Best Engineering Colleges in India 2016

Best
Engineering
Colleges in
India 2016
 Best Engineering Colleges in India 2016

Introduction

What does it take to be the top ranking or top engineering institute

in India? Why does an institute stand apart from the rest of the lot of
its peer group? While we talk about being the top notch institutes in
India in engineering and technology, there are several elements which
make these institutes the most preferred ones. Careers360 brings
this E-book - Best Engineering Colleges in India 2016 for you. Flip
through the pages and find out which engineering institutes make it
to the top in 2016 and why.

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100 Best Indian Institutes in Research Output

Heres a listing of outstanding research institutions in Science and Technology domain

T
he institutes of national importance namely the IITs, NITs, IISERs and select
IIITs, dominate the research landscape accounting for as many as 40 places
in the top 100 institutes. These 100 best engineering schools account for
over 21,600 records in Thomson Reuters Web of Science index. Tamil Nadu with 17
entries has the maximum number of institutes in the 100-Best list followed by Uttar
Pradesh at a distant 9. The publication count variance annually is 1100-1500 articles
from premier institutes like the established IITs to about 35-70 from institutes that
lie in the 80-100 rank bracket. The new IITs like Indore, Ropar and Hyderabad are giv-
ing a close fight while the private universities such as VIT, Thapar, BITS Pilani, SRM,
Amrita, IIIT Hyderabad and Manipal have been aggressively promoting research.

The Methodology
The scholarly productivity assessment of engineering schools in the country was
carried out using conspicuous and crucial Scientometric indicators. Out of over
3500 institutes that offer an undergraduate programme in engineering, the schol-
arly publication data of around 800 were extracted from the Web of Science (WoS)
database produced by Thomson Reuters. This exercise was carried out on the WoS
version that comprised Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), and as-
sociated citation index that included the Conference Proceeding, Book Citation In-
 Best Engineering Colleges in India 2016

dex Science (BKCI-S), Book Citation Index Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-
SSH), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Chemical Indexes comprising Current
Chemical Reactions (CCR-EXPANDED) and so on.
The data collected for ranking was restricted to three years (2013-2015). The Scien-
tometric indicators for the study included total articles in these three years, average
number of articles per year, total citations received by these articles, average cita-
tion per article and h-index. The h-index is one of the popular measures of perfor-
mance of an individual or institute. In simple terms, it is an entity with an index of n
that has published n number of articles which is cited at least n times.

SEARCH STRATEGY
For the assessment, records were searched using the following three approaches:

First, the Organizations - Enhanced Field search string was used. Here, the popu-
lar or productive institutes (organization) name and/or their name variants were
grouped in one place and a search on the preferred organization name returned all
records. In the second approach, lesser known institutes (or institutes the names
of which are not been stored in the WoS database) were searched using their name
in partial of full in the address field. In the address fields the names are entered
in abbreviated form (e.g. Univ for University, Inst for Institute and so on). Finally,
the search string was used for those institutes which are not fully engineering in-
stitutes but have a department of engineering or technology. The records are ex-
tracted only from keying in the engineering department of the university/institute.
The search string for instance used was: AD=((Engn OR Tech OR Biotechnol) AND

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(Maharishi Markandeshwar Univ)) Timespan: 2013-2015. However, in this search

many of the publications surfaced from engineering or technology department of
other institute(s) which had possibly collaborated with the given institute in the said
period. Thus at times, the results were not found to be accurate. Hence a manual
check was carried out for the records extracted to get accuracy.

IP Search
Intellectual property (IP) stock of the institutes in terms of already granted patents
and patent applied in the patent office was searched from Indian Patent Office (IPO)
official websites. For the Granted Patents, IP Stock at IPO till date was searched by
placing institutes name in the following search fields Name of Grantee OR Appli-
cant Address OR Inventor Address. For Patent Applications, IP filed between 2010
and 2015 at IPO was searched by putting the institutes name in the following search
boxes Applicants Name OR Inventors Name OR Inventors Address. Often, the data
in the IPO is not updated. Hence it is possible that patent applications and granted
patents number may differ.
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Intellectual Publication Productivity Citation Impact h-index Total Score Rank

Institute
Property (15) Count (30) (25) (15) (15) (100) 2016
Indian Institute of
12.76 29.28 17.98 9.99 15.00 85.01 1
Technology, Bombay
Indian Institute of
12.79 30.00 17.61 8.51 14.00 82.91 2
Technology, Kharagpur
Indian Institute of
11.72 26.25 18.06 7.89 12.00 75.92 3
Technology, Delhi
Indian Institute of
3.83 25.71 23.01 7.36 13.00 72.91 4
Technology, Madras
Indian Institute of
9.64 21.38 18.53 8.48 12.50 70.53 5
Technology, Kanpur
College of Engineering, Anna
3.29 18.09 25.00 5.38 9.00 60.76 6
University, Chennai
Indian Institute of
0.75 19.34 17.36 9.07 13.50 60.02 7
Technology, Roorkee
Institute of Chemical
4.71 7.20 24.94 10.89 10.00 57.74 8
Technology, Mumbai
Jadavpur University, Kolkata 9.46 14.03 9.63 6.85 10.50 50.47 9
Indian Institute of
0.10 4.12 18.20 15.00 13.00 50.42 10
Technology, Indore
Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, 0.01 4.56 19.24 14.40 10.00 48.21 11
Pune
Indian Institute of
1.21 10.75 9.60 10.30 11.50 43.36 12
Technology, Guwahati
Indian Institute of
0.03 2.81 15.02 12.26 9.00 39.12 13
Technology, Ropar
VIT University, Vellore 0.87 17.73 5.02 5.09 9.50 38.21 14
Indian School of Mines,
0.88 8.23 10.68 6.96 9.00 35.75 15
Dhanbad
Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, 0.03 1.52 12.44 13.47 8.00 35.46 16
Thiruvananthapuram
National Institute of
0.28 9.31 11.19 6.29 8.00 35.07 17
Technology, Rourkela
Cochin University of Science
0.43 5.00 17.59 5.18 6.00 34.20 18
and Technology, Kochi
Indian Institute of
Engineering Science and 0.63 6.69 8.06 8.54 10.00 33.92 19
Technology, Shibpur
Indian Institute of
0.00 4.69 12.19 7.99 9.00 33.87 20
Technology, Hyderabad
National Institute of
0.36 8.21 9.13 7.42 8.50 33.62 21
Technology, Tiruchirappalli

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Intellectual Publication Productivity Citation Impact h-index Total Score Rank

Institute
Property (15) Count (30) (25) (15) (15) (100) 2016
Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, 0.00 2.14 9.62 13.92 7.50 33.18 22
Bhopal
Thapar University, Patiala 0.43 9.07 9.45 6.00 7.00 31.95 23
Sardar Vallabhbhai National
0.24 4.46 8.93 9.32 8.50 31.45 24
Institute of Technology, Surat
Tezpur University, Tezpur 0.59 2.99 14.11 7.08 6.50 31.27 25
National Institute of
0.10 5.15 10.79 6.14 7.50 29.68 26
Technology, Durgapur
Birla Institute of Technology
0.76 8.14 4.57 7.13 8.50 29.10 27
and Science, Pilani
SASTRA University, Thanjavur 0.38 5.38 4.25 9.11 9.00 28.12 28
ABV- Indian Institute of
Information Technology and 0.00 1.32 18.65 3.50 3.50 26.97 29
Management, Gwalior
Delhi Technological
0.11 3.72 7.28 7.73 8.00 26.84 30
University, Delhi
Motilal Nehru National
Institute of Technology, 0.35 4.98 7.38 6.45 7.50 26.66 31
Allahabad
National Dairy Research
2.21 4.25 11.61 4.02 4.50 26.59 32
Institute, Karnal
Indian Institute of
0.03 1.91 8.68 8.49 6.00 25.11 33
Technology, Mandi
SRM University, Chennai 0.53 4.72 1.35 9.00 8.00 23.60 34
National Institute of
0.00 2.58 7.46 7.20 6.00 23.24 35
Technology, Hamirpur
Guru Nanak Dev University,
0.27 1.78 9.53 5.75 5.50 22.83 36
Amritsar
National Institute of
0.11 4.01 6.29 5.67 6.50 22.58 37
Technology, Warangal
National Institute of
0.10 4.25 6.19 5.27 6.50 22.31 38
Technology, Surathkal
Amrita School of
0.17 5.43 5.48 4.96 6.00 22.04 39
Engineering, Coimbatore
Indian Institute of
Technology, Banaras Hindu 0.20 2.87 4.50 6.97 7.00 21.54 40
University, Varanasi
Maharaja Sayajirao University
1.52 2.18 2.96 8.84 6.00 21.50 41
of Baroda, Vadodara
Indian Institute of
0.07 1.39 5.44 8.60 6.00 21.50 42
Technology, Patna
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Intellectual Publication Productivity Citation Impact h-index Total Score Rank

Institute
Property (15) Count (30) (25) (15) (15) (100) 2016
Maulana Azad National
Institute of Technology, 0.06 2.38 2.75 9.15 7.00 21.34 43
Bhopal
Visvesvaraya National
Institute of Technology, 1.18 3.12 4.95 6.05 6.00 21.30 44
Nagpur
Kongu Engineering College,
3.30 1.98 1.58 8.39 6.00 21.25 45
Erode
Indian Institute of
0.00 1.22 4.17 9.70 6.00 21.09 46
Technology, Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of
Information Technology,
0.03 1.56 10.97 3.75 4.50 20.81 47
Design and Manufacturing,
Jabalpur
MS Ramaiah Institute of
0.29 1.33 1.25 11.40 6.50 20.77 48
Technology, Bangalore
International Institute of
Information Technology, 0.13 2.12 9.41 3.76 5.00 20.42 49
Hyderabad
Dr B R Ambedkar National
Institute of Technology, 0.03 1.64 5.78 7.63 5.00 20.08 50
Jalandhar
Jaypee Institute of
Information Technology, 0.01 2.83 4.75 6.88 5.50 19.97 51
Noida
Zakir Hussain College of
Engineering and Technology,
1.63 1.32 2.36 8.15 6.50 19.96 52
Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh
Manipal Institute of
0.40 5.01 3.11 4.42 7.00 19.94 53
Technology, Manipal
Thiagarajar College of
0.49 3.22 4.33 5.53 6.00 19.57 54
Engineering, Madurai
BMS Institute of Technology
0.00 0.45 1.40 13.59 4.00 19.44 55
and Management, Bangalore
Malaviya National Institute of
0.22 3.03 5.61 5.03 5.50 19.39 56
Technology, Jaipur
Shiv Nadar University, Dadri 0.00 0.55 4.64 9.18 4.50 18.87 57
PSG College of Technology,
0.41 3.65 3.38 5.31 6.00 18.75 58
Coimbatore
Indian Institute of Space
Science and Technology, 0.00 1.82 7.00 5.74 4.00 18.56 59
Thiruvananthapuram

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Intellectual Publication Productivity Citation Impact h-index Total Score Rank

Institute
Property (15) Count (30) (25) (15) (15) (100) 2016
Guru Jambheshwar
University of Science and 0.10 1.96 2.53 7.60 6.00 18.19 60
Technology, Hisar
Mizoram University, Aizawl 0.00 0.41 8.86 5.58 3.00 17.85 61
Indian Institute of
0.00 1.64 5.55 5.54 5.00 17.73 62
Technology, Gandhinagar
National Institute of
0.04 2.72 5.07 4.22 5.50 17.55 63
Technology, Calicut
Bhilai Institute of
0.01 0.43 2.63 10.71 3.50 17.28 64
Technology, Raipur
Shivaji University, Kolhapur 1.16 2.28 3.01 6.53 4.00 16.98 65
National Institute of
0.01 2.20 5.80 4.40 4.50 16.91 66
Technology, Silchar
University Institute of
Engineering and Technology, 1.49 1.54 4.83 4.41 4.50 16.77 67
Panjab University,Chandigarh
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum
0.00 0.56 6.52 6.15 3.50 16.73 68
University, Gandhinagar
Kalinga Institute of Industrial
0.00 3.11 2.75 5.22 5.50 16.58 69
Technology, Bhubaneswar
CV Raman College of
0.07 0.59 0.85 9.90 4.00 15.41 70
Engineering, Bhubaneswar
Kalasalingam University,
0.03 2.99 4.39 3.43 4.50 15.34 71
Virudhunagar
JNTUH College of
0.04 0.54 2.23 8.48 4.00 15.29 72
Engineering, Hyderabad
Sathyabama University,
0.11 3.25 1.84 5.02 5.00 15.22 73
Chennai
Coimbatore Institute of
0.06 1.52 3.38 5.73 4.50 15.19 74
Technology, Coimbatore
Indian Institute of
0.03 0.57 4.17 6.78 3.50 15.05 75
Technology, Jodhpur
SSN College of Engineering,
0.04 3.41 4.50 2.58 4.50 15.03 76
Kalavakkam
Karunya University,
0.03 1.59 1.12 5.89 6.00 14.63 77
Coimbatore
GMR Institute of Technology,
0.04 0.57 1.37 8.62 4.00 14.60 78
Rajam
Vishwakarma Institute of
0.11 0.41 0.36 9.40 4.00 14.28 79
Technology, Pune
Vel Tech High Tech Dr.
Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala 0.00 1.47 3.08 5.36 4.00 13.91 80
Engineering College, Chennai
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Intellectual Publication Productivity Citation Impact h-index Total Score Rank
Institute
Property (15) Count (30) (25) (15) (15) (100) 2016
Banasthali University,
0.00 0.96 2.72 6.71 3.50 13.89 81
Banasthali
Haldia Institute of
0.04 0.84 1.58 6.82 4.50 13.78 82
Technology, Haldia
Netaji Subhas Institute of
0.00 1.20 4.41 4.15 4.00 13.76 83
Technology, Delhi
Indira Gandhi Institute of
0.00 0.32 1.63 8.64 3.00 13.59 84
Technology, Sarang
College of Engineering, Pune 0.93 1.45 1.81 4.81 4.50 13.50 85
ITM University, Gwalior 0.25 0.61 2.58 6.25 3.50 13.19 86
National Institute of
0.13 0.85 2.85 5.33 3.50 12.66 87
Technology, Agartala
Nirma University, Ahmedabad 0.20 1.25 2.25 4.39 4.50 12.59 88
Sam Higginbottom Institute
of Agriculture, Technology 0.11 0.51 1.07 7.38 3.50 12.57 89
and Science, Allahabad
National Institute of
0.06 0.82 3.70 4.28 3.50 12.36 90
Technology, Srinagar
National Institute of
0.01 0.84 1.74 6.23 3.50 12.32 91
Technology, Jamshedpur
National Institute of
0.00 0.62 4.58 4.10 3.00 12.30 92
Technology, Uttarakhand
Amity School of Engineering,
5.00 0.66 1.30 2.80 2.50 12.26 93
Noida
BITS Pilani, Goa Campus 0.00 0.78 1.80 5.66 4.00 12.24 94
Harcourt Butler
Technological Institute, 1.08 0.59 2.38 5.67 2.50 12.22 95
Kanpur
Veer Surendra Sai University
0.00 0.92 1.83 5.46 4.00 12.21 96
of Technology, Sambalpur
University of Petroleum and
0.07 1.12 1.93 6.06 3.00 12.18 97
Energy Studies, Dehradun
Mepco Schlenk Engineering
0.31 1.16 2.06 4.63 4.00 12.16 98
College, Sivakasi
Charotar University of
Science and Technology, 0.17 0.81 1.03 6.63 3.50 12.14 99
Petlad
Pondicherry Engineering
0.01 1.79 4.38 2.95 3.00 12.13 100
College, Puducherry

With research inputs from Dr. Swapan Kumar Patra, Fellow,

South African Research Chair on Innovation (SARChI),
Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of
Technology, Pretoria South Africa

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