 34 NATIONAL INST. OF MASS COMM. & JOURNALISM, AHMEDABAD 70.9 145.1 67.4 66.6 187.0 537.0 258.8 795.8

- 32 NP SCHOOL OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES 84.8 165.2 96.0 61.6 119.8 527.4 252.4 779.8
GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY, GREATER NOIDA
 33 25 SCHOOL OF MEDIA STUDIES, JAIPUR NATIONAL UNI., JAIPUR 86.0 175.8 150.8 128.6 176.8 718.0 57.3 775.3

- 34 NP STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 94.4 186.2 150.4 127.0 203.4 761.4 0.0 761.4
 35 30 CHITKARA SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION, PATIALA 78.1 163.9 151.8 125.4 175.5 694.7 0.0 694.7

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding
the parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

128 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0

 Ü HOT E L M A NAG E M E N T No IHM, PUSA
BE ST
COLLEGE S

Dishing excellence
IHM Pusa students
in a cooking class

CATERING TO
A constant thirst to
innovate, broaden its
students’ horizons
and a competitive

THE FUTURE
streak make
IHM Pusa the top
institute in the field
By Shelly Anand

1 30 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
 TOP
COLLEG E S

Ü
1 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING &
NUTRITION, Pusa, New Delhi
2 WELCOMGROUP GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HOTEL
ADMINISTRATION, Manipal, Karnataka
3 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY
& APPLIED NUTRITION, Mumbai
4 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY
& APPLIED NUTRITION, Bengaluru
5 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT CATERING TECHNOLOGY &
APPLIED NUTRITION, Hyderabad
6 BANARSIDAS CHANDIWALA INSTITUTE OF HOTEL
MANAGEMENT & CATERING TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi
7 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY
& APPLIED NUTRITION, Chennai
8 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY
& APPLIED NUTRITION, Lucknow
9 ARMY INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING
TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru
10 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY
& APPLIED NUTRITION, Kolkata

`
4,78,245 `
3,12,369
AVERAGE COURSE AVERAGE ANNUAL PLACEMENT
FEE OF TOP 10 SALARY EARNED BY GRADUATES
COLLEGES OF TOP 10 COLLEGES
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

YASIR IQBAL

hen the lockdown to adapt quickly. The classes for the engaged alumni, IHM Pusa has

W
was announced on
March 24, all
educational
institutes had to
shut down their
campuses overnight. The Institute of
Hotel Management, Catering &
Nutrition (IHM), Pusa, Delhi, had
just finished classes for its final and
second-year students who were
gearing up for their exams. They had
first-year and diploma students were
moved online and conducted through
the ‘flip classroom mode’’ without
much preparation. Kamal Kant Pant,
principal, IHM Pusa, says, “The flip
side of the situation created by Covid
is that the faculty and staff of the
institute have become tech-savvy and
are willing to go online for teaching
and transacting business.”
With a strong legacy and an
always been a frontrunner and the
most preferred college for those keen
to pursue a career in hospitality
management. So, what makes it spe-
cial? A couple of things, in fact, says
Pant. “We have a committed board
of governors chaired by the tour-
ism secretary, along with an eclectic
mix of top-ranking bureaucrats,
educationists and stalwarts from the
hospitality industry,” he says.

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 BE S T Ü HOT E L M A NAG E M E N T No IHM, PUSA
C O L L EG E S
With trained faculty, inno-
vative pedagogical methods and
a focus on personality develop-
ment, IHM Pusa is the first
TOP HACCP (hazard analysis and
EMERGING COLLEGES OF THE CENTURY critical control points)-certified
institute and, among all IHM

Ü
branches, its faculty members
1 BANARSIDAS CHANDIWALA INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT have the maximum number
& CATERING TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi of research papers published
in national and international
2 SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM STUDIES,
journals. In the past three years,
D.Y. PATIL UNIVERSITY, Navi Mumbai though, no new courses at the
undergraduate, diploma or
3 AMITY SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, Noida
certificate level have been in-
4 CHITKARA SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, Rajpura, Punjab troduced by the institute under
the National Council for Hotel
5 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), INSTITUTE Management (NCHM). Under
OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING TECHNOLOGY, Pune the capacity-building service
providers (CBSP), however,
Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after
2000 were considered
several short-term courses and
new subjects have been initiated
under the tourism ministry’s
‘‘Hunar se rozgar tak ’ (from tal-
ent to employment) initiative to
KAMAL KANT PANT, Principal, Institute create employable skills among
Guruspeak of Hotel Management, Catering &
youth belonging to the econom-
Nutrition, Pusa, New Delhi
ically-weaker strata of society,
so that students get exposure to
industry operations. “We have
undertaken initiatives to reduce
Three new things and taxi-drivers plate waste at the institute, in-
done in the past near Delhi’s Red cluding the ‘Think Responsible,
three years Fort area. Act Sustainable Project’ and
✪ Added short-term ✪ A webinar series ‘Feed the Planet’ programmes.
courses, like mul- on getting to know
Under the ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshth
ti-cuisine cooking the ingredients and
✪ Undertaken cuisines of Delhi the use of emerg- Bharat’ scheme, we are promot-
initiatives, like and Sikkim ing technique of ing Sikkim’s culture and cui-
‘Think Responsible ✪ Plans to take ‘computational sine,” says Pant. There are also
Act, Sustainable learning content gastronomy’ to 10 clubs for students to explore
Project’, for online to prepare make blueprints of their interests, such as taster’s
sustainability for any other new dishes. It will
club, decor team, service team,
practices eventua- enable wider ap-
peal among a wider food production team, asavari
✪ Won apprecia- lity like Covid
tion for ‘Feed the audience. music team, panch tatva, scrip-
Planet Programme’ Three emerging ✪ Switching to con- tures and photography.
for reducing plate trends in hotel tinuous assessment IHM Pusa has tie-ups and
waste management instead of term-end collaborations with institutes
education assessment to such as ALMA The Interna-
Three new things ✪ Student- utilise the academic
tional School of Italian Cuisine,
planned for the teacher interaction time effectively.
future for classes—espe- There will also be Italy, to promote cross-cultural
✪ A tourism aware- cially theoretical, emphasis on man- culinary exchanges and with the
ness programme conceptual and on aging hybrid and Korean Food Promotion Insti-
for rickshaw-pull- management—on digitalised guest ex- tute (KFPI) to promote Korean
ers and people virtual platforms perience and virtual cuisine and culture among
working as coolies ✪ Incorporating communities. students. “We have signed an

1 32 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
WHAT I LEARNED
IN COLLEGE COLLEGES WITH THE
LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
FEE FOR ENTIRE
COLLEGE
COURSE ( ` )

1 CATERING SCIENCE & HOTEL MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT, BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF
ARTS AND SCIENCE, Coimbatore 114,000

CHEF MANJIT SINGH GILL 2 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY),

Corporate chef, ITC Hotels, 1974 batch
“My alma mater may
have the advantage of
location and patronage
of the government, but
the real differentiator is
the magic that happens
at the ground level,
where the vision and di-
rections transform into
reality. Each member
of the IHM Pusa team is
motivated, courageous,
and empowered”
Colleges with
best male-female
student ratio
Ü
INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING
TECHNOLOGY, Pune 1,320,000
3 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE
(AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore 168,000
4 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore
177,000
5 SRI KRISHNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore 235,000
6 AMRAPALI INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT,
Haldwani, Uttarakhand 238,500
7 UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TOURISM & HOSPITALITY
MANAGEMENT, CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY, Mohali 240,000
8 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE,
DEPARTMENT OF CATERING SCIENCE & HOTEL
MANAGEMENT, Coimbatore 244,800
9 UEI GLOBAL EDUCATION, Jaipur 252,132
10 C.T. INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, Jalandhar 253,800
Note: Course fees include tuition and other fees

1 CATERING SCIENCE & HOTEL

MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT,
BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE
OF ARTS & SCIENCE,
Coimbatore
2 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE
OF ARTS & SCIENCE,
Coimbatore
3 ORIENTAL SCHOOL OF HOTEL
MANAGEMENT, Wayanad
4 DEPARTMENT OF HOTEL
MANAGEMENT, T. JOHN
COLLEGE, Bengaluru
5 AMRAPALI INSTITUTE OF
HOTEL MANAGEMENT,
Haldwani, Uttarakhand
MoU with KFPI under which a
KFPI-sponsored Korean cuisine
chef will take sessions for two
months at IHM Pusa on various
main courses, snacks and bakery
items,” says Pant. The institute, in
fact, lays a lot of emphasis on its
students participating in culinary
competitions, both national and
international, and the faculty
and students work as a team to
prepare for such challenges. For
instance, IHM Pusa students fre-
quently participate in World Skills
Competition in categories such as
food production, food and bever-
age, and landscaping. One of the
students won a medallion at the
World Skills Competition held in
Abu Dhabi, UAE, in Restaurant
Skills in 2018. Closer home, this
year, students participated in the
inter-IHMs Bakery Skill Com-
petition at CIHM, Chandigarh,
and an IHM Pusa student won
the top prize. Another IHM Pusa
student won the second prize in
the Swachhata Action Plan 2019
organised by the institute.
When it comes to placements,
the top campus recruiters are The
Oberoi Group, Taj Hotels, ITC,
Marriott Hotels, Hilton Hotels
& Resorts, Lemon Tree Hotels,
Shopper’s’’s Stop and Jubilant Food-
works, to name a few. The average
 BE S T Ü HOT E L M A NAG E M E N T No IHM, PUSA
C O L L EG E S

Ready to serve
IHM Pusa students
undertake catering
training
COLLEGES WITH BEST
VALUE FOR MONEY
Ü

COLLEGE RoI

1 CATERING SCIENCE & HOTEL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, salary for 2017-18 was Rs 2,86,538
BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, per annum and Rs 3,11,588 per an-
Coimbatore 1.89 num for 2018-19.
Not one to simply rest on its
2 UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TOURISM & HOSPITALITY laurels, the institute is always
MANAGEMENT, CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY, Mohali 1.81 on the lookout for new styles of
learning, participating in more
3 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY),
competitions and creating aware-
INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING ness drives on social issues besides
TECHNOLOGY, Pune 1.36 letting students innovate in
4 AMRAPALI INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, Haldwani 1.27 kitchens and laboratories. “Apart
from taking the learning content
5 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, online, we plan to engage a dozen
Coimbatore 1.23 practising and freelance profes-
sionals as adjunct faculty. This
6 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING & NUTRITION, will help us manage the necessary
Pusa, New Delhi 1.11 contact hours with the students
7 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY & in additional groups and classes
that have emerged following the
APPLIED NUTRITION, Lucknow 1.07
social distancing norms. We are
8 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY & also working out a system to ensure
APPLIED NUTRITION, Bengaluru 1.05 there is a minimum of six feet space
between two students attend-
9 FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT, ICFAI ing practical classes,” adds Pant.
UNIVERSITY SIKKIM, Gangtok 1.04 Holding webinars for students with
eminent speakers and stalwarts
10 SCHOOL OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY, SANSKRITI
from the hospitality sector with
UNIVERSITY, Mathura 1.03
academy and industry perspective
RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average is also in the pipeline. n
annual placement salary/ fee for entire course

134 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0

 Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü HOT E L M A NAG E M E N T
OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
180 270 240 210 300 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING & NUTRITION, PUSA , DELHI 148.4 218.1 179.4 166.4 268.1 980.4 794.6 1,775.0
2 2 WELCOMGROUP GRAD. SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMIN, MANIPAL 122.7 196.6 171.9 150.9 279.6 921.7 771.7 1,693.4
3 3 IHM, MUMBAI 131.8 188.3 157.0 155.4 243.7 876.2 793.8 1,670.0
4 4 IHM, BENGALURU 126.9 159.7 170.9 141.0 238.7 837.2 764.9 1,602.1
5 5 IHM, HYDERABAD 140.7 177.5 176.0 149.9 200.8 844.9 734.4 1,579.3
6 6 BANARASIDAS CHANDIWALA INST. OF HOTEL 124.8 184.7 173.2 129.7 208.9 821.3 705.3 1,526.6
MGMT & CATERING TECH, NEW DELHI

7 7 IHM, CHENNAI 124.7 176.0 137.4 143.9 209.0 791.0 733.5 1,524.5
8 8 IHM, LUCKNOW 116.1 167.2 144.1 129.3 191.1 747.8 714.9 1,462.7
9 9 ARMY INST OF HOTEL MGMT & CATERING TECH., BENGALURU 101.3 179.3 180.6 128.7 227.2 817.1 600.5 1,417.6
10 10 IHM, KOLKATA 136.4 107.2 114.8 131.2 193.7 683.3 727.5 1,410.8
11 11 DEPT OF HOTEL MGMT, CHRIST UNI, BENGALURU 94.2 176.3 180.8 168.0 188.9 808.2 574.8 1,383.0
12 12 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 111.3 111.4 137.5 127.8 173.8 661.8 683.4 1,345.2
13 13 IHM, BHOPAL 120.3 155.7 94.2 116.2 204.3 690.7 647.7 1,338.4
14 14 SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM STUDIES, 100.9 150.8 170.1 115.9 188.9 726.6 540.4 1,267.0
D. Y. PATIL UNIVERSITY, NAVI MUMBAI
15 15 IHM, GURDASPUR 129.1 141.3 171.6 96.0 186.5 724.5 542.1 1,266.6
— 16 NP AMITY SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, NOIDA 67.9 183.1 202.9 101.1 230.7 785.7 474.7 1,260.4
 17 19 CHITKARA SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, RAJPURA 109.9 142.4 157.8 131.6 161.8 703.5 431.1 1,134.6
18 18 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH, INST. OF HOTEL 141.9 173.4 188.0 109.4 141.1 753.8 378.0 1,131.8
MGMT & CATERING TECH., PUNE
 19 17 SRM INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CHENNAI 112.8 118.9 168.0 116.2 160.6 676.5 452.9 1,129.4
 20 21 AIMS SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, BENGALURU 103.7 139.2 164.1 134.9 192.3 734.2 332.5 1,066.7
 21 20 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH, INST. OF HOTEL 109.1 96.2 97.2 94.0 157.7 554.2 511.9 1,066.1
MGMT & CATERING TECH., NAVI MUMBAI
 22 23 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF 114.6 164.8 181.3 149.5 152.4 762.6 299.1 1,061.7
ARTS & SCIENCE COIMBATORE
 23 22 AMITY SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, AMITY UNI, LUCKNOW 97.5 143.0 164.1 140.3 184.3 729.2 315.0 1,044.2
— 24 NP IHM, KURUKSHETRA 96.8 80.4 121.1 109.0 164.0 571.3 459.4 1,030.7
— 25 NP UNI. INST. OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MGMT, MOHALI 94.6 148.5 155.2 127.3 204.7 730.3 282.2 1,012.5
 26 27 INTL. INST. OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, NEW DELHI 101.1 145.8 125.5 133.8 204.2 710.4 299.7 1,010.1
 27 28 FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MGMT, 113.7 124.2 134.3 139.3 138.9 650.4 343.3 993.7
ICFAI UNI SIKKIM GANGTOK
 28 25 SCHOOL OF HOTEL MGMT, JAIPUR NATIONAL UNI., JAIPUR 87.5 126.9 167.1 118.3 192.6 692.4 290.3 982.7
 29 24 CHANDIGARH INST. OF HOTEL MGMT & 70.5 100.8 152.8 62.7 156.8 543.6 418.7 962.3
CATERING TECH. CHANDIGARH
 30 26 GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, KOLKATA 101.0 110.9 155.1 123.3 172.9 663.2 253.0 916.2
 31 29 DEPT OF HOTEL MGMT, T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 105.7 140.5 134.3 91.9 178.6 651.0 186.2 837.2
 32 30 SRI KRISHNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 112.5 99.3 158.1 137.6 185.3 692.8 142.9 835.7
33 33 KLE SOCIETY’S INSTITUTE OF HOTEL 106.7 97.7 75.2 97.4 145.2 522.2 293.1 815.3
MANAGEMENT BENGALURU
- 34 NP INTL. INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, HYDERABAD 100.5 113.4 104.3 121.7 198.9 638.8 173.0 811.8
 35 34 AISSMS COLLEGE OF HOTEL MGMT & CATERING TECH, PUNE 94.0 152.1 143.5 135.1 148.4 673.1 136.9 810.0

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the
parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

J U LY 6 , 2 02 0 INDIA TODAY 135

 Ü BBA No SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES
BE ST
COLLEGE S

IN PURSUIT OF
EXCELLENCE
Poonam Verma,
principal of SSCBS

BUSINESS
Trendsetting courses and deep
industry linkages make this
institution one of the most sought-
after in business education

ACUMEN
By Mrini Devnani

136 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0

(SSCBS), NEW DELHI

TOP
COLLEG E S

Ü
1 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS STUDIES New Delhi

2 SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA

MODI SCHOOL OF COMMERCE Mumbai

3 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai

4 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES,

CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru

5 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai

6 AMITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Noida

7 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Bengaluru

8 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE Bengaluru

9 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER

STUDIES & RESEARCH Pune

10 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE (DEPT OF MANAGEMENT) Kolkata

Average annual
Average placement
course fee salary earned
of top 10 by students
colleges graduating from
`4,00,956 top 10 colleges
`4,38,890
RAJWANT RAWAT
Course fee includes tuition and other fees

he Shaheed Sukhdev introduced the Bachelor of Business tations and experiential learning

T
College of Business
Studies (SSCBS) is
the first undergradu-
ate management
college under the
aegis of the University of Delhi.
Located in Rohini, the institution is
spread over a five-acre campus and a
towering nine-floor building. SSCBS
was established as the College of
Business Studies (CBS) in 1987 and
was rechristened a decade later.
Breaking new ground in the
field of business education at the
undergraduate level, the college
Studies course at its inception. Since
then, the institution has worked
hard to keep the course curriculum
industry-relevant. SSCBS runs
a cutting-edge course, the Bach-
elor of Business Administration
in Financial Investment Analysis
(BBA-FIA). The core strength of the
course lies in its pedagogy, faculty,
placement and alumni body.
The teaching methodology
involves working on live projects,
research-based projects, business
simulations, case studies, group
discussions, assignments, presen-
through games. The faculty pushes
students to think out of the box
and develop strategies, tools and
insights into solving real-world
business problems.
The other courses offered by
SSCBS are Bachelor of Manage-
ment Studies (general management
with specialisation in finance, HR,
marketing and global business),
Bachelor of Science-Computer Sci-
ence and Post-Graduate Diploma
in Cyber Security and Law. The
Incubation Foundation at SSCBS
has launched some 20 start-ups in
 BE S T Ü BBA No SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES
C O L L EG E S

TOP
EMERGING COLLEGES OF THIS CENTURY

Ü
WHAT I LEARNED 1 SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA MODI
IN COLLEGE
SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, Mumbai

2 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

3 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

4 AMITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Noida

5 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, Bengaluru

R AHUL AGARWAL
CEO & MD, Lenovo India Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after
Bachelor of Business Studies 2000 were considered
(1991-1994)

“SSCBS was a new

college with fresh
concepts at the POONAM VERMA, Principal, Shaheed
Guruspeak Sukhdev College of Business Studies
graduate level in
1991. The curriculum
was carefully craft- Three things year integrated
done in the past programme in
ed; student-teacher three years management
interactions were ✪ We have improved ✪ These pro-
intense. The course the infrastructure grammes would
laid a solid founda- with facilities such see collaborations
as an in-house with foreign uni-
tion for me in busi- ERP (enterprise versities
ness management” resource planning) ✪ Will engage our
system and net- faculty members
worked IT with corporates rates are strongly
the past three years. ✪ Revised the through linkages professing a desire
Admission into SSCBS is curriculum; added and consulting to hire employees
short-term courses services with more hands-
administered by a national-level on capabilities.
on Data Analyt-
entrance test. The college has a ics for Business, Three emerging Industry linkages
robust placement cell that provides Fintech and Digital trends in BBA through internships
internships, opportunities in live Marketing; SSCBS education and projects are
projects and campus job offers. became the first ✪ Innovative allowing students to
The college has several student-led Delhi University learning: Flipped pool in their knowl-
college to offer an classrooms have edge with major
societies in finance, marketing,
industry-linked PG got us more oppor- stakeholders.
human resources and debating/ ✪ Entrepreneur-
Diploma in Cyber tunities to grow,
quizzing. The cultural clubs cover Security and Law through academic ship: Start-ups are
fine arts, music and dance. The ✪ Strengthened tools such as simu- becoming popular
tuition fee for an entire three-year industry interface lations and a case- with students who
programme is Rs 540. The average based approach. want to venture out
placement salary is Rs 7.1 lakh Three things By participating in on their own. Incu-
planned for MOOCs, students bation centres and
per annum at the undergraduate
the future have come out of systems to promote
level. Companies that have been on entrepreneurship in
✪ There will be new the blackboard set-
campus include Goldman Sachs, specialisations at up to learn at their UG level institutions
Colgate Palmolive, McKinsey, the undergraduate own pace. are being rapidly
Dabur, D.E. Shaw, KPMG, United and master’s levels, ✪ Closer indus- rolled out across
Airlines and Deloitte. n including a five- try ties: Corpo- the country.

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COLLEGES WITH THE

LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
FEE FOR THE
COLLEGE
ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE, Thoothukudi, TN 15,213

2 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM
COLLEGE, Coimbatore 30,600
3 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS STUDIES, New Delhi 34,565
4 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE, Chandigarh 36,895
5 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Erode, Tamil Nadu 37,788
6 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
(AUTONOMOUS), Hyderabad 52,000
7 D.G. VAISHNAV COLLEGE, Chennai 52,000
8 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka 53,040
9 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, Ernakulam 54,000
10 LOYOLA ACADEMY, Secunderabad 55,000

Course fee includes tuition and other fees

COLLEGES WITH BEST

VALUE FOR MONEY
Ü

COLLEGE RoI

1 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF

BUSINESS STUDIES, New Delhi 20.54
2 V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE, Thoothukudi, TN 11.04
3 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA SD COLLEGE, Chandigarh 11.01
4 D.G. VAISHNAV COLLEGE, Chennai 8.75
5 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER
MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, Coimbatore 7.84
6 S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE, Jaipur 6.25
7 LOYOLA ACADEMY, Secunderabad 4.36
8 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), Hyderabad 4.33
9 SIVANANDA SARMA MEMORIAL RV COLLEGE, Bengaluru 4.18
10 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Erode 3.87
RoI (return on investment) is average annual starting salary/ fee for entire course
 BE S T
C O L L EG E S Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü BBA

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
240 270 180 210 300 1,200 800 2,000
 1 2 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 213.2 229.4 144.8 166.3 292.4 1,046.1 796.5 1,842.6
STUDIES, NEW DELHI
 2 1 SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA MODI SCHOOL OF 178.3 227.8 141.5 200.4 265.6 1,013.6 784.1 1,797.7
COMMERCE, MUMBAI
 3 4 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 196.8 173.8 154.3 155.3 242.3 922.5 787.5 1,710.0
 4 3 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, CHRIST (DEEMED 171.5 219.8 149.0 147.4 235.8 923.5 774.3 1,697.8
TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
5 5 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 181.1 152.6 152.5 172.4 236.1 894.7 784.0 1,678.7
 6 7 AMITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NOIDA 158.6 214.4 136.1 150.6 225.4 885.1 752.0 1,637.1
 7 8 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 180.4 196.8 145.3 172.8 239.3 934.6 701.8 1,636.4
 8 6 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 175.2 205.4 132.3 164.1 218.6 895.6 679.9 1,575.5
 9 12 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES & RESEARCH, 169.9 202.0 126.9 173.1 207.0 878.9 695.0 1,573.9
PUNE
10 10 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE (DEPARTMENT OF 179.8 175.1 108.8 139.4 230.9 834.0 713.4 1,547.4
MANAGEMENT), KOLKATA
 11 13 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI 174.0 202.5 126.6 115.0 241.2 859.3 646.7 1,506.0
 12 11 IFIM COLLEGE, BENGALURU 148.1 199.8 131.8 153.1 214.8 847.6 628.1 1,475.7
 13 14 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, CHENGALPATTU, 161.7 162.8 133.5 134.7 195.4 788.1 656.6 1,444.7
TAMIL NADU
 14 16 JAGAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NEW DELHI 156.8 228.3 92.0 171.0 233.5 881.6 554.1 1,435.7
 15 17 KIIT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, BHUBANESWAR 149.1 206.4 154.6 145.3 219.1 874.5 551.1 1,425.6
 16 18 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 174.8 117.0 144.5 186.4 198.4 821.1 602.6 1,423.7
 17 15 NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, PUNE 168.1 143.0 119.1 136.4 193.1 759.7 659.5 1,419.2
 18 22 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA SD COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 175.4 168.3 142.5 166.8 235.4 888.4 530.4 1,418.8
 19 21 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 169.2 184.4 138.1 154.6 228.4 874.7 543.2 1,417.9
20 20 CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES (CIMS), JAIN (DEEMED 169.0 212.0 112.9 147.8 246.4 888.1 528.4 1,416.5
TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
 21 19 JAGANNATH INT. MANAGEMENT SCHOOL, KALKAJI, NEW DELHI 158.9 207.8 95.4 183.0 225.8 870.9 544.7 1,415.6
 22 23 INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NOIDA 148.3 176.9 101.9 136.5 208.2 771.8 636.1 1,407.9
 23 24 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, INDORE 153.4 218.3 133.2 129.1 224.7 858.7 547.7 1,406.4
 24 25 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE 181.4 126.8 120.8 110.3 204.0 743.3 643.9 1,387.2
& COMMERCE, BENGALURU
 25 27 ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL, HYDERABAD 150.8 195.5 128.4 135.9 177.8 788.4 595.2 1,383.6
- 26 NP JAGANNATH INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT 146.1 132.8 54.2 133.0 238.0 704.1 599.9 1,304.0
SCHOOL, NEW DELHI
 27 26 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 133.8 213.3 139.5 157.5 234.4 878.5 423.6 1,302.1
 28 30 PRESTIGE INST. OF MGMT, DEWAS, MADHYA PRADESH 126.9 195.7 132.0 171.5 199.8 825.9 467.4 1,293.3
 29 31 SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, IMS UNISON 118.5 116.9 116.1 120.7 214.2 686.4 585.5 1,271.9
UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
 30 29 DOON BUSINESS SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 137.2 174.2 139.1 173.9 164.9 789.3 481.5 1,270.8
 31 28 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, RANCHI 177.5 120.6 125.9 108.5 172.5 705.0 560.8 1,265.8
- 32 NP SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, MIT WPU, PUNE 154.4 209.7 123.1 141.2 211.1 839.5 426.2 1,265.7
 33 32 ITS UG INSTITUTE, MOHAN NAGAR, GHAZIABAD 159.7 199.2 121.1 163.5 208.7 852.2 402.8 1,255.0
- 34 NP S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE , JAIPUR 171.3 163.2 95.3 93.2 219.5 742.5 495.9 1,238.4
 35 33 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA JALANDHAR 195.9 132.9 119.0 129.3 219.9 797.0 422.6 1,219.6
(AUTONOMOUS), JALANDHAR
36 36 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), VIJAYAWADA 164.4 112.0 131.1 138.7 218.5 764.7 434.4 1,199.1
37 37 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA 182.8 121.4 138.9 137.4 164.7 745.2 446.2 1,191.4
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA
 38 35 DAV COLLEGE, SEC-10, CHANDIGARH 165.2 109.5 115.1 116.4 180.2 686.4 479.6 1,166.0
 39 40 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 168.0 138.1 130.4 137.3 172.3 746.1 397.0 1,143.1
 40 39 INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, GLA UNIVERSITY, 150.7 186.2 133.3 131.7 201.4 803.3 329.7 1,133.0
MATHURA

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 OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
240 270 180 210 300 1,200 800 2,000
41 41 CHANDIGARH BUSINESS SCHOOL OF 144.6 161.9 139.8 143.2 210.3 799.8 328.0 1,127.8
ADMINISTRATION, MOHALI
 42 46 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE 162.8 128.8 125.3 159.4 217.7 794.0 313.0 1,107.0
FOR WOMEN, COIMBATORE
 43 49 THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, BHOPAL 181.6 166.8 99.5 130.5 180.0 758.4 331.5 1,089.9
 44 50 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 145.5 128.0 99.0 116.7 156.1 645.3 443.4 1,088.7
 45 48 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & 159.6 136.6 140.4 135.2 174.9 746.7 341.0 1,087.7
SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
 46 54 LINGAYA’S LALITA DEVI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & 141.7 164.7 104.7 136.6 212.5 760.2 323.7 1,083.9
SCIENCES, NEW DELHI
 47 45 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 166.5 121.8 96.2 106.7 159.1 650.3 431.3 1,081.6
 48 57 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 174.3 127.2 130.1 146.6 211.0 789.2 291.5 1,080.7
 49 44 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 166.9 131.3 102.9 95.4 171.8 668.3 411.7 1,080.0
 50 43 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 168.7 141.7 122.0 145.4 197.9 775.7 302.1 1,077.8
MANAGEMENT, BENGALURU
 51 56 IPS ACADEMY, INDORE 159.9 213.6 118.6 115.8 155.7 763.6 312.3 1,075.9
52 52 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & 186.0 171.6 136.7 138.2 178.8 811.3 263.5 1,074.8
SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
53 53 GURU NANAK COLLEGE , CHENNAI 144.9 115.8 123.0 101.5 197.6 682.8 382.2 1,065.0
- 54 NP STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 140.9 189.9 139.9 119.5 221.6 811.8 253.1 1,064.9
55 55 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TN 181.0 132.5 135.6 138.1 211.2 798.4 265.8 1,064.2
 56 47 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 163.8 114.0 137.5 140.5 127.8 683.6 370.2 1,053.8
 57 67 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, ICFAI UNIVERSITY 161.2 194.4 139.4 149.5 164.4 808.9 235.0 1,043.9
TRIPURA, AGARTALA
- 58 NP FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, ICFAI BUSINESS 98.1 170.0 149.7 182.8 213.6 814.2 228.1 1,042.3
SCHOOL, JAIPUR
- 59 NP CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF 149.3 193.4 137.8 166.9 215.6 863.0 178.7 1,041.7
BUSINESS, MOHALI
60 60 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE 149.8 128.5 104.1 105.5 206.7 694.6 346.0 1,040.6
FOR WOMEN, CHANDIGARH
61 61 FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 121.2 144.3 123.6 152.2 216.0 757.3 270.1 1,027.4
PCTE, LUDHIANA
 62 63 CHITKARA BUSINESS SCHOOL, RAJPURA, PUNJAB 115.3 196.0 148.7 173.7 137.9 771.6 243.1 1,014.7
 63 64 THE ICFAI UNIVERSITY SIKKIM, GANGTOK 136.8 117.9 102.8 170.8 192.1 720.4 291.6 1,012.0
 64 68 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 135.6 128.8 128.1 134.6 219.0 746.1 263.7 1,009.8
 65 51 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR NATIONAL 150.1 148.0 137.1 150.9 192.2 778.3 230.4 1,008.7
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
 66 73 TECNIA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES, NEW DELHI 135.8 133.7 77.8 82.2 205.4 634.9 371.8 1,006.7
- 67 NP DR D.Y. PATIL ARTS, COMMERCE AND 146.7 142.2 98.1 98.9 130.0 615.9 367.8 983.7
SCIENCE COLLEGE, PUNE
 68 66 INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, J.K. LAKSHMIPAT 127.1 164.4 155.4 130.0 128.4 705.3 276.7 982.0
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
 69 74 BBK DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 176.0 102.3 95.3 94.3 146.3 614.2 348.8 963.0
 70 86 SIVANANDA SARMA MEMORIAL RV COLLEGE, BENGALURU 167.0 113.9 117.2 117.7 196.3 712.1 222.6 934.7
 71 69 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 150.4 111.5 109.9 97.9 140.9 610.6 323.4 934.0
- 72 NP MOP VAISHNAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 173.1 115.3 94.1 141.2 174.0 697.7 234.9 932.6
(AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI
 73 59 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 183.7 127.2 132.8 131.6 137.1 712.4 220.1 932.5
 74 65 T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 140.1 122.6 118.6 132.1 183.0 696.4 235.8 932.2
 75 71 KONGU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 157.8 124.7 143.8 89.0 169.5 684.8 243.8 928.6
76 76 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), HYDERABAD 166.0 117.7 104.1 137.8 159.7 685.3 241.9 927.2
 77 85 PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 164.9 125.0 119.5 185.7 183.9 779.0 142.9 921.9
 78 81 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & 161.3 127.7 99.1 110.9 207.3 706.3 215.1 921.4
COMMERCE, HYDERABAD
 79 72 MIT-ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, ALANDI, PUNE 126.6 115.4 104.6 100.7 175.8 623.1 294.5 917.6
 80 78 NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 157.5 135.4 138.2 81.9 186.6 699.6 215.3 914.9

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C O L L EG E S Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü BBA

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY -

INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
240 270 180 210 300 1,200 800 2,000
 81 75 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLLEGE OF ARTS 163.7 116.2 145.6 114.7 169.5 709.7 198.6 908.3
& SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
 82 92 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GALGOTIAS 71.5 141.5 102.6 88.1 179.1 582.8 325.0 907.8
UNIVERSITY, GREATER NOIDA
 83 80 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESHWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE 145.5 114.3 111.5 146.9 186.8 705.0 202.3 907.3
FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 84 89 AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL, GWALIOR 105.8 103.3 131.2 139.6 180.1 660.0 246.5 906.5
 85 77 DAV COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 170.3 155.2 135.6 123.0 95.0 679.1 226.3 905.4
 86 90 AXIS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, KANPUR 114.1 117.9 122.9 119.0 199.2 673.1 224.4 897.5
 87 88 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM 181.0 118.0 123.0 79.1 198.6 699.7 196.7 896.4
COLLEGE, COIMBATORE
 88 84 UTTARANCHAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEHRADUN 111.5 110.8 121.3 98.1 175.0 616.7 272.1 888.8
- 89 NP V.O. CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE, THOOTHUKUDI, TAMIL NADU 200.3 118.2 132.6 133.1 150.0 734.2 142.9 877.1
 90 83 DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANJIM 150.7 106.8 100.9 93.7 146.5 598.6 274.4 873.0
 91 100 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 136.4 183.9 142.1 152.8 198.4 813.6 49.8 863.4
- 92 NP SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 101.1 200.2 130.7 105.1 156.4 693.5 165.2 858.7
REVA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU
 93 94 INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE, PUNE 158.7 117.3 63.7 70.1 149.1 558.9 285.6 844.5
- 94 NP AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL, AMITY UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW 138.3 211.7 125.5 61.8 4.0 541.3 302.6 843.9
 95 97 DEVKI DEVI JAIN MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, LUDHIANA 159.8 57.2 88.3 114.3 91.1 510.7 327.5 838.2
 96 118 DG VAISHNAV COLLEGE, CHENNAI 123.6 100.0 100.2 74.3 196.0 594.1 241.5 835.6
- 97 NP INDIAN ACADEMY DEGREE COLLEGE 170.1 114.8 110.3 78.0 126.2 599.4 234.7 834.1
(AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU
 98 95 MMK AND SDM MAHILA MAHA VIDYALAYA, MYSURU 134.9 111.5 99.5 100.1 172.6 618.6 194.9 813.5
 99 102 SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE, SANSKRITI 120.1 185.8 142.9 141.4 190.5 780.7 28.2 808.9
UNIVERSITY, MATHURA
 100 98 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 146.5 115.6 107.2 98.5 147.5 615.3 191.2 806.5
 101 110 ICFAI UNIVERSITY MEGHALAYA, TURA 109.6 75.8 90.8 93.9 164.7 534.8 268.1 802.9
- 102 NP ICFAI UNIVERSITY, NAGALAND,
- DIMAPUR 99.3 118.7 123.7 181.6 103.5 626.8 174.5 801.3
 103 101 CAUVERY COLLEGE, VIRAJPET, KARNATAKA 150.0 92.3 124.2 86.9 146.7 600.1 187.5 787.6
- 104 NP SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE, POORNIMA 98.5 109.9 116.3 88.6 122.2 535.5 245.0 780.5
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
- 105 NP SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE, PUNE 149.7 57.4 103.3 69.4 200.2 580.0 200.2 780.2
- 106 NP BHAKTAVATSALAM MEMORIAL COLLEGE 145.2 118.7 86.0 60.7 173.1 583.7 193.1 776.8
FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 107 103 MM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AMBALA 138.0 92.6 125.0 82.1 130.6 568.3 206.7 775.0
- 108 111 IBMR BUSINESS SCHOOL, GURUGRAM 88.6 128.1 99.1 156.3 150.6 622.7 145.5 768.2
- 109 NP BARODA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, VADODARA 88.7 78.7 92.2 114.3 152.9 526.8 228.6 755.4
 110 106 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 138.2 123.3 118.8 90.5 144.3 615.1 136.0 751.1
- 111 NP DELHI METROPOLITAN EDUCATION, NOIDA 111.5 140.6 68.8 131.2 196.1 648.2 96.7 744.9
- 112 NP ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, BENGALURU 144.9 92.2 82.6 86.9 193.1 599.7 145.0 744.7
 113 104 PARUL INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, VADODARA 85.8 93.2 97.1 70.5 134.7 481.3 254.5 735.8
 114 107 BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TAMIL NADU 144.4 109.3 100.2 63.2 99.1 516.2 218.2 734.4
- 115 NP JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KALYANI, WEST BENGAL 170.7 112.0 143.8 169.8 137.8 734.1 0.0 734.1
- 116 NP BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, ERNAKULAM 139.4 85.8 92.2 61.4 136.7 515.5 207.4 722.9
- 117 NP ROYAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GUWAHATI 99.7 143.6 137.2 88.0 127.1 595.6 118.8 714.4
- 118 NP LOYOLA ACADEMY, SECUNDERABAD 177.5 31.0 126.7 19.1 157.8 512.1 199.7 711.8
- 119 NP MAHESHWARI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, JAIPUR 121.7 167.5 72.8 157.6 192.1 711.7 0.0 711.7
- 120 NP DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, MAHARISHI 129.6 67.6 148.9 131.4 103.1 580.6 130.0 710.6
MARKANDESHWAR UNIVERSITY, AMBALA
NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding
the parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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BE ST
COLLEGE S

WINDOW TO
HIGH ON
ACHIEVEMENT
Students at the
Christ campus

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 ecuring a place maculate, a Catholic group, in

S
at Bengaluru’s
Christ University
is a cherished
dream of
students, with
some 50,000 applications being
received from across the country
every year. As a deemed to be
university, the institution (earlier
known as Christ College) is
synonymous with quality
education and producing
outstanding students.
“Christ students stand out in
the crowd because of our holistic
education,” says Dr Fr Abraham
Vettiyankal Mani, vice-chan-
cellor, Christ University. “Moral
values, social behaviour, empa-
thy, emotional development and
a meaningful approach towards
life are some of the things we
reinforce among students.”
Christ College was set up by
the Carmelites of Mary Im-
1969. The University Grants
Commission conferred autono-
my to Christ in 2004 and it was
declared a deemed to be univer-
sity in 2008. With a total 21,000
students, Christ University is
like a microcosm of India. The
university is popular across the
country and only 20 per cent of
its students are from Karnataka.
The university is future-
ready in various ways. For
instance, Christ completed its
entire admission process this
year online. Due to the Covid
pandemic, over 30,000 students
were screened and interviewed
online. The university is gearing
up to launch online classes and
conduct examinations online if
the pandemic situation does not
improve soon.
The Department of Com-
puter Sciences, which offers
undergraduate, postgraduate,

TOP
COLLEG E S
Ü

1 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHRIST (DEEMED

TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru
2 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES & RESEARCH, Pune

SANDESH RAVIKUMAR 3 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

4 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru
With an industry-relevant
5
curriculum and focus on ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Bengaluru

hands-on learning, Christ 6 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

sets the benchmark in 7 AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Noida
computer applications 8 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai
By Aravind Gowda 9 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai
10 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ahmedabad

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 BE S T Ü BCA No CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
C O L L EG E S
WHAT I LEARNED
IN COLLEGE

TOP
EMERGING COLLEGES OF THE CENTURY

Ü
1 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHRIST
(DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru JUGNU UBEROI
Bengaluru-based
2 AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Noida entrepreneur and president,
Alumni Association of Christ
3 M.S. RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, University
SCIENCE & COMMERCE, Bengaluru
BCom (1969-72)
4 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, Bengaluru
“The emphasis on
5 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA excellence, multi-
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka disciplinary learning
and holistic way
Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after
2000 were considered of life has contrib-
uted to the evolution
of Christ University
as an unparalleled,
PROF. JOY PAULOSE, Head of world-class
Guruspeak Department of Computer Sciences institution”

Three things Three things

done in the past
three years
✪ Global etiquette
modules, leader-
ship development
and self-esteem
modules have been
introduced in all
programmes
✪ Machine learning
and python pro-
gramming language
are now being
taught at the under-
graduate level
✪ Students have
access to an
advanced online
education tools
to enhance their
knowledge and
excel in academics.
Students even have
the option of writing
their examinations
remotely.
planned for
the future
✪ Enhance re-
Colleges with
search-related best male-female
work and encour-
age students to
student ratio
publish reports in Three emerging
journals indexed by trends in comput- 1 SARDAR PATEL
Scopus and Web of er application MAHAVIDYALAYA,
Science Indexes ✪ There is a Chandrapur, Maharashtra
✪ Increase scope growing demand
for PhD research
✪ A fast-track
for candidates 2 PIONEER COLLEGE OF ARTS
with postgraduate
programme for BCA background in data
& SCIENCE, Coimbatore
students—place- sciences, machine
ment offered in the learning and artifi-
3 SRI DHARMASTHALA
sixth semester to cial intelligence MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE
enable them to take ✪ Blockchain (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka
up a major industry technology is most
project through
stipend model while
sought after by 4 CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY -
students
they study through UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF
✪ IoT (Internet of
remote access. This Things) is set to be- COMPUTING, Mohali
is a first for any come omnipresent
private university in in the new decade 5 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF
Bengaluru. MANAGEMENT, Dewas, MP

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LOWEST COURSE FEE

Ü
FEE FOR THE
MPhil and PhD programmes, is one of COLLEGE
ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )
the most sought after. It has a hundred
1 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM
per cent placement record. “We have
COLLEGE, Coimbatore 33,000
had several innovations in teaching,
and a paradigm shift is taking place,” 2 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Erode 47,700
says Prof. Joy Paulose, the depart-
ment’s head. “This year, we received 3 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, Chandrapur 62,496
over 2,000 applications for the 120 4 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Tirupattur 62,880
seats in the Bachelor of Computer
Applications (BCA) programme. This 5 OM KOTHARI INST. OF MGMT & RESEARCH, Kota 70,500
demonstrates how strong we are 6 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA
in this field.”
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire 74,390
The BCA programme is designed
to arm students with the latest know
know- 7 S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE, Jaipur 76,200
how of IT. They have access to a well-
equipped lab with a network of latest 8 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS),
microprocessor-based computers and Tiruchirappalli 77,100
software. The curriculum covers the 9 BHAKTAVATSALAM MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR
fundamental principles of computer
WOMEN, Chennai 77,700
applications, design and development,
entrepreneurship and innovation, and 10 DEVKI DEVI JAIN MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR
technological advancement. WOMEN, Ludhiana 83,010
While the BCA modules are
rigorous, emphasis is given to practi- Course fee includes tuition and other fees

cal training, industry projects and

internships, which usually convert
into job offers. By the second or third
year, many students launch start-ups
supported by the department. The COLLEGES WITH BEST
modules encourage students to spend VALUE FOR MONEY Ü
more time in the lab or to undertake
problem-solving assignments rather COLLEGE RoI
than just attend classes. “Our teachers
are highly qualified and they focus on
1 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM
individual development. They have COLLEGE, Coimbatore 7.27
a research mindset; of the 45 faculty 2 S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE, Jaipur 5.71
members in the department, 40 are
PhDs. This indicates the importance 3 STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE, Jaipur 3.70
we give to research,” says Prof. Joy.
4 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Tirupattur 3.58
The university has taken several
initiatives to be student-friendly. The 5 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA
student council promotes learners’ COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire 3.23
welfare, launches programmes for
their personal growth and acts as 6 BHAKTAVATSALAM MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR
their line of communication with the WOMEN, Chennai 3.09
university administration and faculty. 7 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
“Our student-friendly policies ensure
SCIENCE Coimbatore 3.06
that the wards have an amazing aca-
demic experience,” says Fr Abraham. 8 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS),
The Christ alumni include civil Ahmedabad 3.05
servants, police officers, politicians,
entrepreneurs and filmmakers, and 9 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA SD
have helped promote the institu- COLLEGE, Chandigarh 2.76
tion in the corporate sector. This has
10 OM KOTHARI INST. OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, Kota 2.72
strengthened placements. n
RoI (return on investment) is average annual placement salary/ fee for entire course
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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
210 270 240 180 300 1,200 800 2,000
 1 2 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHRIST (DEEMED TO 152.2 207.2 204.0 161.3 223.1 947.8 794.9 1,742.7
BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
 2 1 SYMBIOSIS INST. OF COMPUTER STUDIES & RESEARCH, PUNE 163.8 226.7 182.0 138.8 237.0 948.3 788.2 1,736.5
3 3 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 173.2 174.4 204.3 147.3 229.0 928.2 794.3 1,722.5
 4 6 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 156.3 216.2 196.2 147.4 229.8 945.9 732.9 1,678.8
 5 8 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 160.3 192.8 191.4 150.8 241.9 937.2 739.2 1,676.4
 6 4 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 175.2 199.5 165.2 136.9 215.3 892.1 763.3 1,655.4
 7 5 AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NOIDA 123.9 208.3 197.2 146.8 214.0 890.2 756.0 1,646.2
 8 7 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 165.1 194.6 172.3 117.3 229.0 878.3 760.5 1,638.8
9 9 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 159.6 167.7 196.9 115.5 171.3 811.0 757.7 1,568.7
 10 13 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), AHMEDABAD 158.9 153.4 172.0 105.0 198.9 788.2 705.9 1,494.1
 11 12 JAGAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NEW DELHI 139.3 222.5 128.4 152.1 232.8 875.1 593.1 1,468.2
 12 10 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA SD COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 158.8 204.8 202.2 146.8 223.8 936.4 518.3 1,454.7
 13 11 DAV COLLEGE, SEC-10, CHANDIGARH 155.4 162.8 171.8 98.2 215.3 803.5 645.9 1,449.4
14 14 SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, IMS NOIDA, NOIDA 136.4 190.4 107.6 135.8 206.0 776.2 664.0 1,440.2
 15 16 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI 140.5 195.5 176.8 161.3 196.2 870.3 564.6 1,434.9
 16 18 M.S. RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & 137.3 138.8 178.8 84.7 232.3 771.9 654.5 1,426.4
COMMERCE, BENGALURU
 17 15 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 140.5 191.4 166.0 122.1 212.7 832.7 560.6 1,393.3
 18 19 ITS UG INSTITUTE, MOHAN NAGAR, GHAZIABAD 132.6 183.4 169.4 126.4 198.8 810.6 576.0 1,386.6
 19 22 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE 163.5 152.3 208.6 109.0 231.8 865.2 518.4 1,383.6
(AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA
 20 21 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 159.8 179.0 182.0 126.0 247.7 894.5 487.1 1,381.6
 21 17 PRESTIGE INST. OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, INDORE 155.5 223.0 193.9 143.1 209.1 924.6 447.0 1,371.6
 22 27 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 144.3 206.4 180.0 136.7 212.3 879.7 481.2 1,360.9
- 23 NP JAGANNATH INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT 139.5 172.2 145.4 129.3 198.0 784.4 565.2 1,349.6
SCHOOL, KALKAJI, NEW DELHI
- 24 NP MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 138.8 148.0 180.7 142.6 161.4 771.5 571.0 1,342.5
 25 20 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (KMV), JALANDHAR 174.1 161.2 155.3 89.2 226.3 806.1 529.2 1,335.3
 26 23 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 147.3 204.2 194.9 147.4 209.9 903.7 419.4 1,323.1
 27 24 FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS & INFORMATION 143.4 159.6 157.8 125.2 193.1 779.1 543.3 1,322.4
TECHNOLOGY, GLS UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD
 28 29 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 155.5 192.7 156.5 131.7 196.3 832.7 488.3 1,321.0
 29 31 AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW 130.1 200.8 218.5 141.3 202.1 892.8 428.0 1,320.8
30 30 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 143.0 167.0 190.7 152.9 205.4 859.0 461.5 1,320.5
 31 25 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU 135.3 182.2 182.1 125.5 206.5 831.6 488.8 1,320.4
 32 28 MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, ALANDI, PUNE 128.0 169.5 159.8 113.5 208.0 778.8 540.2 1,319.0
- 33 NP S.S. JAIN SUBODH PG (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE, JAIPUR 159.6 173.8 162.9 123.5 198.1 817.9 497.5 1,315.4
 34 32 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR 138.1 191.7 167.7 132.9 200.1 830.5 470.7 1,301.2
WOMEN, CHANDIGARH
35 35 DAV COLLEGE, HOSHIARPUR 149.8 215.1 195.3 133.4 203.1 896.7 403.0 1,299.7
 36 41 SIVANANDA SARMA MEMORIAL RV COLLEGE, BENGALURU 146.3 148.5 162.5 130.0 202.7 790.0 503.6 1,293.6
 37 33 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 133.1 136.3 132.3 110.0 194.6 706.3 583.7 1,290.0
 38 37 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLLEGE FOR 144.8 152.3 152.0 114.2 213.0 776.3 440.0 1,216.3
WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU
 39 34 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TN 159.8 169.0 191.4 104.5 208.4 833.1 371.6 1,204.7
 40 36 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR 128.8 182.1 178.5 144.0 180.3 813.7 361.3 1,175.0
WOMEN, COIMBATORE

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ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
210 270 240 180 300 1,200 800 2,000
 41 38 PARUL INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER APPLICATION, VADODARA 102.2 161.5 155.1 129.5 184.7 733.0 417.2 1,150.2
 42 39 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEWAS, MP 137.8 183.3 172.6 141.2 201.3 836.2 311.3 1,147.5
 43 40 SCHOOL OF COMPUTER & SYSTEMS SCIENCES, JAIPUR 122.4 179.6 189.1 134.3 220.0 845.4 301.5 1,146.9
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
 44 43 POST GRADUATE GOVT COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, CHANDIGARH 130.4 155.4 156.9 117.3 195.8 755.8 382.6 1,138.4
- 45 NP MOP VAISHNAV COLL. FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 152.3 138.1 136.0 147.8 207.3 781.5 334.0 1,115.5
 46 44 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLL. OF ARTS & 147.7 178.6 182.6 121.8 147.4 778.1 322.4 1,100.5
SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
 47 45 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 144.9 178.4 202.3 134.6 195.5 855.7 225.4 1,081.1
 48 42 BISHOP HEBER COLL. (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TN 133.2 133.3 139.6 53.7 141.7 601.5 459.3 1,060.8
 49 50 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 120.8 168.9 200.5 106.2 187.3 783.7 270.6 1,054.3
GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA
- 50 NP CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY-UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF 135.3 189.3 183.4 140.4 210.9 859.3 193.9 1,053.2
COMPUTING, MOHALI
 51 46 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 148.6 151.0 180.2 105.1 187.7 772.6 279.7 1,052.3
 52 47 GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 148.9 168.2 164.1 104.9 204.8 790.9 255.4 1,046.3
 53 49 B.B.K. DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 142.3 142.8 105.6 80.1 205.7 676.5 368.8 1,045.3
54 NP STANI MEMORIAL PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 133.0 171.1 176.1 127.6 209.1 816.9 220.8 1,037.7
 55 48 CHITKARA UNIV. INST. OF ENGINEERING & TECH, PATIALA 101.5 215.8 200.1 136.2 135.2 788.8 244.4 1,033.2
 56 51 DAV COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 141.2 197.1 163.6 126.7 150.0 778.6 247.1 1,025.7
 57 53 ST WILFREDS PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 116.8 192.4 173.2 130.9 201.3 814.6 206.7 1,021.3
 58 52 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 140.4 156.6 193.6 152.5 190.3 833.4 187.3 1,020.7
- 59 NP PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LUDHIANA 116.3 155.2 166.4 135.2 177.8 750.9 265.8 1,016.7
 60 59 DEPT OF COMPUTER APPL., ICFAI UNIV. SIKKIM, GANGTOK 130.4 167.0 166.7 138.1 181.0 783.2 147.5 930.7
- 61 NP THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, BHOPAL 149.8 148.7 132.8 79.6 176.7 687.6 241.5 929.1
 62 66 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 139.6 155.6 125.5 91.3 192.1 704.1 224.9 929.0
- 63 NP SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, POORNIMA 118.7 202.8 176.8 101.1 193.3 792.7 125.3 918.0
UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
 64 61 N.V. PATEL COLL. OF PURE & APPLIED 152.0 158.3 182.9 130.2 146.8 770.2 146.8 917.0
SCIENCES, VALLABH VIDYANAGAR, GUJARAT
 65 57 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR 136.9 160.8 129.6 151.2 192.8 771.3 139.6 910.9
WOMEN, CHENNAI
 66 56 UTTARANCHAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEHRADUN 96.1 152.7 176.7 121.8 224.8 772.1 137.8 909.9
 67 55 KONGU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 132.6 151.0 174.0 126.3 172.4 756.3 141.7 898.0
 68 62 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA 111.5 123.4 116.3 92.0 201.0 644.2 245.2 889.4
 69 74 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 102.3 180.1 178.1 138.6 187.5 786.6 102.0 888.6
 70 60 MUTHAYAMMAL COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, NAMAKKAL, TN 136.3 179.7 162.5 95.4 179.4 753.3 132.5 885.8
 71 58 T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 118.2 174.5 191.3 131.4 164.5 779.9 101.2 881.1
 72 64 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLL., COIMBATORE 157.1 166.0 153.0 99.5 197.3 772.9 99.1 872.0
 73 65 INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE, PUNE 103.7 158.1 77.9 58.9 173.2 571.8 286.8 858.6
 74 76 ROSARY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, SALCETE, GOA 143.0 145.5 126.9 127.8 179.6 722.8 115.8 838.6
 75 68 DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 118.3 146.8 124.8 73.5 177.4 640.8 189.3 830.1
 76 67 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE, TN 146.0 185.1 163.1 86.7 182.6 763.5 56.5 820.0
 77 84 PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 124.0 183.8 168.7 146.4 154.3 777.2 41.6 818.8
- 78 NP AXIS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, KANPUR 101.9 116.8 160.8 83.2 193.8 656.5 160.2 816.7
 79 77 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 129.6 144.0 45.0 57.8 187.3 563.7 251.3 815.0
 80 83 SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV 160.6 143.4 141.0 135.6 198.7 779.3 31.8 811.1
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI

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OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
210 270 240 180 300 1,200 800 2,000
 81 71 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 129.0 163.2 142.4 81.9 196.9 713.4 90.5 803.9
 82 72 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR 126.6 151.2 134.3 105.2 189.6 706.9 94.3 801.2
 83 70 DNYANPRASSARAK MANDAL’S COLLEGE & RESEARCH 134.8 152.9 139.9 120.6 188.2 736.4 63.3 799.7
CENTRE, MAPUSA, GOA
- 84 NP INDIAN ACADEMY DEGREE COLLEGE 128.6 137.0 121.2 33.1 153.2 573.1 224.2 797.3
(AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU
 85 75 MMK & SDM MAHILA MAHA VIDYALAYA, MYSURU 121.0 153.3 129.0 99.7 180.9 683.9 111.0 794.9
 86 78 DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANAJI 119.9 150.8 152.8 101.7 146.9 672.1 122.6 794.7
 87 82 ANNA ADARSH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 155.5 131.0 149.6 131.7 193.6 761.4 30.0 791.4
 88 80 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 145.8 154.1 170.9 106.4 195.9 773.1 0.0 773.1
- 89 NP BHAKTAVATSALAM MEMORIAL COLLEGE 114.4 128.2 105.3 9.1 177.8 534.8 204.0 738.8
FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 90 86 SHRI SHANKARLAL SUNDARBAI SHASUN JAIN 136.7 148.3 149.6 125.5 165.6 725.7 0.0 725.7
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 91 81 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 132.1 145.9 119.1 78.2 140.8 616.1 94.3 710.4
- 92 NP AMRAPALI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES, HALDWANI 83.7 149.6 178.1 97.4 194.9 703.7 0.0 703.7
- 93 NP MM INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS 113.5 137.7 158.4 67.6 168.0 645.2 49.0 694.2
MANAGEMENT, AMBALA
- 94 NP JNAN VIKAS MANDAL’S, MOHANLAL RAICHAND MEHTA 115.0 164.5 101.6 68.8 85.4 535.3 156.8 692.1
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, DIWALIMAA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE,
AMRITLAL RAICHAND MEHTA COLLEGE OF ARTS, DR R.T.
DOSHI COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, NAVI MUMBAI
- 95 NP ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE 119.8 133.0 108.1 40.4 135.0 536.3 142.0 678.3
STUDIES, BENGALURU
 96 93 SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 144.4 114.8 157.8 76.9 178.0 671.9 0.0 671.9
- 97 NP FR AGNEL COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PILAR, GOA 107.6 100.6 108.5 115.9 137.4 570.0 100.3 670.3
 98 92 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & 109.5 144.2 149.6 106.0 158.5 667.8 0.0 667.8
SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
- 99 NP DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATION, ICFAI 96.3 143.9 157.5 91.7 175.6 665.0 0.0 665.0
UNIVERSITY NAGALAND, DIMAPUR
- 100 NP OM KOTHARI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & 104.9 130.0 156.5 119.2 141.8 652.4 0.0 652.4
RESEARCH, KOTA
 101 96 PIONEER COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 127.2 144.6 131.0 84.5 156.3 643.6 0.0 643.6
- 102 NP VEL TECH RANGA SANKU ARTS COLLEGE, CHENNAI 108.4 119.1 162.9 94.2 118.0 602.6 0.0 602.6
- 103 NP MARTIN LUTHER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, SHILLONG 96.9 97.5 75.1 53.5 5.2 328.2 235.3 563.5
- 104 NP TECHNO INDIA, SALT LAKE, KOLKATA 73.1 136.2 97.7 52.6 149.0 508.6 51.4 560.0
- 105 NP CHEVALIER T. THOMAS ELIZABETH COLLEGE 128.1 139.7 119.4 97.4 64.9 549.5 6.1 555.6
FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
- 106 NP ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE 123.4 121.1 116.8 16.5 63.6 441.4 108.1 549.5
& COMMERCE, PUNE
- 107 NP DEVKI DEVI JAIN MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR 130.7 112.5 73.4 22.1 74.9 413.6 103.9 517.5
WOMEN, LUDHIANA
- 108 NP ALVA’S COLLEGE, MOODBIDRI, KARNATAKA 135.6 94.7 118.4 28.8 119.1 496.6 0.0 496.6
- 109 NP NAZARETH COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 131.3 96.0 118.4 39.5 109.6 494.8 0.0 494.8
- 110 NP JAGDISH CHANDRA DAV COLLEGE, DASUYA, PUNJAB 109.4 128.3 110.7 50.7 73.1 472.2 0.0 472.2

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the
parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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 Ü SOC I A L WOR K No TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES,
BE ST
COLLEGE S

CHANGEMAKERS
Students at TISS
Mumbai

LED BY THE HEART

1 52 INDIA TODAY J U LY 6 , 2 02 0
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hile most educational institutions

W
had little option but to close down
their operations during lockdown,
at the Tata Institute of Social Sci-
ences (TISS) in Deonar, Mumbai,
the activism continued. In fact,
faculty at the institute’s School of Social Work stepped
up their efforts to help the marginalised.
Professor Vijay Raghavan and the team at Prayas,
a field action project (FAP) of the school’s Centre for
Criminology and Justice, arranged cash transfers and
coordinated with non-governmental organisations
to provide ration support to around 1,300 families in
Mumbai. Staff at another of Centre’s FAP projects,
TANDA (Towards Advocacy, Networking and Devel-
opmental Action), organised food for 2,000 families
from nomadic and denotified tribes residing in the
slums of the Navi Mumbai region. “At TISS, we not

TOP
COLLEG E S

Ü
1 TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Mumbai
2 RAJAGIRI COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
(AUTONOMOUS), Kochi
3 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK,
DELHI SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK,
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, Delhi
4 MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, Chennai
5 LOYOLA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Thiruvananthapuram

6 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CHRIST

MILIND SHELTE
In times like these, social work is more
necessary than ever—from on-ground work
and advocacy to engaging with the state
By Suhani Singh
(DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru
7 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK,
MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai
8 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK,
LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai
9 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
Chennai
10 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK,
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh
 BE S T Ü SOC I A L WOR K , T I SS, M U M BA I
C O L L EG E S

SHUBHADA MAITRA
Guruspeak Dean, School of Social Work, TISS

“THE CORONAVIRUS HAS CAUSED A

WHAT I LEARNED REORGANISATION OF FIELDWORK AND
IN COLLEGE RESEARCH AND LED TO AN ENGAGEMENT
WITH RELATED SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES”

Three changes 83 to 78. This was

made in the past done to address
three years overlaps in the Online Learning
curriculum and Platform
✪ A global
give students more
partnership was
time to engage
established with Three emerging
in curricular and
the Right Livelihood trends in the
co-curricular
PAROMITA GOSWAMI Award Foundation, study of social
pursuits outside the
MSW, 1995 Stockholm, which work
classroom
Founder and makes School of
President, Com- Social Work one ✪ In the wake ✪ Shift of the
munity Organisation, of the 11 Right of COVID -19, focus away
Shramik Elgar; Livelihood Colleges end-of-semester from individuals
member, AAP’s RLCs) across the assessments to groups,
Maharashtra globe. RLCs are were conducted communities
committee an interactive link in remote/ virtual and society
between academia mode; nearly 900 ✪ Addressing
and civil society candidates were structural barriers
TISS gave organisations part of online to reduce inequality
me a set of values and activists. An personal interviews among the
which pushed me RLC institution for the eight MA underprivileged and
to think of the also has affiliate programmes in disadvantaged
membership status Social Work
vulnerable and with the UNESCO- ✪ Inclusion and
disadvantaged, as
disadvantaged based International diversity with
well as the faculty Association of
A new initiative a greater focus
of critical enquiry planned for on disabilities,
Universities (IAU).
and the confidence the future non-normative
✪ The overall
to ask questions programme credits
✪ Online teaching sexualities and Dalit
and seek solutions. through the TISS and tribal issues
were reduced from
At TISS, I learned
that it’s not enough
to be theoretical
in our approach—
we must also be only teach, but we try to practise lenges”, that makes the institute’s
committed to field what we are teaching our students,” social work programme sought
work and seek out says Raghavan. “The knowledge after. “It’s a beautiful place where
meaningful ways gained is fed back into teaching.” there is freedom to do things and to
in which to make The Field Action Projects are think out of the box,” says Panchal.
a change. The like laboratories where students en- “Service is very important and
two-year course gage with people on the ground and everybody cannot do it. It requires
makes students with state systems. Assistant profes- a lot of training and capacity.” That
look deeper within sor Trupti Panchal, chairperson of only comes by being on the field,
themselves, at our Women Centred Social Work, one notes Panchal. “It’s only through live
own privileges and of the eight social work disciplines, examples you can understand the
biases, especially feels that it is this engagement, problem, contextualise it and create
while working combined with the “richness of those empathies. The richness [field
in the field” theory” and the desire “to innovate work] brings to education is non-
interventions and take up chal- negotiable.” What field work also

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 TOP
EMERGING COLLEGES COLLEGES WITH THE
IN SOCIAL WORK

Ü
LOWEST COURSE FEES

Ü
COLLEGE CITY FEE FOR THE
COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( ` )

1 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CHRIST 1 TIRPUDE COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK, Nagpur 9,390
(DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru
2 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Thrissur 9,600
2 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru
3 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai 10,320
3 MSW PROGRAM, PRASANNA SCHOOL OF
4 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, MADRAS
PUBLIC HEALTH, MAHE, Manipal
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai ₹ 10,751
4 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Mangaluru
5 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, DELHI
5 AIMS INSTITUTES, Bengaluru SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF
DELHI, New Delhi ₹ 27,780

Colleges whose first batch graduated out in or after 2000 Note: Course fees include tuition and other fees
were considered

COLLEGES WITH COLLEGES WITH THE BEST

THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY MALE FEMALE STUDENT RATIO

Ü
Ü

COLLEGE RoI COLLEGE

1 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, MADRAS 1 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, LOYOLA

CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai 32.56 COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

2 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai 31.98 2 THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Bhopal

3 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, 3 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHARA COLLEGE

ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 20.35 (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka

4 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Thrissur 17.72 4 SRI KRISHNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, Coimbatore

5 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, DELHI SCHOOL 5 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS),

OF SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, Delhi 16.20 Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu

RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on

the average annual placement salary/ fee for entire course

does is help overcome the drudgery of a classroom. It helps

Average annual that 24 credits across two years are devoted to field work,
Average starting salary with each student putting in 900 hours.
course fee of students TISS is adapting to the changes that COVID-19 has
of the top 10 graduating
colleges brought to education worldwide. Apart from online teach-
from the top 10 ing and admissions, Shubhada Maitra, the dean of School
`
54,266 `
4,44,943 of Social Work, said that there will be “a reorganisation of
fieldwork and research” and also “engagement with socio-
economic issues related to COVID-19”. n

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 BE S T
C O L L EG E S Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü SOC I A L WOR K

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2019 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2020
180 270 210 240 300 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, MUMBAI 152.0 223.2 161.8 198.8 247.3 983.1 793.9 1,777.0
 2 3 RAJAGIRI COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (AUTONOMOUS), 138.4 198.1 174.7 174.3 251.1 936.6 776.3 1,712.9
KOCHI
 3 2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, DELHI SCHOOL OF SOCIAL 154.0 196.8 158.1 174.6 220.3 903.8 791.5 1,695.3
WORK, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, DELHI
4 4 MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, CHENNAI 111.7 164.1 134.2 188.7 226.7 825.4 744.6 1,570.0
5 5 LOYOLA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, 131.0 182.9 163.0 172.5 184.4 833.8 683.3 1,517.1
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
 6 7 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 115.1 155.5 172.4 143.8 201.4 788.2 624.2 1,412.4
UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
 7 8 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, MADRAS CHRISTIAN 143.1 172.2 158.6 197.6 223.1 894.6 505.1 1,399.7
COLLEGE, CHENNAI
 8 10 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, LOYOLA COLLEGE 132.1 161.7 157.0 150.4 172.8 774.0 508.7 1,282.7
(AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI
 9 13 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 111.1 139.1 147.5 127.6 141.1 666.4 506.9 1,173.3
 10 11 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, ALIGARH MUSLIM 133.7 154.4 148.2 142.3 256.3 834.9 329.7 1,164.6
UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH
 11 12 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 107.2 176.5 186.9 172.1 241.4 884.1 279.6 1,163.7
 12 16 SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, ROSHNI NILAYA (AUTONOMOUS), 95.9 146.1 131.4 129.3 177.1 679.8 482.6 1,162.4
MANGALURU
 13 14 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL 98.2 178.1 156.8 94.7 141.8 669.6 465.2 1,134.8
SCIENCES, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, AJMER
 14 15 UDAIPUR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, UDAIPUR 106.8 132.7 111.4 115.5 169.4 635.8 474.2 1,110.0
 15 17 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, 116.1 156.3 154.7 150.4 169.9 747.4 339.8 1,087.2
TAMIL NADU
 16 20 MSW PROGRAM, PRASANNA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 114.5 194.7 169.1 148.5 112.7 739.5 319.2 1,058.7
MAHE, MANIPAL
 17 19 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 95.5 139.5 148.7 116.9 115.0 615.6 345.9 961.5
- 18 NP SRI RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYALAYA COLLEGE OF ARTS & 74.7 135.2 122.6 133.5 89.2 555.2 403.4 958.6
SCIENCE, COIMBATORE
 19 21 AIMS INSTITUTES, BENGALURU 99.0 146.8 146.0 154.1 160.4 706.3 247.8 954.1
 20 22 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 101.0 134.6 135.6 159.9 144.9 676.0 252.9 928.9
- 21 NP THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, BHOPAL 79.6 142.7 156.5 116.2 107.3 602.3 274.8 877.1
 22 23 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR 111.4 140.2 133.1 111.4 144.1 640.2 219.7 859.9
- 23 NP SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 99.6 153.7 156.4 136.7 128.7 675.1 180.5 855.6
COIMBATORE
24 24 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE 98.3 118.6 157.8 113.0 115.2 602.9 198.3 801.2
(AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA
 25 30 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 85.5 111.0 142.9 111.2 143.2 593.8 155.3 749.1
 26 25 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 84.3 141.5 131.4 119.5 166.9 643.6 103.8 747.4
 27 31 SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV 97.3 99.5 131.1 93.6 114.0 535.5 131.9 667.4
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI
 28 26 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS, BENGALURU 83.5 139.1 128.3 141.0 114.3 606.2 54.1 660.3
- 29 NP BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 82.9 140.2 149.1 119.2 109.4 600.8 55.3 656.1
 30 28 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 86.7 93.0 133.4 144.5 109.3 566.9 88.0 654.9
 31 29 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, 98.6 119.6 142.9 103.5 139.9 604.5 49.3 653.8
COIMBATORE
 32 27 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 81.1 111.5 122.8 120.5 146.7 582.6 69.9 652.5
- 33 NP DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANAJI 43.1 65.5 99.7 101.3 95.1 404.7 173.4 578.1
 34 33 NAZARETH COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 80.6 107.1 119.8 128.3 113.6 549.4 0.0 549.4
 35 32 SHREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 83.8 125.1 130.6 64.8 109.4 513.7 0.0 513.7

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the
parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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 Ü FASH ION DESIG N NAT IONA L I NSTIT U TE OF FASH ION
BE ST No

COLLEGE S

CUTTING EDGE
Fashion forward NIFT stands firmly on the top, ever quick to adapt
to changes in the field of fashion and design studies
By Shelly Anand
SHEKHAR GHOSH

he culture of creativity

T
and innovation at the Na-
tional Institute of Fashion
Technology (NIFT),
Delhi, is deeply embedded
in its method of teaching,
course curriculum, faculty training and
student mentorship programmes. Always
quick to adapt to changes in the field of
fashion and introduce them into the insti-
tute’s learning processes, NIFT Delhi had
revamped its entire curriculum in 2017
to offer major and minor subjects. Now,
courses such as artificial intelligence, block
chain technology, machine learning and
data learning are also taught.
The NIFT Delhi campus, spread
over 4.16 acres, is always brimming with
activities—cultural events, fashion shows,
industry visits, seminars, or even just stu-
dents gathered in the atrium, brainstorm-
ing ideas for projects or the faculty engaged
in discussions with students in and outside
classrooms. Set up in 1986 under the aegis
of the Union ministry for textiles, in techni-
cal collaboration with the State University
of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technol- DESIGNED TO PERFECTION
Students of NIFT, Delhi, in a
ogy, NIFT Delhi is the only institute to have design class
featured in the world’s 20 best fashion insti-

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TEC H NOLOGY, DE L H I
TOP
COLLEG E S
1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY (NIFT)
2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
7 PEARL ACADEMY
8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
9 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
10 PEARL ACADEMY
Ü
New Delhi
Bengaluru
Chennai tutes in the CEO global ranking
for fashion institutes in 2017.
Patna
Almost 70 per cent of India’s
Gandhinagar designers and some of the biggest
names in the industry—Rajesh
Hyderabad Pratap Singh, Suket Dhir, Ritu
Beri and Gaurav Gupta, among
New Delhi
others—are NIFT Delhi alumni.
Kolkata The design institute, in its 34
years of existence, has improvised
Pune on several fronts—their handling
of the Covid crisis being one
Jaipur
example. Professor Vandana Na-
rang, campus director and dean,
NIFT Delhi, says: “I think all
of us have realised during these
months how technology can be
used effectively. Both the faculty
and students had to shift to on-
line classes due to the lockdown
and, collectively, we all had to
find ways to get the work done.”
It was not easy, though,
to shift to this ‘new normal’ of
learning. It has been a challenge
for the faculty to teach certain
subjects online. For students,
too, working on projects has
been hard, with not enough re-
sources at hand. The foundation
course students, for example,
work a lot with colours for their
assignments, but because of
the lockdown, not everyone
had access at home to tools and
the materials required. “In this
specific case, students were told
by their professors to get hold of
the spice box in their kitchens
and make colours from spices.
Similarly, they were asked to use
plants and flowers in and around
their homes to create colours and
natural dyes,” says Narang.
With the advantage of a
 BE S T Ü FASH ION DESIG N No N I FT, DE L H I
C O L L EG E S

TOP
EMERGING COLLEGES OF THIS CENTURY

state-of-the-art campus, expe- 1 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN Pune

rienced and committed fac-
ulty members and well-equipped 2 PEARL ACADEMY Jaipur
laboratories with laser cutting,
3D printing and CNC machines, 3 AMITY SCHOOL OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Noida
NIFT Delhi is where students are
exposed to industry and market
4 JD INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Bengaluru

trends. They have to work with 5 ARMY INSTITUTE OF FASHION & DESIGN Bengaluru
craftspersons and clusters to
learn traditional skills from the Colleges whose first batch graduated in or after
2000 were considered
masters. They are also expected to
take on industry internships. In
2019, a memorandum of under-
standing was signed between
VANDANA NARANG Dean (Academics); Campus
NIFT Delhi and Blackberrys
menswear brand, set up by three
Guruspeak director, NIFT, Delhi
NIFT alumni, to start a scholar-
ship programme for students of
masters of fashion technology. Three things made it clear that
Under this programme, based done in the students need to
on need and merit, fee for one past three learn and inno-
years vate at the same
student for the entire duration ✪ Keeping in time. The stress
of the course will be paid for by view the shift now will be on
Blackberrys. in industry and training them to
As part of the institute’s technology, we think and work
international collaborations and revamped the out designs with
tie-ups, NIFT Delhi has col- curriculum in whatever mate-
2017. Students duced courses rial they have on
laborated with Massey University, such as mind
get to study ma- hand
New Zealand. The association, jors and minors management,
which began in 2016, has resulted in subjects such personality
development, un- Three emerging
in students from both universities as management
derstanding food trends in the
collaborating on projects. In 2019, and technology. study of fashion
Now, artificial as an inspiration
for fashion, and design
intelligence, block ✪ As students
chain technology, ceramics
✪ Last year, we learn to innovate
machine learning at home, given
During the and data learning signed a mem-
the current situa-
orandum of un-
lockdown, are also taught.
Moreover, under- derstanding with tion, recycle and
upcycle will be
students were graduate stu- Shahi Exports to
the trend now
set up a research
encouraged dents of fashion
design can now chair in our ✪ Responsible
by teachers to study couture department of fashion is in, fast
fashion is out.
fashion technol-
use spices and design. They can,
in fact, choose to ogy in the area of The focus will be
flowers to make become a fashion apparel industry on quality and not
quantity. That will
natural colours designer, cos-
tume designer or New things
be reflected in
and dyes a stylist. planned for the
the way students
will study fash-
✪ The institute future ion design in the
has also intro- ✪ Covid has future

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about eight students, along with fac-
ulty members, from Massey visited
the NIFT Delhi campus to work on
a design project—creating an out-of-
the-box product for circular fashion.
Six students from NIFT Delhi
worked on this project which was
later presented at the New Zealand
High Commission in Delhi.
Change is constant in the world
of fashion and couture. Fast fashion
is on its way out. In the coming days,
design education, bespoke clothes,
sustainability, interesting silhou-
ettes and structured garments will
be in vogue. “Sustainability is a big
issue. It’s more about measuring
and mapping your own footprint,"
says Narang. One of the essential re-
quirements for any fashion designer
to carve a niche is to offer consum-
ers something unusual. NIFT Delhi
works hard to train its students to
think out-of-the-box. n

COLLEGES WITH THE WHAT I LEARNED IN

LOWEST COURSE FEE COLLEGE
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FEE FOR ENTIRE
COLLEGE
COURSE ( ` )

1 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, Coimbatore 104,340

2 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (AUTONOMOUS), Jalandhar 110,835
3 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF
ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore 114,000
4 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, Bengaluru 120,000 SUKET DHIR
NIFT Delhi, 2005 batch
5 DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS), Kota 130,000
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1 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, Bengaluru 3.8 are pioneers
2 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (AUTONOMOUS), Jalandhar 1.9 in the field.
3 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore 1.7 For my en-
4 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE trance, I was
(AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore 1.7 interviewed by
5 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF Satya Paul. De-
ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore 1.6
RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual
signers such as
placement salary/ fees for the entire course Raghavendra
Rathore, Da-
COLLEGES WITH BEST vid Abraham,
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COLLEGE CITY
and Sabyasa-
1 IMS DESIGN AND INNOVATION ACADEMY, Noida chi Mukherjee
2 ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, Bengaluru were regulars
3 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore to interact with
4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, Patna the students”
5 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore

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C O L L EG E S Ü RANKS & SCORES OF COLLEGES
Ü FA SH ION DE SIG N

OVER- OVERALL COLLEGE AND CITY INTAKE ACADEMIC INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL
ALL RANK QUALITY & EXCELLENCE TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION SCORE SCORE SCORE
RANK 2018 GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT
2019
180 300 180 240 300 1,200 800 2,000
1 1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY (NIFT), 146.0 268.5 132.0 209.9 275.6 1,032.0 800.0 1,832.0
NEW DELHI

 2 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 134.3 257.7 127.0 183.8 233.2 936.0 772.1 1,708.1

 3 4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI 120.3 220.7 131.1 162.0 217.2 851.3 725.2 1,576.5

 4 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, PATNA 126.5 222.0 147.8 164.5 262.3 923.1 649.0 1,572.1

 5 9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, GANDHINAGAR 134.3 248.1 122.3 174.4 212.5 891.6 671.1 1,562.7

 6 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD 120.1 182.4 132.6 161.1 218.2 814.4 725.6 1,540.0

7 7 PEARL ACADEMY, NEW DELHI 124.9 226.5 102.6 156.4 203.6 814.0 697.9 1,511.9

8 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA 122.5 223.7 99.7 153.9 202.6 802.4 694.1 1,496.5

 9 14 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, PUNE 114.1 195.9 118.2 177.4 213.8 819.4 631.0 1,450.4

 10 11 PEARL ACADEMY, JAIPUR 107.8 217.0 118.0 153.3 210.7 806.8 625.3 1,432.1

 11 12 AMITY SCHOOL OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, NOIDA 101.6 168.6 109.3 132.3 232.6 744.4 545.3 1,289.7

 12 13 JD INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 115.5 163.6 93.1 156.1 171.1 699.4 505.2 1,204.6

 13 15 ARMY INSTITUTE OF FASHION & DESIGN, BENGALURU 112.4 144.4 112.4 120.9 216.3 706.4 497.7 1,204.1

 14 16 PEARL ACADEMY, NOIDA 94.7 155.6 85.0 111.8 180.6 627.7 484.0 1,111.7

- 15 NP MAHARSHI KARVE STREE SHIKSHAN SAMSTHA’S SCHOOL 107.7 156.1 112.6 135.7 188.1 700.2 289.0 989.2
OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, PUNE
- 16 NP DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN, MANIPAL SCHOOL OF 98.0 192.4 135.1 108.1 137.2 670.8 301.0 971.8
ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, UDUPI
 17 18 IMS DESIGN & INNOVATION ACADEMY, NOIDA 95.7 143.6 108.1 164.3 150.0 661.7 295.6 957.3

- 18 NP ITM INSTITUTE OF DESIGN & MEDIA, MUMBAI 85.2 113.5 81.2 75.9 183.5 539.3 414.2 953.5

 19 21 NORTHERN INDIA INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, 101.8 156.5 80.2 145.4 171.3 655.2 217.4 872.6
MOHALI

20 20 FASHION & APPAREL DESIGN, T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 109.0 127.7 99.1 153.6 167.7 657.1 207.8 864.9

 21 22 AMITY SCHOOL OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW 101.5 145.8 122.6 97.7 155.0 622.6 196.7 819.3

 22 24 AXIS INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR 79.1 152.9 118.7 118.2 145.2 614.1 204.9 819.0

 23 25 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU 105.7 151.6 120.2 134.9 156.2 668.6 143.6 812.2

- 24 NP VOGUE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN, BENGALURU 75.8 163.7 129.8 124.1 128.2 621.6 189.2 810.8

 25 23 BBK DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 104.1 107.1 102.3 153.5 135.6 602.6 187.3 789.9

 26 19 NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 101.3 121.8 115.4 133.6 168.7 640.8 145.7 786.5

- 27 NP WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONAL, MUMBAI 75.0 115.0 84.7 81.3 196.8 552.8 231.0 783.8

- 28 NP RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 104.6 127.6 115.8 151.5 216.3 715.8 65.8 781.6

29 29 DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 102.0 102.3 100.0 80.1 176.8 561.2 214.2 775.4
COIMBATORE

 30 28 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (AUTONOMOUS), JALANDHAR 106.0 118.5 101.3 147.0 126.9 599.7 174.2 773.9

 31 27 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE 104.9 120.7 120.9 113.1 158.0 617.6 145.0 762.6
(AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE
 32 26 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 106.1 110.1 109.9 149.6 128.3 604.0 157.1 761.1
COIMBATORE

 33 31 ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, BENGALURU 110.1 73.8 117.3 89.7 116.6 507.5 181.6 689.1

 34 30 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 85.5 127.9 79.4 95.7 120.0 508.5 0.0 508.5
COIMBATORE

 35 32 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 90.3 71.3 56.3 13.3 118.9 350.1 0.0 350.1

NP: Not participated. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place. This may result in rounding off errors while adding the
parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during Perceptual Survey have been assigned 0.0 marks in Perceptual Score

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FOOTBALL’S Q&A WITH

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CINEMA

SWEPT BY
THE MALAYALAM
NEW WAVE
Original and consistent
enough to have become a
sure-footed movement,
Malayalam cinema has
come into its own in
recent years

MOVIE MAGIC
(from top) Stills from
Angamaly Diaries,
Trance, Kumbalangi
Nights, Ee. Ma. Yau,
Thondimuthalum
Driksakshiyum
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Most serious film buffs know something
special has been happening in Malay-
alam cinema in recent years. The wave
has been driven by the auteurist visions
of directors and producers like Lijo Jose
Pellissery and Aashiq Abu, and stories
that provide charming, ground-level
views of a milieu without sacrificing
big-picture commentary. Here are some
favourites from the past five years.
Ottaal (2014, Netflix)
This visually stunning, heart-breaking
work is an adaptation of the Chekhov
short story Vanka, about an unhappy
little boy writing a letter. However, the
source text is almost incidental, because
this film’s beating heart is the terrain in
which it unfolds: the Kuttanad back-
waters where an eight-year-old minds
ducks with his grandfather. The many
beautiful images—a boat rowing across
a breath-taking network of canals, a
“nameless dog” running alongside the
shore—are markers of a childhood
about to end. They help you see how
much this boy is part of his setting.
Angamaly Diaries (2017, Netflix)
Ee. Ma. Yau. (2018, Amazon Prime)
[Two films by Lijo Jose Pellissery]
If Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wassey-
pur presented small-town gang wars in
the format of a multi-generational epic,
Pellissery’s Angamaly Diaries operates
in a more intimate meter. It begins with
a catchy folk song, celebrating Kochi’s
Angamaly suburb, and introduces us to
the handsome, somewhat goofy Vincent
Pepe who gets in trouble as he rises up
the ranks of the local pork trade. This
is a film with surprising lightness of
touch, even though its piece de resis-
tance is a complex, unbroken 11-minute
take with the camera weaving past hun-
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dreds of people at a crowded festival.
Pellissery also uses many long takes
in Ee. Ma. Yau., about a man’s increas-
ingly futile efforts to give his father the
dignified funeral he had asked for. This
is a poignant yet funny portrayal of
death—and the rituals and sideshows
around death. There is genuine loss and
grief, but also marvellous depictions of
the more performative aspects of grief;
the story moves effortlessly between a
droll and a mournful one. It even has a
sleuthing priest, who has been asked to
perform the last rites but seems to think
he is investigating a murder!
Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
(2017, Hotstar) [loosely translated:
“The stolen item and the witness”]
One of many low-key Malayalam films
that might seem random and diffused,
but translate superbly on screen, turn-
ing an everyday story into something
compelling and multi-layered. A mar-
ried couple is caught up in the whim-
sical politics of a small-town police
station after a cheeky thief—played by
Fahadh Faasil in one of his star-making
roles—steals and swallows the woman’s
gold chain. (“I don’t give up till the end.
That’s how I am,” the man says, almost
bashfully, when unmasked.) Many des-
tinies intersect, character revealed and
redemption sought; and in between all
this, there is also a terrific chase scene.
(from left) Stills from
Ottaal, Sexy Durga and
Sudani from Nigeria
Sexy Durga (2017)
The title of Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s
film was changed to S Durga to avoid
hurting “religious sentiments”—which
is ironic, given that part of the point it
makes is how women are oppressed
in a society that adores goddesses.
The story centres on the contrast
between Durga the goddess and a
flesh-and-blood woman terrorised in
increasingly unsubtle ways when she
and her boyfriend hitch a ride late at
night. The film’s stylistic decisions—
the use of lengthy held shots within a
cramped space, for instance—make
the viewer feel as discomfited as the
protagonists; the ending combines
bare-bones realism with the aesthetic
of a surreal horror film where society
itself is the predatory monster.
Sudani from Nigeria
(2018, Netflix)
A Nigerian footballer, playing for a
small Keralite club, is called “Sudani”
by the locals because that’s what they
think all Africans are. This cultural
disconnect is the precursor to other
misunderstandings and barriers that
develop between this young man and
his manager, especially when the
former loses his passport and needs
to get back home. No flourishes here,
just simple narrative filmmaking
done with tremendous heart.

Kumbalangi Nights (2019,
Amazon Prime)
Four brothers live together in an
unhygienic little nook of a Kochi
village. There are no women in
their lives, but that is about to
change, and with it will come a
new sense of responsibility. But
they must also set differences aside
and take on a big bad wolf—some-
one who is ostensibly a responsible
“family man” but with a psychotic
side. The film is effortless in how
it unfolds, how every character arc
seems organically realised even as
it reaches for allegory near the end.
One of the triumphs of its year.
Trance (2020, Amazon Prime)
The most recent film on this list—
about a motivational speaker who,
haunted by his brother’s death,
becomes a pawn in the spirituality
“business”—is also an outlier. Most
of the other films mentioned here
are spare, lean, characterised by
storytelling economy; Trance is an
audacious work. It looks different
too, set in urban environments and
featuring men in sharp suits rather
than mundus. But that is part of
the point, since this is a tale about
appearances and the webs we
weave to try and take an elevator—
rather than a staircase—to the top.
Incidentally, there is also a hat-tip
to the 1997 sci-fi film Contact.n
—Jai Arjun Singh
LEISURE
CINEMA
State of the Art
Bengali director Aneek Chaudhuri is so taken by films
coming out of Kerala, he has made a film in Malayalam
engali film-
B maker Aneek
Chaudhuri is
a fan of the
ingenious narratives
emerging out of Ma-
layalam cinema. “They
have discovered a way
to integrate mainstream
and parallel cinema,”
says Chaudhuri, citing
films like Premam (2015),
Kumbalangi Nights (2019),
Jallikattu (2019), Android
Kunjappan Version 5.25
(2019), Chola (2019) and
Trance (2020). Describ-
ing the craft of actors
like Fahadh Faasil, Nivin
Pauly and Soubin Shahir,
he adds, “Greatness is an
understatement.”
When it came to mak-
ing his first spoken word
feature after three silent
ones, Chaudhuri picked
Malayalam over his mother
tongue. He wrote the story
in English and got it trans-
lated to Malayalam. Set in
Kerala but shot entirely
in Kolkata, Katti Nrittam
(Knife Dance) was part of to make a Malayalam
the Cannes Film Market,
held virtually for the first
film can be attributed to
his frustration with the
time, from June 22 to 26. current state of Bengali
Inspiration for the cinema. “I can’t find hope
thriller came from a 2018 in it,” he says. “There is no
trip to Kerala. Chaudhuri sense of unity.” To survive
had visited the famed on making alternative cin-
dance institute, Kerala ema, he feels, has become
Kalamandalam, and especially difficult.
seen a performance of Chaudhuri mentions
the Kathakali drama, his contemporaries such
Subhadraharanam as Aditya Vikram Sengup-
(Subhadra’s Abduction). ta (Labour of Love, 2014),
It stuck with him for its Bauddhayan Mukherji ( The
“brave” interpretation of Violin Player, 2015), Ronny
an episode from the Ma- Sen (Cat Sticks, 2019), Ind-
habharata. “Usually, gods rasis Achary (Pupa, 2017)
are praised and their dark and Qaushiq Mukherjee
side is not revealed,” he (popularly known as ‘Q’) as
says. “This [performance] the few voices of Bengal’s
showed Arjuna as a kid- independent movement.
napper who has Krishna’s “The problem with us is
support.” In Chaudhuri’s we want to make cinema
modern interpretation, and have more impor-
Arjuna (Rahul Sreeniva- tant things to deal with
san, sole Malayali actor than egos,” he says. This
in an otherwise Bengali explains why Chaudhuri is
cast) is a failed Kathakali contemplating a move to
dancer who embarks on a Kerala: “The whole land-
killing spree. scape inspires me.”n
Chaudhuri’s decision –Suhani Singh
K
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DHU
CHAU d with
ate
is frustr t state of
c urren
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cinema
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(left) Aneek Chaudhuri; and a
still from Katti Nrittam
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RAJA RAVI VARMA PAINTINGS

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VIRTUALLY MASTERFUL
Not just does a new Google exhibit bring together much of Raja Ravi Varma’s
work, it also uses technology to make it accessible and interactive

I
n Reena Mohan’s 1992 documen-
tary about Kamlabai Gokhale, there’s
a moment when the remarkably lively
nonagenarian actor remembers Da-
dasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian
cinema, whose 1913 mythological Mohini
Bhasmasur made Gokhale one of the
first Indian women to appear on screen.
Her gaze settles contentedly on an image she
has clearly held in her mind for nearly 80 years.
“Black sherwani, pagri on his head, specta-
cles,” she says. “He was like someone in a Ravi
Varma painting. It made you happy to see him.”
Raja Ravi Varma may well be the only
Indian artist to have achieved such instant
recall, and retained it for a century and a half.
Born in 1848 into a family close to the Travan-
core royals, he was already a household name
in Gokhale’s turn-of-the-century childhood.
Starting as a portraitist to princes, Varma’s
printing press made his work wildly popu-
lar in reproduction. His chromolithographs

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of Hindu deities and his scenes from starting point to discover the beauty of
the epics and myths became calendar his art for the first time.”
art and advertisements. Millions were
happy to see them.
Google names nine partner organ-
isations for this online exhibition, of
INDIA
On April 29 this year, Ravi Varma’s whom the most important appear to be SEARCH
172nd birth anniversary, Google Arts the Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation,
and Culture unveiled a massive digital with eight stories, and the Raja Ravi
retrospective of his work, with over 700 Varma Heritage Foundation, with 20.
images and videos. Although many of Each individual image is usefully an- Three more
these were already online, the Google ex ex- notated, but curatorial text across stories Google Arts and
hibit offers higher resolution images and is marred by repetition, contradiction, Culture Themes
new kinds of access by grouping works non-standardised spelling and even relating to India
from across museums into thematic typos. For instance, a panel in one story
‘stories’, creating a display that caters to reads: “Repeated demand for copies of
a wide range of visitors. his paintings led Sir Madhava Rao, the Women in India:
You can choose, for instance, to go diwan of Travancore, to suggest that Unheard Stories
on a photographic tour of Varma have some of his This is a marvellously thought-
the Kilimanoor Palace in paintings reproduced as ful response to the skewed
Kerala, Varma’s home. You prints. Although paintings coverage of women in the
The exhibit of of- media. Online exhibits range
can attend to his realistic were earlier sent to Europe,
fers searchers from “Inspirational Firsts’ like
detailing of jewellery, or mainly Germany, to be litho-
a wealth of Dr Rakhmabai, the first prac-
look at plants in his images. graphed... Ravi Varma chose
detail, while tising woman doctor in India, to
You can focus on a particu- to set up his own printing
encouraging present-day women scientists;
lar painting, like ‘The Bom- press in Maharashtra in
art newbies to from depictions of the female
bay Songstress’—displayed 1894 instead.” Another story
become Raja body in Indian temple art, to
here with a brief musical narrates the same thing
Ravi Varma stories about women artists.
clip from the classical differently, and with alterna-
lovers
singer Anjanibai Malpe- tive spellings: “It was the Crafted in India
kar, who may have been its repeated demand for copies Created in collaboration with
subject. You can go beyond of his paintings which led to the Dastkari Haat Samiti and
Varma to works stylisti- the suggestion by Dewan Sir others, ‘Crafted in India’ is a
cally inspired by him, in portraiture or Tanjavur Madhava Row that Ravi Varma rare virtual engagement with
in popular advertising, where his style send some of his paintings to Europe to the variety of artisanal skills
was copied as standard form. You can have them oleographed.” that still survive in India. With
watch a video about designer khadi saris Elsewhere, the facts get confusing: videos that take you from a
that duplicate Varma paintings. You can “The Ravi Varma Fine Art Lithographic wood-carving town in Uttar
run a search for all the green images, or Press was set up in first in Ghatkopar Pradesh to an Assamese or-
all the yellow ones. The ‘A rt Transfer’ and eventually in Lonavala”, we read ganisation making paper from
feature turns your photos into artworks, in ‘The Gods Came Home’. But an- rhino and elephant dung, this is
while ‘A rt Projector’ can bring a work other story on the press states equally the best kind of travel, and not
into your living room. “We aim to de- categorically that “The Ravi Varma just in Covid times.
velop technology that lowers some of the Fine Art Lithographic Press was set up
Indian Railways
barriers to accessing culture, and is play
play- in Girgaum, Bombay, and commenced
The brilliant Indian Railways
ful and engaging,” Simon Rein, program its operations”. These may seem like
exhibit caters as much to
manager at Google Arts and Culture, quibbles, but they represent a wider ten-
history and engineering
told me on email. “People who know and dency, especially rife online. If Google
nerds as to wannabe virtual
love Ravi Varma’s work already will have Arts and Culture wants its India-specific travellers, introducing you to
plenty to find when reading the stories exhibitions to match those in the world’s station-masters and historic
and zooming into his masterpieces. But great brick-and-mortar museums, more architecture while allowing you
for everyone else, browsing by colour, editorial oversight is needed. n to travel famous Indian railway
to take your example, might just be the —Trisha Gupta routes in 360-degree glory.

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A
fter hunkering
down for three
months, the
major football
leagues around
Europe have
emerged blinking into the
sunlight, rubbing the sleep
out of their eyes to find that
everyone’s disappeared. The
stadiums are empty, but we,
outside Europe, watch the
games as we always did—on
TV, knowing that we’re both
part of the problem and the
solution.
The marketing behemoth
of European football is the
English Premier League,
which returned on June 17
and will be showing a game
every single day for several
weeks. The Premier League
commands the biggest
global TV audiences and its
teams are supported, often
fanatically, from as far afield
as Lagos and Bengaluru,
Bangkok and Riyadh. Only
Real Madrid and Barcelona,
in Spain, enjoy the global
fame of even teams such as
Arsenal, Chelsea and Tot-
tenham Hotspur, let alone
Manchester United or
Liverpool. The latter are
champions-elect, going into
the coronavirus-induced
hiatus an unprecedented 25
points clear of Manchester
City and requiring only two
wins from their remaining
nine matches to seal the title.
Indeed, by the time you read
this, Liverpool may already
be English champions for the
first time in 30 years.
Liverpool returned to the
new crowd-free football an
uncertain, appropriately-
muted version of them-
selves, unable to feed off
the energy, aggression
and keening hope of their
famously impassioned sup-
porters. Football without
the crowd can be just
as absorbing, the
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but it
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seems divorced of mean-
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up by television executives
and club chairmen—a game
without unruly, unbiddable
local fans that is followed by
people around the world will-
ingly stumping up cash to be
entertained from the safety
of their armchairs. Was there
anything sadder than the
sight, during the broadcasts
of Premier League matches,
of all those fans rising off
their sofas when their team
scored, fists clenched, teeth
bared, casting
desperately
around for
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bound simulation of commu-
nal ecstasy, of shared joy?
Still, the games must go
on. Calls for the season to
be scrapped were always
bizarre. Why should the
efforts of players go to
vain when playing in closed
stadiums was an option?
Besides, there is still no clar-
ity on when crowds in close
proximity will be able to re-
turn, not just to the stadiums
themselves, but (in England,
particularly) in the narrow
streets and pubs around
the grounds where thou-
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before and after matches. cise, absorbing perhaps, (that dreaded phrase), has
When will thousands but empty. But the suits accelerated our progress
of fans be permitted to know we won’t turn off towards the inevitable
follow their teams across the TV. They’re even giving destination of televised
national and international us ersatz crowd sounds, sport at the highest level—
boundaries? piped into the coverage ’fans’ pretending we’re
The absence of fans as if it’s only the noise that all in it together though
at the ground, though, matters, not the mean- we are, in reality, alone,

MEANWHILE
has robbed football of its ing of the noise. Fans, it consuming yet another
human spectacle. Without appears, only matter as product delivered to us
emotion coursing through
the people at the game,
bodies, as background
pageantry. And if the
in our now hermetically-
sealed capsules, shunning IN EUROPE...
the people who have sup- tourists in stadiums aren’t human contact even as
ported their clubs for de- making enough noise, we crave it. A quick guide to the
cades, for whom football when crowds are eventu- Some of the goals Champions League
is not entertainment but ally allowed back, let’s were brilliant though and,
an expression of commu- just pipe in fake cheer- no doubt, there will be In the post-Covid finish to
nity, the game can seem ing, fake happiness, fake more. Much more. n the Premier League season,
an arid, technical exer- anger. The new normal –Shougat Dasgupta
expect to see a match on
TV every night for the next
several weeks. And, if you’re
still not sated, UEFA has an-
nounced that the Champions

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League will be concluded in a
made-for-TV special. All the
quarterfinals, semifinals and
final will be played in Lisbon,
in a World Cup-style tourna-
ment, beginning August 12,
starring eight of Europe’s best
teams. No doubt the ratings
bonanza will make a virtue
out of a necessity. And given
that travel restrictions will
likely persist well into the
new season, could this format
become the new normal?

SEBASTIAN FREJ/ALAMY
 ACTOR
Q A

The Conscientious
Rahul Bose stands out in a milieu that has
come to prize quantity over quality. Unwilling to
compromise in the latter half of his career, the
actor finally said yes to a part in Netflix’s Bulbbul

Q. Bulbbul marks your original streaming debut...

I have been offered around 80 OTT projects. Of them,
only 10 made it to the scripting stage. I dismissed 50 after
hearing the log line. You can smell a shoddy project from a
mile away. I have only said yes to another series and have a
generous guest appearance in another one.

Q. So what convinced you to do Bulbbul?

I have always used five parameters to
decide if I do a film or not—the story, the
character I’m playing, if the character
drives the story, who my co-actors are, and
who the director is. With a first-time di-
rector you can’t be sure, so I look for vision
and passion. Anvita Dutt had both.

Q. You may come across as a snob to

some with those parameters.
In this second half of my life, I’m not willing
to compromise. You just have to be on social
media to see how stupid people are, and
that stupidity makes them see you as a snob
just because you say ‘No’ to bad work. They
should be thankful there are artists saying
‘No’, so they are not subjected to torture.

Q. You have worked on a domestic

violence public service campaign during
lockdown…
I consider it to be something I would glad-
ly do any day of the year, lockdown or no
lockdown. Public service initiatives come
and go, but it’s the long-haul philanthropy
that tests your resilience and character.

Q. Is there anything this lockdown has

taught you?
It has been pretty horrific and challenging to
see what the country is going through. People
just trying to go home is not something you
would have envisaged as being such a human
tragedy. Each of those images is a terrible mir-
ror to where we have reached and who we are.
—with Suhani Singh

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