IIT Kharagpur Ranked Again As Top Engineering College in India

Ok to be precise IIT Kharagpur was ranked as the No. 1 Government engineering college in India by Outlook India, a respected news magazine which sells over 11 million copies annually. In India leading government colleges like IIT’s are the leading engineering colleges period. Pretty much anyone tries to get first into a government engineering college. If they fail and if their parents have good bank balance then they try for private engineering colleges, no offence intended. To get an understanding of the differences between government and private colleges in India let’s take the case of IIIT (not to be confused with IIT) Hydrabad. It was mistakenly identified as government engineering college and ranked 17th. However when it was correctly identified as a private engineering college its rank went up to No. 2 in list of private colleges. So effectively IIT Kharagpur tops the list of engineering colleges in India.

Why am I so damn pleased about it? Obviously because I am an IIT Kharagpur alumni. IIT Ka Tempo High Hai.

In the Outlook survey IIT Kharagpur tops the list in intellectual capital, industry interface, infrastructure, and placement performance. IIT KGP is followed by IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Mumbai, IIT Chennai and IIT Roorkee.