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he simmering trade tensions been under pressure, with the bench- China was not likely to take any of between the US and China mark Sensex falling 2,000 points in this lying down. Despite trade talks have escalated into a full- nine days up to May 13. between vice-premier Liu He and US T blown war. It started after the On May 10, the US carried out its trade representative Robert Lighthizer US more than doubled tariffs on Chi- threat of hiking tariffs on $200 billion in Washington, on May 13, China im- nese imports, with the latter retaliating worth of Chinese goods (from the 10 per posed retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion by announcing new tariffs on American cent imposed earlier) to 25 per cent. As worth of imports from the US, hiking goods starting June 1. The trade war has many as 5,700 products were affected. tariffs from 10 per cent on goods such as shaken up stock markets worldwide, A day later, Washington threatened beer, wine, swimsuits, shirts and lique- and with no signs of a de-escalation, more tariffs on almost all of China’s fied natural gas to 20 or 25 per cent. market pundits are forecasting a global exports. If implemented, an additional The hikes will impact the revival slowdown and even a recession if the $300 billion worth of Chinese goods of the US economy, as consumers end impasse continues. Indian stocks have will be affected. up paying higher prices for products,

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stoking inflation. For China, things could be far worse, as the US is its largest trade partner. China exported goods worth $540 billion to the US in 2018, but imp REGIONAL POWERS orted only $120 billion worth of goods, swinging the trade balance in its favour to the tune of $419 billion. With the new tar iffs, US President Donald Trump is hop KCR’S ing to drain business acti vity from China as companies move pro duction to the US or other countries that do not attract FEDERAL US tariffs. “I love the position we are in,” Trump said recently, adding that the US was “taking in billions of dollars in tariffs”. MOVES China may go beyond hiking tariffs to set ting up an economic blockade by refusing to buy US agri and energy products, and could even sell some of its large holdings of US treasury bonds, reports suggested, making the situation worse. elangana chief minister K. beyond their particular fiefs, pose The bigger impact would be on global Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) a serious threat to the swaggering T called on his Kerala counter national parties. As a party, the part Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvan DMK is firm in its demands for India could have gained anthapuram to seek support for his greater autonomy and an increas from the US-China dream of a ‘federal front’ resistant ingly federal structure. But Stalin face-off, but threats of to bullying from the Congress and remains an unwavering ally of the trade sanctions hang BJP. Vijayan was noncommittal, Congress, motivated perhaps by fu over us too supportive of more powers devolved ture support from the party’s MLAs to the states but unsure about such should he get an opening to form a broad alliance. Exactly a week the government in Tamil Nadu. He trade. If there’s no breakthrough in the later, KCR called on the Dravida refused to join KCR’s front, though ongoing talks, the global economy could Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief rumours have been flying about move into a recessionary phase, dipping M.K. Stalin in Chennai on May 13, possible talks between Stalin and below the 2.5 per cent recession thresh spreading the message of a BJP and the BJP too. So outraged was Stalin old, said Morgan Stanley in a research Congress weakened by the general by the slur, he threatened to “quit report on May 14. The impact will be felt election and ever more reliant on politics” if any link was proved. on supply chains, corporate confidence their partners. Further afield, KCR has spoken, and capex, the report added. Experts say KCR believes regional parties, over the past 14 months, with his there is also a possibility China will resort even if they don’t enjoy prominence West Bengal and Odisha counter to dumping goods else where as it looks to regain markets. It could also devalue its currency to make exports attractive, destabilising currency markets. PULLQUOTE India could have benefitted since companies moving out of China owing to the situation could anchor in India. How “Our government has done ever, the threat of trade sanctions hang 100 per cent corruption-free, over India too. Recently, US commerce transparent, time-bound, result- secretary Wilbur Ross, during a visit to New Delhi, said India had “overly restric oriented and quality work and tive marketaccess barriers” and that the that is why Delhi will be free country’s average applied tariff rate was of air and water pollution in “the highest of any major world economy”, which many read as a sign of impending the next three years. This is pressure to reduce tariffs. n my promise to you”

16 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 INDEX A Billion Dollar SHAKE IT UP? KCR, left, is greeted by DMK’s Election Stalin in Chennai on May 13 Finance minister Arun Jaitley has long insisted that electoral bonds, notified in January 2018, may win more seats than both improve transparency and accountability. But the BJP and Congress. If so, the Election Commission protested that the even if they choose to support bonds permitted political donors to remain the NDA or UPA, they should anonymous, indeed protected their anonymity. realise they are in a position The Supreme Court has required political to dictate terms, so long as parties to disclose the names and bank details they work as a collective.” of those who have bought electoral bonds to the Even if a broad regional coali EC by May 31. According to the State Bank of tion fails, KCR, sources say, is India, the only authorised sellers of electoral committed to persuading the bonds, donations leapt from hundreds of crores South to operate in concert, to thousands of crores in March and April, when to bargain together on shared voting began. It also revealed last year, after an interests such as the parti RTI request, that an overwhelming majority of tion of river waters, or greater the money goes to the BJP. JAISON G financial autonomy. Many analysts have argued that the parts, Mamata Banerjee current federal structure pun and Naveen Patnaik, with ishes southern India for its BSP chief Mayawati and progress, that it loses out on Samajwadi Party president central funding to the poorer, Akhilesh Yadav. There has more populous north. been no unequivocal embrace It’s curious that the `3,622 of such a federal alliance, in prospect of a powerful federal crore part, analysts argue, because front has not proved more Spent by donors KCR, unlike Andhra Pradesh compelling to regional politi to buy elec- CM Chandrababu Naidu, cians. Mayawati and Mam toral bonds in doesn’t enjoy the trust of the ata, for instance, have been just 2 months leaders he is trying to woo. in the BJP crosshairs, almost between March and April 2019 Still, KCR soldiers on, ada as much as Rahul Gandhi. mant that the regional parties Do they not believe, as KCR `222 crore must be heard in the forma clearly does, that on May 23, 65.2% tion of the next government. the mandate will be for a In electoral bonds Rise in buying of bonds in sold in 1st round “Unlike in the past,” says coalition, for widely shared March-April. In March, from March 1-10, Telangana Rashtra Samithi power rather than the domi Rs 1,365.7 cr worth elec- 2018; Rs 210 cr leader B. Vinod Kumar, “the nance of a single party? n toral bonds were sold, (94.6%) went to regional parties as a front —Amarnath K. Menon Rs 2,256.4 cr in April the BJP; Rs 325 cr donated to all political parties in `694 crore FY17 through electoral trusts In bonds sold in April in Mumbai, Kolkata Union minister for road transport and highways (Rs 417.3 cr), Delhi (Rs 408.6 cr), up from NITIN GADKARI made this scarcely believable Rs 495.6 cr, Rs 370.1 cr and `3,418.7 crore vow to the assembled press in Delhi last week, Rs 205.9 cr respect ively Seized by the EC, as as the city choked again on dust and fumes. Delhi from Jan to Mar of May 13. In cash is one of the world’s most polluted cities; indeed, (Rs 828 cr), liquor 14 of the 15 most polluted cities in the world are `1,056.7 crore Indian, strung largely across the north. Gadkari (Rs 286 cr), drugs/ narcotics claims the construction of expressways, under his Worth of electoral bonds bought in 6 rounds of (Rs 1262.6 cr), watch, to divert traffic around Delhi has reduced sales in all of 2018. precious metals pollution in the city by 32 per cent. He was silent Rs 1,716.1 cr bought (Rs 948.9 cr), on what kind of policy redesign might turn his in the first 2 rounds of “freebies”

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BOOKS A Long Strange March By Jayadeva Ranade

ulia Lovell’s Maoism: A Global bodia—is tenuous. In the case of Viet- History, though a daunting 588 nam, the distinction between extend- pages, is a welcome addition ing “material support” and “ideological J to the trove of books on China guidance”, which she claims influenced and Mao Zedong that interest China Ho Chi Minh, is blurred. However, she MAOISM scholars, China watchers and students has introduced considerable context A Global History of China. It is an interesting amalgam for the relationships between China by Julia Lovell that blends copious portions of China’s and Vietnam, Cambodia etc. PENGUIN `799; 588 pages history with communist politics dur- In the case of India too, Lovell, like ing the Long March and Mao’s early many scholars, errs in describing left- life and later years. Lovell correctly wing extremism as drawing inspira- observes that Mao still dominates the tion from Maoism. While some of the and usually feverish, impact Mao had Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) more senior of these cadre may have on the Chinese people, especially the legitimacy and practices. She notes read Mao’s thoughts, there is little evi- youth who grew up between the 1960s that his contributions to communism dence that it guides their plans or ac- and 1980s. For many, including in the advocated bringing the revolution tions except that their movement is in CCP, the scars of the Cultural Revolu- from the countryside to the cities—the the rural countryside. In her attempt to tion have not yet healed. Yet, many opposite of what Lenin preached—as show a historical link between Maoism others remain mesmerised by Mao. I well as violence where the Party always and India, Lovell cites the example of remember meeting a young Chinese controlled the gun. Mohit Sen, a wealthy British-educated girl in Hong Kong in 1985 who, after To bolster the book’s ambitious young man already dallying with com- completing her studies in the UK, had stayed on to work in a multinational corporation for a good salary. She told DESPITE THE SCARS LEFT BY me that her days as a Red Guard were THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, MANY “exhilarating”. She had no regrets, and asserted that the Cultural Revolution REMAIN MESMERISED BY MAO had been good for China. She still ven- erated Mao Zedong. Even today, there are thousands of Mao adherents in claim of being a global history of Mao- munism when he travelled to China, China. It is such sentiments, still wide- ism, the author outlines eight scenarios but fails to show how his meeting Mao, spread in China, that make Maoism. in different parts of the globe. Each or Maoist thought, impacted his work Lovell’s book nevertheless shows seeks to draw a link between Maoism once he returned to India! Similarly, how Mao contributed significantly and the concerned region. She inserts a in the case of the communist move- to communism and left his indelible caveat, though, that Maoism describes ments in Malaysia or Indonesia, while imprimatur on the world. Even so, his “a spectrum of political behaviour”, they occurred when Mao was “export- ideas and system of practices, called but that in this book it “is an umbrella ing” revolution abroad, Lovell fails Mao Zedong Thought, are still generally word for the wide range of theory and to bring out how the leaders of these considered as relevant only to China. n practice attributed to Mao”. communist movements were directly Nonetheless, the link drawn be- motivated by Maoism as an ideology or The reviewer is a former additional tween Maoism as an ideology and the thought. The distinction between com- secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, revolutionary movements in her case munism and Maoism gets obfuscated. Government of India, and is currently studies—except, to an extent, in the The book would have benefitted president of the Centre for China case of the African continent or Cam- had the author brought out the deep, Analysis and Strategy

18 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 CHATTER The week in social media @ShougatDasgupta

Didi Does Not Do Memes The BJP and Trinamool Congress have been squaring up in West Bengal like a pair of junkyard dogs. Their cadre seek each other out on the streets, perpetu- ally bristling for a fight, so long as it’s in front of news cameras. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has become the prime minister’s primary antagonist. She is leading the fight against him and her animus seems genuine. Perhaps she fears the inroads that the BJP is making in West Bengal, perhaps she just doesn’t like Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. Perhaps in part because they are as much alike as they are different. A BJP youth leader, Priyanka Sharma, was arrested for sharing a morphed image of Banerjee on social media. She has since been granted bail by the Supreme Court and been instructed to apologise to the chief minister. It’s extraordinary that such harmless fun at the expense of a public figure should be subject to this kind of scrutiny. Or that courts should seek to soothe the feelings of thin-skinned politicians. “Humour, wit, sarcasm survive in a free society,” tweeted finance minister Arun Jaitley, in defence of Sharma. Not surprisingly, he left irony off the list. “Dictators laugh at people,” he added. “They don’t like people laughing at them.” An admirable sentiment, until you remember that dozens of people have been arrested since 2014 for the nebulous crime of ‘insulting’ Modi. A pox on both their government houses. n

OK, Hindu Assassin. Better? Kamal Haasan has been accused of posturing for votes by saying that ‘free India’s first terrorist was a Hindu’ and his name was Nathuram Godse. It has caused outrage among those quickest to associate ordinary Muslims with any act of terror committed by extremists, motivated more by politics and identity than religious belief. Perhaps Haasan should have considered the term ‘Hindutva terror’? “Wasn’t it what we now call terror,” asked Yogendra Yadav on Twitter. “Was he not Hindu? What’s the fuss about?” If you think that’s disingenuous, actor Vivek Oberoi—Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘doppelganger’ in the soon-to-be-released, absolutely not hagiographical biopic of the PM—reminded Haasan in a tweet to “not divide this country”. Something Oberoi was absolutely not doing when he tweeted less than a minute earlier that Haasan was pandering to Muslims, as if Muslims are automatically receptive to fake narratives about Hindu terror just because they are Muslims. Yes, let’s not divide this country. n UPFRONT GLASSHOUSE

fter commissioning HINDUTVA the sprawling party A headquarters at 6, INSTITUTE OF Deendayal Upadhyay Marg last year, BJP president Amit TECHNOLOGY Shah is now planning to build an institute in Haryana to train party workers in batches through the year. Shah wants the institute to make missionaries out of workers to ensure they remain devoted to the Sangh ideology and are proficient in handling modern communication tools. The proposed institute will also impart ‘ideological and practical training’ to the personal assistants of BJP ministers. The party plans to spend Rs 42 crore on the project. The budget is nearly two-thirds of the donations the party has received through cheques and electoral bonds.

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YOGI DOUBLE here have been enough social media Tmemes of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Aditya nath as Holly wood actor Vin Diesel. He may now have another lookalike in Suresh Thakur. The former Lucknow Development Authority pump operator was ‘discovered’ by the Samajwadi Party after the EC cancelled his nomination papers for Lucknow. Now THALAIVATING the saffron-robed, shaven-head Thakur ctor and aspiring politician Shivaji accompanies SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on his A Rao Gaekwad aka Rajinikanth rallies, especially in eastern UP. has had his sights fixed on the Tamil Nadu assembly election, slated for April 2021. That’s apparently one reason he sat out the 2019 Lok Sabha poll. But Not Counting Chickens there are indications he might call on his cadre to be battle-ready after results est Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee are declared on May 23. Reason? Wwill not attend the pre-result meeting Andhra Thalaiva senses an assembly poll might Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and Rahul happen sooner than scheduled because Gandhi have convened in Delhi. She doesn’t want to of the churn when results to the state’s count her chickens before they hatch. Even though 39 Lok Sabha constituencies and 22 she has been talking of Bengal playing a role in assembly byelections are announced. forming the next government, she’ll visit the If the rul ing AIADMK fares poorly, the capital only after May 23. She’ll be watching the E.K. Palaniswami ministry’s chances results on TV in her Kalighat home.

are in peril. KUMAR CHANDRADEEP

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India’s Oil Habit

Earlier this month, the exemption expired for India to continue to import oil from Iran before US sanctions kick in. The US, an increasing source for Indian oil imports, has said it cannot sell its oil to India at discounted rates, similar to those offered by Iran, because the industry is controlled by private companies. India is now looking for alternative sources of crude from as far afield as Guyana, where energy giant ExxonMobil recently announced the discovery of a major oilfield. India will likely also increase imports from traditional Gulf sources, such as Kuwait, though there are fears that prices will rise. China and India have been involved in discussions over joint strategies to offset energy costs and improve energy security. India’s dependence on foreign oil has been steadily increasing, despite claims by Prime Minister Narendra Modi back in 2015 that India would need to reduce crude imports by 10 per cent by 2022.

83.7% 24 ` MILLION TONNES 2,500 Of India’s crude CRORE oil is imported Of crude oil imported by in 2018-19, India from Iran in FY19, about Estimated says the 10% of total imports. Up annual loss to government's 6.2% from FY18, putting Iran the operating Petroleum behind just Iraq (46.61 MT) profits of Indian Planning and and Saudi Arabia (40.33 MT) refiners because Analysis Cell, up in FY19 of US sanctions from 82.9% in on Iranian oil 2017-18 exports, said credit rating agency Icra Ltd in an April 2019 report

67% Of India’s crude oil should be 211.6 MT imported by 2022, said PM Narendra India’s oil Modi in 2015, consumption in down 10% from FY19, up 2.6% 77% in 2013-14. By from FY18 and 2030, Modi said, up from 184.7MT India should be in FY16. But importing domestic output only 50% of its fell to 34.2 MT in crude oil FY19 from 36.9 MT in FY16

$114.5 BILLION Value of India’s $2.8 BILLION crude oil imports Value of Indian in 2018, or 9.7% imports of crude of global total for oil from the US in crude imports. Only 2018, US exports to China ($239.2 billion, India rose 328% to 20.2%) and the USA 6 MT in FY19 from ($163.1 billion, 13.8%) 1.4 MT in FY18 spent more

Illustration by TANMOY CHAKRABORTY UPFRONT

EXPOSURE

ELEPHANT RESCUE In a welcome change to the usual narrative of man’s destructive impact on wildlife, villagers and officials collaborated to safely return to the forest a baby elephant stuck among water hyacinths clogging Deepor Beel in Assam’s Kamrup district. The baby, onlookers said, had been separated from its herd. A series of photographs tracked its odyssey, over railway tracks and through the waters, and eventually a triumphant sprint across a road to safety in the forest. An estimated 30,000 or so wild elephants are left in India, a decline so severe that Indian elephants have been on endangered lists for over 30 years. Thousands of captive elephants live chained, hungry and in ill health. Still, on May 10, as these pictures show, there was reason to celebrate man’s kinship with these glorious giants.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY EPA Photographs by ANUPAM NATH/AP PHOTO UPFRONT

POINT OF VIEW Big Carriers Are a Bad Idea By Bharat Karnad

mporting wrong weapons platforms the “HMS White Elephant”. has consequences beyond stretching the Worse, protecting the high-cost, symbolically Iscarce defence rupee. Besides kicking the high-value big aircraft carriers will operationally indigenous R&D and defence industry in the strain the relatively small Indian Navy that may gut and being a perennial financial drain with have 50-odd major warships by 2040. The esc- lifetime costs many times the initial acquisition ort for each carrier—two destroyers, two anti- price, it locks the country into an inappropriate submarine frigates, a submarine, a tanker and force structure whose frailties are quickly a replenishment ship—will soon result in more shown up in war. Securing them also leaves of the Indian fleet deployed for aircraft carrier little money to obtain less glitzy but more protection than on sea control and sea-denial appropriate and necessary fighting assets. missions, eventuating in a dangerously thinned- The Indian Air Force, with the cost-effective out Indian naval presence in the wide expanses option of the upgraded Su-30MKI produced at of the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. Indian the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on admirals, who have attended the US Naval War the table, opted for the manifestly redundant College, imbibed the big carrier ideology, and Rafale fighter plane worth Rs 69,000 crore. pushed for the QE-ships, cannot, however, trot Four hundred and sixty T-90 tanks valued at out the same justification for them as the 500- nearly Rs 14,000 crore are sought by the army ship strong US Navy does. for its armoured formations that are unlikely, Then there’s the cost aspect. Given the under the nuclear overhang, to ever see major profligacy of the Indian defence public sector action. The T-90, incidentally, got beat by the units, the cost of, say, a Mazagon Dockyard- indigenous Arjun main battle tank in all field made QE-class ship will be double that of the tests. Not to be outdone, the Indian Navy, as Royal Navy carrier, or £12 billion. And if, as the per the British press, is plonking for an Indian navy desires, the unproven, exorbitantly priced dockyard-built 65,000 tonne Queen Elizabeth US-sourced electro-magnetic aircraft launch (QE)-class aircraft carrier. Given its colonial system is incorporated into the design, and the antecedents, the Indian Navy follows the Royal Boeing F/A-18E is chosen as its combat aircraft, Navy in everything, including apparently the total cost of a fully loaded single carrier repeating the latter’s mistakes. will be upwards of £18 billion or Rs 1,440 And the big carrier is a very big mistake. In billion. This sum can buy an augmented force a milieu bristling with proliferating supersonic, of nuclear-powered attack submarines and and soon hypersonic, anti-ship missiles, aircraft several missile destroyers and multi-purpose carriers don’t stand a chance. A broadside of frigates. Spent on the unsurvivable QE-class four supersonic Brahmos-type missiles, for ships of dubious utility, it will be a humongous instance, can sink this carrier, along with its waste of national wealth. But when have such complement of 36 combat aircraft, and two considerations stopped the Indian government The big carrier each of anti-submarine warfare and early from making damn-fool decisions? is a big mistake. warning helicopters. So an air or sea-launched Still, one hopes the new government will In a milieu cruise missile salvo costing Rs 40 crore can be sensible, order a full cost and capability bristling with take out the QE carrier and its aircraft. Some review—something never done by any Indian proliferating ‘exchange ratio’! It is not just speedy cruise government at any time—and instruct the navy supersonic, and missiles but any combination of these and to stick with small carriers it has experience of, soon hypersonic, swarms of remotely controlled air, surface and that cost a lot less and, because more expendable, anti-ship underwater-launched drones and, where China can be used offensively in war. n missiles, aircraft is concerned, anti-ship ballistic missiles, will carriers don’t do in such a ship. No wonder a former chief of Bharat Karnad is a research professor in stand a chance the United Kingdom Defence Staff reportedly national security studies at the Centre for Policy called this vessel a “vulnerable metal can” and Research, and author of Staggering Forward: military historian Max Hastings has dubbed it Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition

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BEST COLLEGES >>> INDIA TODAY GROUP-MDRA SURVEY, 2019

No. 1 COLLEGES OF INDIA >>>

STREAM NO. 1 COLLEGE

ARTS ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi

SCIENCE MIRANDA HOUSE, Delhi COMMERCE SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF IN SEARCH OF COMMERCE, Delhi MEDICAL ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES New Delhi EXCELLENCE ENGINEERING INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi The India Today-MDRA survey once ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT OF again shines a beacon on the best ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, centres of learning across various INDIAN INSTITUTE OF streams of education TECHNOLOGY Roorkee By Kaushik Deka DENTAL MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES Delhi LAW NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru recent report by consultancy major MASS INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS Accenture estimates that India’s systematic skill gap will potentially COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION A result in a loss of approximately New Delhi $1.97 trillion (Rs 1,37,57,000 crore) HOTEL INSTITUTE OF HOTEL in ‘opportunity costs’. This means MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT, CATERING & India will lose roughly two-thirds of its current GDP NUTRITION, PUSA between 2018 and 2028. On the positive side, though, New Delhi as Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu said last month, rapid industrialisation and economic growth will BBA SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA create opportunities for a 250 million-strong skilled MODI SCHOOL OF COMMERCE workforce by 2030. This, in turn, will enable India Mumbai to emerge as a global supplier of skilled manpower. And college education, across multiple streams, will BCA SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF have a pivotal role in unlocking this potential. The COMPUTER STUDIES & India Today Group’s annual college survey has for the RESEARCH past two decades authentically reflected the state and Pune progress of the country’s colleges. The 23rd edition of FASHION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF the college special continues that tradition. FASHION TECHNOLOGY Like last year, the survey was conducted by New Delhi Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA), a reputed Delhi-based market research SOCIAL WORK TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL agency, across 14 streams—arts, science, commerce, SCIENCES, Mumbai medical, dental, engineering, architecture, law, mass

16 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 Graphic by TANMOY CHAKRABORTY WHERE ARE DELHI / NCR KOLKATA Arts 7 9 15 Science 2 Science 6 12 13 Commerce 1 2 THE BEST Commerce 6 12 17 Medical 2 2 Medical 4 5 5 Dental 1 2 COLLEGES? Dental 1 5 7 Law 1 1 2 Engineering 2 2 5 Mass Comm. 1 1 Find out which of these Architecture 2 4 4 Hotel Mgmt 1 1 5 seven big cities have Law 1 4 6 BBA 1 1 1 the maximum number of Mass Comm. 2 5 5 Fashion 1 1 1 colleges in the top 10, top Hotel Mgmt 2 2 3 25 and top 50 lists BBA 2 6 10 BCA 1 5 5 MUMBAI Fashion 2 5 5 HYDERABAD Social Work 2 2 2 Arts 3 3 Arts 7 Science 2 1 Science 4 Commerce 2 3 Commerce 4 Medical 2 2 3 Medical 1 3 Engineering 1 2 Dental 2 2 Architecture 1 1 1 1 Engineering 1 4 Law 1 1 1 Architecture 1 1 Mass Comm. 1 1 1 Law 1 Hotel Mgmt 1 1 1 3 Mass Comm. 2 3 BBA 2 1 1 1 Hotel Mgmt Fashion 1 1 1 BBA 1 1 1 Social Work 1 1 1 BENGALURU CHENNAI PUNE Arts 1 5 6 Science 1 4 8 Arts 2 5 5 Arts 1 2 Commerce 2 4 7 Science 3 5 5 Commerce 3 Medical 2 3 Commerce 2 4 5 Medical 1 1 3 Dental 1 5 Medical 1 2 Dental 1 Engineering 1 2 Dental 2 2 Engineering 1 3 Architecture 1 2 3 Engineering 1 Architecture Law 1 5 7 Law 1 Law 3 3 4 Mass Comm. 2 3 4 Mass Comm. 1 1 Mass Comm. 2 2 3 Hotel Mgmt 2 4 8 Hotel Mgmt 1 2 2 Hotel Mgmt 1 2 BBA 3 7 9 BBA 2 4 4 BBA 1 3 4 BCA 3 6 9 BCA 4 4 6 BCA 1 1 3 Fashion 1 5 6 Fashion 1 1 1 Fashion 1 1 Social Work 1 4 5 Social Work 3 4 8

Number of colleges among top 10 top 25 top 50 BEST COLLEGES >>> INDIA TODAY GROUP-MDRA SURVEY, 2019

HALL OF FAME Colleges which have topped the tables across streams in the India Today Best Colleges survey over the years*

ARTS >>> LAW >>>

NO. OF TIMES COLLEGE NO. OF TIMES COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1 IT’S BEEN NO. 1

ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi 6 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY 17 Bengaluru LOYOLA COLLEGE, Chennai 5 ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune 1 SCIENCE >>>

NO. OF TIMES BBA >>> COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1

COLLEGE NO. OF TIMES ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi 9 IT’S BEEN NO. 1

MIRANDA HOUSE, Delhi 2 CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) 6 Bengaluru LOYOLA COLLEGE, Chennai 6 SVKM'S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA MODI COLLEGE OF 2 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai 1 COMMERCE, Mumbai

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 1 UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru BCA >>>

NO. OF TIMES COMMERCE >>> COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1

NO. OF TIMES COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1 CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru 6

SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, Delhi 22 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES & 2 RESEARCH, Pune MEDICAL >>>

NO. OF TIMES MASS COMMUNICATION >>> COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1

NO. OF TIMES ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 23 COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1 New Delhi INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION 2 ENGINEERING >>> New Delhi SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE, Pune 5 NO. OF TIMES COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1 IIT, Delhi 8 FASHION >>>

IIT, Bombay 2 NO. OF TIMES COLLEGE IT’S BEEN NO. 1 IIT, Kanpur 10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY 8 IIT, Kharagpur 2 Delhi

*The survey has covered Medical and Engineering from 1997; Arts, Science, Commerce and Law from 1998; and BBA, BCA, Mass Communication and Fashion from 2012. Colleges which were placed No. 1 but did not participate this year have not been considered BEST COLLEGES >>> INDIA TODAY GROUP-MDRA SURVEY, 2019

communication, hotel management, the heads of these institutes and a num- It’s this drive to explore new hori- BBA, BCA, fashion and social work. ber of students to decipher the secret of zons that has kept the Bengaluru-based Conducted between November 2018 their excellence. The answers were strik- National Law School of India University and April 2019, 1,207 colleges partici- ingly similar, explaining that the road at the top 17 times since 1998. The alma pated this year, up from 988 last year. to top is an eternal endeavour. There is mater of several top legal minds of the While undergraduate courses were no room for complacency; innovation is country, NLSIU, like toppers in other evaluated across 12 streams, postgradu- the way forward. “When students come streams, also focuses on instilling value- ate courses were considered for mass here, they are good but we try to take based education. As Professor S.N. Ven- communication and social work. them to a level where their skills and kata Rao, its vice-chancellor, explains, According to the 2018 HSBC Value subject knowledge are enhanced,” says the success is the result of innovation in of Education survey conducted among Professor John Varghese, the princi- teaching, socially relevant themes and 10,478 parents and 1,507 university pal of St Stephen’s College, which has making legal education justice-oriented. students in 15 countries, including 505 topped the arts stream six times in the That can be achieved when freedom to parents and 100 students from India, past 23 years. At the Shri Ram College think and express is allowed and that’s parents in India spent $1,853 (approx. of Commerce, which has remained on what makes the institute unique. “I Rs 1,30,000) annually on their chil- top in commerce since the survey began, don’t think any other institute promotes dren’s higher education. For this, 53 the focus is on holistic growth. “We such free thinking. Each student gets per cent curbed or reduced their leisure adopt a very good methodology in creat- exposure to all facets of life apart from activities, 35 per cent took up another ing holistic development of a student,” academics,” says Chandni Ochani, a job and 49 per cent took fewer holidays. final-year student pursuing a BA-LLB. (Hons) programme. actoring in this apprehen- While most of the table toppers are sion over the high cost of The task is cut out for a perfect blend of hard work and legacy, F education, colleges have the new government that geography and economics often play been ranked on another a critical role in earning excellence. parameter this year—with the lowest takes over on May 23: There is a disparity in the distribution tuition fee. This is in addition to the pump in more funds and of funds as 65 per cent of the University return on investment (RoI) ranking of Grants Commission budget is utilised colleges. The RoI rankings aren't an improve infrastructure and by central universities and their col- indication of best colleges, just of the leges while state universities and their maximum return offered in terms of quality of education affiliated colleges get only 35 per cent. salaries offered against course fee It’s not just coincidence that colleges charged. From the point of view of under DU—a central university—are investment in college education, they regular toppers in our survey. are the most valuable. says Simrit Kaur, its principal. This lopsided spending apart, Significantly, and disturbingly, Another yet-to-be-dethroned India’s expenditure on higher education this year’s rankings confirm a trend champion is the All India Institute of as a percentage of its total budget has that has become regular over the past Medical Sciences, which not only pro- remained stagnant, hovering at an aver- few years—most of the top colleges are duces the country’s best doctors but also age 1.5 per cent over the past 12 years. concentrated in a few big cities, with the functions as a live laboratory of medical The task, then, is cut out for the new national capital region of Delhi leading practices and management. With its government that takes over on May 23: the pack. That explains the incredibly massive footfall, it offers its students pump in more funds, improve infra- high cut-offs in Delhi University col- hands-on experience that few colleges structure and quality of higher educa- leges and the nerve-wracking competi- in India can dream of. “We get to watch tion and hold stakeholders accountable. tion among students from across the some of the best clinician-researchers Indians are more constrained by the country to secure a seat in a college of in action, having plenty of opportunity circumstances they are born in than their choice. Delhi chief minister Arvind to go out and explore,” says Lajjaben the citizens of five other large develop- Kejriwal has given it a political colour Jayesh Kumar Patel, an MBBS student. ing countries—Brazil, China, Egypt, this Lok Sabha election, by demanding Yet director Randeep Guleria feels he Indonesia and Nigeria, according to a reservation for locals in Delhi colleges. has much more to do—from setting up 2018 World Bank report. Government What sets the top colleges apart? new courses and departments to intro- initiatives, therefore, will be crucial in india today correspondents spoke to ducing digital governance. scripting a turnaround. n

BEST COLLEGES >>> METHODOLOGY HOW THE COLLEGES WERE RANKED

ndia’s higher conducted to prepare a list of colleges aspect of the details provided education is highly in each stream. Only those colleges, by them. Corrections were made competitive, with which have been offering full-time, wherever required. I over 37 million in-classroom courses and churned out » Perceptual survey about these col- students studying at least three pass-out batches till aca- leges was carried out among 1,787 across about 50,000 demic year 2018-19, were considered. well-informed respondents (560 senior institutes of higher education. For the In 12 streams, undergraduate courses faculty members, 291 recruiters/ pro- past two decades, india today’s Best were ranked. In Mass Communication fessionals, 381 career accelerators and Colleges Survey has become a friend, and Social Work, postgraduate courses 555 final-year students) across guide and ready reckoner to all those were evaluated. While the participa- 24 cities. students who have to make the chal- tion form inviting every eligible college lenging decision of what to study and to participate was put up in public do- North: Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, where. The 23rd edition of this annual main, around 10,000 colleges fulfilling Gurugram, Faridabad, Lucknow, Kota, exercise, the survey was conducted in the criteria were directly contacted. Chandigarh and Ludhiana association with Delhi-based reputed Ë Experts with rich experience in their market research agency Marketing fields were consulted to frame the West: Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, & Development Research Associates parameters and sub-parameters for Indore and Nagpur (MDRA) between November 2018 different streams. Indicators criti- and April 2019. Colleges were ranked cal for establishing best colleges were South: Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyder- across 14 streams—arts, science, com- meticulously determined and their abad, Kochi and Coimbatore merce, medical, dental, engineering, relative weights were finalised. architecture, law, mass communica- Ì Comprehensive objective question- East: Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Guwa- tion, hotel management, BBA, BCA, naires were designed for each of the hati, Patna and Raipur fashion and social work. 14 streams taking into account these During objective ranking, MDRA performance indicators and were put National and zonal rankings were carefully attuned 112-plus attributes in up in public domain—on the web- taken from them in their respective each stream (performance indicators) sites of india today and MDRA. The field of experience and were given 75 to provide the most comprehensive MDRA team directly contacted about per cent and 25 per cent weightages, and balanced comparisons of colleges 10,000 colleges fulfilling the eligibil- respectively. They also rated the insti- in their respective streams. These per- ity criteria seeking objective data for tutes on a 10-point rating scale on each formance indicators were clubbed into verification. Attested hard copies and of the five key parameters. five broad parameters—‘Intake Quality soft copies were sought and 1,207 eli- ¼ While computing objective scores, & Governance’, ‘Academic Excellence’, gible institutes submitted institutional it was ensured that aggregate data ‘Infrastructure & Living Experience’, data along with voluminous support- alone is not used and hence data were ‘Personality & Leadership Development’ ing documents within the stipulated normalised for fair comparison. The and ‘Career Progression & Placement’. deadline. total scores arrived from objective Moreover, to give more realistic, ¹ After receipt of the objective data and perceptual survey were added in relevant and updated information, from participating colleges, MDRA the ratio of 60:40—for 11 professional MDRA has evaluated colleges based verified the information provided by courses—while a ratio of 50:50 was on current year data. The ranking them. In case of insufficient/incorrect taken for academic courses—arts, sci- tables also give parameter-wise scores data, respective colleges were asked to ence and commerce—to get the final obtained by colleges to provide deeper provide complete, correct and updated combined score. insights on key aspects of decision- information. The MDRA core team, led by making by various stakeholders. Î Physical audits (verification) were Abhishek Agrawal (Executive Direc- The ranking was done in multiple conducted to verify the objective data tor), consisted of Abnish Jha (Associate steps: provided by the colleges. Experienced Project Director), Rajan Chauhan (Re- ¶ An extensive desk review of MDRA’s researchers of MDRA visited 138 col- search Executive) and Manveer Singh database and secondary research was leges and thoroughly examined each (Executive-EDP). n

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BEST COLLEGES >>> ARTS No1 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, DELHI

A HIGHER ORDER True to the spirit of unity in diversity, St Stephen’s draws the best students from all corners of the country By Harshita Das

A NEW SONG Students relax at the Stephen’s campus

ntering the gates of St Stephen’s TOP College, Delhi, located in the university enclave, one realises ev- 10 COLLEGES >>> E erything is different here. The red brick walls of the college welcome 1 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi you through the several arches on the ground floor. Open spaces abound on the cam- 2 HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi pus. But then, they are not just open barren spaces, as Prof. John Varghese, principal of St Stephen’s 3 MIRANDA HOUSE, Delhi College, points out, “They are green spaces; they are there with a purpose, and that is to give the students 4 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, Delhi a sense of freedom.” Prof. Varghese believes that every tree is known 5 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai by the fruits it produces, and colleges are no different. Precisely, one of the ways by which St Stephen’s dis- 6 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, Delhi tinguishes itself from other institutions is through its students. Over the years, the college has built up a for- 7 LOYOLA COLLEGE, Chennai midable reputation, drawing the best students from all corners of the country who have excelled in the field 8 DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, of academics, public policy, politics and sports. Not CHRIST (DEEMED UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru many know that St Stephen’s was among the three colleges that initially constituted the University of Delhi 9 INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Delhi (DU). Started by a Christian mission as a high school, St Stephen’s became a college in 1881. 10 GARGI COLLEGE, Delhi

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TOP EMERGING COLLEGES OF 10 THIS CENTURY* >>>

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 DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, Coimbatore

6 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, Jaipur

7 PARISHKAR COLLEGE OF GLOBAL EXCELLENCE, Jaipur

8 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, Bengaluru

9 KONGU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, Erode

10 DR. SNS RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore

*Colleges whose first batch passed out in or after 2000 were considered for emerging colleges ranking BEST COLLEGES >>> ARTS

The principal pointed out  What’s unique about St Stephen’s? three qualities which help Stephe- Our students make the difference. We have nians stand out among the rest— students who have gone and excelled in excellence, service and commit- academics, public policy, politics and sports. ment. “When students come here, GURUSPEAK When they come here, they are good but we they are already good but we try try to take them to a level where their skills and subject knowledge are on superior plain. to take them to a level where their We encourage our students to go out and skills and subject knowledge are serve, make it their driving force. Commitment enhanced. We bring to them cer- is the third force which influences the other tain value additions that become a two. Whatever the students do, they must put distinguishing factor for those who in their heart and soul graduate from here,” he says. The teachers at Stephen’s play a vital  What next? role in tapping the uniqueness of We are trying to go paperless, not just to save the environment but also to make things easier PROF. JOHN VARGHESE each student by involving them in by participatory digital initiatives. We are keen multiple activities throughout the Principal, St Stephen’s College that we go autonomous because that will year. For example, this year, an help us introduce new courses. At present, active set of students conducted the college has six active partnerships with project work in a small school in institutions within and outside India. I want to Spiti Valley high up in the Himala- increase this number yas. The result was a great learning experience for both students as well as teachers. But even with its peerless MY EXPERIENCE AT  What’s unique about campus life in record, there are still a couple of key the college? initiatives that the college is bidding ST STEPHEN'S A lot of prominent personalities come here, for. It is increasingly taking an talk to us and inspire us to do a lot of good effort to go paperless and has now stuff. In the first year, we have morning assemblies where we read verses from the even developed an in-house e-filing Holy Scriptures. It helps us imbibe a lot of facility for communication between good qualities, values and morals. the administration and students. The chapel is a very peaceful place in The principal says, “We are very the college keen that we go autonomous because that can help us introduce  One advice to future students new courses, establish academic You don’t have to change your identity to partnerships which can be taken to AVNI TYAGI, First year, survive here. Just be more realistic and a level of extreme benefit for both BA programme stick to your principles the partnering institutions. And when we partner, we would like to translate the benefits not just to our students but also the country.” STAR ALUMNI To find new ways to promote academic excellence and also support the government of India in strengthening ties with neighbours, the college has initiated a discussion with the ministry of external affairs (MEA) expressing its will- ingness to offer seats through the SACHIN PILOT (1998) RAMACHANDRA GUHA RANJAN GOGOI MEA and the ministry of human Deputy Chief Minister, (1979) (1975) resource development to our neigh- Rajasthan Historian Chief Justice of India bours in the ASEAN and SAARC

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TUITION FEE FOR DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE (`) SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS) 1. ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE 1 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai 0 2. HINDU COLLEGE PUNE 1 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, Lucknow 0 3. MIRANDA HOUSE 1. SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE 1 S.D.N.B. VAISHNAV COLLEGE CHENNAI 2. ST MIRA'S COLLEGE FOR FOR WOMEN, Chennai 0 GIRLS 1. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 3. YASHWANTRAO MOHITE 1 SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR AND SHREE COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE 2. LOYOLA COLLEGE BHAILALBHAI A. PATEL (DETROJWALA) & COMMERCE UMIYA ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) FOR GIRLS, Ahmedabad 0 3. STELLA MARIS COLLEGE CHANDIGARH (AUTONOMOUS) 1 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM 1. MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN COLLEGE, Pollachi 0 BENGALURU DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 2. GOSWAMI GANESH 1. DEPARTMENT OF 2 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi 540 DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES, CHRIST (DEEMED 3. DAV COLLEGE, HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi 540 2 TO BE UNIVERSITY) CHANDIGARH 2 MIRANDA HOUSE, Delhi 540 2. MOUNT CARMEL JAIPUR COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 1. ST WILFRED'S PG 2 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, Delhi 540 3. ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE 2 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, Delhi 540 2. PARISHKAR COLLEGE OF MUMBAI GLOBAL EXCELLENCE 3. MAHESHWARI COLLEGE 1. MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF OF COMMERCE & ARTS ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN AHMEDABAD countries as well as in the looking at exploring ways JIVANLAL COLLEGE African continent. in which creative students, OF COMMERCE AND 1. ST XAVIER'S COLLEGE At present, the college even if they do not have the ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS) (AUTONOMOUS) has six active partnerships marks, can be accommo- 2. K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE 2. L.D. ARTS COLLEGE with institutions within dated in our college. I am OF ARTS & COMMERCE 3. SHREE MEGHMANI and outside India and is hopeful that in a few years (AUTONOMOUS) PARIVAR AND SHREE focused on increasing that we will be able to do it.” 3. SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR BHAILALBHAI A. PATEL number for future growth. The college has a very WOMEN (DETROJWALA) UMIYA ARTS In addition to academic systematic campus place- & COMMERCE COLLEGE FOR GIRLS excellence, Prof. Varghese ment cell as well. An online COIMBATORE stresses on all-round platform has been created MANGALURU growth. “We encourage to cater to the require- 1. DR N.G.P. ARTS & independent thinking ments of the placement SCIENCE COLLEGE 1. ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE among students,” he says. procedure, which has been (AUTONOMOUS) (AUTONOMOUS) “This extends to students shared with the recruit- 2. SRI RAMAKRISHNA 2. ST AGNES COLLEGE who are creative also. ment agencies as well as COLLEGE OF ARTS & (AUTONOMOUS) SCIENCE Though it may not be im- the students to smooth out 3. SDM COLLEGE OF mediately possible, we are the process. n 3. DR SNS RAJALAKSHMI BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

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1 1 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, DELHI 201.6 184.6 125.0 187.2 141.2 839.6 993.7 1,833.3  2 3 HINDU COLLEGE, DELHI 215.3 180.1 106.5 170.7 139.8 812.4 992.7 1,805.1  3 4 MIRANDA HOUSE, DELHI 200.2 175.7 98.4 187.0 120.9 782.2 982.2 1,764.4  4 5 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI 188.9 175.5 101.0 138.5 136.7 740.6 971.8 1,712.4  5 6 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 187.5 157.1 121.0 171.8 99.8 737.2 947.6 1,684.8  6 9 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, DELHI 189.8 138.2 91.4 131.3 128.9 679.6 977.2 1,656.8 7 7 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 187.4 144.4 105.0 123.4 112.7 672.9 978.3 1,651.2 8 8 DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, 166.4 169.3 126.7 141.9 117.0 721.3 925.9 1,647.2 CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU

— 9 NP* INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, DELHI 180.2 144.3 95.6 135.7 108.8 664.6 912.3 1,576.9  10 13 GARGI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 194.7 146.6 81.5 131.9 104.9 659.6 915.3 1,574.9  11 12 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 188.0 127.5 102.6 146.7 83.3 648.1 897.4 1,545.5  12 15 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 165.1 165.1 87.1 129.6 86.3 633.2 909.2 1,542.4  13 16 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE 185.7 121.0 81.6 102.5 118.7 609.5 932.3 1,541.8 OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI

— 14 NP SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 174.2 133.5 88.1 94.7 115.7 606.2 917.3 1,523.5  15 11 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 156.2 131.3 105.7 123.4 94.2 610.8 907.9 1,518.7  16 14 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 156.6 156.6 107.0 123.8 55.0 599.0 917.7 1,516.7  17 21 K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE 153.6 135.1 95.6 170.2 78.5 633.0 877.1 1,510.1 (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI

18 18 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 182.4 160.0 92.8 184.2 76.5 695.9 811.0 1,506.9 19 19 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 136.6 155.8 116.8 133.8 93.8 636.8 868.0 1,504.8 20 20 SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, MUMBAI 163.0 137.5 75.3 123.1 100.5 599.4 903.2 1,502.6  21 17 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 152.9 161.5 96.8 139.0 96.1 646.3 852.0 1,498.3  22 25 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA, KOCHI 169.6 147.3 102.6 113.8 77.8 611.1 885.4 1,496.5  23 24 SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, PUNE 151.6 130.2 82.3 146.5 92.3 602.9 890.3 1,493.2  24 23 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), AHMEDABAD 159.1 111.9 98.2 102.6 104.9 576.7 913.1 1,489.8  25 22 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 150.3 115.5 108.4 115.2 107.6 597.0 887.3 1,484.3  26 27 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 170.0 121.1 86.6 116.1 100.9 594.7 887.6 1,482.3 CHANDIGARH  27 26 B.K. BIRLA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE 177.6 136.7 93.8 151.4 86.0 645.5 821.5 1,467.0 (AUTONOMOUS), KALYAN

 28 33 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, RANCHI 162.5 126.5 77.6 101.6 77.5 545.7 913.4 1,459.1 — 29 NP DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, NEW DELHI 151.7 96.4 56.7 98.7 101.4 504.9 948.8 1,453.7  30 31 LAKSHMIBAI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 145.0 150.6 60.1 141.5 94.3 591.5 854.3 1,445.8 — 31 NP DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 168.9 109.1 104.4 107.8 105.8 596.0 849.2 1,445.2  32 30 MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 168.2 151.3 85.0 129.4 89.9 623.8 819.7 1,443.5  33 32 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 149.9 90.8 89.2 143.9 111.4 585.2 845.7 1,430.9  34 28 ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 168.7 143.8 66.0 131.4 88.8 598.7 829.6 1,428.3  35 38 DAV COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 156.1 92.4 85.6 117.7 74.5 526.3 895.6 1,421.9  36 37 SARLA ANIL MODI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, MUMBAI 128.6 125.6 100.8 120.3 122.3 597.6 806.8 1,404.4  37 35 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 184.8 112.7 83.3 117.8 79.2 577.8 820.5 1,398.3  38 34 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 150.8 118.5 79.1 139.9 102.6 590.9 786.4 1,377.3  39 40 SHIVAJI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 184.2 170.1 80.9 72.3 99.3 606.8 739.4 1,346.2  40 41 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 163.0 118.6 70.4 101.0 96.4 549.4 733.7 1,283.1 TOP 119 BEST COLLEGES >>> ARTS

 41 39 PG GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, CHANDIGARH 152.9 146.2 82.0 113.7 100.9 595.7 672.3 1,268.0  42 44 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 123.5 168.6 72.4 139.7 114.8 619.0 644.9 1,263.9  43 42 GOVT DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, BEGUMPET, HYDERABAD 131.8 164.8 68.4 117.4 96.8 579.2 660.5 1,239.7  44 49 FACULTY OF ARTS, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH 124.6 165.6 116.2 64.8 84.5 555.7 653.1 1,208.8 — 45 NP RAMANUJAN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 183.0 162.0 69.3 157.2 73.1 644.6 556.2 1,200.8  46 43 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 162.1 120.9 92.4 120.1 92.2 587.7 592.4 1,180.1  47 45 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 131.2 122.0 79.0 118.2 70.1 520.5 657.7 1,178.2 (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU  48 46 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 144.8 127.7 91.4 118.7 56.4 539.0 602.4 1,141.4 MUMBAI

 49 50 L.S. RAHEJA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, MUMBAI 147.6 100.0 76.4 95.7 44.9 464.6 644.0 1,108.6  50 52 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 171.1 173.4 110.5 119.8 80.4 655.2 432.6 1,087.8 51 51 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS, BENGALURU 87.3 92.8 86.1 51.4 54.9 372.5 712.1 1,084.6  52 47 GURU NANAK COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 133.5 121.7 96.2 86.8 83.5 521.7 547.2 1,068.9 MUMBAI 53 53 KASTURBA GANDHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 130.3 127.5 85.4 93.6 89.8 526.6 495.4 1,022.0 SECUNDERABAD — 54 NP YASHWANTRAO MOHITE COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & 146.3 85.0 76.1 44.3 35.1 386.8 621.9 1,008.7 COMMERCE, PUNE

 55 54 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR, PUNJAB 106.3 117.6 53.7 47.4 52.8 377.8 622.3 1,000.1  56 57 GOPICHAND ARYA MAHILA COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 122.2 87.2 69.4 65.5 37.1 381.4 591.9 973.3  57 59 VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, MADHYAMGRAM, KOLKATA 127.9 114.0 53.8 78.2 77.9 451.8 483.2 935.0  58 56 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 106.1 119.8 115.6 67.1 85.2 493.8 429.7 923.5  59 64 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 163.7 156.6 104.4 133.6 72.1 630.4 246.6 877.0 60 60 DAV COLLEGE, HOSHIARPUR 123.6 153.5 91.8 96.4 57.9 523.2 312.5 835.7  61 74 BHARATI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 171.9 121.8 80.2 102.0 89.2 565.1 168.0 733.1 — 62 NP L.D. ARTS COLLEGE, AHMEDABAD 144.8 71.7 47.6 102.5 87.4 454.0 278.4 732.4  63 70 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 89.9 156.2 98.7 119.7 102.8 567.3 140.9 708.2  64 68 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS ), VIJAYAWADA 146.4 127.2 94.8 103.9 109.8 582.1 103.5 685.6 65 65 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLL., 148.9 144.1 109.5 120.9 78.3 601.7 72.9 674.6 UJIRE, KARNATAKA

 66 61 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ANANTAPUR, AP 146.0 150.7 71.6 104.5 75.3 548.1 120.6 668.7  67 71 M.E.S. COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, GOA 145.6 134.8 63.4 124.1 86.4 554.3 90.1 644.4  68 62 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 132.1 168.3 120.7 97.9 71.9 590.9 50.2 641.1 — 69 NP VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR 156.9 150.2 98.6 132.8 86.5 625.0 0.0 625.0  70 89 ARYABHATTA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 153.6 119.9 55.6 95.6 53.9 478.6 126.4 605.0  71 76 PARISHKAR COLLEGE OF GLOBAL EXCELLENCE, JAIPUR 103.7 142.1 47.8 123.4 102.2 519.2 81.4 600.6  72 66 PRAMUKH SWAMI SC. & H.D.PATEL ARTS COLL., KADI, GUJARAT 136.4 127.2 119.4 144.0 68.4 595.4 0.0 595.4  73 85 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SC. & COMMERCE, BENGALURU 139.2 112.9 115.3 75.5 54.6 497.5 90.9 588.4  74 78 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 164.9 116.4 96.7 84.5 49.1 511.6 72.5 584.1 — 75 NP THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, BHOPAL 132.5 139.8 107.7 95.0 106.7 581.7 0.0 581.7  76 67 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 138.2 87.8 106.4 58.1 101.5 492.0 89.6 581.6  77 80 DR. SNS RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF. ARTS AND SCIENCE 119.1 110.9 119.9 95.7 84.9 530.5 47.3 577.8 (AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE

 78 81 ROSARY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, NAVELIM, GOA 163.9 124.0 68.3 87.7 79.3 523.2 49.2 572.4  79 73 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 162.4 163.1 95.9 68.7 68.7 558.8 7.8 566.6  80 88 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 84.9 135.8 92.6 55.2 85.0 453.5 111.8 565.3 TOP 119 BEST COLLEGES >>> ARTS

 82 77 CROSSLAND COLLEGE, BRAHMAVAR, KARNATAKA 115.2 131.5 96.9 89.6 76.4 509.6 51.0 560.6

 83 82 SDSM COLLEGE, PALGHAR, MAHARASHTRA 148.3 141.2 81.3 90.1 55.6 516.5 43.3 559.8

— 84 NP SDNB VAISHNAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 165.5 112.8 90.6 107.4 77.4 553.7 0.0 553.7

 85 86 T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 120.7 106.2 95.9 114.5 61.4 498.7 54.9 553.6

— 86 NP ANNA ADARSH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 144.5 125.8 91.9 104.7 84.4 551.3 0.0 551.3

 87 75 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 143.2 127.5 111.5 76.7 78.6 537.5 7.8 545.3

— 88 NP DM’S COLLEGE AND RESEARCH CENTRE, MAPUSA, GOA 139.5 154.9 98.7 108.5 38.6 540.2 0.0 540.2

— 89 NP SONAPUR COLLEGE, SONAPUR, ASSAM 133.0 129.5 65.5 108.4 84.6 521.0 17.9 538.9

 90 92 MAHESHWARI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ARTS, JAIPUR 112.3 74.0 70.0 101.5 71.9 429.7 104.1 533.8

 91 90 AVADH GIRLS’ P.G. COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 112.3 117.4 65.5 74.1 78.2 447.5 81.8 529.3

 92 94 ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE, PUNE 106.9 116.3 88.6 49.3 73.1 434.2 91.8 526.0 — 93 NP SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR AND SHREE BHAILALBHAI A. 128.0 112.9 51.5 90.4 64.2 447.0 72.9 519.9 PATEL (DETROJWALA) UMIYA ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, AHMEDABAD

 94 95 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 136.1 89.0 70.9 61.1 57.9 415.0 104.2 519.2

 95 99 SILAPATHAR COLLEGE, SILAPATHAR, ASSAM 112.8 83.4 62.1 57.9 59.9 376.1 138.3 514.4

96 96 DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR CANTT, FEROZEPUR 90.7 113.2 32.9 72.4 102.9 412.1 101.5 513.6

— 97 NP NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, POLLACHI 136.8 95.6 94.6 94.1 85.0 506.1 0.0 506.1

 98 91 SKP ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 127.2 93.7 78.9 108.0 52.8 460.6 45.3 505.9

— 99 NP RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 92.1 135.0 100.5 4.8 79.4 411.8 89.5 501.3

— 100 NP ST AGNES COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 146.9 110.6 93.3 88.9 58.9 498.6 0.0 498.6

— 101 NP FR AGNEL COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PILAR, GOA 105.3 133.0 70.0 109.1 80.9 498.3 0.0 498.3

 102 97 GOVT COLLEGE, KULLU 131.5 81.3 56.8 66.6 90.4 426.6 71.3 497.9

— 103 NP KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, JALANDHAR 150.3 101.6 81.8 104.2 58.0 495.9 0.0 495.9

— 104 NP SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE, PUNE 182.7 91.1 71.5 90.1 50.8 486.2 0.0 486.2

— 105 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 162.1 112.1 79.9 79.2 47.2 480.5 0.0 480.5

— 106 NP PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 93.0 115.1 89.2 132.7 39.0 469.0 0.0 469.0

 107 100 BARNAGAR COLLEGE, SARBHOG, ASSAM 139.9 91.1 42.9 50.6 36.7 361.2 88.6 449.8

 108 98 CAUVERY DEGREE COLLEGE, VIRAJPET, KODAGU 105.3 70.4 90.8 61.0 94.8 422.3 25.6 447.9

— 109 NP ANANDARAM DHEKIAL PHOOKAN COLLEGE, NAGAON 115.1 134.1 58.7 68.0 57.9 433.8 0.0 433.8

— 110 NP SDM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, MANGALURU 131.3 63.1 66.7 99.3 54.3 414.7 0.0 414.7

— 111 NP SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 77.0 79.0 98.3 33.1 103.8 391.2 0.0 391.2

— 112 NP JAGIROAD COLLEGE, JAGIROAD, ASSAM 146.0 79.0 59.6 60.6 36.0 381.2 0.0 381.2

— 113 NP SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 101.6 115.3 75.3 49.3 29.5 371.0 0.0 371.0

— 114 NP CSI BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SC., COIMBATORE 76.7 80.5 88.5 44.3 78.0 368.0 0.0 368.0

— 115 NP DPM’S SHREE MALLIKARJUN COLLEGE, CANACONA, GOA 100.5 92.8 48.7 54.0 32.7 328.7 0.0 328.7

— 116 NP NAZARETH COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 92.0 67.5 62.8 17.6 67.4 307.3 0.0 307.3

— 117 NP SMT P.K. KOTECHA MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA, BHUSAWAL, 79.5 99.7 66.8 45.4 15.7 307.1 0.0 307.1 MAHARASHTRA

— 118 NP KSR COLLEGE OF ARTS & SC. FOR WOMEN, NAMAKKAL, TN 34.3 66.5 93.1 48.3 54.0 296.2 7.8 304.0

— 119 NP DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANAJI 35.4 55.3 86.4 43.6 33.9 254.6 0.0 254.6 NP: Not participated Not NP:

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time undergraduate programme and which submitted objective data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. 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 got nil marks in perceptual score BEST COLLEGES >>> SCIENCE No1 MIRANDA HOUSE, DELHI THE HUMAN SPARK The Miranda House motto itself talks of ‘innovation’. In the field of science education in the country, this is more than true By Harshita Das RAJWANT RAWAT

t wa s set up to be way back in 1948. Its first batch a “college of excel- of students was admitted in the lence” for young Physics and Chemistry department 30 companies I women by Sir with classes held at the university Maurice Gwyer, building. Since then, Miranda has visited the the then vice- endeavoured to strengthen its basic chancellor of Delhi science stream and has also laid a campus last year University, and Miranda House strong emphasis on state-of-the-art and recruited 38 continues to provide top quality infrastructure. Dr Nanda says, “Sci- education and highest standards of ence education in terms of research students, offering excellence 70 years into its existence. and innovation has increased an average annual Dr Bijayalaxmi Nanda, the current manifold with faculty working on acting principal says, “Miranda’s new research projects, extension salary of legacy continues to be a most im- of buildings and state-of-the-art Rs 3,30,000 portant or significant element of the laboratories.” college. But beyond that legacy are To create an environment that the symbiotic relations that exist encourages research activities, the between the teachers and students.” college in 2008 established the At Miranda, the teaching of D.S. Kothari Centre for Research science stream subjects started and Innovation in Science Educa-

30 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 ACTION, REACTION Chemistry lab at Miranda House

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1 MIRANDA HOUSE, Delhi

2 HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi

3 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi

4 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai

5 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

6 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, Delhi

7 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, Delhi

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

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STAR ALUMNI GURUSPEAK DR BIJAYALAXMI NANDA Acting Principal, Miranda House

 What’s unique about Miranda House? Miranda’s legacy continues to be one of the most important or significant elements of MIRA NAIR (1976) SUSHMITA DEV (1993) ANITA DESAI (1957) the college. But beyond that Filmmaker Congress MP Author legacy is the symbiotic relation between the teachers and students. The science stream has made tremendous progress in terms of research, innovation tion (DSKC). In addition to that, the and infrastructure Miranda House Physics department is  New initiatives in the past now part of a global network of phys- three years ics—QuarkNet, which is linked to the Efforts have been made to Cosmic Ray e-Lab portal at Fermilab, make the college disable- America’s particle physics and accel- 2 friendly and we will be having erator laboratory. No. of male teachers a pre-accessibility audit soon. The transformation is not just vis- We are also looking into how ible in terms of infrastructure and re- among the 49 we can bring in computer applications for visually search facilities. Teaching-learning at permanent science challenged students Miranda has gone beyond classrooms with the introduction of a number faculty Apart from new infrastructure, we have extended teaching/ of immersion learning programmes. learning beyond classrooms “We need to have an inter-disciplinary by bringing in a number learning system which is the order of immersion learning of the day, an immersion learning 101,959 programmes technique between Social Sciences,  New-age courses and Humanities and Basic Sciences in subjects which students can learn and conduct No. of books in the We have data science analytics, research work together. Environment Miranda House library robotics, operation research, is one area where this could happen, so medical biotechnology, too Psephology and Political Analysis, bioinformatics in silico medicine where Humanities, Social Sciences and  Mathematics or the Computer Science What next? We plan to bring more department can come together,” says Miranda House has research programmes into Nanda, who is planning to build on the humanities and social what the college has already achieved. basketball, lawn tennis sciences streams with an In recent years, the college has and badminton courts, interdisciplinary learning also introduced certificate add-on approach; environment, health, courses under the faculty leadership a gym, and even a bank psephology or political analysis are areas where multiple as a form of participatory learning and branch with an ATM disciplines can come together to include more subjects and hands- on training. Data science analytics,  What sets a Miranda robotics, operation research, medical student apart? biotechnology, bioinformatics in silico Sense of leadership, community medicine, computer applications for life and team management visually impaired students are some of

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TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( `)

1 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai 0

1 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, Lucknow 0

1 NIRMALA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Coimbatore 0 MY EXPERIENCE AT MIRANDA 1 S.M. PATEL COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE, Anand, Gujarat 0 MANYA JHA 2nd year, Physics (Hons) 1 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu 0

2 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, Faridabad 420  Why I chose 3 MIRANDA HOUSE, Delhi 540 Miranda House Because ex- students told me the HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi 540 3 opportunities after doing Physics (Honours) from 3 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, Delhi 540 Miranda are endless

3 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, Delhi 540  What’s unique about campus life here? It is empowering and liberating; it’s a great the new focus areas. Incidentally, Mi- projects, internships that develop their opportunity for women because we get to live in randa was the first college to establish intellectual rigour, practical, analyti- an environment where a computer-based resource centre to cal and problem-solving skills and an we can develop our aid its visually challenged students. ability to apply their knowledge when voice and opinion ‘Miranda innovates’ is a motto the they are out in the real world. institute stands by and young minds Dr Nanda says, “I think the Mi-  One change I want are encouraged to design new projects. randian is reflected by a sense of lead- in my college Some of the popular student projects ership, sense of community life and Sports facilities and include the in-house developed mobile team management. All these qualities focus on sports phone using open-source electronic are already within them. The work of  Best facility in the prototyping platform Arduino, snake the college, basically the teaching and college robots, a surveillance system using non-teaching faculty, is to bring these The D.S. Kothari Centre drones, a Savant stick for the visually out to shine. Every student of ours for Research and impaired, to name a few. The coll ege shines in their own unique way.” Innovation in Science has an all-weather station (AWS) in- Manya Jha and Kritika Bansal, Education is our stalled and a METKIDS programme to second-year students pursuing Physics research initiative where help students analyse climate patterns (Honours) take pride in stressing how every summer students get opportunities to and precipitation measurements. opportunities at Miranda are endless. do research work. The institute curates pro- “The first thing which absolutely every Students can also work grammes such as the Science Mirandian would say is it is so empow- on projects apart from Conclave, students from the sci- ering and liberating in every sense. their syllabus, as it is ence department also visit research Obviously, it’s also a great opportunity ongoing throughout organisations to get training, under- for women, especially because they the year take field trips, excursions, summer get to live in an environment where BEST COLLEGES >>> SCIENCE

TOP TOP EMERGING COLLEGES CITY-WISE 10 OF THIS CENTURY* >>> >>> 3 COLLEGES >>> COLLEGE DELHI 3. SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 1 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru 1 . MIRANDA HOUSE 2. HINDU COLLEGE CHANDIGARH 2 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE,Jaipur 3. ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE 1. GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA 3 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE S.D. COLLEGE (GGDSD) & COMMERCE, Mumbai MUMBAI 2. MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 1 . SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF 4 VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, Kolkata ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF 3. DAV COLLEGE, SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL CHANDIGARH 5 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND Hyderabad ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS) KOLKATA 2. KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM 1. RAMAKRISHNA MISSION 6 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE COLLEGE VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY (AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore 3. SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN COLLEGE 7 PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, Jaipur 2. VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE CHENNAI 3. BARRACKPORE RASTRAGURU 8 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, SURENDRANATH COLLEGE 1. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Coimbatore 2. LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) PUNE 9 SCIENCE & LABORATORY EDUCATION & 3. STELLA MARIS COLLEGE 1. SIR PARASHURAMBHAU LIBRARY SCIENCE, IPS ACADEMY, Indore (AUTONOMOUS) COLLEGE 2. ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR 10 GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE, BENGALURU COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & Ahmedabad 1. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES, COMMERCE CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) 3. MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE Colleges whose first batch passed out in or after 2000 2. MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE, were considered for emerging colleges ranking AUTONOMOUS JAIPUR 3. ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 1. ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE 2. PODDAR INTERNATIONAL they develop their voice and their opin- HYDERABAD COLLEGE ions,” says Bansal. Jha adds that there 1. ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 3. SCHOOL OF LIFE & BASIC is a healthy balance of academics and SCIENCES, JAIPUR NATIONAL 2. ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN extracurricular activities, but adds that UNIVERSITY there is scope for improvement. “I think 3. ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & we could really increase the amount of PG COLLEGE AHMEDABAD sports that we have in our college. Right now, sports is not really a focus area,” she COIMBATORE 1. ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE says. With new initiatives on the campus, (AUTONOMOUS) 1. SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF Mirandians are encouraged to work on ARTS & SCIENCE 2. M.G. SCIENCE INSTITUTE a number of projects apart from their 2. SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF 3. GOVERNMENT SCIENCE syllabus. “The students and teachers are ARTS & SCIENCE FOR WOMEN COLLEGE such a close-knit community here, and the amount of effort the faculty puts in to improve us is amazing,” says Jha. n

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OVER- OVERALL INSTITUTE 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 250 250 175 175 150 1,000 1,000 2,000

1 1 MIRANDA HOUSE , DELHI 222.1 196.9 131.1 149.2 139.5 838.8 999.6 1,838.4

2 2 HINDU COLLEGE, DELHI 234.2 192.5 134.6 128.2 140.5 830.0 998.6 1,828.6

3 3 ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 211.4 188.6 148.3 132.7 138.3 819.3 997.4 1,816.7

 4 6 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 184.7 177.4 151.8 157.8 112.0 783.7 967.9 1,751.6

5 5 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 187.3 176.6 143.5 112.9 117.0 737.3 993.8 1,731.1

 6 4 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI 202.4 172.8 113.7 119.5 136.3 744.7 983.1 1,727.8

7 7 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, DELHI 190.1 177.5 105.9 108.1 132.5 714.1 994.2 1,708.3

8 8 DEPT OF SCIENCE, CHRIST (DEEMED UNIV.), BENGALURU 171.9 169.0 138.0 140.9 118.3 738.1 959.1 1,697.2

9 9 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 185.5 161.1 121.1 119.1 110.0 696.8 950.0 1,646.8

- 10 NP SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 189.7 166.4 103.0 107.4 116.7 683.2 958.1 1,641.3

- 11 NP INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, DELHI 194.8 154.2 134.5 112.9 114.8 711.2 927.2 1,638.4

 12 11 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 189.8 154.1 119.9 105.2 122.9 691.9 945.8 1,637.7

 13 10 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 190.3 187.9 118.8 100.1 98.7 695.8 939.9 1,635.7

14 14 GARGI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 197.4 172.2 106.9 106.9 112.4 695.8 933.1 1,628.9

 15 12 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 188.3 182.9 102.3 110.6 114.7 698.8 923.5 1,622.3

 16 13 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE, AUTONOMOUS, BENGALURU 178.3 153.4 117.2 91.1 102.0 642.0 951.0 1,593.0  17 16 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE 176.7 136.5 99.8 97.5 124.1 634.6 948.7 1,583.3 OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI

 18 19 MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 179.0 165.9 124.7 119.9 102.0 691.5 880.6 1,572.1

 19 15 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 180.7 177.0 106.8 128.3 78.1 670.9 895.6 1,566.5

 20 24 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), AHMEDABAD 183.1 128.8 127.4 78.4 109.3 627.0 931.1 1,558.1

 21 18 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 168.0 171.9 136.2 101.7 96.8 674.6 881.3 1,555.9

 22 20 ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 173.8 164.7 85.1 116.9 111.6 652.1 900.6 1,552.7

 23 21 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 157.8 160.3 116.1 93.2 109.7 637.1 910.9 1,548.0

 24 23 B.K. BIRLA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, KALYAN 185.3 159.6 103.7 123.2 73.6 645.4 902.2 1,547.6

 25 26 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 168.0 171.2 150.9 92.8 96.2 679.1 861.9 1,541.0

 26 25 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), KOCHI 181.3 162.0 129.2 122.4 110.2 705.1 808.2 1,513.3

 27 30 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 155.3 165.1 98.8 122.0 101.3 642.5 866.8 1,509.3

28 28 ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 155.3 135.7 82.1 114.3 102.2 589.6 901.2 1,490.8

29 29 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 188.9 132.2 112.5 92.7 107.4 633.7 850.1 1,483.8

 30 33 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 106.5 170.4 125.4 81.5 112.7 596.5 886.6 1,483.1

 31 35 SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, MUMBAI 178.2 116.0 101.6 85.9 75.0 556.7 919.8 1,476.5

 32 37 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHANDIGARH 162.9 151.6 101.4 81.9 98.1 595.9 871.3 1,467.2

 33 38 DAV COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 169.5 128.2 110.6 72.2 107.4 587.9 852.9 1,440.8

- 34 NP VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR 184.3 171.5 119.1 114.1 104.3 693.3 744.8 1,438.1

 35 32 POST GRADUATE GOVT COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, CHANDIGARH 181.5 143.0 96.7 73.5 100.4 595.1 841.2 1436.3

 36 31 SCHOOL OF SCIENCES, JAIN (DEEMED UNIV.), BENGALURU 134.3 164.1 100.7 104.8 91.9 595.8 822.9 1,418.7

 37 36 SHIVAJI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 187.6 152.1 100.8 73.5 107.0 621.0 789.3 1,410.3

 38 43 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, RANCHI 182.8 114.7 116.6 77.2 90.4 581.7 815.8 1,397.5 39 39 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 150.2 148.1 108.2 91.7 88.3 586.5 794.1 1,380.6 MUMBAI 40 40 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 159.0 154.9 93.5 117.2 87.6 612.2 763.1 1,375.3 BENGALURU TOP 120 BEST COLLEGES >>> SCIENCE

 42 41 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU 129.2 139.3 112.7 90.2 77.4 548.8 820.4 1,369.2  43 45 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 168.5 116.6 95.4 104.6 83.3 568.4 779.3 1,347.7 - 44 NP ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 176.8 160.2 103.2 118.8 83.3 642.3 685.1 1,327.4 - 45 NP BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 178.1 157.1 112.2 112.7 70.2 630.3 663.1 1,293.4  46 44 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 150.8 134.5 122.7 91.8 89.9 589.7 675.8 1,265.5 - 47 NP RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY 161.4 159.6 118.1 91.4 104.3 634.8 629.4 1,264.2 COLLEGE, KOLKATA

 48 50 VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, MADHYAMGRAM, KOLKATA 152.3 123.8 102.9 73.0 109.7 561.7 682.5 1,244.2 49 49 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 131.7 144.9 119.8 66.9 77.9 541.2 689.8 1,231.0 BENGALURU

 50 53 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 126.2 132.9 121.6 89.2 103.5 573.4 647.0 1,220.4  51 47 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR 117.0 149.3 112.7 89.9 104.3 573.2 622.0 1,195.2 WOMEN, COIMBATORE

52 52 M.G. SCIENCE INSTITUTE, AHMEDABAD 164.2 150.9 84.6 68.9 90.0 558.6 607.3 1,165.9  53 55 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 146.4 110.7 100.1 113.1 77.4 547.7 608.0 1,155.7  54 59 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 115.2 131.7 106.3 91.1 104.6 548.9 583.8 1,132.7

 55 51 R.J. COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, MUMBAI 178.3 125.9 65.7 58.0 81.6 509.5 618.3 1,127.8  56 62 PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 124.8 145.4 114.0 93.5 79.9 557.6 558.8 1,116.4  57 58 DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 135.4 143.2 112.8 85.3 101.0 577.7 538.4 1,116.1 - 58 NP SCIENCE & LABORATORY EDUCATION & LIBRARY SCIENCE, 98.3 139.0 115.1 91.4 99.1 542.9 565.6 1,108.5 IPS ACADEMY, INDORE

- 59 NP NIRMALA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, COIMBATORE 183.4 132.6 111.7 114.8 98.8 641.3 466.8 1,108.1  60 57 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE, UJIRE 162.1 111.6 122.2 78.8 101.4 576.1 515.9 1,092.0  61 56 GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 152.1 121.9 116.6 58.8 67.7 517.1 566.5 1,083.6 - 62 NP DAV COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 164.1 157.5 115.6 75.2 78.0 590.4 485.4 1,075.8  63 78 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 165.7 141.8 90.8 82.1 110.1 590.5 444.7 1,035.2 64 64 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 168.8 125.4 116.7 86.6 66.1 563.6 471.1 1,034.7  65 63 SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE, PUNE 165.0 146.6 103.0 77.3 101.3 593.2 438.8 1,032.0  66 65 JANKIDEVI BAJAJ COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, WARDHA 135.9 133.2 91.5 66.0 82.6 509.2 513.1 1,022.3  67 60 GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE, AHMEDABAD 117.8 137.0 68.9 42.9 102.9 469.5 516.2 985.7

 68 66 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 143.3 124.6 69.8 42.4 60.7 440.8 516.1 956.9  69 74 SCHOOL OF LIFE & BASIC SCIENCES, JAIPUR NATIONAL 131.1 162.9 123.7 87.6 75.3 580.6 370.2 950.8 UNIVERSITY , JAIPUR

- 70 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 148.2 107.7 71.6 21.1 76.7 425.3 512.3 937.6  71 67 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 127.4 114.7 110.2 76.9 80.8 510.0 404.8 914.8  72 80 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS ), VIJAYAWADA 145.8 137.5 114.1 78.3 80.2 555.9 343.2 899.1 73 73 KASTURBA GANDHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 139.6 111.4 93.6 68.0 62.9 475.5 393.1 868.6 SECUNDERABAD  74 68 ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & 158.7 133.7 98.7 48.5 66.3 505.9 341.7 847.6 COMMERCE, PUNE

 75 70 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 114.3 134.3 114.9 110.4 96.2 570.1 274.9 845.0  76 87 GURU NANAK COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 140.4 124.2 114.1 90.8 48.9 518.4 320.8 839.2 MUMBAI

 77 76 PRAMUKH SWAMI SC. & H.D.PATEL ARTS COLL., KADI, GUJARAT 164.6 148.5 141.0 65.3 81.1 600.5 238.3 838.8  78 85 NEHRU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 97.5 130.0 113.0 86.1 94.7 521.3 317.2 838.5  79 69 JUSTICE BASHEER AHMED SAYEED COLL. FOR WOMEN, 165.6 132.6 79.2 80.5 93.7 551.6 277.7 829.3 CHENNAI

 80 71 GOVT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ANANTAPUR, ANDHRA PRADESH 142.1 138.1 94.0 71.3 80.7 526.2 297.7 823.9 TOP 120 BEST COLLEGES >>> SCIENCE

 81 72 GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 138.4 119.6 85.9 97.8 104.7 546.4 274.9 821.3  82 97 DAV COLLEGE, HOSHIARPUR 124.8 115.8 102.9 73.0 67.3 483.8 336.5 820.3  83 82 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 177.0 146.9 111.0 52.8 59.7 547.4 272.4 819.8  84 91 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 130.1 111.9 119.2 74.9 98.0 534.1 280.6 814.7 (AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE - 85 NP DM’S COLLEGE & RESEARCH CENTRE, MAPUSA, GOA 137.5 160.4 118.3 105.6 54.3 576.1 238.3 814.4  86 75 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 138.1 115.4 107.1 83.1 78.2 521.9 291.3 813.2  87 93 BBK DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 123.2 144.4 86.5 75.1 64.9 494.1 318.3 812.4  88 81 S.M. PATEL COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE, ANAND 127.6 134.3 95.4 108.4 97.5 563.2 238.3 801.5  89 95 J.V.M’S DIWALIMAA DEGREE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, DR R.T. 153.0 124.4 84.0 77.3 55.1 493.8 306.8 800.6 DOSHI COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT, MUMBAI  90 94 MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, PUNE 104.8 114.0 107.3 85.8 69.7 481.6 315.2 796.8  91 88 DR R.V. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 94.9 85.0 101.7 57.3 81.4 420.3 365.8 786.1 92 92 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE 133.5 104.0 88.5 114.1 82.2 522.3 262.3 784.6 FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI  93 89 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 125.1 112.6 120.1 111.2 71.7 540.7 238.3 779.0  94 98 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 94.7 127.8 104.2 67.1 39.5 433.3 344.1 777.4  95 84 MUTHAYAMMAL COLL. OF ARTS & SC., NAMAKKAL, TAMIL NADU 122.4 131.9 113.1 74.0 97.6 539.0 238.3 777.3  96 86 N.V. PATEL COLLEGE OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES, ANAND 124.0 139.3 102.1 90.7 82.0 538.1 238.3 776.4  97 90 SDSM’S S.D. ARTS, V.S.APTE COMMERCE, M.H. MEHTA 151.8 140.5 109.2 69.9 51.8 523.2 238.3 761.5 SCIENCE COLLEGE, PALGHAR, MAHARASHTRA - 98 NP SHRI SHANKARLAL SUNDARBAI SHASUN JAIN COLLEGE FOR 136.4 93.2 98.9 92.7 71.5 492.7 238.3 731.0 WOMEN, CHENNAI  99 96 BARRACKPORE RASTRAGURU SURENDRANATH COLLEGE, 133.4 115.1 80.2 55.1 86.9 470.7 259.3 730.0 KOLKATA  100 102 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MGMT & COMMERCE , HYDERABAD 136.5 70.6 95.9 59.1 31.8 393.9 329.6 723.5 - 101 NP KSR COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR WOMEN, 87.7 84.4 96.4 73.4 47.1 389.0 277.9 666.9 TIRUCHENGODE, TAMIL NADU  102 103 M.M.K. & SDM MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA, MYSURU 84.5 106.8 91.5 55.2 62.2 400.2 238.3 638.5 - 103 NP NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, POLLACHI 177.1 113.0 119.0 80.6 96.3 586.0 0.0 586.0 - 104 NP S.D.N.B. VAISHNAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 174.9 117.3 96.5 84.6 109.4 582.7 0.0 582.7 - 105 NP DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 143.5 58.5 57.8 33.1 35.3 328.2 238.3 566.5 - 106 NP KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, JALANDHAR 148.1 144.6 98.1 85.2 54.6 530.6 0.0 530.6 - 107 NP V.L.B. JANAKIAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SC., COIMBATORE 137.3 78.8 120.8 98.3 92.6 527.8 0.0 527.8 - 108 NP AVANTHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 117.1 145.1 74.5 84.1 102.6 523.4 0.0 523.4 - 109 NP ANNA ADARSH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 139.1 115.8 87.0 101.8 77.9 521.6 0.0 521.6 - 110 NP JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH, MYSURU 99.8 146.3 104.6 92.2 59.7 502.6 0.0 502.6 - 111 NP SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 139.2 129.8 113.5 70.0 29.5 482.0 0.0 482.0 - 112 NP JAGIROAD COLLEGE, JAGIROAD, ASSAM 160.0 94.3 110.6 49.7 56.0 470.6 0.0 470.6 - 113 NP BISHOP MOORE COLLEGE, MAVELIKARA, KERALA 113.8 127.4 87.6 68.2 65.9 462.9 0.0 462.9 - 114 NP SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 82.0 114.9 100.9 75.1 85.1 458.0 0.0 458.0 - 115 NP ANANDARAM DHEKIAL PHOOKAN COLLEGE, NAGAON 145.7 114.0 80.7 10.7 76.8 427.9 0.0 427.9 - 116 NP PIONEER COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 88.4 72.4 95.9 70.1 94.1 420.9 0.0 420.9 - 117 NP ST AGNES COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) , MANGALURU 127.8 72.9 87.4 65.7 66.5 420.3 0.0 420.3 - 118 NP SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 101.9 134.0 82.3 69.1 31.0 418.3 0.0 418.3 - 119 NP BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 104.0 97.1 97.0 69.8 41.6 409.5 0.0 409.5 COIMBATORE

NP: Not participated Not NP: - 120 NP CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, MOHALI 90.1 97.5 99.6 66.8 43.5 397.5 0.0 397.5

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9 SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE, New Delhi

10 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA (ARSD) COLLEGE New Delhi

n 2018, Delhi 100,000 euros University’s Shri Ram College is what two I of Commerce students from (SRCC) had announced 98.5 SRCC’s Incubation per cent as the first cut-off for its BA (Honours) Centre received Economics course. The second as funding cut-off was just 0.25 percentage points lower, at 98.25 per cent. SRCC received 1,331 applications for its Economics (Honours) programme and 2,665 applications SRCC attracts students from for BCom (Honours). A towering across the country. Principal Simrit institution of learning that began Kaur, however, says most students as ‘The Commercial School’ in pre- in the college are not from Delhi. Independence Delhi in 1920, SRCC The college works hard to stay boasts of a massive alumni network relevant and ahead of the pack across the country and the world. in order to retain its position as From the country’s finance minis- India’s premier education centre for ter to top bureaucrats, technocrats commerce and economics—a posi- and film personalities, the college tion it has held for decades. has a glorious list of achievers. SRCC’s 120-strong faculty BEST COLLEGES >>> COMMERCE

TOP 10 EMERGING COLLEGES OF THIS CENTURY >>> GURUSPEAK 1 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru SIMRIT KAUR Principal, SRCC 2 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai  What sets SRCC apart? PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, Bengaluru 3 We try to understand the gaps in our curriculum. We have 4 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE, Kolkata added value data programmes. We are also working towards 5 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, Lucknow beginning courses in artificial intelligence and blockchain 6 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, Bengaluru technology. We might introduce a language course as well

Gwalior 7 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, SRCC hosts national and international conferences. 8 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, Hyderabad Some of the recent events held were on global 9 SRI KRISHNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE risk, sustainability and (AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore inclusiveness. For industry, we have discussed digitally disruptive technologies 10 INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE, Pune We adopt a very good methodology towards ensuring Note: Colleges whose first batch passed out in or after 2000 the holistic development of were considered for emerging colleges ranking students. We have over 39 students’ societies—largely run by student bodies—developing the applied skills of students (permanent and ad hoc) caters to 2,630 students. With great empha- We also have a sanitation sis on the holistic developmentof park. Today, my students students, apart from academics, 1,200 persons know how much waste they the college has numerous student are generating societies focused on various areas of can be seated in We offer students 24/7 interest, such as drama, debating, the centrally air- counselling—both for their music, books, sports and literature. career and psychological Students are also encouraged to conditioned sports well-being. We maintain work on creating social entrepre- complex built in 2010. full confidentiality neurship models and solving real issues on the ground. No wonder It has a multipurpose  What defines a student from SRCC? students say a lot of the learning hall, sports field, Typically, SRCC students have happens outside the classroom— very high IQ. They are very high doing projects in the real world. changing rooms, on adaptability—most of my Recently, a group of students students are from south India, worked with Thathera craftsmen a physiotherapy so there is a culture shock. Our of Amritsar to help markettheir unit and students are very aspirational, products. Thathera is a dying art so the frustration levels are high if their aspirations are of making traditional copper and a gymnasium not fulfilled brass utensils. Designers were brought on board and the products

40 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 TOP COLLEGES WITH BEST VALUE 5 FOR MONEY >>>

COLLEGE R o I*

1 ST ANNE’S DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Bengaluru 400,000.0

2 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai 288,318.0

3 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, Pollachi 220,000.0

4 SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, Delhi 1,066.7

5 HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi 1,042.6

*RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual salary/ tuition fees (entire course); St Anne’s Degree College for Women, Madras Christian College and Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College do not charge any tuition fee. To calculate their RoI, we have taken Re 1 as their tuition fee

were showcased at several exhibi- tions, such as Dastkar India, the International Trade Fair and the Jaipur Literature Festival. The students forged collaborations with retail outlets based in Delhi, Chandigarh and Chennai and the MY EXPERIENCE products were also listed on pre- AT SRCC mium e-commerce portals. ARJUN MADHUSUDAN A team from SRCC stood 1st year, BCom (Hons) second runners-up at the Enactus World Championship, 2018, which was held last October in San Jose,  What is unique about SRCC? California. The championship aims It is a student’s dream to get to recognise path-breaking entre- admission in SRCC. With all its preneurial action that transforms societies and activities, there the lives of people and creates are just so many things to do. widespread social impact. Enactus The faculty is very inspirational is an international not-for-profit and one gets to learn so much organisation with presence in from batchmates. There is good infrastructure. SRCC is a 1,700 universities across 36 coun- great package tries and over 72,000 students as active members.  One advice to future SRCC is also known to get its students students first-hand experience in Enrol yourself in the societies organising national and interna- that interest you because it is actual learning tional conferences. The conferences are designed by the students them- BEST COLLEGES >>> COMMERCE

TOP TOP COLLEGES OFFERING THE CITY-WISE 5 BEST AVERAGE SALARY >>> 3 COLLEGES >>> AVERAGE ANNUAL COLLEGE STARTING SALARY (`) DELHI HYDERABAD 1 SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE 1. SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF 1. ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR Delhi 5,76,000 COMMERCE (SRCC) WOMEN 2. HINDU COLLEGE 2. ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR 2 HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi 5,63,000 3. HANSRAJ COLLEGE WOMEN 3 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, Delhi 5,25,000 3. ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & BENGALURU PG COLLEGE 4 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru 4,70,000 1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, KOLKATA CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 5 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, Delhi 4,56,000 UNIVERSITY) 1. GOENKA COLLEGE OF 2. ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS) ADMINISTRATION TOP COLLEGES WITH THE 3. KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE 2. J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE 3. BARRACKPORE RASTRAGURU 5 LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> CHENNAI SURENDRANATH COLLEGE TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( `) 1. LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHANDIGARH MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai 0 1 2. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 1. GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT 1 ST ANNE’S DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN SANATAN DHARAMA Bengaluru 0 3.STELLA MARIS COLLEGE COLLEGE (GGDSD) (AUTONOMOUS) 2. POST GRADUATE 1 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM MUMBAI GOVERNMENT COLLEGE COLLEGE, Pollachi 0 FOR GIRLS 1. SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE 3. DAV COLLEGE 2 SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, Delhi 540 OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AHMEDABAD 2 HINDU COLLEGE, Delhi 540 & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND 1. H.L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS) 2. H.A. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE selves on topical issues, such as global risk, sustainability 2. SHRI VILE PARLE KELAVANI 3. SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR and economic inclusiveness. Last July, SRCC students MANDAL’S NARSEE MONJEE & SHREE BHAILALBHAI organised an international conference on empowering COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & A PATEL UMIYA ARTS & women, ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ECONOMICS COMMERCE COLLEGE Sustainability’, in collaboration with the NITI Aayog. 3. K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF FOR GIRLS Twenty countries participated. The college is also being ARTS & COMMERCE instrumental in increasing financial literacy through its JAIPUR PUNE Financial Literacy Cell, which was launched in 2016 to 1. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS spread financial education and awareness. SRCC is also 1. SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF & MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR carrying out training programmes for the Reserve Bank ARTS & COMMERCE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY of India (RBI) officers and the corporate affairs min- 2. NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF 2. MAHESHWARI COLLEGE OF istry. Apart from the faculty and practical experiences, COMMERCE COMMERCE & ARTS the students say they learn a lot from their peers. The environment is highly competitive and can sometimes get 3. ST MIRA’S COLLEGE 3. PARISHKAR COLLEGE OF tough to cope with. On-campus placements set a record FOR GIRLS GLOBAL EXCELLENCE last year, with a student getting an offer of Rs 31 lakh per

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TOP COLLEGES WITH THE BEST 5 MALE TO FEMALE RATIO >>>

1 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Coimbatore

2 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), Mumbai

3 NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, Pune

4 H.L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, Ahmedabad

5 SIVANANDA SARMA MEMORIAL R.V. COLLEGE, Bengaluru

annum from a consulting firm—the different career goals into corporate highest placement offer to a student life. Students joining SRCC come in Delhi University pursuing an with various aspirations—some want undergraduate programme. to join the civil services, some want The college has enviable in- to do an MBA while several others frastructure, including a massive want to go into academics. It’s this sports complex and a library with motley mix of backgrounds and aspi- digital check-in/ check-out. Another rations that makes the experience at striking feature is the sanitation SRCC more enriching. As principal park, SRCC’s waste management Simrit Kaur says, the ability to adapt facility. The idea behind it is to quickly is the key to surviving and nudge students to think of sustain- thriving in the college. Her advice able solutions for India. to students is to focus on what they Students say there is immense aim to do and not what they want to focus and pressure to be corporate become eventually. Because what you careerists, which veers many with do is what you become. n TOP 145 BEST COLLEGES >>> COMMERCE

1 1 SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, DELHI 210.9 195.5 126.5 154.6 187.9 875.4 998.8 1,874.2 2 2 HINDU COLLEGE, DELHI 207.1 175.6 134.9 152.4 185.7 855.7 991.3 1,847.0  3 4 HANSRAJ COLLEGE, DELHI 195.8 169.0 119.7 134.9 179.6 799.0 990.7 1,789.7  4 7 KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI 195.3 165.5 120.9 125.3 175.1 782.1 948.1 1,730.2 5 5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 172.8 188.5 121.6 123.5 166.8 773.2 956.6 1,729.8 UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU

6 6 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 181.4 171.5 119.8 126.0 145.6 744.3 976.2 1,720.5  7 8 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 195.2 180.2 125.5 122.6 145.1 768.6 948.7 1,717.3  8 9 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS), 159.1 190.2 97.6 127.4 154.2 728.5 919.3 1,647.8 BENGALURU

— 9 NP SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 185.8 136.7 91.7 113.1 166.6 693.9 925.7 1,619.6  10 11 ATMA RAM SANATAN DHARMA (ARSD) COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 180.7 163.2 100.4 131.3 131.6 707.2 908.4 1,615.6  11 10 SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE 172.8 151.7 106.6 97.3 165.2 693.6 920.6 1,614.2 OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS (AUTONOMOUS), MUMBAI — 12 NP SHRI VILE PARLE KELAVANI MANDAL’S NARSEE MONJEE 183.0 152.1 83.0 105.6 153.6 677.3 933.8 1,611.1 COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS, MUMBAI

— 13 NP INDRAPRASTHA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, DELHI 174.1 117.8 119.9 129.9 151.9 693.6 913.3 1,606.9  14 12 K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, MUMBAI 156.6 154.1 89.2 121.0 150.3 671.2 934.2 1,605.4 15 15 GARGI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 192.7 149.8 98.6 117.3 143.5 701.9 903.4 1,605.3  16 17 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 173.0 166.6 121.2 116.9 146.1 723.8 871.8 1,595.6  17 14 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 184.8 148.3 103.7 124.3 144.8 705.9 880.4 1,586.3 — 18 NP DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE , NEW DELHI 160.3 114.4 79.2 102.0 137.2 593.1 944.2 1,537.3  19 18 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT SANATAN DHARAMA COLLEGE 162.9 146.0 101.1 107.5 148.4 665.9 870.9 1,536.8 (GGDSD), CHANDIGARH

20 20 SRI GURU GOBIND SINGH COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, NEW DELHI 184.8 190.1 97.8 117.8 140.8 731.3 804.2 1,535.5  21 16 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 151.8 160.2 126.1 118.0 134.6 690.7 841.3 1,532.0  22 19 GOENKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS 160.1 154.3 80.3 101.8 150.2 646.7 884.9 1,531.6 ADMINISTRATION, KOLKATA

 23 22 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 160.8 131.9 105.8 106.3 144.3 649.1 877.0 1,526.1  24 23 SHIVAJI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 186.6 132.6 103.1 104.6 142.0 668.9 849.5 1,518.4 25 25 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 167.1 135.9 104.1 129.7 140.8 677.6 825.6 1,503.2  26 27 KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 172.9 160.9 84.1 126.6 125.2 669.7 827.2 1,496.9  27 28 SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PUNE 161.2 152.7 68.7 124.0 110.6 617.2 870.8 1,488.0  28 21 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 145.8 151.6 112.6 93.6 127.7 631.3 853.8 1,485.1  29 26 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THEVARA, KOCHI 184.9 131.8 107.3 103.2 130.8 658.0 824.2 1,482.2  30 24 MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 161.2 167.7 110.7 122.5 139.4 701.5 778.8 1,480.3  31 29 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE, KOLKATA 141.1 132.0 70.1 117.6 146.0 606.8 871.4 1,478.2 — 32 NP VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR 192.3 127.0 105.7 121.5 133.1 679.6 768.5 1,448.1  33 30 SESHADRIPURAM COLLEGE, BENGALURU 150.7 143.5 89.8 124.8 120.5 629.3 811.7 1,441.0  34 38 B.K. BIRLA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE 171.7 147.9 86.8 118.8 125.5 650.7 785.1 1,435.8 (AUTONOMOUS), KALYAN

 35 33 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE , RANCHI 166.3 111.8 93.7 101.0 123.4 596.2 828.6 1,424.8  36 37 NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, PUNE 167.9 130.7 72.7 110.7 146.1 628.1 787.1 1,415.2  37 32 ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE , LUCKNOW 126.3 163.0 102.1 112.3 133.4 637.1 776.9 1,414.0  38 34 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 146.6 142.6 99.2 113.5 129.8 631.7 777.8 1,409.5  39 31 ST FRANCIS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 166.5 140.0 76.8 104.4 140.0 627.7 771.2 1,398.9 TOP 145 BEST COLLEGES >>> COMMERCE

 40 36 BHARATI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 182.9 126.4 92.6 117.9 135.1 654.9 722.7 1,377.6 — 41 NP RAMANUJAN COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 183.6 185.5 79.8 125.9 151.8 726.6 624.6 1,351.2  42 40 POST GRADUATE GOVT COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, CHANDIGARH 165.2 132.9 100.8 85.7 117.5 602.1 744.2 1,346.3  43 41 LAKSHMIBAI COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 156.1 166.0 87.6 103.2 107.5 620.4 712.5 1,332.9  44 45 DAV COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 157.6 116.7 92.9 80.5 109.1 556.8 774.7 1,331.5  45 46 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLL. FOR WOMEN, CHANDIGARH 146.1 134.4 84.0 105.1 135.5 605.1 721.5 1,326.6  46 42 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 173.5 146.7 90.1 103.1 139.0 652.4 637.2 1,289.6  47 39 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 127.6 149.1 104.7 125.4 113.4 620.2 666.2 1,286.4 BENGALURU

 48 52 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 170.0 125.4 78.6 79.1 112.6 565.7 709.0 1,274.7  49 48 ARYABHATTA COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 151.4 122.8 91.8 108.2 134.9 609.1 634.1 1,243.2 50 50 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 133.5 133.2 107.9 94.8 135.2 604.6 636.3 1,240.9 51 51 K.P.B. HINDUJA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, MUMBAI 176.9 141.5 66.1 93.9 115.6 594.0 635.7 1,229.7  52 49 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 131.9 119.7 83.5 115.7 140.2 591.0 637.5 1,228.5 — 53 NP BADRUKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, HYDERABAD 133.5 123.2 76.1 107.4 142.1 582.3 633.7 1,216.0 53 53 H.L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, AHMEDABAD 164.1 134.0 80.3 99.4 100.3 578.1 637.9 1,216.0  55 54 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 136.1 85.9 118.3 103.4 111.9 555.6 630.7 1,186.3 BENGALURU — 56 NP SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, JAIN (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), 136.2 124.1 83.9 100.6 142.3 587.1 572.5 1,159.6 BENGALURU  57 56 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE, 130.7 114.5 82.8 75.6 110.1 513.7 638.2 1,151.9 HYDERABAD  58 60 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ALIGARH MUSLIM 161.2 151.1 84.8 57.0 62.5 516.6 632.4 1,149.0 UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH

— 59 NP BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 129.9 118.0 89.0 26.5 111.3 474.7 661.7 1,136.4  60 59 S.K. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 136.7 127.1 90.1 96.7 101.5 552.1 583.3 1,135.4 MUMBAI  61 58 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 125.4 143.8 96.8 113.4 127.4 606.8 525.3 1,132.1 COIMBATORE

— 62 62 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 153.7 133.6 88.6 96.3 116.3 588.5 536.0 1,124.5 — 63 NP YASHWANTRAO MOHITE COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & 151.7 39.3 76.8 49.8 123.1 440.7 665.1 1,105.8 COMMERCE, PUNE  64 55 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 141.5 147.6 83.9 100.4 125.1 598.5 489.8 1,088.3 BENGALURU

 65 64 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 158.6 131.8 114.1 109.4 121.5 635.4 442.0 1,077.4 — 66 NP ANNA ADARSH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI 155.6 133.6 87.4 91.6 105.0 573.2 488.3 1,061.5 — 67 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 148.9 95.7 93.6 46.4 81.9 466.5 594.8 1,061.3  68 57 GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 146.2 132.5 72.3 101.9 122.6 575.5 482.1 1,057.6 HYDERABAD

 69 61 H.A. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, AHMEDABAD 135.9 78.7 37.4 83.5 93.6 429.1 627.1 1,056.2 — 70 NP DAV COLLEGE, ABOHAR 149.6 139.8 103.0 111.7 51.7 555.8 442.5 998.3 — 71 NP B.B.K. DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 124.0 96.9 81.1 100.1 95.8 497.9 487.2 985.1  72 66 GURU NANAK COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 126.1 143.1 75.1 61.1 99.6 505.0 470.8 975.8 MUMBAI

— 73 NP INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE, PUNE 131.1 130.6 78.2 95.8 90.0 525.7 410.6 936.3 — 74 NP KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA, JALANDHAR 156.1 105.5 97.7 112.6 122.1 594.0 331.0 925.0  75 63 ROSARY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, NAVELIM 160.3 126.1 67.8 78.5 115.4 548.1 376.8 924.9  76 65 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE 123.8 138.2 112.3 106.2 113.8 594.3 330.4 924.7 (AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE

 77 70 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ANANTAPUR, AP 149.0 134.5 103.2 98.6 138.3 623.6 257.2 880.8 TOP 145 BEST COLLEGES >>> COMMERCE

INTAKE INFRASTRUC‑ PERSONALITY CAREER OVER- ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL OVERALL QUALITY & TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION ALL EXCELLENCE SCORE SCORE SCORE RANK GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT RANK INSTITUTE AND CITY 2018 2019 225 250 150 175 200 1,000 1,000 2,000

 78 84 DAV COLLEGE, HOSHIARPUR 146.5 135.7 95.6 101.7 133.9 613.4 236.1 849.5  79 67 DR R.V. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 105.8 84.3 86.8 52.7 97.7 427.3 414.2 841.5  80 68 GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 137.1 136.4 94.1 80.0 109.7 557.3 280.2 837.5  81 69 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE 135.5 142.6 109.4 118.7 104.6 610.8 213.3 824.1 (FORMERLY S.N.R. SONS COLLEGE), COIMBATORE

 82 80 SES’S L.S. RAHEJA COLL. OF ARTS & COMMERCE, MUMBAI 138.1 116.0 73.3 60.8 104.7 492.9 319.9 812.8 — 83 NP SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV 167.0 130.5 85.7 105.4 143.3 631.9 158.3 790.2 COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI

 84 73 KONGU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 141.5 131.6 115.8 86.5 96.9 572.3 212.3 784.6  85 86 INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MGMT, GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA 100.6 140.0 122.5 100.2 137.3 600.6 183.1 783.7 — 86 NP VELLALAR COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 161.6 137.2 97.7 71.2 52.4 520.1 252.3 772.4  87 91 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR NATIONAL 115.9 137.9 124.5 117.0 95.4 590.7 172.1 762.8 UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR  88 71 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE 106.0 134.2 103.2 126.0 83.1 552.5 193.8 746.3 FOR WOMEN, COIMBATORE  89 79 DNYANPRASSARAK MANDAL’S COLLEGE & RESEARCH 167.0 142.8 90.9 83.8 80.6 565.1 178.9 744.0 CENTRE, MAPUSA, GOA

 90 75 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 141.4 138.5 105.1 93.6 110.6 589.2 145.1 734.3  91 87 LINGAYA’S LALITA DEVI INST OF MGMT & SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 119.2 147.0 106.9 125.3 99.0 597.4 133.2 730.6  92 74 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 170.2 137.0 113.1 99.5 91.5 611.3 115.9 727.2  93 95 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE, 156.4 141.7 100.8 87.6 100.3 586.8 133.8 720.6 UJIRE, KARNATAKA  94 100 KASTURBA GANDHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR 160.7 108.8 81.9 101.5 94.2 547.1 158.3 705.4 WOMEN, SECUNDERABAD

 95 81 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 154.0 91.5 55.5 43.3 114.6 458.9 242.4 701.3  96 94 BARRACKPORE RASTRAGURU SURENDRANATH COLL., KOLKATA 153.3 138.0 98.1 78.8 119.3 587.5 113.2 700.7  97 90 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS ), VIJAYAWADA 160.6 113.4 112.2 114.0 116.3 616.5 83.1 699.6  98 76 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 131.2 145.1 108.1 77.1 78.8 540.3 158.3 698.6  99 83 SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE, PUNE 165.6 117.4 93.4 52.1 80.7 509.2 185.2 694.4  100 89 RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 107.8 138.2 107.2 101.3 88.9 543.4 149.7 693.1 — 101 NP SHRI SHANKARLAL SUNDARBAI SHASUN JAIN COLLEGE FOR 134.9 136.6 77.2 84.2 95.1 528.0 154.2 682.2 WOMEN, CHENNAI

 102 97 MAHESHWARI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, JAIPUR 106.5 126.7 80.3 115.0 113.8 542.3 134.1 676.4 ‑ 103 NP SHREE MEGHMANI PARIVAR & SHREE BHAILALBHAI A PATEL 122.2 111.4 63.7 72.2 108.6 478.1 198.2 676.3 UMIYA ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, AHMEDABAD  104 92 DR NITTE SHANKARA ADYANTHAYA MEMORIAL FIRST 129.3 127.2 108.1 112.8 139.4 616.8 58.9 675.7 GRADE COLLEGE, KARKALA, KARNATAKA  105 98 JUSTICE BASHEER AHMED SAYEED COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 166.0 118.2 74.0 80.2 133.8 572.2 93.2 665.4 (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI

 106 103 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 128.3 128.0 82.1 106.7 85.5 530.6 132.9 663.5  107 99 PARISHKAR COLLEGE OF GLOBAL EXCELLENCE, JAIPUR 118.5 127.4 78.6 113.4 115.2 553.1 109.0 662.1  108 105 ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & 125.8 140.1 78.9 69.3 84.7 498.8 162.0 660.8 COMMERCE, PUNE

 109 88 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 113.4 139.2 108.2 90.5 141.2 592.5 58.9 651.4  110 117 MES COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, VASCO‑DA‑GAMA, GOA 143.8 102.2 66.3 65.1 106.9 484.3 164.0 648.3  111 96 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 158.8 148.9 107.0 70.7 80.8 566.2 69.9 636.1  112 113 M.M.K. AND S.D.M. MAHILA MAHA VIDYALAYA, MYSURU 110.4 101.9 71.3 59.8 127.1 470.5 164.5 635.0 TOP 145 BEST COLLEGES >>> COMMERCE

 113 115 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 115.8 120.7 87.2 66.3 77.8 467.8 161.3 629.1

 114 109 SIVANANDA SARMA MEMORIAL RV COLLEGE, BENGALURU 145.3 102.1 86.8 78.1 97.4 509.7 118.6 628.3

 115 110 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 140.4 112.3 60.8 81.7 102.5 497.7 123.9 621.6

— 116 NP PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 136.2 142.5 106.8 109.9 125.0 620.4 — 620.4  117 101 SONOPANT DANDEKAR SHIKSHAN MANDALI’S SD ARTS, V.S. 169.0 140.9 79.8 84.0 84.4 558.1 58.9 617.0 APTE COMMERCE, M.H. MEHTA SCIENCE COLLEGE, PALGHAR, MAHARASHTRA

 118 112 CAUVERY COLLEGE, VIRAJPET, KARNATAKA 119.3 83.5 93.8 75.6 106.0 478.2 135.0 613.2

— 119 NP MUTHAYAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, NAMAKKAL, TN 135.5 147.7 103.9 91.7 68.4 547.2 58.9 606.1

— 120 NP BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 166.5 145.2 76.2 77.9 135.3 601.1 — 601.1

— 121 NP ST ANNE’S DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, BENGALURU 151.4 134.7 74.3 98.1 141.7 600.2 — 600.2

— 122 NP V.L.B. JANAKIAMMAL COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 123.0 146.9 109.3 111.5 104.2 594.9 — 594.9

— 123 NP NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, POLLACHI 160.2 136.8 98.7 86.8 110.7 593.2 — 593.2  124 102 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE (KKCAS), 109.7 117.4 108.1 102.1 95.2 532.5 58.9 591.4 COIMBATORE  125 116 JNAN VIKAS MANDAL’S MOHANLAL RAICHAND MEHTA 147.3 116.9 61.7 58.7 92.7 477.3 112.9 590.2 DEGREE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, DR R.T. DOSHI DEGREE COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT, NAVI MUMBAI  126 104 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE 131.7 121.1 74.7 100.8 100.7 529.0 58.9 587.9 FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI

— 127 NP AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL, GWALIOR 70.3 147.7 125.3 116.0 126.0 585.3 — 585.3

— 128 NP AVANTHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 104.2 153.0 66.3 104.7 141.4 569.6 — 569.6

 129 119 GOVT COLLEGE, KULLU 129.2 69.2 76.8 70.5 61.7 407.4 161.7 569.1

— 130 NP MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, PUNE 96.0 147.1 107.3 117.1 95.0 562.5 0.0 562.5

 131 114 DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR CANTT, FEROZEPUR 104.3 84.0 62.4 81.1 104.4 436.2 124.6 560.8

— 132 NP GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, WARDHA 150.0 122.3 85.3 100.7 98.3 556.6 — 556.6

— 133 NP SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE, POLLACHI 119.6 142.0 102.3 84.5 99.5 547.9 — 547.9 — 134 NP KSR COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR WOMEN, 77.3 132.5 110.4 61.1 106.5 487.8 58.9 546.7 TIRUCHENGODE, TAMIL NADU

— 135 NP FR AGNEL COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, PILAR, GOA 132.4 148.0 75.0 104.7 75.6 535.7 — 535.7

— 136 NP DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 148.2 101.4 55.2 78.0 106.9 489.7 — 489.7

— 137 NP T. JOHN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & SCIENCE, BENGALURU 87.5 134.3 98.8 72.7 82.3 475.6 — 475.6

— 138 NP BISHOP APPASAMY COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 113.5 105.5 100.6 87.1 60.0 466.7 — 466.7

— 139 NP PIONEER COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 99.1 74.8 88.0 83.9 105.7 451.5 — 451.5

— 140 NP SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 91.2 98.2 93.3 62.9 96.8 442.4 — 442.4

— 141 NP JAGIROAD COLLEGE, JAGIROAD, ASSAM 144.2 81.9 95.4 33.7 79.5 434.7 — 434.7 — 142 NP ANNAI THERASA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, 84.6 108.7 77.8 88.0 65.7 424.8 — 424.8 THIRUKAZHUKUNDRAM, TAMIL NADU — 143 NP VIDYA PRABODHINI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, EDUCATION, 111.7 116.7 84.0 54.4 29.2 396.0 — 396.0 COMPUTER & MANAGEMENT, PARVARI, GOA — 144 NP DPM’S SHREE MALLIKARJUN COLLEGE OF ARTS & 131.4 100.2 81.6 41.3 26.7 381.2 — 381.2 COMMERCE, CANACONA, GOA 145 NP SHREE HALARI VISA OSWAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, 111.8 131.9 75.4 60.8 0.0 379.9 — 379.9 BHIWANDI NP: Not participatedNot NP:

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time undergraduate programme and submitted objective data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place, this may result in rounding-off errors while adding the parameter-wise score. Colleges not ranked during perceptual survey have got nil marks in perceptual score BEST COLLEGES >>> MEDICAL No1 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI AIMING HIGH The focus on innovation and unmatched footfall of patients offering exposure to students has made AIIMS a topper for 23 years

By Priyanka Sharma

IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AIIMS director Randeep Guleria with students in the digital histology lab he All India In- organise seminars and faculty and stitute of Medical students exchange programmes, says Sciences (AIIMS), Prof. Randeep Guleria, the director. T New Delhi, has The institute has started an retained its top innovation facilitation division and slot by continu- the Centre for Integrated Medical ously achieving a high standard in Research (CIMR). Besides, a new medical education, research and its patent and technology transfer policy state-of-the-art healthcare infra- has been formulated and it is in the structure and services. Based on the process of creating a Central Re- vision of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the search Facility (CRF). The Cadaveric first health minister of India, AIIMS Surgical Skills Centre is training is an autonomous institution estab- more than 500 doctors every year. lished as an Institute of National The universities it has signed Importance by the AIIMS Act, 1956. MoUs include the Harvard Univer- Recognised globally as an institution sity, Stanford University, University that combines excellent me i l edu- of Michigan in the US; University cation with quality research, AIIMS College, London; Australia's Deakin regularly collaborates with national University, Monash University, and international institutions to George Institute of Global Health,

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1 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (AIIMS) New Delhi

2 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL (CMC) Vellore

3 ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE (AFMC), Pune

4 MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE (MAMC), New Delhi

5 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH (JIPMER), Puducherry

6 KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Lucknow

7 INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY (BHU), Varanasi

8 LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE, New Delhi

9 VARDHMAN MAHAVIR MEDICAL COLLEGE, New Delhi

10 GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE & SIR JAMSHEDJEE JEEJEEBHOY GROUP OF HOSPITALS Mumbai YASIR IQBAL YASIR BEST COLLEGES >>> MEDICAL

HK RAJASHEKAR 364,242 applications received by AIIMS last year; 107 students got admitted

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BUDDING DOCTORS Students at the Christian Medical College, Vellore

DR P. VENUGOPAL (1963) Cardiothoracic surgeon and former AIIMS director

transparent and consensus-based decision-making and governance ensure that AIIMS remains at the top.

New initiatives in the past three years  We are conducting online computer- GURUSPEAK based entrance examination and counselling for admission in various DR SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN DR RANDEEP GULERIA courses. We have also launched (1986) Director, AIIMS a digital histology laboratory in Deputy Director anatomy department, established General of Programmes e-learning and telemedicine facility. at the World Health Organization  What makes AIIMS unique? All new AIIMS are connected to us. AIIMS continues to strive to educate the We are using telemedicine facilities— next generation of leaders in medicine Pan African E-Health Network—to and science. The research community demonstrate live surgeries and at AIIMS has contributed significantly in implement consultation procedures innovations and academic publications, in Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam in collaborations with related disciplines. National Hospital, Pamplemousses, More than 700 research projects are Mauritius. New departments like being conducted and the institute has onco-anaesthesia, palliative medicine, attracted research grants of more than Rs and rheumatology have been started 100 crore from national and international at the AIIMS. Further, we have DR RAMAKANT PANDA agencies/organisations in various areas. started new DM courses on infectious (1985) We have state-of-the-art patient care diseases, paediatric nephrology, Chief Consultant for facility. Recently, we have installed India’s paediatric pulmonology and Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery and the Vice- largest and most advanced Gait Lab and 3D intensive care, addiction psychiatry, Chairman and Managing printing lab. We have also set up of fragility therapeutic nuclear medicine and fracture liaison. Besides, participatory, Director of the Asian vascular radiology. Heart Institute

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LEARNING FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES Students at the dissection lab, AIIMS Rs 1,628 Rs 2,728 is the total tuition is the total hostel fee for the entire fee for the entire duration of MBBS duration of MBBS

 Why I chose AIIMS It is considered one of the best in clinical work and Cologne University, Germany; Erasmus University, research the Netherlands; IIT–Kharagpur and IIT–Delhi. AIIMS has got research funding for collabora-  What is unique about tive research and has created the AIIMS Endowment AIIMS? Fund with two Infosys chairs in the obstetrics and We get to watch some MY EXPERIENCE of the best clinician- gynaecology and oncology departments. AT AIIMS researchers in action It provides a unique organisational culture, LAJJABEN JAYESH KUMAR intense academic training and exposure to world-class  PATEL The best facility in the research, says Prof. Arti Vij, chairperson of AIIMS's MBBS student college media protocol division. A fully-equipped, state- The well-equipped hospital of-the-art undergraduate practical hall has become and labs operational in the department of microbiology. The department of anatomy has also started conducting BEST COLLEGES >>> MEDICAL

TOP TOP GOVERNMENT COLLEGES WITH PRIVATE COLLEGES WITH THE 5 THE LOWEST TUITION FEES >>> 5 LOWEST TUITION FEE >>>

TUITION FEE FOR TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( `) ENTIRE COURSE ( `) 1 ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, Pune 0 1 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & 75,000 HOSPITAL, Vellore 2 LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE 1,000 New Delhi 2 MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF 3,19,050 MEDICAL SCIENCES, Wardha 3 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 1,350 Jodhpur 3 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 16,20,000 New Delhi 4 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 1,628 New Delhi 4 SHRI GURU RAM RAI INSTITUTE OF 18,00,000 MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES, 5 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, 7,260 Dehradun ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY (AMU), Aligarh 5 ST JOHN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE, Bengaluru 20,25,000

TOP TOP 10 EMERGING PRIVATE COLLEGES 5 COLLEGES WITH THE BEST OF THIS CENTURY >>> MALE TO FEMALE RATIO >>> 1 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, New Delhi 1 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, New Delhi 2 DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Ludhiana 2 ERA’S LUCKNOW MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Lucknow 3 MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Puducherry 3 AMRITA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Kochi 4 GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, 4 K.S. HEGDE MEDICAL ACADEMY, Mangaluru Chandigarh 5 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL 5 MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Aurangabad SCIENCES, Gangtok

6 SHRI RAM MURTI SMARAK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Bareilly postgraduate seminars in a valvuloplasty for rheumatic collaborative Wiki format. valve narrowing—all free 7 DR D.Y. PATIL MEDICAL COLLEGE, HOSPITAL The institute is continu- of cost, irrespective of the & RESEARCH CENTRE, Pune ously upgrading itself. For socio-economic status of instance, a free generic the general ward patients. 8 SAVEETHA MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Chennai pharmacy store was opened This has significantly a few years ago for outpa- helped in saving the lives of 9 MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE & tients to cater to the needs hundreds of heart patients,” of the weaker sections of adds Vij. RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Puducherry the society. “AIIMS is doing AIIMS has also pro- procedures like angiogra- vided leadership to quality PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 10 phy and stenting for heart improvement initiatives Puducherry attack, pacemakers for across different fields in heart blockages and balloon South East Asia. n Note: Colleges whose first batch passed out in or after 2000 were considered for emerging colleges ranking TOP 40 BEST COLLEGES >>> MEDICAL

1 1 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (AIIMS), NEW DELHI 275.1 277.5 221.8 157.8 168.3 1,100.5 800.0 1,900.5

2 2 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL (CMC), VELLORE 255.7 276.2 189.6 168.4 167.9 1,057.8 781.5 1,839.3 3 3 ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE (AFMC), PUNE 236.7 245.7 205.5 150.1 145.9 983.9 784.3 1,768.2 4 4 MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE (MAMC), NEW DELHI 254.8 246.5 190.3 139.5 145.6 976.7 778.3 1,755.0 5 5 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL 251.3 223.0 190.0 133.1 130.7 928.1 775.7 1,703.8 EDUCATION & RESEARCH (JIPMER), PUDUCHERRY

6 6 KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW 234.8 234.4 185.5 136.0 117.9 908.6 768.4 1,677.0 7 7 INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BHU, VARANASI 245.1 231.6 199.0 109.4 114.7 899.8 776.9 1,676.7  8 9 LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 244.7 204.7 169.2 132.8 123.3 874.7 763.0 1,637.7  9 13 VARDHMAN MAHAVIR MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW DELHI 237.3 227.1 177.7 117.6 119.0 878.7 682.2 1,560.9  10 11 GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE & SIR JAMSHEDJEE JEEJEEBHOY 196.7 202.6 169.7 119.9 147.6 836.5 724.0 1,560.5 GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MUMBAI  11 10 KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL & SETH GORDHANDAS 224.7 226.6 174.6 129.9 120.7 876.5 681.0 1,557.5 SUNDERDAS MEDICAL COLLEGE, MUMBAI

12 12 KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANIPAL 201.7 203.8 191.2 139.6 119.7 856.0 696.9 1,552.9 - 13 NP BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INST., BENGALURU 215.6 200.6 185.6 130.6 127.2 859.6 674.1 1,533.7 14 14 ST JOHN’S MEDICAL COLLEGE, BENGALURU 167.4 223.7 198.9 133.6 130.9 854.5 666.7 1,521.2  15 16 GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, CHANDIGARH 222.5 200.7 189.7 124.0 105.3 842.2 663.5 1,505.7  16 20 GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 240.3 163.9 165.5 123.0 134.0 826.7 671.8 1,498.5 17 17 LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, MUMBAI 178.2 214.5 190.5 149.5 114.7 847.4 649.2 1,496.6 18 18 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM 208.4 192.8 175.6 145.3 113.7 835.8 649.4 1,485.2 UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH  19 15 SRI RAMACHANDRA MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH 146.6 211.0 178.5 138.5 112.6 787.2 663.4 1,450.6 INSTITUTE, CHENNAI

 20 21 MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, KOLKATA 214.9 182.9 140.9 129.7 120.3 788.7 609.7 1,398.4 - 21 NP OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 177.4 199.5 132.4 133.1 122.3 764.7 614.9 1,379.6  22 19 R.G. KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, KOLKATA 198.2 194.8 197.0 142.5 105.7 838.2 540.1 1,378.3 - 23 NP MAHATMA GANDHI INST. OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, WARDHA 200.5 187.7 187.9 136.5 120.9 833.5 543.1 1,376.6  24 25 ARMY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 144.1 182.7 176.8 130.4 124.5 758.5 604.8 1,363.3 - 25 NP ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, JODHPUR 204.4 212.3 177.8 106.4 68.5 769.4 591.7 1,361.1  26 22 M.S. RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE, BENGALURU 180.6 204.0 193.0 138.2 119.6 835.4 522.3 1,357.7  27 26 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, LUDHIANA 166.6 195.4 200.1 129.8 91.9 783.8 558.8 1,342.6  28 23 DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, LUDHIANA 206.0 221.9 165.9 119.7 88.8 802.3 540.0 1,342.3  29 27 KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE, MANGALURU 195.4 193.8 154.1 117.6 121.8 782.7 557.9 1,340.6  30 29 ERA’S LUCKNOW MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, LUCKNOW 133.3 197.9 189.3 132.9 118.4 771.8 543.0 1,314.8  31 24 AMRITA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, KOCHI 132.9 211.8 203.7 130.1 99.7 778.2 492.7 1,270.9 - 32 NP PANDIT B.D. SHARMA PG INST. OF MEDICAL SCIENCES , ROHTAK 210.5 181.8 154.2 91.4 119.4 757.3 498.2 1,255.5  33 28 K.S. HEGDE MEDICAL ACADEMY, MANGALURU 130.0 201.4 175.7 127.7 105.5 740.3 414.8 1,155.1  34 30 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, GANGTOK 128.5 178.2 172.5 130.0 91.8 701.0 425.9 1,126.9 - 35 NP DR RAJENDRA PRASAD GOVT MEDICAL COLLEGE, KANGRA 162.3 145.5 170.6 127.4 105.7 711.5 407.3 1,118.8  36 24 SHRI RAM MURTI SMARAK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 156.0 168.0 188.9 126.4 97.9 737.2 323.1 1060.3 BAREILLY

 37 34 M.G.M. MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, AURANGABAD 126.3 162.9 163.1 92.2 112.0 656.5 324.2 980.7  38 35 BELAGAVI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BELGAUM 176.0 94.1 167.4 109.9 107.6 655.0 295.1 950.1  39 37 VEER SURENDRA SAI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & 175.1 128.8 159.9 128.4 110.5 702.7 190.7 893.4 RESEARCH, SAMBALPUR, ODISHA NP: Not participatedNot NP: - 40 NP BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) MEDICAL 135.6 154.2 152.9 75.3 95.1 613.1 262.4 875.5 COLLEGE, PUNE

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges offering a full-time under graduate programme and which submitted their objective data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. 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 got nil marks in perceptual score BEST COLLEGES >>> DENTAL No1 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, DELHI

onsistently at the top for providing premium dental education and oral C healthcare services to the ENAMEL people in the country, the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) in New Delhi is the first and only dental hospital in India to be accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Provid- INSTINCT ers (NABH), says Prof (Dr) Mahesh Verma, With a vast footfall of patients, students Director-Principal of the institute. at MAIDS get the experience of treating a Catering to 1,500-1,700 patients a day in all dental specialties gives the students and variety of diseases faculty at MAIDS enormous clinical experience. The large footfall of patients, both from By Priyanka Sharma across the country as well as from abroad,

SAY CHEESE MAIDS director-principal Prof. (Dr) Mahesh Verma with students allows them to witness and treat a Dentistry. “This effort is part of the wide variety of diseases. Clinton Global Initiative. These “With the large number of devices are designed to remove patients every day, manpower amalgam waste particles from den- needs to be augmented especially tal office waste water. Without an in specialty departments. Which is amalgam separator, this discharge why I want to improve the doctor- would enter into the public sewer patient ratio at my institute,” says system and be an environmental (Prof) Dr Verma. hazard,” says Prof Verma. MAIDS, with support from the Clinton Foundation, USA, is A NEW FUTURE one of the first dental institutes in A 12-storeyed block will soon India to take up the installation of become functional at the institute amalgam separators which remove where additional services such as mercury from the waste generated diagnostics, additional in-patient at the dental clinics, especially wards, operation theatres, ICU the Department of Conservative set-up, dental services for differ-

RAJWANT RAWAT TOP 10 COLLEGES IN INDIA>>> 1 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Delhi

2 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Lucknow

3 POST-GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Rohtak

4 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, IMS, BHU, Varanasi

5 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Manipal

6 NAIR HOSPITAL DENTAL COLLEGE, Mumbai

7 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Mumbai

8 CHRISTIAN DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Ludhiana

9 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Mangaluru

10 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Nagpur BEST COLLEGES >>> DENTAL

RAJWANT RAWAT The BDS course at MAIDS has a tuition fee of Rs 10,668 while Rs 32,700 is the hostel fee for five years

On an average,

ORAL SCIENCE a final-year A class in progress at MAIDS student sees eight patients daily in TOP various OPDs 5 GOVT COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST TUITION FEE >>>

TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE (`) 1 DR ZIAUDDIN AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 7,260 ently abled people, trauma centre, research laboratories, CDE Labs and 2 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, New Delhi 10,668 comprehensive dental clinics, will be offered, according to Prof Verma. 3 DR R. AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Kolkata 31,200 The new block is a green building which is earthquake-resistant, 4 FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi 52,800 has integrated energy-efficient strategies, solar panels and facilities for 5 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, IMS, BHU, Varanasi 80,000 rainwater harvesting. The building is spread over an area of approximately 1,59,500 square metres. TOP THE WAY AHEAD 5 PVT COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> To scale up research activities, the institute is refurbishing existing lab TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE and diagnostic facilities and setting ENTIRE COURSE (`) up advanced facilities to enhance 1 BHOJIA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh 2,50,000 new skill sets. Further, under the New Millennium Indian Technol- 2 D.A. PANDU MEMORIAL R.V. DENTAL COLLEGE, Bengaluru 2,52,120 ogy Leadership Initiative (NIMTLI) Dental Implant project with the 3 ARMY COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, Secunderabad 6,40,000 Council of Scientific Industrial Re- search, the institute has installed the 4 SEEMA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, Rishikesh 8,60,000 state-of-the-art imaging technology of Cone Beam Computed Tomogra- 5 S. NIJALINGAPPA INSTITUTE OF DENTAL phy (CBCT), says Prof. Verma. SCIENCE & RESEARCH, Kalaburagi, Karnataka 10,00,000 The institute is also establishing a tissue bank, the first of its kind in

56 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 BEST COLLEGES >>> DENTAL

TOP the capital. The most recent addition has been the establishment of 3 COLLEGES WITH THE BEST MALE a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) TO FEMALE RATIO >>> laboratory. With the evolving science of COLLEGE forensic odontology, data collection methods and supplemen- 1 DR ZIAUDDIN AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh tary technologies used in forensic dental identification are being 2 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Lucknow practised at the institute. “We have also become a 3 GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & RESEARCH, Kolkata resource centre for many major cases and capacity-building programmes. The institute has started a fellowship programme in the field of forensic odontology with the Indian Board of Forensic Odontology (IBFO). We are also  What are the new initiatives in a signatory to the Charter of the the past three years? Alliance for Oral Health Across The institute’s second 12-storeyed Borders, under the Bridge to block is almost ready and will soon Peace,” says Prof. Verma. start operating. It will allow us to As a part of the programme, offer many more additional services GURUSPEAK such as diagnostics, inpatient various training workshops were PROF. (DR) MAHESH VERMA wards, operation theatres, ICUs, conducted and the working group Director-Principal, dental services for differently compiled a formal ‘Guide for oral Maulana Azad Institute abled persons, trauma centre, health promotion programmes of Dental Sciences research and CDE Labs, and a (MAIDS), Delhi comprehensive dental clinic MAIDS, with support from the Clinton Foundation (USA),  What sets MAIDS apart? is one of the first dental institutes in India to take up the installation Located in the MAIDS is the first and only of amalgam separators which dental hospital in India to be remove mercury from the waste middle of Delhi, accredited by the National generated at the dental clinics, MAIDS has 145 Accreditation of Board for especially the department of Hospitals and Health Care conservative dentistry. Without faculty members Providers (NABH) an amalgam separator, this Students and faculty have discharge would enter the public to teach 200 enormous clinical experience sewer system and pose an undergraduate and due to the huge footfall of environmental hazard patients and abundance of The institute is establishing a first- 54 postgraduate clinical material at the institute of-its-kind tissue bank students MAIDS, the Lok Nayak Hospital, The most recent addition has been the G.B. Pant Hospital and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) affiliated hospitals like the laboratory Chacha Nehru Children Hospital, the Sushruta Trauma Centre, the The institute has started a The college Guru Nanak Eye Centre and the fellowship programme in the field Ahilya Bai Nursing College in the of forensic odontology, an evolving organises two campus enhance the student’s science with great scope in interdisciplinary clinical and forensic sciences, with the Indian festivals: Delhi coordination skills Board of Forensic Odontology Smiles and Synapse BEST COLLEGES >>> DENTAL

SMILE INSPECTORS King George’s Medical University, Lucknow

and minimally invasive dental care for children with special needs’. The team at MAIDS continues to work in this direction. MAIDS has also been recognised as one of the institutions in the Regional Directory of Training Institutions of the WHO Southeast Asia Regional Office.

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION The dental medical college also has collaborations with many international universities. These include

MANEESH AGNIHOTRIMANEESH the Rutgers University, the Tufts University School of Dental Medi- cine and the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in the US, the Hebrew University in Israel, dental student has access to. We the University of British Columbia have several canteens, something in Canada and the Royal College of very dear to every student. We Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow have pools, courts and everything a student can possibly hope for. MFDS Examination Centre. It sure makes life convenient. MAIDS was also the nodal cen- It’s centrally located in Delhi and tre for the Commonwealth Games MY EXPERIENCE easily accessible. We have been in 2010. AT MAIDS provided with an extensive student The institute has been at the platform to share our views and forefront of dental public health ac- TAVISHA GOYAL, participate actively in inculcating tivities through its outreach as well Intern (2014 batch) leadership qualities and new experiences. We organise several as its social impact programmes. events. It’s a great opportunity The institute is the first in the  What is unique about the to interact with new people. We country to operate six mobile dental college? have various programmes such as clinics under the National Health The institute is very clean and tidy. school oral health programs, we Mission, operational since 2014. It has a very corporate look and visit dispensaries, juvenile homes. Prof Verma is determined that feel to it. The teaching methodology We have various satellite centres the institute will maintain and at MAIDS is really evolved. We are associated with us such as the encouraged to learn through role Tibia College. All this really gives continue its commitment to its mis- play and case-based learning. We us the opportunity to broaden our sion—assuming a leadership role in have more practicals-based learning horizons and see the world providing accessible, affordable and which I feel is much more beneficial out there. comprehensive oral healthcare to all to the students. As the college is part with a focus on the underprivileged of the MAMC campus, we have great  One thing MAIDS needs to and needy people of society. exposure to the medical field. We improve are taught by the same professors, We need to improve our doctor- There is also a well-equipped some of them world-renowned, and patient ratio. The college should fitness centre at the institute, which students can boast about being able also offer and create better job has facilities for yoga and indoor to see patients and cases not every opportunities for its students. games for the use of students, faculty and non-teaching staff. n

58 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 TOP 40 BEST COLLEGES >>> DENTAL

1 1 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, DELHI 290.7 276.7 232.9 170.6 159.4 1130.3 799.2 1,929.5

2 2 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL 261.8 261.7 216.8 155.5 157.7 1053.5 789.4 1,842.9 UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW

 3 4 POST GRADUATE INST. OF DENTAL SCIENCES, ROHTAK 253.9 215.8 206.0 146.0 155.3 977.0 759.8 1,736.8  4 5 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, IMS, BHU, VARANASI 251.5 194.8 212.3 147.1 154.8 960.5 745.3 1,705.8  5 3 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, MANIPAL 219.5 213.4 198.1 147.6 142.3 920.9 762.5 1,683.4 6 6 NAIR HOSPITAL DENTAL COLLEGE, MUMBAI 223.5 193.8 126.6 137.8 132.5 814.2 765.9 1,580.1  7 8 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, MUMBAI 220.8 172.2 156.5 125.0 142.6 817.1 736.2 1,553.3  8 9 CHRISTIAN DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, LUDHIANA 189.0 172.2 190.6 138.4 121.7 811.9 706.9 1,518.8  9 11 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, MANGALURU 196.9 219.9 131.6 138.5 117.5 804.4 699.3 1,503.7  10 7 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, NAGPUR 193.9 229.5 184.1 94.9 122.4 824.8 645.6 1,470.4  11 13 DR R. AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, KOLKATA 220.9 161.0 144.2 117.8 115.9 759.8 696.4 1,456.2  12 14 FACULTY OF DENTAL SC., RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 196.6 201.0 216.8 149.4 122.4 886.2 564.9 1,451.1  13 10 SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL, DHARWAD 180.8 201.1 134.3 143.5 118.1 777.8 671.0 1,448.8  14 15 A.B. SHETTY MEMORIAL INST. OF DENTAL SC., MANGALURU 147.8 190.1 192.1 133.5 103.7 767.2 653.1 1,420.3  15 12 SRI RAMACHANDRA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL , CHENNAI 134.7 194.6 200.2 124.7 109.2 763.4 648.9 1,412.3 16 16 DR ZIAUDDIN AHMED DENTAL COLLEGE, AMU, ALIGARH 216.0 171.6 164.3 134.8 126.0 812.7 592.4 1,405.1 17 17 AMRITA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, KOCHI 172.3 204.7 207.4 137.1 106.5 828.0 530.6 1,358.6  18 20 I.T.S. DENTAL COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD 186.4 204.4 181.7 146.9 127.1 846.5 497.7 1,344.2  19 18 FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI 213.9 191.5 123.0 130.4 135.2 794.0 546.4 1,340.4  20 23 ARMY COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, SECUNDERABAD 210.3 197.1 159.9 119.8 114.7 801.8 522.8 1,324.6 - 21 NP SAVEETHA DENTAL COLLEGE, CHENNAI 183.3 193.1 187.9 144.0 120.2 828.5 458.6 1,287.1 - 22 NP GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, AURANGABAD 188.6 158.1 165.7 108.0 92.3 712.7 476.2 1,188.9  23 19 COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, DAVANGERE 148.0 178.0 173.1 136.9 85.4 721.4 460.6 1,182.0 24 24 MANAV RACHNA DENTAL COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 187.4 157.3 109.8 109.7 121.6 685.8 493.4 1,179.2 25 25 ITS DENTAL COLL., HOSP. & RES. CENTRE, GREATER NOIDA 174.1 158.6 180.4 126.2 117.8 757.1 408.7 1,165.8  26 27 DR HARVANSH SINGH JUDGE INST. OF DENTAL SC., CHANDIGARH 190.9 149.4 116.5 92.6 125.8 675.2 485.6 1,160.8 - 27 NP BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, PUNE 184.8 197.0 163.3 74.2 80.7 700.0 454.9 1,154.9  28 22 THE OXFORD DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, BENGALURU 172.8 159.5 111.2 138.6 118.5 700.6 432.9 1,133.5  29 28 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) DENTAL 145.0 179.2 103.7 107.9 118.6 654.4 477.8 1,132.2 COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, NAVI MUMBAI

 30 26 COORG INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES (CIDS), VIRAJPET 153.2 189.7 137.8 88.4 95.3 664.4 385.2 1,049.6  31 29 D.A. PANDU MEMORIAL R.V. DENTAL COLLEGE, BENGALURU 161.4 192.7 125.2 84.1 111.5 674.9 340.7 1,015.6  32 34 FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, YENEPOYA DENTAL COLLEGE, 115.7 194.7 183.7 135.1 108.6 737.8 274.0 1,011.8 MANGALURU

 33 39 PMS COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 204.8 167.5 125.3 94.9 103.8 696.3 307.5 1,003.8  34 35 KAMINENI INST. OF DENTAL SC., NARKETPALLY, TELANGANA 184.6 158.2 171.1 105.1 126.9 745.9 250.8 996.7 - 35 NP GURU NANAK INST. OF DENTAL SC. & RESEARCH, KOLKATA 166.6 115.1 90.5 15.8 68.0 456.0 524.5 980.5  36 30 KARNAVATI SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, GANDHINAGAR 143.1 139.4 104.1 101.3 59.7 547.6 418.6 966.2  37 32 KRISHNADEVARAYA COLL. OF DENTAL SC. & HOSPITAL, 143.6 161.4 187.0 136.0 115.7 743.7 215.7 959.4 BENGALURU 38 38 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, PDM UNIVERSITY, 156.3 152.4 168.2 133.0 85.0 694.9 234.6 929.5 BAHADURGARH, HARYANA

 39 31 BHOJIA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, BADDI, HP 180.1 147.3 114.9 136.1 119.4 697.8 224.4 922.2 NP: Not participatedNot NP: - 40 NP VISHNU DENTAL COLLEGE, BHIMAVARAM, AP 189.7 173.2 125.4 117.2 120.1 725.6 195.6 921.2

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he primary focus at the Indian TOP Institute of Technology (IIT)- Delhi is to encourage a culture of 10 GOVERNMENT COLLEGES >>> T entrepreneurship and research, right from the BTech to the PhD 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , Delhi level. “IIT-Delhi probably has the country’s best developed ecosystem for entrepreneur- 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Bombay ship,” says V. Ramgopal Rao, the institute’s director. “Of the 21 unicorns built by IITians, 11 are by Delhi 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kharagpur IITians. In the past two years, we have also invested close to Rs 100 crore in revamping the experimental 4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kanpur facilities for research at the campus.” To encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship 5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Roorkee among the faculty as well, India’s top-ranked engineering college has started a weekly initiative called 6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Guwahati Faculty Innovation and Research Entrepreneurship (FIRE), where faculty members who wish to turn 7 DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Delhi their research work into a start-up can work on their projects, which would be funded by the institute. 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Tiruchirappalli Be it faculty or students, IIT-Delhi attracts the best. Declared an Institute of Eminence by the Union 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Bhubaneswar human resource development ministry, it has set new goals for the future. The institute aims to develop 10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION a strong global outlook and aspires to be among TECHNOLOGY, Allahabad

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1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, Pilani

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4 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Manipal

5 THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Patiala

6 BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Bengaluru

7 PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Coimbatore

8 MS RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru

9 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Chennai

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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 RAGHURAM RAJAN (1985) JAYANT SINHA (1985) Former RBI governor, Union Minister 4 RUNGTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Bhilai professor at of State for Civil Chicago-Booth Aviation 5 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi 6 GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Greater Noida 7 G.L. BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, Greater Noida

8 BMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, Bengaluru 9 UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, CHANDIGARH PATANJALI KESWANI (1981) UNIVERSITY, Mohali CMD, Lemon Tree Hotels 10 FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (FST), ICFAITECH, Hyderabad Rs 8.5 lakh is the tuition fee for the 11 NITTE MEENAKSHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru entire BTech/BE course; all special 12 MAHARAJA AGRASEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi 13 CHITKARA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & category students (SC+ST+PH) and TECHNOLOGY, Rajpura those having annual income less 14 SHRI SHANKARACHARYA TECHNICAL CAMPUS, Bhilai than Rs 1 lakh are fully exempted 15 JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Kalyani from this payment 16 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, J.K. LAKSHMIPAT UNIVERSITY, Jaipur 17 INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, Hyderabad the top 50 in the World University Rankings 18 THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (SET), within the next decade. “We are pushing for internationalisation by recruiting more foreign ANSAL UNIVERSITY, Gurugram faculty,” says Rao. “We want to recruit 100 for- 19 SRI SAIRAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Bengaluru eign faculty members in the coming five years and have announced 500 PhD fellowships for 20 SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Ernakulam foreign students.” For the first time in IIT- 21 IMS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Ghaziabad Delhi’s history, the institute is offering a joint PhD programme in collaboration with foreign 22 SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Tirupati universities. The international partners are 23 BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Erode the University of Queensland, Australia, and Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University. 24 THE LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Jaipur IIT-Delhi has emerged as the country’s 25 VEL TECH MULTI TECH DR RANGARAJAN DR SAKUNTHALA strongest provider of highly employable ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Chennai

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AVG. ANNUAL COLLEGE STARTING SALARY ( `) 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Mumbai 15,69,000

2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Delhi 15,62,000

3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kanpur 15,09,000

4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kharagpur 15,05,000

5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Guwahati 14,84,000

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AVG. ANNUAL COLLEGE STARTING SALARY (`) IIT-Delhi has collaborated with 1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & the University of Queensland, SCIENCE (BITS), Pilani 12,72,016 Australia, and National Chiao 2 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED TO BE UNIV.) COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Pune 9,50,000 Tung University, Taiwan, to offer 3 M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF joint PhD programmes TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru 9,43,000 4 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (BIT) MESRA, Ranchi 9,11,000 5 BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Bengaluru 8,48,000 graduates, as per the QS tune with industry needs. 6 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE OF Graduate Employability Jashan Singh Suri, who is Rankings, 2018. To add to pursuing a dual degree in TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi 8,25,000 the new initiatives taken the department of bio- 7 THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING in the past couple of years, chemical engineering and & TECHNOLOGY, Patiala 6,67,000 IIT-Delhi, traditionally biotechnology, says, “The 8 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY known for offering only campus is often visited by (MIT), Manipal 6,62,000 degree programmes, has multinational companies now been approved to from fields such as finance, SVKM’S DWARKADAS J. SANGHVI COLLEGE 9 offer diploma courses to business and consulting, OF ENGINEERING, Mumbai 6,50,000 working professionals in giving students who wish 9 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF areas such as artificial to switch their careers ENGINEERING, Mysuru 6,50,000 intelligence and blockchain from engineering an array technology, keeping in of opportunities.” BEST COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

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COLLEGE R o I* the institute. Fifty such 1 VISHWAKARMA GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING groups have already COLLEGE, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad 34.5 been formed

2 ZAKIR HUSAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING There’s the Platform GURUSPEAK for Harnessing Deep & TECHNOLOGY, Aligarh 17 V. RAMGOPAL RAO Technologies under Director, IIT-Delhi which PhD students 3 ANDHRA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF can turn their ideas into ENGINEERING, Visakhapatnam 9.4 start-ups

4 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,  What sets IIT-Delhi On the curriculum front, IIT-Delhi has started Karad, Maharashtra 5.8 apart? IIT-Delhi probably has offering diploma the best ecosystem for programmes to working 5 SHRI GURU GOBIND SINGHJI INSTITUTE OF entrepreneurship. Of the professionals in areas ENGG & TECHNOLOGY, Nanded, Maharashtra 4.2 21 unicorns by IITians, 11 such as artificial are from IIT-Delhi intelligence and blockchain technology In the past two years, the institute has A new Centre for TOP invested close to Rs 100 Automotive and PRIVATE COLLEGES WITH THE BEST crore on revamping the Research Tribology 5 VALUE FOR MONEY >>> experimental facilities (CART) has been for research established, with

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1 VISHWAKARMA GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHANDKHEDA, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad 6,000 MY EXPERIENCE AT IIT-DELHI 2 ZAKIR HUSAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Aligarh 30,000 JASHAN SINGH SURI, Dual Degree (BTech+MTech) 3 ANDHRA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Visakhapatnam 40,000 in Department of Biochemical Engineering 4 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Karad, Maharashtra 60,000 and Biotechnology

4 SHRI GURU GOBIND SINGHJI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND  Why I chose IIT-Delhi TECHNOLOGY, Nanded, Maharashtra 60,000 IIT-Delhi is the top engineering college in the country. Multinational companies from across fields, such as finance, TOP business and consulting, PRIVATE COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST visit the campus, offering 10 TUITION FEE >>> an array of opportunities to students who wish TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE to switch their career ENTIRE COURSE ( `) from engineering

1 PES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Mandya, Karnataka 91,590  What’s unique about campus life 2 MANAKULA VINAYAGAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, at IIT-Delhi? Puducherry 1,53,200 Being located in the heart of south Delhi, the campus 3 VELALAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Erode 1,60,000 is extremely accessible in terms of lodging and transportation. There PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Coimbatore 4 1,80,000 are no restrictions for men and women. The 4 THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Madurai 1,80,000 students council and administration have 4 ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ensured this independence Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh 1,80,000 to all students. The highly qualified and motivated faculty members CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru 1,88,000 7 mentor the students in a competitive environment 8 RADHARAMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE (RITS), Bhopal 1,88,400

9 SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu 1,95,000 Rs 3,14,400 is the hostel

10 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, fee for the entire duration of Mysuru 1,96,000 BTech and BE at IIT-Delhi BEST COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

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NORTH 2. SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF 4. SVKM’S NMIMS MUKESH TECHNOLOGY, Majitar, Sikkim PATEL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY 1 . BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING, 3. RUNGTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & SCIENCE (BITS) Mumbai Pilani & TECHNOLOGY, Bhilai 5. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 4. SHRI SHANKARACHARYA 2. THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING NIRMA UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL CAMPUS, Bhilai &TECHNOLOGY, Patiala Ahmedabad 5. JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 3. MAHARAJA SURAJMAL SOUTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Kalyani, West Bengal New Delhi 1. VELLORE INSTITUTE OF 4. GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF WEST TECHNOLOGY (VIT) ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Vellore 1. SVKM’S DWARKADAS J. SANGHVI Greater Noida COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 2. MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF Manipal 5. GURU NANAK DEV Mumbai TECHNOLOGY (MIT), ENGINEERING COLLEGE 2. SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE 3. BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Ludhiana OF TECHNOLOGY Bengaluru Pune 4. PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, EAST 3. BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED Coimbatore 1. BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO BE UNIVERSITY) COLLEGE OF 5. MS RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF (BIT), MESRA, Ranchi ENGINEERING, Pune TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru BEST COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

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NAME OF THE COURSE DURATION OFFERING COLLEGES

1 BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING & BIOTECHNOLOGY 4 YEARS INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Delhi

2 EARTH SCIENCE 4 YEARS INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kanpur

3 ENGINEERING PHYSICS 4 YEARS DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Delhi

4 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 4 YEARS INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES), Dhanbad

5 PETROLEUM ENGINEERING 4 YEARS INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES), Dhanbad

6 DUAL DEGREE BTECH AND MBA 5 YEARS INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Allahabad

7 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL 4 YEARS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Rourkela ENGINEERING

8 FASHION TECHNOLOGY 4 YEARS VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Vellore

9 MECHATRONICS 4 YEARS THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Patiala

10 ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 5 YEARS THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & WITH MBA TECHNOLOGY, Patiala

11 AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS 4 YEARS SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Chennai

TOP COLLEGES WITH THE BEST chosen career path, well- tute. “IIT-Delhi is spread 5 MALE TO FEMALE RATIO >>> >>> established clubs as well as across 300 acres. Being facilities for extracurricu- situated in south Delhi, we INSTITUTE lar and recreational activi- are a land-locked campus. ties, such as sports, music We have grown by 50 per 1 MGM’S JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ENGINEERING and dance,” says Suri. Rao cent in terms of students COLLEGE, Aurangabad adds, “There are students’ and faculty in the past clubs that let them opt seven years, so we have 2 GOKARAJU RANGARAJU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING for diverse activities and written to the housing and & TECHNOLOGY, Hyderabad nurture different aspects urban affairs ministry to of their development. grant us land in Delhi to 3 ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Madanapalle We have a strong alumni come up with an extension network (about 50,000) campus,” informs Rao. 4 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF and many of them are con- Last year, IIT-Delhi set up ENGINEERING, Shivamogga nected with the students its extension campus in on campus.” Sonipat, housing three sci- 5 SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND Rao, however, rues ence and technology parks. TECHNOLOGY, Chennai land constraint at the insti- Way to go! n TOP 30 BEST GOVERNMENT COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

1 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DELHI 239.9 232.1 218.4 102.3 264.1 1,056.8 800.0 1,856.8

 2 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOMBAY 246.0 228.0 209.5 96.3 259.6 1,039.4 795.5 1,834.9

 3 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR 236.4 234.1 213.3 95.3 264.0 1,043.1 789.3 1,832.4

4 4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR 236.5 221.0 211.3 96.8 256.9 1,022.5 795.6 1,818.1

5 5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE 236.4 212.4 204.6 93.1 244.7 991.2 788.9 1,780.1

6 6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GUWAHATI 223.4 198.7 205.1 95.8 245.6 968.6 782.8 1,751.4

7 7 DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU), DELHI 221.8 179.9 182.9 90.0 222.2 896.8 775.0 1,671.8

— 8 NP NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 227.4 174.1 178.2 86.3 226.2 892.2 765.7 1,657.9

 9 10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHUBANESWAR 195.4 183.8 203.2 96.0 213.3 891.7 730.6 1,622.3

 10 13 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 202.0 155.2 207.2 86.1 244.0 894.5 725.1 1,619.6 ALLAHABAD

11 11 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROPAR 200.0 205.5 195.0 87.4 200.8 888.7 729.9 1,618.6

12 12 MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 212.4 152.2 193.2 90.5 224.9 873.2 740.8 1,614.0 ALLAHABAD

 13 15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA 222.1 153.3 200.5 91.1 226.2 893.2 717.5 1,610.7 SURATHKAL, MANGALURU

— 14 NP INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANDI 216.1 172.1 209.8 90.7 211.7 900.4 687.3 1,587.7

 15 16 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 194.6 163.4 190.1 88.8 215.8 852.7 724.5 1,577.2

 16 18 ZAKIR HUSAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, 214.8 163.8 177.8 83.2 154.6 794.2 724.8 1,519.0 ALIGARH

17 17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA 203.4 163.7 209.3 85.5 174.0 835.9 677.7 1,513.6

 18 19 VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR 196.3 164.4 178.4 86.8 174.9 800.8 704.6 1,505.4

 19 20 HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, KANPUR 211.5 153.3 178.6 79.9 158.2 781.5 706.3 1,487.8

 20 21 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, OSMANIA 178.8 158.5 171.4 90.5 206.3 805.5 654.8 1,460.3 UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD

 21 22 DR B.R. AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 221.8 147.6 186.5 89.8 176.3 822.0 599.9 1,421.9 TECHNOLOGY, JALANDHAR

— 22 NP NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SILCHAR 230.1 146.0 178.4 85.1 165.1 804.7 592.8 1,397.5

 23 25 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DELHI 202.2 137.1 162.4 80.1 181.2 763.0 609.3 1,372.3

 24 23 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SRINAGAR 201.9 145.3 159.2 86.7 178.8 771.9 589.2 1,361.1

 25 28 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MEGHALAYA 195.2 153.5 137.1 80.1 173.6 739.5 585.1 1,324.6

 26 29 ANDHRA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 169.5 141.0 178.7 88.2 149.4 726.8 550.1 1,276.9 VISAKHAPATNAM

— 27 NP INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT, MAULANA 165.5 120.5 156.3 77.7 156.5 676.5 444.7 1,121.2 ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA

 28 33 GOVT ENGG COLLEGE, JAGDALPUR, CHHATTISGARH 153.1 64.5 127.2 67.0 159.5 571.3 368.3 939.6

 29 34 GOVT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KARAD, MAHARASHTRA 172.8 69.1 125.5 18.7 139.7 525.8 323.2 849.0

 30 38 VISHWAKARMA GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, 160.7 101.5 124.2 80.4 129.5 596.3 - 596.3 CHANDKHEDA, AHMEDABAD

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1 1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI 221.1 163.6 192.5 89.6 252.6 919.4 782.7 1,702.1 2 2 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA, RANCHI 215.8 156.7 198.2 82.8 196.0 849.5 759.3 1,608.8 3 3 VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, VELLORE 220.9 155.8 194.9 89.6 183.1 844.3 711.0 1,555.3 4 4 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL 204.6 158.6 179.9 79.2 186.7 809.0 731.9 1,540.9 5 5 THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECH, PATIALA 221.2 147.2 178.9 88.7 180.3 816.3 721.2 1,537.5  6 8 BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 202.6 153.6 171.5 89.9 208.3 825.9 690.0 1,515.9  7 6 PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE 207.1 164.5 181.1 88.7 166.9 808.3 656.4 1,464.7  8 10 M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 187.0 157.7 165.3 89.5 186.6 786.1 677.5 1,463.6  9 7 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECH, KANCHEEPURAM 188.4 153.7 179.1 89.9 157.8 768.9 680.7 1,449.6  10 11 SVKM’S DWARKADAS J. SANGHVI COLLEGE OF ENGG, MUMBAI 196.6 146.2 147.3 79.6 175.6 745.3 647.4 1,392.7  11 9 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 165.5 144.7 169.7 88.1 164.5 732.5 653.7 1,386.2 — 12 NP THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, MYSURU 197.6 136.3 165.8 75.8 167.4 742.9 624.2 1,367.1 — 13 NP BHARATI VIDYAPEETH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 189.0 122.8 145.5 65.4 202.2 724.9 635.9 1,360.8 — 14 NP SVKM’S NMIMS MUKESH PATEL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY 201.0 158.1 148.8 78.3 207.5 793.7 548.2 1,341.9 MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING, MUMBAI

— 15 NP INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NIRMA UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD 195.1 148.3 150.1 69.5 167.4 730.4 549.8 1,280.2  16 12 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MAJITAR 166.3 141.2 186.6 70.5 150.2 714.8 545.1 1,259.9  17 15 K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MUMBAI 176.0 135.9 158.4 80.5 166.2 717.0 541.0 1,258.0 — 18 NP MEPCO SCHLENK ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SIVAKASI, TAMIL NADU 174.8 128.3 175.2 86.9 144.0 709.2 543.5 1,252.7  19 13 RUNGTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, BHILAI 169.3 129.2 166.4 71.5 175.9 712.3 525.3 1,237.6  20 14 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE OF TECH, NEW DELHI 195.4 120.3 157.5 68.8 164.0 706.0 511.4 1,217.4  21 17 SHRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE OF 185.6 124.2 180.8 70.1 153.4 714.1 484.7 1,198.8 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, DHARWAD

 22 16 THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MADURAI 200.4 136.3 148.2 70.0 161.1 716.0 479.4 1,195.4 — 23 NP SHRI RAMDEOBABA COLLEGE OF ENGG & MGMT, NAGPUR 168.6 120.6 148.5 81.9 149.4 669.0 511.1 1,180.1  24 19 GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECH, NOIDA 181.2 118.7 155.7 64.9 133.1 653.6 505.9 1,159.5  25 18 GURU NANAK DEV ENGINEERING COLLEGE, LUDHIANA 209.7 112.9 157.7 65.1 122.1 667.5 484.8 1,152.3  26 20 M.V.J. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 185.1 117.2 167.6 60.1 149.9 679.9 463.1 1,143.0  27 24 G.L. BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF TECH & MGMT, GREATER NOIDA 154.8 140.5 160.8 78.9 144.9 679.9 455.8 1,135.7  28 23 MUFFAKHAM JAH COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, HYDERABAD 180.8 155.4 134.7 75.8 124.5 671.2 464.0 1,135.2  29 22 K.L.S. GOGTE INST. OF TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI, KARNATAKA 177.6 126.7 155.3 60.2 148.8 668.6 463.8 1,132.4  30 25 R.M.K. ENGINEERING COLLEGE, THIRUVALLUR, TAMIL NADU 153.0 135.1 179.5 70.5 128.8 666.9 463.4 1,130.3 31 31 SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECH, CHENNAI 194.0 122.3 163.3 65.6 133.8 679.0 436.4 1,115.4  32 27 SRI SAIRAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 169.3 144.9 155.9 75.2 144.7 690.0 420.4 1,110.4  33 30 CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 169.5 109.9 163.5 83.8 160.8 687.5 415.3 1,102.8 HYDERABAD  34 26 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 165.7 122.3 138.5 62.5 159.6 648.6 454.1 1,102.7 SHIVAMOGGA

— 35 NP ARMY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 157.3 104.5 133.3 76.2 175.5 646.8 453.8 1,100.6  36 28 D.Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 169.4 111.0 132.4 77.4 139.1 629.3 466.5 1,095.8 — 37 NP BMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, 191.3 117.3 138.8 62.2 151.8 661.4 430.6 1,092.0 BENGALURU  38 35 UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, CHANDIGARH 142.7 135.4 174.5 65.1 151.7 669.4 420.9 1,090.3 UNIVERSITY, MOHALI  39 37 FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (FST), 134.4 126.8 172.1 54.4 151.5 639.2 450.6 1,089.8 ICFAITECH, HYDERABAD

 40 32 NITTE MEENAKSHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 172.4 144.2 172.6 77.8 149.9 716.9 371.9 1,088.8 TOP 200 BEST PRIVATE COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

 41 34 HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 149.0 147.8 163.4 89.3 175.5 725.0 362.2 1,087.2  42 33 VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 172.40 128.40 122.10 68.10 153.40 644.4 438.6 1,083.0  43 29 MAHARAJA AGRASEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI 174.3 93.1 131.4 52.2 160.8 611.8 471.1 1,082.9 — 44 NP PES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MANDYA 173.5 129.5 186.8 82.1 146.4 718.3 360.7 1,079.0  45 41 CHITKARA INSTITUTE OF ENGG & TECH, RAJPURA, PUNJAB 154.6 138.7 158.3 60.6 158.3 670.5 403.1 1,073.6 — 46 NP SHRI SHANKARACHARYA TECHNICAL CAMPUS, BHILAI 162.9 128.7 171.1 83.9 148.2 694.8 377.0 1,071.8  47 40 SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMKUR 189.4 138.1 160.2 84.2 151.5 723.4 336.1 1,059.5 — 48 NP JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KALYANI, WEST BENGAL 154.8 134.3 171.2 78.9 136.6 675.8 372.7 1,048.5  49 44 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, 141.3 110.8 179.2 67.6 139.8 638.7 406.8 1,045.5 J.K. LAKSHMIPAT UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR

 50 38 INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, HYDERABAD 157.3 133.9 164.2 77.1 159.5 692.0 342.9 1,034.9 — 51 NP THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (SET), ANSAL 167.0 125.5 156.6 62.5 159.0 670.6 361.4 1,032.0 UNIVERSITY, GURUGRAM

 52 42 SRI SAIRAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 161.8 137.7 180.2 66.2 147.9 693.8 334.0 1,027.8  53 48 SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECH, ERNAKULAM 176.6 115.6 164.8 76.0 127.2 660.2 337.7 997.9 — 54 NP IMS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD 160.8 86.5 120.5 48.7 133.4 549.9 442.0 991.9  55 50 SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TIRUPATI 117.4 111.4 137.0 42.9 90.6 499.3 489.2 988.5  56 46 BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ERODE 166.1 130.5 176.4 78.4 93.2 644.6 342.5 987.1  57 59 THE LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR 161.9 127.0 149.6 72.0 153.2 663.7 323.3 987.0  58 56 VEL TECH MULTI TECH DR RANGARAJAN DR SAKUNTHALA 142.5 118.6 177.6 66.0 152.0 656.7 329.3 986.0 ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI

 59 47 RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 163.9 128.3 129.0 56.5 144.4 622.1 360.8 982.9 — 60 NP SAMBHRAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 175.7 67.8 153.6 48.5 175.2 620.8 360.9 981.7 — 61 NP INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR 142.6 84.5 172.2 78.9 116.2 594.4 386.7 981.1  62 60 AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD 171.5 110.1 153.6 73.1 126.7 635.0 344.3 979.3  63 43 R.M.D. ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KAVARAIPETTAI, CHENNAI 154.6 119.4 143.5 61.0 132.9 611.4 367.3 978.7  64 57 DAV INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECH, JALANDHAR 179.7 91.3 177.1 67.8 121.2 637.1 340.5 977.6  65 51 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, SHARDA 163.9 101.0 166.1 78.3 145.4 654.7 322.2 976.9 UNIVERSITY, GREATER NOIDA  66 58 FACULTY OF ENGG & TECH, MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL 175.5 144.7 177.6 78.0 111.3 687.1 288.7 975.8 INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND STUDIES, FARIDABAD  67 49 VIVEKANAND EDUCATION SOCIETY’S INSTITUTE OF 145.8 89.4 119.4 50.7 134.1 539.4 433.1 972.5 TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI

— 68 NP SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, SALEM 156.1 122.1 153.2 73.5 116.4 621.3 350.3 971.6  69 45 PIMPRI CHINCHWAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 152.7 108.4 130.5 78.7 143.2 613.5 356.7 970.2 — 70 NP LAKSHMI NARAIN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL 126.6 110.2 130.2 51.0 143.7 561.7 407.7 969.4  71 52 JAIPUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE AND RESEARCH 163.2 83.7 128.6 75.8 144.0 595.3 370.9 966.2 CENTRE, JAIPUR

— 72 NP NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 177.5 149.4 137.7 85.1 172.5 722.2 239.2 961.4 — 73 NP DAYANANDA SAGAR ACADEMY OF TECH & MGMT, BENGALURU 129.4 113.0 156.3 64.1 149.4 612.2 344.5 956.7  74 53 MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, HYDERABAD 162.1 134.5 151.6 55.3 126.8 630.3 325.2 955.5

— 75 NP SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, CHENNAI 132.4 119.7 161.4 63.2 132.6 609.3 328.3 937.6  76 62 CHANDIGARH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MOHALI 145.3 109.8 150.0 62.2 146.2 613.5 319.6 933.1  77 54 IES COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL 105.8 98.4 160.8 76.3 150.6 591.9 337.2 929.1  78 64 GMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RAJAM, ANDHRA PRADESH 160.5 121.9 160.0 78.3 108.3 629.0 281.2 910.2 — 79 NP MKSSS’S CUMMINS COLLEGE OF ENGG FOR WOMEN, PUNE 164.8 110.4 120.8 56.4 160.6 613.0 293.8 906.8  80 72 ICFAI TECH SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 143.1 137.6 161.8 81.8 155.0 679.3 222.7 902.0 TOP 200 BEST PRIVATE COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

81 81 KALAIGNAR KARUNANIDHI INSTITUTE OF TECH, COIMBATORE 157.0 122.7 163.6 82.0 146.8 672.1 229.7 901.8  82 65 S.A. ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 152.4 135.2 143.4 56.2 139.6 626.8 272.2 899.0  83 67 BRACT’S VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF 146.8 122.4 106.7 61.5 140.1 577.5 320.5 898.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PUNE  84 86 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, JAIN 154.8 146.1 155.6 47.9 156.9 661.3 232.2 893.5 UNIVERSITY, RAMANAGARA, KARNATAKA

 85 69 G.H. RAISONI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, NAGPUR 164.0 108.5 132.9 82.2 140.6 628.2 262.4 890.6  86 74 JB INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DEHRADUN 148.5 108.9 171.3 54.0 112.4 595.1 287.8 882.9  87 89 PA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MANGALURU 169.8 83.9 129.5 49.2 133.7 566.1 313.0 879.1  88 66 GANDHI INST. FOR EDUCATION & TECH, KHURDA, ODISHA 165.4 126.2 150.2 62.4 106.6 610.8 267.4 878.2  89 61 TRIDENT ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY, BHUBANESWAR 124.9 122.0 151.8 59.3 117.2 575.2 302.3 877.5  90 73 MIT ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 153.5 87.1 96.6 71.6 136.9 545.7 328.2 873.9  91 70 FR CONCEICAO RODRIGUES COLLEGE OF ENGG, MUMBAI 121.2 114.7 119.7 60.5 154.5 570.6 302.7 873.3  92 68 KCG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI 108.9 125.9 170.2 74.2 136.6 615.8 255.5 871.3 — 93 NP CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 165.2 124.0 131.3 81.1 140.6 642.2 226.1 868.3 — 94 NP SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 70.3 114.9 171.5 75.5 120.0 552.2 315.9 868.1 SANSKRITI UNIVERSITY, MATHURA  95 78 AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, AMITY 171.0 119.7 170.9 58.5 135.9 656.0 210.1 866.1 UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW

— 96 NP ICFAI TECH SCHOOL, JAIPUR 157.9 111.1 182.3 49.2 122.0 622.5 243.3 865.8  97 75 EASWARI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 174.5 122.3 150.6 58.7 140.6 646.7 217.6 864.3  98 76 DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI 128.8 92.1 98.6 58.4 142.8 520.7 343.4 864.1  99 87 SAGI RAMAKRISHNAM RAJU ENGG COLLEGE, BHIMAVARAM, AP 167.7 121.6 158.0 60.6 150.0 657.9 205.6 863.5 — 100 NP VIGNAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, HYDERABAD 163.7 116.8 154.9 67.6 159.2 662.2 201.2 863.4  101 71 INSTITUTE OF ENGG & SCIENCE, IPS ACADEMY, INDORE 147.1 76.7 118.1 50.6 113.5 506.0 347.9 853.9  102 94 NALLA MALLA REDDY ENGINEERING COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 154.5 114.7 149.6 65.9 136.3 621.0 229.8 850.8  103 88 NEHRU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECH, COIMBATORE 136.1 120.4 152.0 43.0 138.0 589.5 258.0 847.5  104 83 SHRI VISHNU ENGG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, BHIMAVARAM 150.2 94.8 136.9 51.5 137.4 570.8 255.1 825.9 105 105 SRI SAI RAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI 142.5 120.7 165.6 75.0 131.9 635.7 187.7 823.4  106 92 HINDUSTHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE 59.4 124.7 159.3 57.3 133.6 534.3 286.0 820.3  107 85 KIET GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, GHAZIABAD 162.7 92.5 142.7 61.6 142.7 602.2 210.5 812.7 — 108 NP MEDI-CAPS UNIVERSITY, INDORE 146.9 110.8 154.6 61.2 147.8 621.3 181.6 802.9  109 100 ICFAI UNIVERSITY, TRIPURA, AGARTALA 118.6 82.3 159.4 66.5 67.5 494.3 303.0 797.3  110 112 VELAGAPUDI RAMAKRISHNA SIDDHARTHA ENGINEERING 161.8 112.8 157.1 76.8 99.1 607.6 174.1 781.7 COLLEGE, VIJAYAWADA

 111 91 KS RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAMAKKAL, TN 79.4 137.9 179.8 79.4 66.4 542.9 232.6 775.5  112 114 ANURAG GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, HYDERABAD 143.0 102.3 151.1 57.2 139.8 593.4 177.0 770.4  113 110 HERITAGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA 166.6 102.8 130.0 38.5 113.0 550.9 215.1 766.0  114 116 G.H. PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, VALLABH VIDYANAGAR 151.3 114.8 152.7 60.4 124.0 603.2 160.5 763.7  115 113 SREENIDHI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECH, HYDERABAD 154.8 134.1 116.5 69.0 136.0 610.4 141.9 752.3  116 99 M. KUMARASAMY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KARUR 159.6 115.6 147.3 68.1 123.8 614.4 130.5 744.9  117 119 B.V. RAJU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NARSAPUR, AP 137.1 119.1 171.0 64.5 128.8 620.5 122.4 742.9 — 118 NP AMRUTVAHINI COLL. OF ENGG, SANGAMNER, MAHARASHTRA 129.8 78.5 107.6 11.7 95.0 422.6 296.4 719.0  119 121 CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MEDCHAL, TELANGANA 152.2 107.2 153.4 61.1 104.3 578.2 137.5 715.7  120 123 GEETANJALI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL STUDIES, UDAIPUR 162.1 111.6 169.4 56.4 90.6 590.1 112.0 702.1 — 121 NP SRI VENKATESWARA ENGG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, TIRUPATI 125.9 94.1 123.9 52.0 58.5 454.4 245.7 700.1 TOP 200 BEST PRIVATE COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

INTAKE INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OVER- ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL OVERALL QUALITY & TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION ALL EXCELLENCE SCORE SCORE SCORE RANK GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT RANK INSTITUTE AND CITY 2018 2019 288 264 240 120 288 1,200 800 2,000 — 122 NP BHAGWAN PARSHURAM INSTITUTE OF TECH, NEW DELHI 162.9 64.4 80.2 52.3 135.9 495.7 184.4 680.1 — 123 NP RADHARAMAN INSTITUTE OF TECH & SCIENCE, BHOPAL 187.5 116.7 159.1 66.4 149.7 679.4 - 679.4  124 103 SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE, TIRUCHENGODE, TN 152.9 113.6 171.1 62.6 110.0 610.2 67.4 677.6  125 128 SHRI RAM MURTI SMARAK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, 134.1 117.5 160.5 57.7 134.2 604.0 72.6 676.6 TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH, BAREILLY — 126 NP KALASALINGAM ACADEMY OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, 158.5 123.3 177.0 73.6 143.6 676.0 - 676.0 SRIVILLIPUTTUR, TAMIL NADU — 127 NP NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KARKALA, KARNATAKA 171.5 125.3 165.7 61.9 150.1 674.5 - 674.5  128 122 MLR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD 133.2 129.3 135.6 79.0 135.3 612.4 62.0 674.4 — 129 NP VEL TECH HIGH DR RANGARAJAN DR SAKUNTHALA 79.5 76.3 124.0 47.3 130.6 457.7 208.7 666.4 ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI  130 127 RAJEEV GANDHI MEMORIAL COLL. OF ENGG & TECH, NANDYAL, AP 156.9 144.7 155.9 72.4 94.5 624.4 41.7 666.1  131 108 PAAVAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, NAMAKKAL, TAMIL NADU 163.7 130.1 157.3 43.5 100.8 595.4 69.1 664.5  132 129 VISHNU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHIMAVARAM, AP 147.5 118.2 165.5 54.7 93.2 579.1 77.2 656.3  133 124 PRASAD V. POTLURI SIDDHARTHA INST OF TECH, VIJAYAWADA 129.8 115.6 157.4 59.9 137.0 599.7 49.9 649.6  134 130 ROORKEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE 134.8 123.0 140.4 75.2 112.8 586.2 62.5 648.7  135 133 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 164.6 87.1 108.4 42.5 142.6 545.2 100.7 645.9 — 136 NP SRI MANAKULA VINAYAGAR ENGG COLLEGE, PUDUCHERRY 164.1 121.5 140.9 76.5 142.2 645.2 - 645.2 — 137 NP MGM’S JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ENGG COLLEGE, AURANGABAD 149.6 82.0 92.2 18.4 67.2 409.4 235.3 644.7  138 135 KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECH & SCIENCE, HANAMKONDA, AP 129.5 113.6 146.3 63.4 107.7 560.5 80.9 641.4  139 104 ITS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GREATER NOIDA 159.8 122.6 177.7 73.3 102.4 635.8 0.0 635.8  140 131 ST JOSEPH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MANGALURU 143.8 117.7 154.7 43.6 92.6 552.4 82.5 634.9  141 137 GOKARAJU RANGARAJU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND 145.8 127.1 115.8 65.6 117.3 571.6 61.3 632.9 TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD — 142 NP TECHNO INTERNATIONAL NEW TOWN , KOLKATA 131.7 68.5 86.7 22.0 106.9 415.8 212.4 628.2 — 143 NP ROORKEE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ROORKEE 148.1 118.2 153.9 74.1 131.0 625.3 - 625.3 — 144 NP HINDUSTHAN COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH, COIMBATORE 159.3 95.8 150.5 77.9 140.8 624.3 - 624.3 — 145 143 SETH JAI PARKASH MUKAND LAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING 162.6 79.0 146.4 56.8 121.0 565.8 55.1 620.9 AND TECHNOLOGY, YAMUNANAGAR, HARYANA 146 146 GYAN GANGA INSTITUTE OF TECH AND SCIENCES, JABALPUR 165.3 90.1 128.9 34.1 107.7 526.1 93.8 619.9 — 147 NP AVANTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECH, HYDERABAD 148.7 109.5 162.6 76.7 119.0 616.5 - 616.5  148 151 INSTITUTE OF ENGG & TECH, GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA 141.3 96.0 153.1 43.7 119.4 553.5 62.9 616.4  149 145 MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECH & SCIENCE, MADANAPALLE 148.3 111.3 122.2 47.3 107.9 537.0 78.2 615.2 150 150 HOPE FOUNDATION’S, FINOLEX ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT 143.1 88.0 150.2 60.2 112.5 554.0 58.7 612.7 & TECHNOLOGY, RATNAGIRI, MAHARASHTRA  151 126 K RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF ENGG, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 131.3 101.9 151.1 72.6 101.7 558.6 51.3 609.9 — 152 NP NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KOVILPATTI 161.1 122.5 181.0 83.4 59.2 607.2 - 607.2 — 153 NP BVRIT HYDERABAD COLL. OF ENGG FOR WOMEN, HYDERABAD 145.4 112.4 110.3 74.8 156.5 599.4 - 599.4  154 107 VELALAR COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, ERODE 147.2 113.4 154.8 60.2 122.7 598.3 - 598.3  155 154 BVC ENGINEERING COLLEGE, AMALAPURAM, ANDHRA PRADESH 151.7 87.2 156.1 57.5 94.2 546.7 50.4 597.1  156 161 GEETHANJALI COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, HYDERABAD 122.1 105.0 81.1 53.4 119.2 480.8 109.0 589.8  156 120 MARWADI EDUCATION FOUNDATION, RAJKOT 175.5 112.4 152.1 61.8 88.0 589.8 - 589.8  158 155 PRANVEER SINGH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR 132.1 76.2 151.0 60.8 118.3 538.4 51.0 589.4 — 159 NP CGC-COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, LANDRAN, MOHALI 148.0 88.6 157.7 41.7 149.3 585.3 - 585.3 — 160 NP AISSMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE 157.2 100.3 127.8 65.2 132.8 583.3 - 583.3 — 161 NP SHRI RAM MURTI SMARAK COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, UNNAO 137.6 104.9 162.5 58.2 119.0 582.2 - 582.2

— 162 NP ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE, ERODE 146.5 118.5 164.0 59.6 93.2 581.8 - 581.8 TOP 200 BEST PRIVATE COLLEGES >>> ENGINEERING

— 163 NP MANAKULA VINAYAGAR INSTITUTE OF TECH, PUDUCHERRY 153.4 79.7 154.6 70.2 119.5 577.4 - 577.4

 164 163 ADITYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MADANAPALLE 128.8 86.7 145.3 37.4 108.4 506.6 67.1 573.7

— 165 NP KANPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR 153.9 82.9 163.4 81.3 92.1 573.6 - 573.6

— 166 NP AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGG & TECH, AMITY UNIVERSITY, GWALIOR 115.7 110.1 180.5 45.6 117.0 568.9 - 568.9

— 167 NP DRIEMS, CUTTACK 158.1 108.0 176.9 43.2 81.3 567.5 - 567.5 — 168 NP VIDYA PRATISHTHAN’S KAMALNAYAN BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF 104.4 62.9 107.2 18.2 57.8 350.5 211.8 562.3 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, BARAMATI

— 169 NP ORISSA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR 135.1 65.9 118.4 19.7 58.3 397.4 161.2 558.6

170 170 ST. MARTIN’S ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SECUNDERABAD 148.7 85.8 119.3 44.8 135.4 534.0 21.1 555.1

— 171 NP SHRI RAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JABALPUR 145.4 101.4 138.5 48.3 121.4 555.0 - 555.0

 172 153 HOLY MARY INSTITUTE OF TECH & SCIENCE, HYDERABAD 120.1 89.4 176.2 51.7 115.4 552.8 - 552.8

 173 141 SAGAR INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH & TECH, BHOPAL 133.4 94.4 154.2 60.8 109.6 552.4 - 552.4

— 174 NP MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGG AND TECH, MEERUT 149.6 73.0 162.6 52.0 114.0 551.2 - 551.2

 175 174 RAVINDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN, KURNOOL 66.0 95.6 133.3 28.4 66.7 390.0 161.1 551.1

— 176 NP T. JOHN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 126.3 118.0 170.3 69.6 63.9 548.1 - 548.1

 177 158 S.B. PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGG, INDAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 136.1 134.1 147.2 59.4 70.6 547.4 - 547.4

— 178 NP PERIYAR MANIAMMAI INST OF SCIENCE & TECH, THANJAVUR 102.7 118.9 172.9 76.2 72.8 543.5 - 543.5

 179 149 MALLA REDDY ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SECUNDERABAD 118.4 110.6 137.6 51.9 123.3 541.8 - 541.8

 180 172 AISSMS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PUNE 159.6 75.4 91.8 60.2 87.0 474.0 66.9 540.9

 181 177 G. PULLAIAH COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH, KURNOOL 145.0 75.4 101.2 31.2 88.2 441.0 96.8 537.8

 182 156 R.C. PATEL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY, SHIRPUR, MAHARASHTRA 157.8 94.8 162.6 39.8 76.5 531.5 - 531.5

— 183 NP D.Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH, KOLHAPUR 74.7 66.2 106.1 26.9 96.0 369.9 161.2 531.1

— 184 NP K.K. WAGH INST. OF ENGG EDUCATION & RESEARCH, NASHIK 150.0 99.4 135.9 33.3 107.9 526.5 - 526.5

 185 144 RAJENDRA MANE COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, RATNAGIRI 132.7 122.6 176.0 51.0 43.7 526.0 - 526.0

— 186 NP DATTA MEGHE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, THANE 170.9 99.9 100.8 62.0 81.3 514.9 - 514.9

— 187 NP ADITYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, PEDDAPURAM, AP 117.2 96.8 156.4 55.3 87.4 513.1 - 513.1

— 188 NP M.C.K.V. INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, HOWRAH 133.6 98.4 132.9 38.2 105.4 508.5 - 508.5

— 189 NP K.G. REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, MOINABAD, TELANGANA 132.1 110.6 106.7 60.0 98.1 507.5 - 507.5

— 190 NP SETHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KARIAPATTI, TAMIL NADU 135.4 96.2 111.3 53.1 109.4 505.4 - 505.4 — 191 NP MOHANDAS COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH, 133.1 89.4 169.8 65.0 45.6 502.9 - 502.9 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM  192 167 TULSIRAMJI GAIKWAD PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH, 112.1 98.8 138.5 53.0 97.0 499.4 - 499.4 NAGPUR

— 193 NP IFET COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, VILUPURAM, TAMIL NADU 143.6 95.2 135.4 38.7 74.6 487.5 - 487.5

— 194 NP DR N.G.P. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE 138.4 99.1 130.7 66.6 51.7 486.5 - 486.5

 195 165 S.N.J.B.’S LATE SAU. K. B. JAIN COLLEGE OF ENGG, NASHIK 127.5 84.3 161.8 56.3 46.8 476.7 - 476.7

— 196 NP SANSKAR COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH, GHAZIABAD 125.5 58.1 133.0 21.1 135.2 472.9 - 472.9

— 197 NP KRUPAJAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR 120.4 71.8 124.0 28.3 126.2 470.7 - 470.7

— 198 NP ADITYA INSTITUTE OF TECH AND MGMT, TEKKALI, AP 130.1 88.1 148.8 24.3 78.6 469.9 - 469.9

— 199 NP GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA 117.5 84.1 136.5 20.1 102.5 460.7 - 460.7

NP: Not participatedNot NP: — 200 NP SAL INSTITUTE OF TECH & ENGG RESEARCH, AHMEDABAD 124.3 91.9 62.8 30.0 146.4 455.4 - 455.4

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time undergraduate programme and which submitted objective data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. 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 got nil marks in perceptual score BEST COLLEGES >>> ARCHITECTURE No1 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, INDIAN

CHANDRADEEP KUMAR

CURIOUS & CREATIVE IIT-Roorkee students are encouraged to do research

hile most other architecture colleges focus on training students to become professional W architects, at the Indian Insti- BUILDING tute of Technology, Roorkee, we offer a diverse and research- oriented learning experience,” says P.S. Chani, who took over as the head of the department of architecture and planning at the IIT in 2017. Lo- cated in Uttarakhand’s Roorkee city, the depart- BLOCKS ment is part of a sprawling 365-acre campus that IIT-Roorkee’s architecture courses stand was established in 1847 as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering. The institution went on out because of their focus on research to become the seventh IIT in 2001. Befitting its and innovation stature as a premier architecture institution, the department’s building stands out due to its well- By Asit Jolly appointed interiors. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE

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4 SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE (SPA), Bhopal

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7 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MAHE), Manipal

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It offers a conventional under- Construction Corporation) and graduate programme in archi- are awaiting a copyright on the tecture and two programmes in recently completed ready reckoner architecture and urban and rural for calculating embodied energy planning at the postgraduation rates for buildings. level. Research is the core strength Apart from its many inhouse of the department. According to facilities, the department benefits Chani, eight new state-of-the- from being part of an institu- art labs—on NET-ZED (net zero tion spanning multiple aspects of energy dwelling), inclusive design, engineering and technology. The virtual reality, regional plan- students have an open access to ning, urban design and system IIT-Roorkee’s common tinker- dynamics—have been set up in ing lab to test ideas as well as an the past two years. The faculty is incubation centre to nurture start- in the process of developing a ‘low ups. “More and more students are carbon construction protocol’ for nowadays keen to become entre- the NBCC (National Buildings preneurs,” says Chani. The faculty BEST COLLEGES >>> ARCHITECTURE

STAR ALUMNI GURUSPEAK PROF. P.S. CHANI Head of Department, Architecture & Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

 What is unique about your department? PRADEEP SACHDEVA SATISH KUMAR SANDEEP KUMAR A strong focus on research and Delhi-based Drafted the Energy Director, an academic environment that architect, who Conservation Building Code, Department of prepares students to aspire for designed the launched by the Bureau of Planning, University a lot more than merely becoming Dilli Haats Energy Efficiency of Alberta, Canada professional architects

 What are the initiatives taken in the past three years? Eight new labs for NET-ZED, members encourage the participation inclusive design, virtual reality, of students and research scholars in 13 is the average system dynamics, regional their ongoing projects. Prof. Av- years of teaching planning, urban design and the lokita Agarwal of the department creative aspects of architecture; is, for instance, setting up a virtual experience of also, projects to develop low reality darkroom that will enable carbon construction protocols the 18 permanent for the NBCC; design aspects virtual access to iconic buildings all of Amaravati, the capital of over the world, and she has involved faculty members Andhra Pradesh; development her students in the project. Gaurav of Patna city, energy-efficient Raheja, a faculty member, specialises housing for cold climates and in inclusive design and is working the use of vernacular material in on the ministry of defence projects. construction Another faculty member, Uttam  What next? Roy, is leading a Rs 2.4 crore project 299,878 books A review of the current course for the development of Patna. Ram curriculum so that it is in Satish, an urban design specialist available in the sync with the digital age and at the institution, is working with library upgraded workshops with state- the Andhra Pradesh government of-the-art laser cutters and 3D on the new state capital, Amaravati, printers and Prof. Raj Shekhar has a Rs. 12 crore collaborative project to develop protocols for energy-efficient housing in Uttarakhand. The department The department’s students zance, the annual tech fest. Architec- have been expanding their sphere of organises two events: ture students also participate in the knowledge and information beyond annual NASA (National Association of the scope of their designated curricu- Cognizance, the Students of Architecture) convention. lum with Curious Columns, a society annual tech fest, and In addition to a well-stocked comprising some 40 members. The library and the central Mahatma Gan- group regularly organises lectures Thomso, the annual dhi Library, which houses the largest and workshops by inhouse and guest cultural festival collection of print and digital docu- faculty. Further, the department ments in any engineering institution, actively takes part in Thomso, the students have access to the multi-activ- annual cultural festival, and Cogni- ity centre, students’ activity centre and

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CREATING ILLUSIONS German artist 1010 doing a 3D wall painting at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi

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1 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE 7,18,000 1 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, 4,00,000 & PLANNING, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANIPAL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY, HIGHER EDUCATION (MAHE), Roorkee Manipal

2 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & 5,68,447 2 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, 3,60,000 ARCHITECTURE (SPA), IPS ACADEMY, Bhopal indore

3 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & 4,80,000 3 SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & 3,00,000 ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE, OF MYSORE, Mysuru Gurugram

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TOP TOP GOVERNMENT COLLEGES WITH COLLEGES WITH THE BEST 3 THE LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> 3 VALUE FOR MONEY >>>

TUITION FEE FOR THE COLLEGE COLLEGE RoI* ENTIRE COURSE ( `)

1 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & 11,000 1 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & 31.4 EKISTICS, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, EKISTICS, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi New Delhi

2 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, 44,640 2 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, 6.7 ZAKIR HUSSAIN COLLEGE OF ZAKIR HUSSAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh ₹ Aligarh

3 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & 50,000 3 SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND 3.6 ARCHITECTURE, JAWAHARLAL ARCHITECTURE, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ARCHITECTURE AND FINE NEHRU ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY, Hyderabad ₹ ARTS UNIVERSITY, Hyderabad

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

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TUITION FEE FOR THE COLLEGE COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( `)

1 BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, 1 SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE, Bengaluru 2,32,050 Gurugram

2 R.V. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, 2 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, BIRLA INSTITUTE Bengaluru 2,67,300 OF TECHNOLOGY, MESRA, Ranchi

3 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, 3 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, IPS ACADEMY, Indore ₹ 3,50,000 NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh

the ‘hangar’, a large convocation hall that was once used to park aircraft.  What is unique about should have more The IIT-Roorkee has 20 hostels your department? practical tutorials and It’s an IIT, it has the best field study for students and research scholars, infrastructure in terms including accommodation for mar- MY EXPERIENCE AT of academics, cultural  The best facility... ried research scholars. Each of these activity and sports Unrestricted access to units has high-speed wi-fi access. IIT-ROORKEE high-speed internet via Work is also under way to provide PRANJAL AGRAWAL,  One change I want... LAN in all hostel rooms free high speed wi-fi access to all 1st year, BArch The first-year curriculum of the institute academic departments and common areas. n

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INTAKE, INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OVER- ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL OVERALL QUALITY & TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION ALL SCORE SCORE SCORE RANK EXCELLENCE RANK INSTITUTE AND CITY GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT 2018 2019 275 260 240 150 275 1200 800 2000

1 1 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, INDIAN 215.4 227.9 212.1 132.6 224.4 1,012.4 772.7 1,785.1 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE

- 2 NP SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI 226.7 208.5 210.1 129.2 216.6 991.1 772.1 1,763.2

 3 2 SIR J.J.COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, MUMBAI 210.9 190.4 163.7 106.8 173.7 845.5 784.0 1,629.5

 4 6 SCHOOL OF PLANNING &ARCHITECTURE, BHOPAL 204.5 204.0 169.6 98.2 182.3 858.6 669.1 1,527.7

5 5 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND EKISTICS, JAMIA MILLIA 208.5 156.8 159.9 80.6 221.3 827.1 661.4 1,488.5 ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI

 6 3 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, BIRLA INSTITUTE OF 214.9 176.8 209.8 77.0 154.5 833.0 655.0 1,488.0 TECHNOLOGY, MESRA, RANCHI

 7 4 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER 205.5 163.2 178.4 73.3 168.2 788.6 656.8 1,445.4 EDUCATION (MAHE), MANIPAL

 8 7 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF 195.3 133.9 176.8 77.0 181.7 764.7 643.8 1,408.5 MYSORE, MYSURU

9 9 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, JAWAHARLAL 205.1 134.4 141.4 109.4 167.2 757.5 627.9 1,385.4 NEHRU ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD

10 10 BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BENGALURU 208.2 156.1 140.3 106.0 172.3 782.9 563.2 1,346.1

- 11 NP SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, VIJAYAWADA 207.8 207.0 198.1 117.6 208.2 938.7 370.0 1,308.7

 12 8 SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE, GURUGRAM 190.6 162.7 147.9 82.1 172.6 755.9 531.4 1,287.3

- 13 NP DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, ZAKIR HUSSAIN COLLEGE 208.8 136.9 173.7 84.0 203.9 807.3 473.3 1,280.6 OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH

 14 12 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, NOIDA 180.4 143.7 171.8 76.2 154.6 726.7 542.4 1,269.1

 15 11 R.V. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BENGALURU 184.6 162.8 142.3 75.5 172.5 737.7 434.3 1,172.0

 16 14 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE , IPS ACADEMY, INDORE 159.4 101.5 141.9 85.7 179.6 668.1 222.0 890.1

 17 16 AAERT & THE SSB FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, SARVAJANIK 164.0 140.4 159.1 82.8 172.5 718.8 146.9 865.7 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, SURAT

 18 20 AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (ASAP), 181.6 128.4 169.4 81.7 141.3 702.4 152.3 854.7 LUCKNOW

 19 17 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, INTEGRAL 174.3 134.7 161.5 84.8 122.1 677.4 116.9 794.3 UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW

 20 22 GUWAHATI COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, 159.0 132.4 150.5 84.8 131.1 657.8 132.6 790.4 GUWAHATI

 21 23 PRIYADARSHINI INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN 173.9 136.6 141.4 63.6 120.4 635.9 116.9 752.8 STUDIES, NAGPUR

 22 21 AXIS INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, KANPUR 155.1 80.2 167.9 74.0 163.3 640.5 82.4 722.9

- 23 NP FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, PERIYAR 181.0 143.5 149.8 84.5 142.7 701.5 0.0 701.5 MANIAMMAI UNIVERSITY, THANJAVUR

- 24 NP CHITKARA SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, PATIALA 161.8 154.8 124.3 83.3 152.9 677.1 0.0 677.1

- 25 NP DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, D. Y. PATIL COLLEGE OF 154.8 150.0 129.8 81.2 152.2 668.0 0.0 668.0 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, KOLHAPUR NP: Not participatedNot NP:

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time undergraduate programme and submitted their objective data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place, this may result in rounding-off errors while adding the parameter-wise score. Colleges not ranked on perceptual survey have got nil marks in perceptual score BEST COLLEGES >>> LAW No1 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU

sk aspiring law students about their dream institute, and invariably the answer would A be the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) in LEGAL Bengaluru. For, NLSIU, which redefined the legal education system in the country, continues to set the standard by introducing the latest trends, involving illustrious alumni and legal luminaries as faculty, and promoting a free- EAGLES thinking culture among students. Spread across 23 acres, most of it natural for- NLSIU has been the pre-eminent law est and adjoining the Bangalore University, NLSIU college in the country for a long while. is one of those rare government-backed education- A free-thinking culture and constant al institutes which has not only carved an identity of its own but maintained its pre-eminence even innovation have been key to this after 30 years of existence. Indeed, it has become By Aravind Gowda the template for the government in setting up legal education institutes in the country. TOP 10 COLLEGES >>>

1 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru

2 THE WB NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JURIDICAL SCIENCES, Kolkata

3 SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, Pune

SANDESH RAVIKUMARSANDESH 4 ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune

5 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, Varanasi

6 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, Delhi

7 NEW LAW COLLEGE, BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED UNIVERSITY), Pune

8 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh

9 NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA, Cuttack

10 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW, Lucknow

TOP EMERGING PRIVATE 10 COLLEGES* >>>

1 SCHOOL OF LAW, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru POINT NOTED Students with 2 ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW, Mohali V-C Venkata Rao at the NLSIU 3 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, Hyderabad campus 4 INSTITUTE OF LAW, NIRMA UNIVERSITY, Ahmedabad

5 LLOYD LAW COLLEGE, Greater Noida

6 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF LAW, Bengaluru

7 CMR LAW SCHOOL, Bengaluru

8 KIIT LAW SCHOOL, Bhubaneswar

9 INDORE INSTITUTE OF LAW, Indore

10 AMITY LAW SCHOOL, Noida

*Colleges whose first batch of LLBs passed out in or after 2000 were considered BEST COLLEGES >>> LAW

STAR ALUMNI GURUSPEAK PROF. S.N. VENKATA RAO Vice-chancellor, NLSIU

 How is NSLUI different from other law colleges? Innovation in teaching, like our cooperative model where two VIKRAMJIT BANERJEE SIDDHARTH RAJA LAWRENCE LIANG or more teachers jointly offer (1997) (1997) (1998) a course and interact with the Additional Solicitor Corporate lawyer; Professor of law and students in the same class General to the Supreme expert in M&A and intellectual property Court of India private equity rights expert Socially relevant themes to make students understand problems at a broader level; experts and resources from the public domain to engage the students Justice-oriented legal education Prof. S.N. Venkata Rao, vice- to ensure that the course isn’t chancellor, NLSIU, attributes the top just another academic course position to three different, unique aspects. “We focus on innovation, be NLSUI’s  New initiatives in the past it teaching or syllabus. We also focus three years Strawberry Fields Contemporary topics for on socially relevant themes, the need electives—electoral reforms, of the hour for a country like ours. is India's largest space law, healthcare law and Thirdly, we promote justice-oriented student-organised cyber-security legal education,” he points out. Signed MoUs with 10 law colleges In addition to routine academics, rock show in mofussil areas to improve the the institute sets aside time in the af- quality of legal education and ternoons for seminars and discussions provide support, expertise and on socially relevant topics. Recently, it resources to students there set up the Marginalised Community The NLS Set up the Marginalised Study Centre as part of its Centre for Community Study Centre as the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclu- Debate is South part of the Centre for the sive Policy. It has also set up a Centre Asia’s largest Study of Social Exclusion & for Intellectual Property Research Inclusive Policy and Advocacy and an Institute of Law parliamentary  One thing I want to and Ethics in Medicine. “Our students style debating improve in my institute discuss topics highly relevant to We are already one of the most Indian society, issues and suggestions tournament transparent institutes in this that contribute towards framing of country and I want to raise the laws. We are much ahead of other in- level further stitutes in promoting liberal thought that ignites young minds,” says Prof. NLS NMC is Asia’s  What makes an NLSUI Rao. Indeed, NLSIU students are student shine? It is common to hear about even in the news at times for challeng- largest alternative a functioning brain, but our ing the faculty on issues, which are all, dispute resolution students also need a functioning of course, resolved amicably. heart—a heart that beats for In addition to the core subjects, tournament everybody and a mind that thinks the institute also focuses on electives. about equality Students get to analyse in-depth issues such as electoral reforms,

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MY EXPERIENCE AT NLSUI CHANDNI OCHANI Final year, BA-LLB (Hons) degree programme

 What’s unique about campus life here? I don’t think any other institute promotes such free thinking. The campus also has excellent CASE HISTORY infrastructure. Every student Students at the WB gets exposure to all facets National University of of life apart from academics. Juridical Sciences Students enjoy all kinds of freedom with absolutely no restrictions TOP GOVT COLLEGES OFFERING  What I like about my 5 THE HIGHEST SALARY >>> college It’s the best when it comes to AVG ANNUAL curriculum and teaching. That’s COLLEGE STARTING SALARY ( `) what I like most about NLSIU

1 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru 15,20,000  One change I want in my college 2 THE WB NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JURIDICAL SCIENCES, Kolkata 13,00,000 We are keen on improving the mental health infrastructure 3 NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA, Cuttack 6,50,000 on the campus. Students face heightened stress levels and we need to address this 4 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 6,30,000  The best facility in the FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, Varanasi 6,00,000 5 college It has to be the library; it is the best for legal education in India TOP 5 PVT COLLEGES OFFERING THE HIGHEST SALARY >>>

AVG ANNUAL COLLEGE STARTING SALARY ( `) NLSUI has three 1 ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune 8,50,000 canteens— 1 LLOYD LAW COLLEGE, Greater Noida 8,50,000 Hungry Hubs,

3 SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, Pune 8,40,000 Rohini and Chetta —and the most 4 NEW LAW COLLEGE, BHARATI VIDYAPEETH (DEEMED UNIVERSITY), Pune 8,00,000 popular dish is 'Dal tadka' 5 ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW, Mohali 7,50,000

MAY 27, 2019 INDIA TODAY 83 BEST COLLEGES >>> LAW

TOP TOP GOVT COLLEGES WITH THE PVT COLLEGES WITH THE 5 LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> 5 LOWEST TUITION FEE >>>

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

1 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH 1 ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune 9,000 MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 3,025 2 MANIKCHAND PAHADE LAW COLLEGE, 2 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS HINDU Aurangabad 9,000 UNIVERSITY, Varanasi 6,846 3 SDM LAW COLLEGE, Mangaluru 9,430 3 SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW COLLEGE, Kolkata 7,500 4 SMT. KAMLABEN GAMBHIRCHAND 68,750 4 FACULTY OF LAW, JAMIA SHAH LAW SCHOOL, MILLIA ISLAMIA, Delhi 11,000 Mumbai

5 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY 5 V.M. SALGAOCAR COLLEGE OF LAW, 73,480 OF DELHI, Delhi 16,500 Panjim

cyber-security, space law, competition an important component of the course law, healthcare and even the impact of The law school work of students. artificial intelligence. Afternoons on has 60 faculty An innovative feature of the week days are reserved for debates on teaching methods followed at NLSIU topics concerning society. For this, the members for 550 is cooperative teaching where two or institution involves the best minds from students more teachers jointly offer a course the sectors concerned, including private, and interact with students in the same government and the judiciary, some of class. “This is particularly useful for the whom are also guest faculty here. multidisciplinary analysis of socio- Students enjoy library facilities legal problems,” asserts Prof. Rao. up to 1 am, especially during examina- NLSUI offers a According to him, retaining the top tions. There is also no restriction of any sanitary napkin position is difficult for any institute. sort for the students, unlike in other But that’s what he is trying to do, while educational institutes. The BA-LLB dispenser on also bringing in more accountability. (Hons) is a residential programme campus “Today, NLSIU has achieved an image and all students are expected to enrol of angelic proportions. It is not good for hostel facilities. Even if a Benga- to be called a fallen angel. We want to luru student has secured admission usher in more accountability for our into NLSIU, he/ she has to stay at the stakeholders. We are already one of the hostel. “The idea is to provide a homely CLAT every year usually opt for NL- most transparent institutes and I want atmosphere for students, considering SIU as their first preference, but only to increase it further,” adds Prof. Rao. that they will be spending five years the top 75 make the cut. The teaching Many former alumni of the col- away from their families. The students methods promote multi-disciplinary lege have pursued further studies in here love it,” adds Prof. Rao. inquiry and a practical appreciation their chosen areas of law, getting into Admission to the BA-LLB (Hons) of problems. The methods of teaching other prestigious foreign universities degree programme is purely on the involve lectures, discussions, case stud- like Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, basis of merit, as assessed through the ies, moot courts and project work. The Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Michigan. Common Law Admission Test con- NLSIU alumni are involved in a big Scholarships like Rhodes and IN- ducted for the purpose. The top 500 of way; classes undertaken by them form LAKS have also come calling. Today,

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TOP NLSIU graduates are practising at various levels, GOVT COLLEGES WITH THE BEST from trial courts to high courts and the Supreme 5 VALUE FOR MONEY >>> Court. Some have set up independent law practices, and many have joined corporate law firms both COLLEGE RoI* within the country and abroad. Prof. Rao attributes the success of NLSIU to 1 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH 208.3 the values they inculcate in students. He insists that MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh in addition to academic scores, it is important for aspiring students to have a “functioning heart” and a 2 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS mind that thinks about “equality”. “It is common to HINDU UNIVERSITY, Varanasi 87.6 hear about a functioning brain, but our students also need a functioning heart, a heart that beats for every- 3 SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW COLLEGE, Kolkata 32.0 body,” says Prof. Rao. “They have to understand that everyone is equal in society and only then will justice 4 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, Delhi 27.3 prevail. These qualities have to be highly relevant to students who aspire to study in NLSIU.” 5 FACULTY OF LAW, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, Delhi 26.7 LSIU is now pioneering distance education as well because of the N changing dynamics of the sector. “The TOP demand momentum is different in legal PVT COLLEGES WITH education. For instance, the healthcare sector is 5 THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY >>> rapidly evolving in the country and there is a dire need among the medical fraternity to better COLLEGE RoI* understand medical law and ethics,” notes Prof. Rao. This led to NLSIU launching a postgraduate 1 ILS LAW COLLEGE, Pune 94.4 diploma in Medical Law and Ethics in association with the Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research 2 SDM LAW COLLEGE, Mangaluru 38.7 Centre in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Likewise, diplomas in Environmental Law, Human Rights, Intellectual 3 MANIKCHAND PAHADE LAW COLLEGE, Aurangabad 20 Property Rights Law, Child Rights Law, Consumer Law and Practice, and Cyber Law and Cyber 4 NEW LAW COLLEGE, BHARATI VIDYAPEETH 10.7 Forensics are being offered through distance (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Pune education programmes by NLSIU. The support of the government is critical for 5 BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF 5.6 any educational institution to succeed, observes LEGAL STUDIES, Bengaluru Prof. Rao. “The Karnataka government has been supporting us from day one and even now all or new initiatives are well received,” he adds. For instance, *RoI (Return on Investment) is calculated based on average annual salary/ tuition fees for the entire course the state had a big role to play in the setting up of the Marginalised Community Study Centre as part of its Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at NLSIU. NLSUI is spread across 23 A major reason students opt for NLSIU is the holistic growth opportunities it provides—be acres and offers facilities such it working with top law firms, exposure to the as a library, two hostels, functioning of the judiciary, interactions with legal luminaries. Incidentally, NLSIU has one of the most wi-fi and cable TV and successful placement records. It is also a fact that a sports arenas few students opt out of placement to pursue other interests like higher education abroad or seeking a career in the civil services. n

186 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 TOP 40 BEST COLLEGES >>> LAW

INTAKE INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OVER- ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL OVERALL QUALITY & TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION ALL SCORE SCORE SCORE RANK EXCELLENCE RANK INSTITUTE AND CITY GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT 2018 2019 210 300 180 240 270 1,200 800 2,000 1 1 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 185.0 265.3 167.5 229.8 249.6 1,097.2 793.7 1,890.9

2 2 THE WB NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JURIDICAL SCIENCES, 160.7 254.1 162.8 194.5 238.6 1,010.7 751.3 1,762.0 KOLKATA 3 3 SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, PUNE 143.5 217.2 162.7 229.7 226.1 979.2 737.7 1,716.9 4 4 ILS LAW COLLEGE, PUNE 166.7 213.1 148.3 169.7 220.4 918.2 709.6 1,627.8 5 5 FACULTY OF LAW, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI 158.9 221.0 151.5 166.9 175.9 874.2 750.3 1,624.5 — 6 NP FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, NEW DELHI 149.7 204.5 139.1 163.0 155.5 811.8 747.1 1,558.9  7 8 NEW LAW COLLEGE, BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED TO BE 145.8 200.9 141.5 172.7 237.5 898.4 612.6 1,511.0 UNIVERSITY, PUNE  8 7 FACULTY OF LAW, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH 146.1 253.6 156.0 163.4 178.2 897.3 598.9 1,496.2 — 9 NP NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA, CUTTACK 149.4 232.2 155.8 214.2 181.0 932.6 513.5 1,446.1  10 11 FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW, LUCKNOW 140.5 195.4 143.6 164.9 186.0 830.4 609.2 1,439.6  11 10 SCHOOL OF LAW, CHRIST UNIVERSITY (SLCU), BENGALURU 136.9 199.6 165.5 165.5 176.3 843.8 594.5 1,438.3  12 9 FACULTY OF LAW, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI 131.6 216.0 158.6 150.9 129.5 786.6 630.4 1,417.0  13 14 DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR COLLEGE OF LAW, VISAKHAPATNAM 146.2 178.6 142.5 157.9 179.2 804.4 551.1 1,355.5  14 12 ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW, MOHALI 139.0 183.3 141.6 155.8 178.0 797.7 506.4 1,304.1 15 15 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, HYDERABAD 118.8 216.0 155.0 158.8 162.5 811.1 491.2 1,302.3 — 16 NP INSTITUTE OF LAW, NIRMA UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD 140.6 201.9 142.4 187.2 167.3 839.4 461.5 1,300.9  17 16 LLOYD LAW COLLEGE, GREATER NOIDA 132.9 193.7 132.1 164.6 176.5 799.8 471.2 1,271.0  18 13 RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF LAW, BENGALURU 120.0 151.0 148.3 125.1 150.5 694.9 550.4 1,245.3  19 18 CMR LAW SCHOOL, BENGALURU 120.6 181.7 155.6 143.8 143.7 745.4 473.8 1,219.2  20 19 KIIT SCHOOL OF LAW, BHUBANESWAR 118.2 191.0 155.5 158.7 163.1 786.5 380.0 1,166.5  21 20 INDORE INSTITUTE OF LAW, INDORE 115.1 182.3 133.3 145.8 175.2 751.7 392.4 1,144.1  22 24 BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF LEGAL STUDIES, BENGALURU 147.1 77.4 111.5 147.1 164.8 647.9 474.5 1,122.4 — 23 NP AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA 115.3 200.9 126.6 159.4 128.5 730.7 383.4 1,114.1  24 26 SCHOOL OF LAW, IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN 119.8 189.9 141.4 151.1 160.9 763.1 336.6 1,099.7  25 23 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 135.2 169.4 136.6 130.2 142.7 714.1 325.9 1,040.0 — 26 NP IMS LAW COLLEGE, NOIDA 116.6 186.4 132.9 151.9 143.9 731.7 288.2 1,019.9  27 25 K.L.E SOCIETY'S LAW COLLEGE, BENGALURU 127.9 154.8 123.8 157.6 172.5 736.6 273.7 1,010.3  28 29 LAW COLLEGE DEHRADUN, UTTARANCHAL UNIVERSITY, 134.3 185.9 126.2 145.3 159.8 751.5 250.1 1,001.6 DEHRADUN  29 22 V.M. SALGAOCAR COLLEGE OF LAW, PANAJI 123.2 146.7 85.8 118.8 160.9 635.4 358.9 994.3 — 30 NP SHRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA LAW COLLEGE 134.5 147.5 120.6 165.8 144.8 713.2 247.7 960.9 & CENTRE FOR POST GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH IN LAW, MANGALURU  31 32 SEEDLING SCHOOL OF LAW & GOVERNANCE, JAIPUR 128.6 187.4 148.7 142.9 139.9 747.5 193.6 941.1  32 38 S.A. MANVI LAW COLLEGE, GADAG, KARNATAKA 118.7 114.9 133.8 126.6 110.5 604.5 314.4 918.9  33 27 MANIKCHAND PAHADE LAW COLLEGE, AURANGABAD 121.2 143.6 119.4 96.6 149.8 630.6 287.7 918.3  34 31 SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW COLLEGE, KOLKATA 120.1 100.9 90.0 140.2 145.4 596.6 311.1 907.7  35 28 ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, TRIPURA, AGARTALA 115.4 149.1 148.3 137.4 16.5 566.7 325.9 892.6  36 35 GEETA INSTITUTE OF LAW, PANIPAT 116.1 141.4 139.4 131.2 133.5 661.6 230.7 892.3  37 30 BENGAL LAW COLLEGE, SANTINIKETAN, BOLPUR 126.7 74.9 120.4 113.9 125.0 560.9 280.0 840.9  38 33 CHANDERPRABHU JAIN COLLEGE OF HIGHER STUDIES & 135.8 170.9 107.4 151.2 149.9 715.2 113.9 829.1 SCHOOL OF LAW, NEW DELHI  39 37 SINHGAD LAW COLLEGE, PUNE 121.7 124.8 141.1 126.1 135.2 648.9 168.4 817.3 NP NP: Not participated Not NP: — 40 SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, CHENNAI 120.2 192.8 150.9 177.3 139.5 780.7 0.0 780.7

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only those colleges which fulfilled below criteria were considered: minimum 3 batches passed out; full-time undergraduate programme. Colleges not ranked during perceptual survey have got nil marks in perceptual score No INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS BEST COLLEGES >>> MASS COMMUNICATION 1 COMMUNICATION, NEW DELHI BREAKING NEWS The Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi, has been offering journalism courses in regional languages for many years By Kaushik Deka

ijay Sheel Nayakar, a student at the Indian Institute of Mass V Communication (IIMC), is yet to receive his diploma for completing his nine-month-long advertising and public relations (AD & PR) course, but he already has a job offer from the Ministry of AYUSH. Nayakar, however, wishes to work with the india today Group, but can't apply to other companies till his batchmates have been placed. Till now, the Delhi institute has achieved 85 per cent placement. That’s the kind of support an IIMC student can enjoy. The institute is the most-sought-after among aspiring media students. Nayakar, though a student of advertising, can hope to join a news group because students here receive 360-degree training. “Our students acquire skillsets to work across media platforms—print, radio, TV and digital. They are trained to handle any aspect of mass communication,” says Professor Gita Bamezai, who is Dean (academics) and head of the Communication Research department. Last year, IIMC pass-outs were offered an average an- ON CAMERA nual salary of Rs 13 lakh. IIMC-Delhi students with The duration of the course, however, director-general K. Ganesan

is likely to change soon as the ministry RAJWANTRAWAT

188 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 TOP MASS COMMUNICATION 10 COLLEGES >>>

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION (IIMC), New Delhi

2 A.J.K. MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi

3 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, Hyderabad

4 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS , Pune

5 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS, Mumbai

6 SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Manipal

7 DEPT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES , SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY, Pune

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

6,624 applications `13 lakh is the were received by average annual IIMC last year; 375 salary earned by IIMC got selected students in 2018

200 hours of fieldwork , on an average, are done by a student while completing his/her course

GURUSPEAK K. GANESAN Director-General, IIMC

 What sets IIMC  New initiatives  What’s next? apart? in the past three We have received IIMC is one of the years a letter of intent oldest institutes. Apart from language from UGC for a It has highly courses, we have deemed university qualified faculty embraced new status. We are alsp members who technologies, like planning to start design the courses artificial intelligence, a course on new in collaboration with immersive and data media from the next industry experts journalism academic year BEST COLLEGES >>> MASS COMMUNICATION

TOP 5 COLLEGES OFFERING THE HIGHEST SALARY >>> MY EXPERIENCE AT IIMC AVERAGE ANNUAL COLLEGE STARTING SALARY ( `) VAISHNAVI JHA AD&PR 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION (IIMC), New Delhi 13,00,000  What’s unique about the IIMC campus? 2 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru 6,00,000 The campus is isolated from the hustle and bustle of Delhi and is one of the greenest 2 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA campuses in India. The work COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka 6,00,000 environment teaches us the virtue of teamwork and patience. 3 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MEDIA & COMM, Pune 5,60,000 We experience a professional environment even before joining 4 AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, the industry AMITY UNIVERSITY, Noida 5,00,000  Why I love my teachers They go above and beyond TOP when it comes to our welfare. They become our mentors in personal and professional 5 COLLEGES WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY >>> spheres. We feel secure and confident with them around COLLEGE RoI*  One thing I want to change 1 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Chandigarh 92.59 The bureaucratic slow pace

2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION (IIMC), New Delhi 16.46

3 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES, STAR ALUMNI SAVITRIBAI PHULE UNIVERSITY, Pune 10.71

4 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Ujire, Karnataka 8.77 NEELESH MISRA (1999), Journalist, radio storyteller 5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, Hyderabad 6.89

*ROI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual salary/ tuition fees for entire course

DEEPAK of human resource development has 17, 1965, it started with a small staff, CHAURASIA (1992), issued a letter of intent to declare including a couple of consultants TV journalist IIMC a deemed university, which will from UNESCO. In its early years, it enable it to grant degrees instead of organised training courses for the just diplomas. Currently, IIMC func- Central Information Service Officers tions under the ministry of informa- and conducted small-scale research tion and broadcasting. studies. In 1969, it launched an CHITRA The IIMC Society, an autono- international training programme for SUBRAMANIAM mous body registered under the mid-level journalists from Afro-Asian (1979), Journalist Societies Registration Act, 1867, runs countries. Eventually, it also launched the institute. Inaugurated on August several specialised short courses, last-

190 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 ing anywhere between a week and three of specialised courses to cover the rap- For instance, this year, students partici- months, to meet the training needs of idly expanding media and communica- pated in live campaigns of the ministry communication professionals in private tion industry. The syllabus is reviewed of railways and Facebook,” says Yadav. and public sectors. Now, IIMC offers annually to keep it relevant. “The focus In 2018, an IIMC student spent an aver- postgraduate diplomas in print journal- is to get industry experts to teach here. age of 200 hours on fieldwork. ism in various languages, radio and TV For instance, 70 per cent of the training journalism, apart from AD & PR. in the AD & PR department was done ne of the areas where IIMC Over time, IIMC has consistently by industry experts,” says Anubhuti has lately been focusing on retained its enviable reputation as a Yadav, head of the department of New O is journalism in regional centre of excellence in the arena of Media. languages. Most digital communication teaching, training and The courses offered by the insti- platforms are primarily restricted to the research. It has not only expanded its tute represent a meaningful blend of English language, but the next big scope infrastructure—it now has six centres in classroom teaching, supplemented by is in regional languages, where IIMC Delhi, Dhenkanal, Aizawl, Kottayam, rigorous exercises, lab journals and field already has an edge. “Apart from Amaravati and Jammu—but also aca- visits. “These differentiate the students’ English and Hindi, we have courses in demic activities, introducing a number training from that of other institutes. Odiya, Malayalam, Marathi and Urdu,” says Bamezai. It has also tied up with TOP the Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha for a certificate 5 COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> course in Sanskrit journalism. IIMC recently introduced a new TUITION FEE FOR course on Indian communication COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( `) theories included in Bharat Muni’s Natya Shastra, an ancient treatise on 1 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Chandigarh 3,780 the performing arts. The aim is to teach 2 DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, students India’s ancient past, contemporary history and its transition to a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 17,575 democracy. 3 KUSHABHAU THAKRE PATRAKARITA AVAM The information technology revolution has not only expanded the JANSANCHAR UNIVERSITY, Rajpur 24,200 scope of journalism, but also changed 4 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES, its contour. Video and social media SAVITRIBAI PHULE UNIVERSITY, Pune 42,000 together have broadened journalism’s scope, but have also given rise to the 5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY menace of fake news. As the premier OF HYDERABAD, Hyderabad 56,000 media institute of the country, IIMC recognises this unwarranted development and has held several workshops on TOP how to counter the crisis of fake news. “Our training also has a goal to impart 3 COLLEGES WITH THE BEST MALE-FEMALE RATIO >>> a sense of responsibility among the students and make them aware of ethi-

COLLEGE cal considerations, so that they can play a constructive role in a multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-ethnic society. 1 A.J.K. MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, It’s what makes IIMC students stand New Delhi out,” says Bamezai. This thinking keeps IIMC true to 2 DOON BUSINESS SCHOOL, Dehradun its philosophy since its inception—to define the perspective with which to ap- 3 JAGRAN SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATION, Bhopal proach communication to bring about change and development. n

MAY 27, 2019 INDIA TODAY 91 TOP 35 BEST COLLEGES >>> MASS COMMUNICATION

1 1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION, NEW DELHI 150.0 250.0 164.2 154.8 309.9 1,028.9 800.0 1,828.9

2 2 A.J.K. MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, JAMIA 142.9 246.8 196.4 145.7 274.0 1,005.8 764.7 1,770.5 MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI

3 3 DEPT OF COMM., HYDERABAD UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD 139.4 233.6 176.1 136.9 220.7 906.7 711.3 1,618.0

 4 6 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION, PUNE 136.1 213.0 156.5 125.3 223.5 854.4 682.2 1,536.6

 5 4 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS, MUMBAI 106.5 198.3 135.8 121.1 227.5 789.2 721.5 1,510.7  6 5 SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF 120.1 197.8 183.2 141.2 231.9 874.2 621.8 1,496.0 HIGHER EDUCATION, UDUPI - 7 NP* DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES, 127.3 178.2 121.8 99.8 232.0 759.1 735.6 1,494.7 SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE

 8 7 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES, CHRIST, BENGALURU 110.5 213.7 175.9 129.0 225.3 854.4 636.8 1,491.2

9 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA, BENGALURU 96.3 136.3 138.7 107.7 212.7 691.7 695.9 1,387.6

 10 8 SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA DEPARTMENT, SOPHIA 91.6 179.4 138.8 133.3 214.5 757.6 619.2 1,376.8 SMT MANORAMA DEVI SOMANI COLLEGE, MUMBAI

- 11 NP MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 118.3 192.9 138.1 109.5 210.0 768.8 606.8 1,375.6

 12 10 MANORAMA SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, KOTTAYAM 90.6 181.8 136.9 110.8 224.6 744.7 624.5 1,369.2

 13 11 AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, AMITY UNIV, NOIDA 87.4 197.1 146.3 124.5 234.2 789.5 547.7 1,337.2

 14 13 KISHINCH & CHELLARAM COLLEGE, MUMBAI 92.2 179.0 115.1 108.6 231.7 726.6 583.4 1,310.0

 15 14 DEPT OF MASS COMM., ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH 122.4 181.8 136.0 113.2 212.6 766.0 539.4 1,305.4

 16 15 APEEJAY INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION, NEW DELHI 84.5 181.9 141.2 105.6 207.2 720.4 557.9 1,278.3

 17 18 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, KOTTAYAM 82.2 182.1 175.8 132.0 181.5 753.6 472.3 1,225.9 - 18 NP SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION, 84.7 177.8 111.5 120.9 125.4 620.3 586.5 1,206.8 INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NOIDA

 19 16 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 109.5 191.3 146.8 128.4 204.2 780.2 390.7 1,170.9

 20 17 N.S.H.M. INSTITUTE OF MEDIA & DESIGN , KOLKATA 90.2 182.6 137.1 130.7 177.0 717.6 393.4 1,111.0 21 21 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE, 91.2 78.6 154.9 116.2 221.6 662.5 435.3 1,097.8 UJIRE, KARNATAKA

- 22 NP SCHOOL OF MASS COMM., IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN 107.3 143.8 151.4 100.8 174.6 677.9 362.5 1,040.4

 23 19 AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, LUCKNOW 90.0 181.9 161.1 112.6 198.0 743.6 292.8 1,036.4

 24 20 DEPT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, IIS UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR 98.9 180.3 151.5 128.8 191.4 750.9 242.5 993.4

 25 22 SCHOOL OF MEDIA STUDIES, JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIV, JAIPUR 88.5 162.5 151.1 125.0 196.8 723.9 236.4 960.3

 26 23 MARATHWADA MITRAMANDAL’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, PUNE 97.8 180.2 128.3 104.5 213.2 724.0 165.4 889.4  27 24 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 91.0 35.2 124.3 117.3 193.5 561.3 273.9 835.2 CHANDIGARH

- 28 NP JAGRAN SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & COMM., BHOPAL 81.9 192.4 147.1 91.1 162.0 674.5 93.9 768.4

- 29 NP DOON BUSINESS SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 73.2 182.5 140.0 118.9 209.8 724.4 - 724.4

- 30 NP CHITKARA SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION, PATIALA 70.5 177.4 148.1 122.5 179.6 698.1 - 698.1 - 31 NP KUSHABHAU THAKRE PATRAKARITA AVAM JANSANCHAR 90.4 135.4 108.7 52.7 169.3 556.5 129.6 686.1 UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH

- 32 NP AMITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, GWALIOR 76.8 138.0 142.5 104.9 183.4 645.6 - 645.6

- 33 NP ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 86.2 125.6 173.7 122.9 132.2 640.6 - 640.6

- 34 NP NTNL INSTITUTE OF MASS COMM. & JOURNALISM, AHMEDABAD 68.3 148.0 65.5 47.9 202.2 531.9 99.6 631.5  35 25 DEPT. OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMM., THE OXFORD 75.7 89.2 145.9 103.8 27.7 442.3 172.0 614.3 NP: Not participated Not NP: COLLEGE OF ARTS, BENGALURU

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time postgraduate programme and submitted their objective data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. 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 got nil marks in perceptual score

BEST COLLEGES >>> HOTEL MANAGEMENT No1 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING

YASIR IQBAL

PAT A CAKE A bakery class in progress at IHM-Pusa

t’s 9.30 on a Wednesday morning. Students donning chef’s white coats are busy giving I finishing touches to a dish SUCCESS ON prepared in the food laboratory. Their professor chips in with tips on the ingredients to use and how to get the right flavour. Inside the lab, the temperature is pushing 40 degrees Celsius, but the group is too engrossed to feel the heat. Instead, they are busy ensuring A PLATTER that the oven is set to the desired temperature. Just another day at the Institute of Hotel Management, Reputed faculty, international exposure, Catering & Nutrition, Pusa, Delhi. futuristic curriculum—there’s lots cooking Spread over a 2.3 acre campus, IHM-Pusa at India’s best hotel management institute has, for years, been the learning ground for some of the country’s best chefs, nutritionists, By Shelly Anand dieticians and hospitality industry experts. & NUTRITION, PUSA, NEW DELHI

TOP 10 COLLEGES >>>

1 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING & NUTRITION, PUSA, New Delhi

2 WELCOMGROUP GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION, Manipal

3 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED NUTRITION, Mumbai

4 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY AND 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 AND APPLIED NUTRITION, Chennai

8 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED NUTRITION, Lucknow

9 ARMY INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru

10 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED NUTRITION, Kolkata

It’s the legacy and quality of joint entrance examination, the education that makes it one of the institute has always been at the best-ranked hotel management forefront when it comes to intro- institutes in India. As Kamal ducing new initiatives, collabo- Kant Pant, principal, IHM-Pusa, rating with industry leaders and says, “Being an old institute, we encouraging students to get global have alumni across the industry exposure through international cu- and our presence is all-pervasive. linary competitions. In November Some of the big names in the 2018, for instance, IHM organised industry graduated from here. We a week-long programme in as- are the only institute that offers a sociation with the Italian embassy, year-and-a-half-long postgraduate where students from the institute diploma programme in diabetics and ALMA, a leading hospitality and nutrition.” training school in Italy, worked With a reputed faculty and together and took part in various students who make it to the final initiatives, including a ‘culinary shortlist after taking a rigorous walk’ to Old Delhi and a charity BEST COLLEGES >>> HOTEL MANAGEMENT

TOP COLLEGES OFFERING THE BEST GURUSPEAK 5 AVERAGE SALARY >>> KAMAL KANT PANT Principal, IHM-Pusa AVERAGE ANNUAL COLLEGE STARTING SALARY ( `)  What sets IHM-Pusa apart? 1 WELCOMGROUP GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HOTEL 5,10,000 Our rich legacy; IHM-Pusa is ADMINISTRATION, Manipal one of the oldest institutes offering quality education 2 AIMS INSTITUTES, Bengaluru 3,90,094 IHM has a strong and well- recognised alumni INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY 3,40,000 3 It is the only institute to offer & APPLIED NUTRITION, Lucknow a year-and-a-half-long postgraduate diploma programme 4 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY 3,36,000 in diabetics and nutrition & APPLIED NUTRITION, Mumbai  New initiatives in the 5 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, 3,30,000 past three years New Delhi IHM tied up with the Lausanne Hotel School, Switzerland, for curriculum upgradation It organised a culinary event at the capital’s Shangri-La Hotel. competition in August 2018 with Last August, the institute organised a the Korean Cultural Centre competition in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center, in which 10  One thing I want to improve IHM-Pusa students participated. The 273 applications I would want IHM-Pusa to have a first two runners-up visited Korea to received in 2018 for state-of-the-art campus learn Korean cuisine. At the same time, to keep pace with the changes in the BHM/ BHMCT industry and to give its students and faculty international exposure, IHM- Pusa has tied up with Lausanne Hotel BSc in Hospitality and Hotel Adminis- School, Switzerland, for curriculum tration, MSc in Hotel Administration, upgradation. And now, it is in talks 172 students out of a postgraduate diploma in dietetics with Cornell University, US, for joint the total 218 got and hospital food service, a diploma in research and faculty development be- bakery and confectionery, a diploma in sides doing a coffee-table book on the placement in 2018 food production and a diploma in food cuisines of India’s Himalayan states. and beverage service.” The book project is funded by the tour- Keeping in tune with its philosophy ism ministry. of producing industry-ready gradu- “At IHM, we don’t set boundaries ates, IHM-Pusa encourages students for students and don’t restrict them Chocolate fudge to participate in international competi- to bookish knowledge, but encourage brownie is the most tions, such as the World Skills Compe- them to experiment and innovate,” tition and the Global Skills Competi- says Pant. Students are trained to be popular dish in the tion, where they have to compete with all-rounders, be resilient and develop participants from across the world. an eye for detail. And, of course, it is college canteen With a bright placement record ensured that they get sufficient indus- for several years, IHM-Pusa students try exposure through internships. have been hired by hotel chains such as Pant says, “The institute offers the Oberoi Group, the Jaypee Group of several undergraduate, postgraduate Hotels, ITC Hotels, Old World Hos- and certificate programmes, such as pitality, the Intercontinental Hotel

196 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 TOP MY EXPERIENCE AT IHM-PUSA COLLEGES WITH THE BEST 5 ANGAD SINGH RANA VALUE FOR MONEY >>> 3rd year, BSc (Hospitality and Hotel Administration)

COLLEGE R o I*

1 AIMS INSTITUTES, Bengaluru 1.95  What’s unique about the campus life? It’s a college of opportunities, 2 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HOTEL 1.8 with the best faculty and MANAGEMENT & CATERING TECHNOLOGY, Pune facilities and offering industry exposure. The teachers do 3 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY & 1.43 not try to spoon-feed and APPLIED NUTRITION, Mumbai encourage new initiatives

 One change I want in INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY 1.34 4 my college & APPLIED NUTRITION, Lucknow I would want better infrastructure. 5 CATERING SCIENCE & HOTEL MANAGEMENT, BISHOP 1.32 APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore  The best facility in the college In the kitchen, we have the latest combination ovens, *RoI (return on investment) is calculated as average placement salary/ tuition fees for the entire course which are working robots, helping us in our practicals and allowing us to experiment with cuisines and ingredients. TOP 5 COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> Group, besides multinationals such as McDonald’s, Domino’s Pizza and TUITION FEE FOR THE COLLEGE Cafe Coffee Day. ENTIRE COURSE ( `) The institute believes in the holistic development of students and 1 CATERING SCIENCE & HOTEL MANAGEMENT, BISHOP 96,000 has undertaken several eco-friendly APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore measures on the campus to create awareness among students about 2 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY, the environment. Think Respon- INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING sible Act Sustainable (TRAS) is one TECHNOLOGY, Pune 1,00,000 such initiative for students of the undergraduate and postgraduate pro- 3 V.L.B. JANAKIAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE 1,13,500 grammes, which instils leadership Coimbatore and business sustainability qualities in them. A few environment- 4 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH’S COLLEGE OF HOTEL 1,26,000 friendly practices also are unique MANAGEMENT & TOURISM STUDIES (BVCHTMS) to IHM-Pusa. These include yield Navi Mumbai management in food production and laboratories, optimum usage of 5 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & 1,41,900 sunlight in classrooms and zero food SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore wastage during pre-preparation, preparation and consumption. n

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INTAKE INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OVER- ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL OVERALL QUALITY & TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION ALL EXCELLENCE SCORE SCORE SCORE RANK GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT RANK INSTITUTE AND CITY 2018 2019 180 270 240 210 300 1,200 800 2,000 1 1 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING & NUTRITION, PUSA, 142.3 214.4 167.5 178.7 262.6 965.5 792.9 1,758.4 NEW DELHI 2 2 WELCOMGROUP GRAD SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMN, MANIPAL 119.2 218.4 183.8 142.7 283.8 947.9 724.1 1,672.0 3 3 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING TECH & APPLIED 138.4 169.4 129.5 152.2 236.5 826.0 748.9 1,574.9 NUTRITION, MUMBAI 4 4 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING TECH & APPLIED 130.5 161.2 173.5 136.8 233.8 835.8 702.1 1,537.9 NUTRITION, BENGALURU 5 5 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING TECH & APPLIED 128.7 173.9 173.4 148.9 203.2 828.1 708.8 1,536.9 NUTRITION, HYDERABAD 6 6 BANARSIDAS CHANDIWALA INST. OF HOTEL MGMT & 116.5 192.7 185.5 131.0 225.9 851.6 683.5 1,535.1 CATERING TECH, NEW DELHI 7 7 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING TECH & APPLIED 121.7 162.1 136.5 132.5 211.1 763.9 700.5 1,464.4 NUTRITION, CHENNAI  8 10 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING TECH & APPLIED 119.0 164.3 131.0 123.4 211.8 749.5 677.6 1,427.1 NUTRITION, LUCKNOW 9 9 ARMY INST. OF HOTEL MGMT & CATERING TECH, BENGALURU 109.8 166.7 193.4 130.9 214.5 815.3 593.8 1,409.1 — 10 NP INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING TECH & APPLIED 127.5 114.9 115.5 130.5 201.6 690.0 705.0 1,395.0 NUTRITION, KOLKATA  11 8 DEPARTMENT OF HOTEL MGMT, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE 86.4 161.8 172.5 173.2 198.0 791.9 583.1 1,375.0 UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU 12 12 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 117.7 110.9 140.1 126.3 175.7 670.7 658.6 1,329.3  13 11 INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING & NUTRITION, BHOPAL 123.1 150.5 96.3 116.5 210.0 696.4 611.1 1,307.5 14 14 SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM STUDIES, D.Y. PATIL 103.9 149.9 165.0 111.3 198.9 729.0 498.4 1,227.4 UNIVERSITY, NAVI MUMBAI  15 16 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, GURDASPUR 122.4 133.0 175.0 100.6 181.9 712.9 487.0 1,199.9 — 16 NP INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, CATERING TECH & APPLIED 116.6 83.9 150.3 120.5 127.9 599.2 596.0 1,195.2 NUTRITION, DEHRADUN  17 20 SRM INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CHENNAI 120.2 121.5 163.3 114.9 172.1 692.0 463.4 1,155.4 — 18 NP BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIV., INST. OF HOTEL MGMT 124.7 161.5 185.2 107.5 151.3 730.2 367.4 1,097.6 & CATERING TECH, PUNE 19 19 CHITKARA SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, RAJPURA, PUNJAB 112.3 138.4 159.0 120.9 164.7 695.3 389.8 1,085.1 — 20 NP BHARATI VIDYAPEETH’S COLLEGE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & 111.5 102.5 85.5 113.4 156.0 568.9 485.7 1,054.6 TOURISM STUDIES, NAVI MUMBAI  21 17 AIMS INSTITUTES, BENGALURU 107.5 146.0 162.8 131.3 188.0 735.6 314.0 1,049.6  22 18 AMITY SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY, LUCKNOW 93.1 146.7 162.5 133.0 201.1 736.4 298.5 1,034.9 — 23 NP SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE , COIMBATORE 114.1 153.4 187.6 139.0 170.1 764.2 207.6 971.8  24 21 CHANDIGARH INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & 88.5 108.4 158.9 66.5 160.3 582.6 380.1 962.7 CATERING TECHNOLOGY, CHANDIGARH  25 22 SCHOOL OF HOTEL MGMT & CATERING TECH., JAIPUR 89.0 123.6 165.4 114.1 199.7 691.8 239.1 930.9 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR  26 23 GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, KOLKATA 100.9 119.3 159.0 116.9 193.3 689.4 198.4 887.8  27 29 INTERNATIONAL INST. OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, NEW DELHI 106.9 143.5 124.5 131.0 202.2 708.1 114.9 823.0  28 26 FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MGMT, ICFAI 93.6 123.3 128.7 135.7 111.9 593.2 222.5 815.7 UNIVERSITY SIKKIM, GANGTOK  29 24 DEPT OF HOTEL MGMT, T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 112.8 141.3 124.3 88.2 174.4 641.0 145.2 786.2 30 30 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 113.3 115.9 163.0 132.2 181.6 706.0 77.4 783.4  31 27 ORIENTAL SCHOOL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, WAYANAD 109.4 124.6 188.8 117.0 173.7 713.5 48.5 762.0  32 34 NIMAS, KOLKATA 66.7 116.0 104.6 112.4 161.9 561.6 195.3 756.9 — 33 NP KLE SOCIETY’S INST. OF HOTEL MGMT, BENGALURU 116.9 88.0 97.2 97.4 134.6 534.1 220.5 754.6 NP: Not participatedNot NP:  34 28 AISSMS COLLEGE OF HOTEL MGMT & CATERING TECH., PUNE 106.7 145.1 144.3 136.7 124.3 657.1 86.0 743.1 — 35 NP INST OF HOTEL MGMT, NAVI MUMBAI 95.2 126.8 113.0 137.8 184.8 657.6 80.9 738.5

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SPEAKING VOLUMES Students at the ASMSOC library MILIND SHELTE MILIND

n May 3, around 70 students of the first and second year of the Bachelor of Business O Administration (BBA) course A HEAD FOR gathered at the Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce (ASMSOC), situated in Mumbai’s plush Vile- Parle area, though their academic year had ended three days ago, on April 30. They were reappear- ing for their final exam because they had failed to BUSINESS complete the mandatory 80 per cent attendance A modern syllabus, study-recreation for the year. The stringent rules of the institute, balance and working with technology give however, did not upset the students. They knew they had been introduced to instil discipline in the institute an edge over the others them. “The 80 per cent attendance rule is a good By Kiran D. Tare thing,” says second year student Vihaan Hingora- ni, a football enthusiast. “We have a good balance of study and sports.” Dean Sangita Kher has a white board in front of her desk decorated with the trophies her

100 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 TOP 10 COLLEGES >>>

1 SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA MODI SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, Mumbai

2 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES (SSCBS), New Delhi

3 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru

4 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

5 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

6 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, Bengaluru

7 AMITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Noida

8 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Bengaluru

9 SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES, Pune

10 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE (DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT), Kolkata

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AVERAGE ANNUAL COLLEGE STARTING SALARY ( `)

1 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES 6,40,000 New Delhi

2 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, CHRIST 5,12,000 (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), Bengaluru

3 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru 4,60,000

4 SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA MODI SCHOOL OF 4,51,000 COMMERCE, Mumbai

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GURUSPEAK PROF. SANGITA KHER, ABHIJITPATIL Dean, ASMSOC

 How is ASMSOC different from others? Unique syllabus designed by experts in the industry and academics, experienced faculty members who are leaders in the corporate world FESTIVE SPIRIT Rocking to a Nikhil Chinappa Innovation in teaching, use of show at Symbiosis, Pune technology, field work; students have access to the Bloomberg terminal to work on live data; examiners from corporate sector lads have won in sports and debating More focus on enhancing skills; competitions. “Twelve thouand,” she ASMSOC alumni have use of Excel, statistics in teaching says, pointing towards a figure writ- launched 45 start-up Students’ research papers ten on the board. “This year, we have published in various UGC received almost 12,000 applications companies in the approved journals from across the country for 600 past three years Thrust on sports, cultural first-year seats. It’s going to be very functions and incorporating tough.” The students are selected social responsibility among the through a common entrance test. students With its impeccable academic record, ASMSOC, within 12 years  New initiatives in the past ASMSOC makes three years of its founding in 2007, has become New courses in business one of the most sought-after colleges arrangements for analytics, marketing analytics, teaching business at an undergradu- fictional trading with investment analysis, portfolio ate level in India. Not just business management, wealth administration, students are also the National Stock management, risk management introduced to various other subjects Exchange to give and brand management such as environment management, Students were asked to study socio-political and current affairs students a first-hand the issues of hospital waste, as well as finance and marketing. dumping grounds and destructing Data analytics is a core subject in the experience of the mangroves and come up with solutions. NGOs working in this third year. Students are taught how share market field were roped in to evaluate to identify the right strands from the students’ solutions data of tens of thousands of people. Student exchange programme As the board of studies consists under which students of ASMSOC of industry big shots such as Ashu study in institutes in Germany and Suyash, chief executive officer of ASMSOC’s Social France and vice versa Crisil; Vijay Chandok, managing Responsibility Forum 240-hours compulsory internship director and CEO of ICICI Securi- in the corporate sector ties; Sudhir Soni, partner at Ernst celebrates Valentine's and Young; and entrepreneur Abhijit Launch of entrepreneurship cell; Day with terminally outside mentors from companies Biswas, students at the institute get like Paytm and Zomato roped in exposure to state-of-the-art technol- ill children to teach students ogy, insight into the industry and the latest trends in business develop-

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SHADE OF LEARNING Students at Christ University, Bengaluru

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COLLEGE RoI*

1 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES New Delhi 1,185.19

2 KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, Jalandhar 566.67

3 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Mangaluru 39.89

4 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai 14.90

5 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, Kullu 12.31

*RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual salary/ tuition fees for the entire course ment. No wonder, ASMSOC alumni combination of theory and practi- have launched 45 start-up compa- cals prepares the students for real- nies in the past three years. world challenges and problems. ASMSOC’s emphasis on The students’ exchange pro- developing the analytical skills of gramme has opened up the world to students and encouraging them to students. Likewise, students from apply concepts, tools and tech- Germany and France come to study niques to the wide range of situa- ASMSOC courses. Anna Trabert, tions managers face helps students from the University of Bamberg get familiar with the industry. The in Germany, has been one such BEST COLLEGES >>> BBA

ON A HIGH NOTE Students exiting the shopping area at the Amity University campus in Noida

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COLLEGE TUITION FEE FOR THE ENTIRE COURSE (`)

1 SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES, 540 student. Her business plan for Ra- New Delhi jasthani bangles has received wide appreciation. 2 KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, Jalandhar 900 Studies apart, the fabulous sports facilities at the institute 3 DAV COLLEGE, Abohar 2,370 keep the students energised. Hin- gorani recalls how he used to spend 4 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Mangaluru 5,640 most of his time at home before he joined ASMSOC. “Now, I am very 5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMMERCE, active in college life. When you see Hyderabad 13,000 well-spoken faculty members, you learn a lot of them. I can even discuss the football World Cup with them,” he says. ASMSOC placements have  What’s unique about campus been impressive, with companies life at ASMSOC? such as Ernst & Young, Future It has the best faculty and quality education. First, Nomura, DE-Shaw, Tresvista The quality of studies, first-hand experience and Barclays visiting the campus. of corporate culture and internship with The highest package received last corporate houses give us a real edge over year was Rs 14 lakh. the others. Theere's a good balance between Kher firmly believes that MY EXPERIENCE study, sports, music and dance here AT ASMSOC knowledge is the key to success.  One change I want in college She says her students know what SNEH KEWALRAMANI, Our institute does not have its own they want to do. “This confidence 2nd year, BBA playground though the administration always comes from knowledge,” she says. makes other grounds available to us “You stand out because you know how to manage things.” n

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OVER- INTAKE INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OVERALL ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL ALL QUALITY & TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION RANK EXCELLENCE SCORE SCORE SCORE RANK INSTITUTE AND CITY GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT 2018 2019 240 270 180 210 300 1200 800 2,000 1 1 SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA MODI SCHOOL OF 172.2 228.9 142.2 185.7 287.2 1,016.2 767.7 1,783.9 COMMERCE, MUMBAI — 2 NP SHAHEED SUKHDEV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES 209.3 219.1 142.5 152.1 289.0 1,012.0 768.9 1,780.9 (SSCBS), NEW DELHI  3 2 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, CHRIST (DEEMED 165.0 209.7 146.9 140.9 267.4 929.9 756.4 1,686.3 TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU

— 4 4 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 193.5 163.0 152.7 158.4 253.4 921.0 735.5 1,656.5 — 5 NP MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 177.1 152.4 146.5 156.2 245.6 877.8 768.5 1,646.3  6 3 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 172.1 208.7 133.0 160.1 242.0 915.9 708.4 1,624.3 7 7 AMITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NOIDA 149.4 211.2 125.5 155.0 231.6 872.7 702.4 1,575.1  8 5 MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 168.6 192.0 143.7 160.1 257.5 921.9 646.7 1,568.6 — 9 NP SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES, PUNE 167.8 211.9 120.9 124.0 223.6 848.2 709.9 1,558.1  10 9 J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE (DEPT OF MANAGEMENT), KOLKATA 170.3 187.5 108.6 140.4 251.7 858.5 673.7 1,532.2 — 11 NP IFIM COLLEGE, BENGALURU 152.8 194.7 130.5 155.6 235.6 869.2 616.5 1,485.7  12 8 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES AND 169.1 182.6 132.5 169.3 220.8 874.3 606.0 1,480.3 RESEARCH, PUNE

13 13 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI 168.2 209.3 118.2 119.1 237.8 852.6 619.0 1,471.6  14 10 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI 162.7 176.3 132.4 132.2 218.1 821.7 647.7 1,469.4  15 12 NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, PUNE 164.7 175.7 121.2 139.9 206.5 808.0 643.5 1,451.5 — 16 NP JAGAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES , NEW DELHI 145.0 218.4 98.9 177.9 265.4 905.6 544.3 1,449.9 — 17 NP KALINGA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (DEEMED 154.8 188.4 151.5 144.3 233.5 872.5 576.9 1,449.4 TO BE UNIVERSITY), BHUBANESWAR

 18 11 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 169.2 150.5 145.6 185.7 199.7 850.7 598.3 1,449.0  19 14 JAGANNATH INTL MGMT SCHOOL, NEW DELHI 165.8 198.0 96.9 175.0 236.9 872.6 575.8 1,448.4  20 16 CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES (CIMS), JAIN (DEEMED 163.1 204.7 113.9 149.9 258.1 889.7 557.9 1,447.6 TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU

 21 15 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 165.9 185.1 140.9 157.3 232.3 881.5 563.2 1,444.7  22 18 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 179.3 185.9 144.3 166.8 247.9 924.2 500.1 1,424.3 — 23 NP SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, IMS, NOIDA 154.3 188.1 95.9 132.4 225.4 796.1 615.6 1,411.7 — 24 NP PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH , 153.9 215.7 128.3 131.1 177.4 806.4 586.7 1,393.1 INDORE

 25 19 RAMAIAH COLL. OF ARTS, SC. & COMMERCE, BENGALURU 172.2 154.4 123.3 117.5 212.7 780.1 609.5 1,389.6 — 26 NP PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 147.1 214.9 142.9 159.0 239.1 903.0 471.8 1,374.8 — 27 NP ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL (IBS), HYDERABAD 154.1 174.6 128.8 133.5 191.1 782.1 592.1 1,374.2  28 21 ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, RANCHI 171.6 158.1 116.8 117.1 205.1 768.7 596.3 1,365.0  29 24 DOON BUSINESS SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 147.4 180.1 140.6 149.0 199.1 816.2 547.9 1,364.1  30 17 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEWAS, MP 145.6 196.2 131.5 161.9 178.7 813.9 547.9 1,361.8 — 31 NP SCHOOL OF MGMT, IMS UNISON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN 139.3 145.9 119.0 122.6 235.4 762.2 596.4 1,358.6  32 22 I.T.S. UG INSTITUTE, GHAZIABAD 158.7 206.3 125.6 160.0 226.4 877.0 474.5 1,351.5 — 33 NP KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA, JALANDHAR 206.9 162.8 116.9 133.7 237.7 858.0 480.2 1,338.2 — 34 NP AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL, GURUGRAM 93.9 198.0 164.2 185.6 177.7 819.4 509.4 1,328.8  35 23 DAV COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH, CHANDIGARH 162.4 143.8 118.3 117.6 182.5 724.6 583.2 1,307.8  36 20 MARIS STELLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), VIJAYAWADA 164.8 145.3 131.1 132.0 236.7 809.9 493.3 1,303.2  37 26 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE 180.2 145.3 136.0 143.7 193.3 798.5 494.4 1,292.9 (AUTONOMOUS), UJIRE, KARNATAKA

— 38 NP BHARATI VIDYAPEETH INST. OF MGMT & RES., NEW DELHI 155.7 149.2 124.4 140.0 237.0 806.3 470.6 1,276.9  39 28 INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS & MGMT, GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA 154.2 200.7 136.8 134.9 224.0 850.6 406.5 1,257.1  40 29 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 163.1 156.7 132.0 141.9 185.5 779.2 472.6 1,251.8 TOP 120 BEST COLLEGES >>> BBA

 41 27 CHANDIGARH BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ADMN , MOHALI 154.2 184.4 138.5 130.7 213.3 821.1 416.2 1,237.3 — 42 NP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MEDIA (ISBM), PUNE 117.8 171.3 119.2 111.9 203.0 723.2 512.6 1,235.8  43 35 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MGMT, BENGALURU 168.0 172.1 120.7 151.3 220.9 833.0 400.5 1,233.5  44 34 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 167.4 155.6 113.8 114.8 194.2 745.8 485.3 1,231.1  45 30 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 160.6 171.5 102.5 117.4 191.3 743.3 477.2 1,220.5  46 42 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR 157.1 161.4 127.1 147.9 220.9 814.4 402.8 1,217.2 WOMEN, COIMBATORE  47 31 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR, TN 159.2 143.5 134.9 132.7 165.5 735.8 474.8 1,210.6 48 48 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE , COIMBATORE 155.8 170.9 140.2 133.2 206.4 806.5 401.7 1,208.2 — 49 NP THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SC. (AUTONOMOUS), BHOPAL 170.7 172.0 112.9 118.0 191.7 765.3 437.4 1,202.7  50 41 ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE, HYDERABAD 152.1 160.1 102.2 109.2 175.9 699.5 502.4 1,201.9  51 39 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR NATIONAL 152.5 174.5 134.5 146.6 213.5 821.6 379.7 1,201.3 UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR  52 36 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 183.3 165.8 138.8 130.4 210.9 829.2 370.5 1,199.7 COIMBATORE  53 33 GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 152.1 153.1 126.1 111.9 204.6 747.8 451.5 1,199.3  54 38 LINGAYA’S LALITA DEVI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & 150.0 170.4 114.3 140.1 233.9 808.7 390.2 1,198.9 SCIENCES, NEW DELHI  55 44 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 171.4 160.3 139.5 137.8 206.9 815.9 381.6 1,197.5  56 51 IPS ACADEMY, INDORE 160.7 215.4 118.7 118.8 186.5 800.1 388.8 1,188.9  57 50 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 168.1 162.5 130.7 151.9 182.7 795.9 387.5 1,183.4  58 46 TEERTHANKER MAHAVEER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & 152.9 188.6 128.8 144.0 203.4 817.7 365.6 1,183.3 TECHNOLOGY, MORADABAD  59 40 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 181.6 170.9 135.3 139.0 140.8 767.6 414.3 1,181.9  60 43 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLL. FOR WOMEN, CHANDIGARH 152.6 156.5 106.1 116.6 214.5 746.3 432.0 1,178.3 — 61 NP FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, PCTE, LUDHIANA 134.6 169.1 125.6 172.9 185.7 787.9 389.5 1,177.4 — 62 NP SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT, 159.6 149.1 123.9 118.0 103.1 653.7 518.5 1,172.2 UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU, JAMMU — 63 NP CHITKARA BUSINESS SCHOOL, RAJPURA, PUNJAB 125.9 204.9 144.6 163.9 160.8 800.1 368.7 1,168.8  64 49 THE ICFAI UNIVERSITY SIKKIM, GANGTOK 144.9 144.8 111.8 164.2 220.2 785.9 352.3 1,138.2  65 58 T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 146.1 151.8 114.9 132.1 200.7 745.6 378.8 1,124.4  66 55 INSTITUTE OF MGMT, J.K. LAKSHMIPAT UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR 145.0 192.5 148.1 132.9 154.4 772.9 333.8 1,106.7 — 67 NP FACULTY OF MGMT STUDIES, ICFAI UNIVERSITY, TRIPURA 156.4 193.6 139.7 155.0 168.7 813.4 292.2 1,105.6  68 56 ST WILFRED’S PG COLLEGE, JAIPUR 144.5 157.3 132.6 127.5 197.9 759.8 344.9 1,104.7  69 52 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE 152.4 128.7 113.7 115.0 176.7 686.5 413.0 1,099.5 — 70 NP SCHOOL OF COMMERCE & MANAGEMENT, GARDEN CITY 124.8 183.0 138.5 167.7 234.2 848.2 237.4 1,085.6 UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU  71 57 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 156.6 160.3 143.1 103.4 198.9 762.3 314.7 1,077.0  72 70 MIT- ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, PUNE 144.1 148.6 105.0 116.3 194.0 708.0 352.5 1,060.5 — 73 NP TECNIA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES, NEW DELHI 136.4 149.9 77.7 81.0 198.0 643.0 401.2 1,044.2 — 74 NP BBK DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 168.1 106.3 86.2 97.5 133.3 591.4 435.0 1,026.4  75 59 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 158.5 146.3 142.5 126.0 171.7 745.0 281.1 1,026.1  76 64 ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), HYDERABAD 161.7 141.5 113.3 145.8 178.5 740.8 270.3 1,011.1 — 77 NP DAV COLLEGE ABOHAR, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 171.9 176.1 143.2 130.7 8.8 630.7 379.9 1,010.6  78 60 NEHRU ARTS & SC. COLL. (AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE 156.9 171.0 139.7 105.1 180.8 753.5 254.5 1,008.0  79 63 JUSTICE BASHEER AHMED SAYEED COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, 168.9 133.9 114.9 121.0 166.1 704.8 303.0 1,007.8 CHENNAI  80 61 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESHWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE 150.9 139.8 121.1 147.6 185.1 744.5 255.3 999.8 FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI TOP 120 BEST COLLEGES >>> BBA

INTAKE INFRASTRUC- PERSONALITY CAREER OVER- ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE PERCEPTUAL OVERALL OVERALL QUALITY & TURE & LIVING & LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION ALL EXCELLENCE SCORE SCORE SCORE RANK GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENT RANK INSTITUTE AND CITY 2018 2019 240 270 180 210 300 1,200 800 2,000  81 71 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MGMT AND COMMERCE, HYDERABAD 156.9 150.3 103.5 103.6 198.3 712.6 283.8 996.4  82 66 MARATHWADA MITRAMANDAL’S COLL. OF COMMERCE, PUNE 158.6 146.6 102.0 125.1 205.5 737.8 253.5 991.3  83 76 DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANJIM 157.0 145.2 105.0 106.2 175.3 688.7 301.7 990.4 — 84 NP UTTARANCHAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEHRADUN 91.5 129.0 122.1 94.9 186.1 623.6 366.0 989.6 — 85 NP PODDAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR 162.0 152.5 121.9 185.2 116.8 738.4 248.1 986.5  86 67 SSMRV DEGREE COLLEGE, BENGALURU 166.1 140.8 121.5 118.7 190.0 737.1 247.1 984.2  87 68 ISLAMIA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & COMMERCE, SRINAGAR 164.0 181.7 127.3 117.4 156.5 746.9 231.6 978.5  88 73 NALLAMUTHU COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, POLLACHI, TN 172.4 155.8 122.8 106.1 165.0 722.1 246.7 968.8 — 89 NP AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL, GWALIOR 99.1 134.8 127.6 139.9 188.9 690.3 274.0 964.3  90 74 AXIS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, KANPUR 139.0 158.5 126.1 125.5 155.2 704.3 256.9 961.2 — 91 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 162.4 20.6 74.1 116.3 154.8 528.2 431.3 959.5 — 92 NP SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY, GREATER 63.3 142.0 101.3 65.0 199.8 571.4 375.7 947.1 NOIDA  93 79 RAMA PG COLLEGE, LUCKNOW 148.7 136.0 115.7 118.3 171.8 690.5 253.9 944.4 — 94 NP INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE, PUNE 157.7 145.4 59.9 61.0 145.1 569.1 370.9 940.0  95 78 MMK AND SDM MAHILA MAHA VIDYALAYA, MYSURU 145.7 150.0 102.1 116.6 175.3 689.7 219.8 909.5 — 96 NP GOVT COLLEGE, KULLU 149.0 30.2 66.9 67.7 217.7 531.5 370.3 901.8 — 97 NP DEVKI DEVI JAIN MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, LUDHIANA 153.9 79.0 87.6 106.4 25.2 452.1 429.9 882.0  98 81 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 147.3 144.4 113.1 101.4 167.3 673.5 191.6 865.1  99 80 VIDYASAGAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BHOPAL 143.2 139.9 111.1 106.5 177.1 677.8 179.8 857.6 — 100 NP RATHINAM COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS), 141.9 196.1 151.2 155.0 165.2 809.4 0.0 809.4 COIMBATORE  101 83 CAUVERY COLLEGE, VIRAJPET, KARNATAKA 154.5 123.5 128.1 99.7 165.3 671.1 136.5 807.6 — 102 NP SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE, SANSKRITI 112.9 190.8 142.2 142.1 207.5 795.5 0.0 795.5 UNIVERSITY, MATHURA — 103 NP MM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT , AMBALA 147.9 105.4 125.4 65.3 134.0 578.0 215.2 793.2 — 104 NP PARUL INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, VADODARA 85.5 103.5 88.3 67.9 127.9 473.1 246.8 719.9 — 105 NP TULA’S INSTITUTE, THE ENGG & MGMT COLLEGE, DEHRADUN 83.9 114.2 128.0 147.3 215.5 688.9 0.0 688.9 — 106 NP SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 144.1 131.5 117.8 102.1 177.5 673.0 0.0 673.0 COIMBATORE — 107 NP BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 147.2 118.9 99.2 55.1 115.6 536.0 126.4 662.4 — 108 NP SDM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, MANGALURU 172.5 136.4 51.0 105.8 176.6 642.3 0.0 642.3 — 109 NP DR N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 146.8 106.9 123.9 70.7 182.1 630.4 0.0 630.4 COIMBATORE — 110 NP ICFAI UNIVERSITY MEGHALAYA, TURA 129.7 74.2 59.8 99.8 146.0 509.5 113.1 622.6 — 111 NP IBMR BUSINESS SCHOOL, GURUGRAM 74.9 107.3 97.3 157.9 174.4 611.8 0.0 611.8 — 112 NP SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV 181.3 79.5 107.6 112.0 124.6 605.0 0.0 605.0 COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI — 113 NP KSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 105.8 134.6 90.2 148.8 123.3 602.7 0.0 602.7 — 114 NP ST. AGNES COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 184.0 59.3 113.1 79.3 164.7 600.4 0.0 600.4 — 114 NP BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, 143.8 84.7 101.4 98.2 172.3 600.4 0.0 600.4 COIMBATORE — 116 NP ROSARY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS, NAVELIM, GOA 154.6 24.5 82.9 71.8 108.6 442.4 135.9 578.3 — 117 NP VLB JANAKIAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, 166.5 75.1 121.4 55.7 159.5 578.2 0.0 578.2 COIMBATORE — 118 NP D.G. VAISHNAV COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 107.2 127.0 87.3 53.7 196.0 571.2 0.0 571.2 — 119 NP DR. AMBEDKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & 147.5 101.3 72.6 68.1 169.9 559.4 0.0 559.4 RESEARCH, NAGPUR — 120 NP AMRAPALI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER 100.8 108.8 97.8 70.1 172.6 550.1 0.0 550.1 APPLICATIONS, HALDWANI NP: Not participatedNot NP:

The above ranking is based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time undergraduate programme and have submitted objective data of minimum three graduated batches have been ranked. All scores have been rounded off to one decimal place, this may result in round - ing-off errors while adding the parameter-wise score. The colleges not ranked during perceptual survey have got nil marks in perceptual score BEST COLLEGES >>> BCA No1 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES & RESEARCH, PUNE MANDAR DEODHAR MANDAR

mong the pioneering institutions in the field of computer education, the Symbiosis Institute of Computer A Studies and Research (SICSR), BYTE Pune, is now in its 34th year and continues to be the top pick for students for its innovative programmes, faculty, placements and industry-specific training. The institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in information technology, including courses in business SQUAD administration with IT. An industry-driven course makes the Officiating director Prof. Harshad Gune says that bachelor students are sought after by employers who Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies “are looking for young minds with fresh ideas”. He & Research the top choice for BCA attributes the top rank of the institute to the course curriculum that keeps adapting to the changes in the By Aditi Pai industry. Keeping pace with the industry, the institute TOP 10 COLLEGES >>>

1 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES & RESEARCH, Pune

2 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru

3 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Chennai

4 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

5 AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Noida

6 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru

7 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Chennai

8 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Bengaluru

9 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai

10 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE Chandigarh

LEARNING has added data science, networking and internet WITH THE BEST of things as specialisations in the curriculum Students at the of the upcoming batch of BCA. “In the field of SICSR campus information technology, it is imperative to keep in Pune moulding the course to keep up with industry requirements,” Gune says. As a result, he has introduced six-month industry internships in the last semester of the BCA programme. At the postgraduate level, SICSR has introduced a programme in systems security that will make students experts in cyber security. To build a strong conceptual base, there is an emphasis on practical learning credits throughout the course. To enable students to keep up with the trends in the IT industry through co-curricular activities, SICSR has tied up with international professional bodies such as the Association for BEST COLLEGES >>> BCA

IN PURSUIT OF

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Computing Machinery (ACM), the  What sets SICSR apart? Institute of Electrical and Electron- In keeping with industry trends, ics Engineers (IEEE), Information we have added specialisation in Systems Audit and Control Associa- networking and internet of the tion (ISACA) and the International things and are gearing up to get Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) early entry into IT companies in for project-based competitions and fields like data sciences and IOT. GURUSPEAK We are also constantly engaging social impact activities. Further, with more girls joining PROFESSOR HARSHAD GUNE with international institutions to the programme, SICSR has launched Officiating Director get first-hand knowledge and experience two women chapters of the ACM and IEEE Women in Engineering. Also, SICSR has more girls on a research scholarship programme to the Ritsu- meikan University in Japan. “We urge The canteen has a large graffiti depicting our girl students to participate in life at the institute. It has been designed international competitions and scholarships,” says Gune. In the past three by a teacher from the Symbiosis years, seven girls have got awards for Institute of Design participating in the Grace Hopper Conference (Women in Computing). Besides engagements with vari-

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1 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru 4,20,000 2 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHRIST 4,00,000 MY EXPERIENCE (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) AT SICSR Bengaluru AASTHA SHRIVASTAVA, 20 SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT, 3,82,000 First-year, 3 MSc (CA) JAIN UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru

4 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE, 3,50,000 Chandigarh  Why did you choose SICSR? The course structure 4 IMS, Noida 3,50,000 interested me and it is the most up-to-date course in computer science that covers every relevant TOP subject. The curriculum COLLEGES WITH THE BEST is in keeping with the 5 VALUE FOR MONEY >>> requirements of the industry and gives students more COLLEGE RoI* employment opportunities  What’s unique about KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (KMV), Jalandhar 311.11 1 the campus? The location is very 2 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, Faridabad 162.70 convenient. It is in the heart of the city where 3 DAV COLLEGE, Abohar, Punjab 84.39 everything is accessible. The environment is such that the 4 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE 33.70 director communicates with the students on a daily basis. FOR WOMEN, Chandigarh At times, we even sit with him after classes and discuss 5 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA 18.00 projects. We have designed COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), websites for our college Ujire, Karnataka under his guidance

 One thing I want to *RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual salary/ tuition fees for the entire course change I would like to change the examination pattern. It is a computer studies course and so, we do not have ous professional bodies such as ACM, conducted three hackathons. textbooks. We only have IEEE and ISACA, the college is also In order to build a strong industry- research material and we get engaged with various technical com- institute interaction, SICSR conducted information online. But we munities in Pune like the Coffee Club, a novel experiment with 10XOfy, a have written exams for even practical subjects—this needs Java Club, Python Club, Data Science company that outsources programme to be changed Club to help students get industry-re- designing work to students. More than lated exposure. Last year, the institute 50 students of SICSR have successfully

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 41 32 SIVANANDA SARMA MEMORIAL R.V. COLLEGE, BENGALURU 156.7 144.9 161.3 117.7 194.3 774.9 405.4 1,180.3 - 42 NP BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 132.6 119.0 130.1 41.8 175.3 598.8 528.1 1,126.9  43 40 PG GOVERNMENT COLL. FOR GIRLS, CHANDIGARH 139.0 143.9 156.7 106.5 177.2 723.3 375.2 1,098.5  44 46 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLL. OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 138.3 167.7 175.7 107.4 176.4 765.5 276.9 1,042.4 COIMBATORE

 45 39 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 139.3 172.2 204.8 114.7 190.4 821.4 208.1 1,029.5  46 34 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUPATTUR 139.7 148.9 187.5 78.3 177.5 731.9 296.3 1,028.2  47 31 GURU NANAK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 147.2 163.3 160.4 90.6 211.7 773.2 243.7 1,016.9 - 48 NP CHITKARA UNIV. INST. OF ENGG & TECH., PATIALA 102.0 218.1 208.3 136.2 118.8 783.4 232.3 1,015.7 - 49 NP BBK DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 156.4 143.9 101.4 71.0 197.9 670.6 344.2 1,014.8  50 53 INSTITUTE OF ENGG & TECH., GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA 126.9 155.6 194.5 91.0 177.2 745.2 264.7 1,009.9 - 51 NP DAV COLLEGE, ABOHAR, PUNJAB 141.7 201.9 162.8 115.3 133.8 755.5 253.8 1,009.3  52 42 KOVAI KALAIMAGAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 146.6 150.1 194.8 134.6 175.3 801.4 195.1 996.5

 53 41 ST WILFRED’S P.G. COLLEGE, JAIPUR 121.8 184.5 168.3 109.8 201.1 785.5 209.5 995.0  54 55 MARATHWADA MITRAMANDAL’S COLL. OF COMMERCE, PUNE 138.9 156.5 125.3 109.7 190.3 720.7 223.9 944.6  55 58 KONGU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 128.9 150.9 160.7 116.0 172.2 728.7 207.3 936.0 - 56 NP UTTRANCHAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEHRADUN 102.4 145.5 172.1 106.7 225.8 752.5 151.0 903.5  57 47 SRI KANYAKA PARAMESWARI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR 145.5 144.5 145.9 137.3 181.3 754.5 145.8 900.3 WOMEN, CHENNAI

 58 44 T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 116.7 167.7 175.6 123.5 178.6 762.1 137.2 899.3  59 50 DEPT OF COMP. APPLICATION, ICFAI UNIVERSITY, GANGTOK 119.3 156.1 157.2 137.5 175.3 745.4 147.0 892.4  60 48 MUTHAYAMMAL COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, NAMAKKAL 135.8 173.4 160.0 90.3 176.4 735.9 147.3 883.2  61 51 NATUBHAI V. PATEL COLLEGE OF PURE AND APPLIED 147.0 153.4 167.5 125.9 157.2 751.0 126.0 877.0 SCIENCES , VALLABH VIDYANAGAR, GUJARAT

- 62 NP ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA, GOA 123.9 80.8 106.4 90.2 207.4 608.7 264.0 872.7 - 63 NP SHRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE OF 147.1 111.7 71.0 106.5 203.1 639.4 222.7 862.1 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, MANGALURU

 64 49 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, POLLACHI 143.8 164.7 153.4 94.3 178.1 734.3 120.9 855.2 - 65 NP INDIRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE, PUNE 103.8 154.3 71.4 49.2 187.2 565.9 265.7 831.6  66 54 SURANA COLLEGE, BENGALURU 139.6 155.7 127.1 76.5 195.0 693.9 127.5 821.4  67 52 GOBI ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERODE 133.1 171.2 162.7 79.0 179.7 725.7 81.2 806.9  68 71 DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 130.6 144.8 122.6 78.6 157.9 634.5 171.1 805.6  69 64 PARISHKAR COLLEGE OF GLOBAL EXCELLENCE, JAIPUR 136.1 149.7 123.3 116.9 173.0 699.0 94.4 793.4  70 63 DNYANPRASSARAK MANDAL’S COLL. & RESEARCH CENTRE, 124.5 144.1 146.2 108.5 180.6 703.9 89.1 793.0 MAPUSA, GOA

 71 62 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 115.4 156.1 141.8 75.4 185.7 674.4 117.2 791.6  72 65 SARDARPATELMAHAVIDYALAYA, CHANDRAPUR,MAHARASHTRA 114.9 145.3 123.0 99.1 187.6 669.9 120.9 790.8  73 66 M.E.S. COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE, VASCO-DA-GAMA, GOA 122.6 140.3 142.8 85.1 180.7 671.5 110.3 781.8 - 74 NP RATHINAM COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 114.6 166.8 165.1 141.8 190.8 779.1 0.0 779.1  75 69 MMK & SDM MAHILA MAHA VIDYALAYA, MYSURU 124.3 145.6 122.2 88.0 175.4 655.5 123.5 779.0  76 67 ROSARY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, SALCETE, GOA 131.6 143.3 130.2 115.1 156.4 676.6 102.0 778.6 - 77 NP DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, FARIDABAD 125.8 108.3 44.4 46.7 197.2 522.4 248.0 770.4  78 74 DON BOSCO COLLEGE, PANAJI 116.0 142.4 151.3 84.9 150.2 644.8 124.0 768.8  79 68 A.T.V.V.MANDALS, B.D.KALE MAHAVIDHYALAYA, PUNE 132.1 142.0 124.2 89.4 158.0 645.7 107.6 753.3 - 80 NP DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 142.3 150.9 161.8 93.9 201.4 750.3 - 750.3

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time undergraduate programme and submitted their objec - tive data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. 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 got nil marks in perceptual score BEST COLLEGES >>> BCA

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TOP completed the designing proj- COLLEGES WITH THE LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> ect. “It is a win-win situation 5 for us because our students get an experience of working with TUITION FEE ( `) COLLEGE a US company while pursuing their degree at the institute,” 1 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (KMV), Jalandhar 900 says Gune. The new initiatives are 2 DAV CENTENARY COLLEGE, Faridabad 1,260 aimed at making SICSR more 3 DAV COLLEGE, Abohar, Punjab 2,370 student-oriented and student- friendly. “We have an internal 4 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Chandigarh 8,100 software development cell in which students develop vari- 5 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai 14,250 ous software for the institute. In addition, some of the students are working as teaching TOP assistants, which helps them hone their skills. We are the 3 COLLEGES WITH THE BEST MALE TO FEMALE RATIO >>> early adopters of open source technology and most of our COLLEGE curriculum is based on that,” adds Gune. 1 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, Kullu In the past few years, SICSR has seen 100 per cent 2 SHRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS placements. The highest sal- MANAGEMENT, Mangaluru ary package offered to three undergraduate students of the 3 ST CLARET COLLEGE, Bengaluru BCA course this year was Rs 18 lakh. n TOP 80 BEST COLLEGES >>> BCA

1 1 SYMBIOSIS INST. OF COMP. STUDIES & RESEARCH, PUNE 161.6 239.0 181.2 139.5 239.4 960.7 772.0 1,732.7

2 2 DEPT OF COMP. SC., CHRIST UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 154.0 216.3 205.1 146.3 240.5 962.2 758.3 1,720.5

3 3 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 186.7 176.5 204.1 148.0 228.8 944.1 775.9 1,720.0

 4 8 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 180.6 190.0 163.5 139.1 226.8 900.0 757.8 1,657.8

 5 4 AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NOIDA 132.4 207.2 183.3 147.5 222.0 892.4 758.5 1,650.9

 6 5 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 153.0 216.0 195.8 143.7 228.4 936.9 706.0 1,642.9

 7 6 WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 189.9 175.1 164.6 103.9 255.4 888.9 739.5 1,628.4

 8 7 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 151.5 184.0 172.5 150.1 203.2 861.3 727.8 1,589.1

- 9 NP MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 156.7 161.9 195.1 93.8 179.5 787.0 746.0 1,533.0

 10 13 GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA S.D. COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 164.0 204.8 204.8 144.7 238.9 957.2 521.6 1,478.8

 11 10 DAV COLLEGE, CHANDIGARH 157.4 160.4 163.4 101.5 221.0 803.7 633.1 1,436.8

- 12 NP JAGAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES , NEW DELHI 138.5 220.6 110.7 145.7 251.3 866.8 544.9 1,411.7

 13 11 DEPT OF COMP. SCIENCE, ST XAVIER’S COLL., AHMEDABAD 145.8 144.0 159.2 100.8 192.4 742.2 652.3 1,394.5

- 14 NP SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, IMS, NOIDA 134.0 180.8 108.3 126.4 203.6 753.1 639.8 1,392.9

 15 9 PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, BENGALURU 146.5 188.3 165.3 110.5 211.8 822.4 564.1 1,386.5

 16 14 MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI 135.9 190.1 163.2 149.5 203.7 842.4 519.7 1,362.1

- 17 NP PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MGMT & RESEARCH, INDORE 153.6 214.9 195.0 126.8 203.3 893.6 466.0 1,359.6 - 18 NP M.S. RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, 132.9 137.0 177.4 75.8 213.8 736.9 617.3 1,354.2 BENGALURU

 19 15 ITS UG INSTITUTE, MOHAN NAGAR, GHAZIABAD 143.6 180.5 167.9 118.2 196.2 806.4 545.4 1,351.8

- 20 NP KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, JALANDHAR 176.9 155.9 145.2 88.1 241.9 808.0 537.3 1,345.3

 21 20 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 161.6 178.6 182.0 110.1 212.4 844.7 492.4 1,337.1

 22 19 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE, UJIRE 147.8 146.2 210.3 90.6 242.3 837.2 488.7 1,325.9

- 23 NP PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, GWALIOR 145.5 207.0 196.8 139.7 204.8 893.8 431.7 1,325.5  24 17 FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS & INFORMATION 144.1 156.9 138.0 111.5 177.3 727.8 597.0 1,324.8 TECHNOLOGY, G.L.S. UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD

 25 12 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU 131.3 170.4 165.4 111.5 205.2 783.8 537.8 1,321.6

 26 22 SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT, JAIN UNIV., BENGALURU 140.4 170.3 147.6 107.2 221.8 787.3 534.1 1,321.4

 27 16 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 142.0 192.4 178.3 126.1 191.9 830.7 488.1 1,318.8

 28 18 MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, PUNE 114.8 164.9 152.0 106.9 208.3 746.9 568.7 1,315.6

 29 25 DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, FEROZEPUR 169.0 191.2 150.2 119.9 203.3 833.6 476.7 1,310.3

 30 23 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 145.6 165.0 174.7 153.8 221.0 860.1 444.3 1,304.4

 31 28 AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW 129.3 189.5 212.6 143.0 182.2 856.6 444.5 1,301.1

 32 27 MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN DAV COLL. FOR WOMEN, CHANDIGARH 148.3 188.1 160.6 124.2 206.6 827.8 470.0 1,297.8

 33 26 ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS, PUNE, PUNE 131.5 141.1 138.0 103.9 189.6 704.1 582.3 1,286.4

 34 24 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 166.8 162.1 194.4 80.5 210.2 814.0 432.2 1,246.2

 35 36 DAV COLLEGE HOSHIARPUR, HOSHIARPUR 146.1 194.6 194.6 124.3 205.5 865.1 368.4 1,233.5  36 29 SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR 131.2 187.9 177.7 143.8 180.0 820.6 410.9 1,231.5 WOMEN, COIMBATORE

 37 30 MAHARANI LAKSHMI AMMANNI COLL. FOR WOMEN, BENGALURU 146.4 148.9 147.6 102.3 232.7 777.9 431.2 1,209.1 - 38 NP PARUL INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER APPLICATION, PARUL 106.4 151.2 158.1 111.0 197.9 724.6 474.1 1,198.7 UNIVERSITY, VADODARA

 39 38 PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DEWAS 126.8 187.5 172.2 141.3 203.3 831.1 359.0 1,190.1  40 37 SCHOOL OF COMPUTER & SYSTEMS SCIENCES, JAIPUR 131.3 185.9 190.5 132.8 202.5 843.0 345.9 1,188.9 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR

BEST COLLEGES >>> FASHION No1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI WEAVING A FUTURE The ever-evolving National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi, continues to put budding Indian designers on the global map By Shelly Anand

116 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 bout 70 per that has always encouraged TOP cent of fashion creative thinking in its students is COLLEGES>>> designers in the today the frontrunner in fashion 10 A country have education. graduated from Established in 1986 under the 1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION the National aegis of the Ministry of Textiles TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) Institute of Fashion Technology in technical collaboration with New Delhi (NIFT)-Delhi. It was also the the State University of New York’s only Indian institute to feature Fashion Institute of Technology, in the world’s 20 best fashion NIFT-Delhi, in its 33 years of 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION institutes in 2017. The institute presence has not only trained and TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) skilled the best of the best, but Mumbai also given India some of its top designers. According to Professor Vandana Narang, campus direc- 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION BACK TO BASICS NIFT Delhi students tor, NIFT-Delhi, “As we are the TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) learn how to weave oldest NIFT campus, we have the Bengaluru most experienced senior faculty with us who are passionate about their work and have a strong 4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION sense of ownership. These are the TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) things that make the institute dif- Chennai ferent and unique from others.” While it is quite easy for any institute to become lax once it 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION gains recognition, NIFT-Delhi TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) refuses to rest on its laurels. It is Hyderabad always in the process of reinventing and re-evaluating itself. A 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION complete overhaul of its cur- TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) riculum in 2017 is an example of Patna this constant evolution. “We did a disruptive change while rework- ing the curriculum, keeping in 7 PEARL ACADEMY mind the shift in industry and New Delhi technology, so that our students get to learn what is the need of the hour,” says Narang. The new 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION curriculum now offers students TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) of fashion design a chance to Kolkata minor in courses such as management and technology, besides two general elective courses every 9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION semester—ranging from person- TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) ality development, communica- Gandhinagar tion skills, yoga and meditation, languages and cultural studies. Quick to introduce the latest 10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION in the field of technology and TECHNOLOGY (NIFT) include it in its methods of im- Bhubaneswar parting education, the institute

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THE X-FACTOR Students preparing for an upcycle fashion show at NIFT Kolkata GURUSPEAK PROFESSOR VANDANA NARANG Campus Director, NIFT-Delhi

 What sets us apart? We are the oldest NIFT campus and have the most senior faculty members with us We constantly reinvent and re-evaluate ourselves We inculcate creative and critical thinking in our students ARINDAM SHIVAANI/GETTY IMAGES SHIVAANI/GETTY ARINDAM  New initiatives in the past three years STAR ALUMNI The curriculum has been completely reworked keeping the needs of the industry in mind and new subjects introduced

 One thing I want to improve in the institute More space to expand the campus

GAURAV GUPTA (2000) MANISH ARORA (1994) RITU BERI (1991)  What makes a student shine Known for giving the One of India’s Has designed for celebrities, at NIFT? conventional saree most inspiring such as Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Motivation, passion, an eye for a contemporary contemporary Nicole Kidman and Prince detail makeover fashion designers Charles

artificial intelligence and block- TOP chain technology. COLLEGES WITH Rs 10,000 was the average “There was the need to change 3 THE BEST MALE TO stipend earned by the curriculum and bring in new FEMALE RATIO >>> technology, as we realised that NIFT students of the 2018 we were teaching 21st century COLLEGE students 20th century techniques batch during their internships and an 18th century curriculum,” 1 IMS DESIGN & INNOVATION says Narang. As fashion is con- ACADEMY, Noida stantly reinventing itself and is all about change, new areas of studies 2 ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF The Mexican cheese have emerged in fashion educa- GRADUATE STUDIES, Bengaluru tion. Surface ornamentation is one sandwich and such niche segment; handmade 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF paneer Maggi are the is another key stream. If khadi FASHION TECHNOLOGY fabric is an important trend, then most popular dishes (NIFT), Hyderabad sustainable and slow fashion are on at the NIFT canteen the other side of that spectrum. The institute always ensures that its

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TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( `)

1 KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (KMV), Jalandhar 900

2 ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, Bengaluru ₹ 30,000 MY EXPERIENCE 3 SARDAR PATEL MAHAVIDYALAYA, Chandrapur ₹ 49,500 AT NIFT-DELHI

NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, Coimbatore 80,000 PUSHP GUND 4 3rd year, Bachelor’s in Fashion Design 5 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore 96,000  What’s unique about life on the campus? TOP The campus is always brimming with activity. There COLLEGES OFFERING THE HIGHEST SALARY >>> are frequent industry visits, 5 cultural and extra-curricular AVG ANNUAL events. The international COLLEGE STARTING SALARY ( `) linkages give students enough exposure and a sense of 1 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, Pune 7,04,000 confidence. The several learning opportunities, such 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, (NIFT), as craft cluster visits, during the course, a chance to work New Delhi ₹ 5,80,000 with leading lifestyle brands and freedom to experiment 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY (NIFT), and learn first-hand are a few Bhubaneswar 5,20,000 other advantages.

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY (NIFT),  One change I want in my college Mumbai ₹ 4,85,000 I would like a cricket ground on the campus 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY (NIFT), Bengaluru 4,75,000

TOP students stay abreast of such trends COLLEGES WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY >>> during their course and are sensi- 5 tised about the same. While motivation and passion COLLEGE RoI* are crucial for any student to make it to NIFT-Delhi, some of the other KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (KMV), Jalandhar 222.22 1 skills required are an unerring eye for detail, a sense of colour and basic ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, Bengaluru 6.00 2 drawing abilities. The course is so rigorous that one can see a complete 3 NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, Coimbatore 1.90 transformation in the students at the end of their course. Four years of 4 DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Coimbatore 1.83 their education on the campus, and they step out thoroughly polished 5 BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Coimbatore 1.50 and honed. n

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1 1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI 133.5 259.7 128.6 210.3 267.5 999.6 790.1 1,789.7

2 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI 132.6 253.9 128.8 185.2 263.7 964.2 765.9 1,730.1

3 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 128.0 251.8 126.0 181.5 226.9 914.2 767.7 1,681.9

4 4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY , CHENNAI 122.1 209.6 127.9 148.4 231.4 839.4 706.6 1,546.0

 5 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD 118.5 175.8 128.5 159.5 217.5 799.8 708.7 1,508.5

 6 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, PATNA 125.5 215.7 149.2 140.8 250.6 881.8 626.1 1,507.9

7 7 PEARL ACADEMY, NEW DELHI 126.4 233.5 104.1 157.4 200.5 821.9 683.7 1,505.6

8 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA 122.8 224.4 99.7 122.1 216.7 785.7 708.1 1,493.8

9 9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, 128.2 233.9 118.8 168.0 204.0 852.9 637.3 1,490.2 GANDHINAGAR

10 10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, 114.2 206.6 139.4 205.5 233.3 899.0 563.4 1,462.4 BHUBANESWAR

11 11 PEARL ACADEMY, JAIPUR 111.7 194.9 115.4 202.2 212.8 837.0 611.3 1,448.3

 12 13 AMITY SCHOOL OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, NOIDA 104.5 155.6 106.7 121.2 231.5 719.5 540.9 1,260.4

 13 12 J.D. INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 119.1 158.7 94.5 180.7 158.8 711.8 542.8 1,254.6

14 14 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, PUNE 111.6 150.3 111.3 133.5 153.4 660.1 559.9 1,220.0

15 15 ARMY INSTITUTE OF FASHION & DESIGN, BENGALURU 116.4 147.1 108.3 120.5 207.9 700.2 412.0 1,112.2

 16 17 PEARL ACADEMY, NOIDA 100.8 147.9 81.0 118.0 178.5 626.2 414.4 1,040.6

- 17 NP* NIFT-TEA COLLEGE OF KNITWEAR FASHION, 115.8 103.7 96.6 105.3 202.2 623.6 386.2 1,009.8 TIRUPPUR, TAMIL NADU

- 18 NP IMS DESIGN & INNOVATION ACADEMY, NOIDA 99.8 139.8 107.4 177.3 130.9 655.2 302.3 957.5

19 19 NEHRU ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 100.1 126.2 109.9 140.2 164.6 641.0 206.4 847.4

 20 18 FASHION & APPAREL DESIGN, T. JOHN COLLEGE, BENGALURU 114.3 139.3 96.0 177.0 162.4 689.0 110.9 799.9

- 21 NP NORTHERN INDIA INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, 102.2 164.7 82.1 141.6 172.0 662.6 72.8 735.4 MOHALI

 22 27 AMITY SCHOOL OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, LUCKNOW 102.1 138.1 121.0 86.6 135.9 583.7 143.9 727.6

 23 24 B.B.K. D.A.V. COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, AMRITSAR 104.6 108.6 104.2 152.1 131.4 600.9 126.2 727.1

 24 21 AXIS INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR 89.8 146.5 121.9 114.8 138.0 611.0 110.2 721.2

 25 23 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU 112.7 136.6 118.0 131.4 155.4 654.1 19.6 673.7

 26 25 SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 104.5 110.7 114.4 147.0 129.8 606.4 14.3 620.7

 27 26 DR S.N.S. RAJALAKSHMI COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE 102.8 111.6 120.2 92.8 143.2 570.6 14.3 584.9 (AUTONOMOUS), COIMBATORE

- 28 NP KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA (KMV), JALANDHAR 107.9 106.5 106.5 152.9 96.8 570.6 - 570.6

- 29 NP DR N.G.P. ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), 99.7 83.6 96.8 66.3 177.4 523.8 - 523.8 COIMBATORE

- 30 NP BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, 98.5 121.1 93.2 103.2 105.4 521.4 - 521.4 NP: Not participated Not NP: COIMBATORE

Rankings are based on objective and perceptual survey data. Only colleges that offer a full-time undergraduate programme and submitted their objective data of minimum three graduated batches were ranked. 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 got nil marks in perceptual score

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SOCIAL WARRIORS At the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, students don’t just want to make a difference, but also want to find answers to the problems that surround us By Suhani Singh f there’s one thing that both socially relevant and responds to the emerging students and teachers vouch needs of society,” says Maitra, who teaches in for at the Tata Institute of So- the mental and public health programmes. “We I cial Sciences (TISS), it is the seek student feedback on courses and try to work institute’s ability to deliver on on our pedagogy.” It reflects in how the dura- life-changing experiences. It tion of courses has been modified or existing is what made Dhanashki Wankhede, a 23-year- programmes, such as the one in Dalit and Tribal old computer science graduate from Wardha in Studies and Action, have been updated after Maharashtra, give up a career in engineering engagement with people from the communities. and sign up for TISS’s social work programme At TISS, the emphasis is on social com- specialising in mental health. It’s also what munication skills that come in handy for field makes some of the alumni return to their alma work, a critical component of the curriculum. mater and give back as teachers. Shubhada Students have to put in 950 hours on the field Maitra, dean of School of Social Work, is one while pursuing their two-year degree. “We such person. Maitra credits TISS for bringing hold it sacrosanct and that’s where most of our her out of her sheltered life by exposing her to learning takes place,” says Maitra, adding that the social realities of the world. “It changed the 24 of the 81 credits are devoted to field work. way I understood poverty, unemployment and “I always say that social workers can find any looked at the man-woman relationship,” says address on the face of the earth. It’s because of Maitra who graduated in 1982. our ability to explore and engage with people.” The curriculum is also designed to give It’s her field work experience that Sumitra students a reality check. “The curriculum is Bhave, a multiple National Award-winning

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STAR ALUMNI GURUSPEAK SHUBHADA MAITRA Dean, School of Social Work, TISS

 How is TISS different? Diversity: It enriches discussion SUMITRA BHAVE MEDHA PATKAR PURNIMA MANE and the teaching-learning (1965) (1976) (1973) process. We have students from Acclaimed Social Expert on women’s and across castes, classes, regions filmmaker activist public health, gender, and genders population and development Field work: If there are students uncomfortable with English, we focus more on what they are able to do in the field. We are ultimately training professionals Marathi filmmaker, fondly remem- who are both doers and thinkers. bers while she pursued the social work Members of the course with specialisation in community Open door policy: The faculty is Parisar Bhagini able to engage with students on organisation at TISS. In her first year one-on-one basis in Mumbai, Bhave shuttled from the Vikas Sangh, a children’s clinic in Wadia Hospital to collective of women  New initiatives in the past the B.D.D. chawl in Parel where she ob- three years served the daily lives of mill-workers and waste-pickers, Women and Gender also taught them. She would travel to the handle the canteen Development Cell: A UGC- Vidarbha region for her dissertation on mandated committee which leadership in Panchayati Raj to discover where the signature looks at issues, such as prevent discrimination and sexual for herself the decentralisation of power dish is karela fry harassment against women in a democracy. Always hungry for a and students from the LGBTQI challenging experience, Bhave insisted with dry fruits. communities and promote gender on going “as far as possible from Bombay awareness among students and and Pune” for block field work. She even Two biogas plants employees ended up working in a refugee camp in ensure waste Disabled friendly: Faculty north Bihar on the Indo-Nepal border. rooms have their name plates “I was not interested in bookish produced here is written in Braille, so do the education anymore,” says Bhave, who recycled numbers on the lifts on campus. graduated in 1965. “I wanted to work Buildings are accessible by ramp and the library has software for social problems of the people. The packages that visually impaired exposure there gives you a perspective students can access on how you shouldn’t be biased, how you Gender-neutral hostels: Rooms should try to understand.” The 76-year- are allotted to those who identify old writer-director singled out Dr M.S. United Way Mumbai as transgender or don’t conform Gore, former director of TISS and a Pad- provides a cash to any gender ma Bhushan recipient, as a mentor who encouraged her interest in the Gandhian prize of Rs 50,000  One thing I want to improve approach of life through books. TISS, in my institute she adds, shaped her sensibilities as a for the best all-round Infrastructure. Not just concrete filmmaker too. “I know the mind of the structures, but more faculty in student place and better services which society and also of the individual which are able to cater to a large variety I learned at TISS,” she says. “In my film of needs Kaasav: Turtle (2017) I say we have ears and eyes but one needs to learn how to

124 INDIA TODAY MAY 27, 2019 TOP COLLEGES OFFERING MY EXPERIENCE 5 THE HIGHEST SALARY >>> AT TISS VARUN CHATURVEDI AVERAGE ANNUAL COLLEGE MA in Social Work in STARTING SALARY ( `) Mental Health 1 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, 5,70,000 Aligarh  What's unique about campus life? 2 TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (TISS), Mumbai 5,00,000 It’s a mini India in itself. There’s inclusivity on campus despite 2 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, Bengaluru 5,00,000 the diversity that it abodes. The sense of belonging, being accommodated and 3 MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, Chennai 4,82,000 acceptance one gets here is phenomenal. I like how it 4 RAJAGIRI COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (AUTONOMOUS), Kochi 4,60,000 assists to connect the dots of all the past experiences right since childhood and brings about a clear picture of life for TOP oneself. It helps one understand oneself, one’s position in COLLEGES WITH THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY >>> the larger societal context 5 and hence prepares one for working from micro to macro COLLEGE RoI* level structures/ institutions for emancipatory change to aim for 1 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 471.07 egalitarian societies. In short, it prepares one for life 2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, CENTRAL  One change I want in my UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, Ajmer 94.74 college I would want every master 3 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai 82.38 student of the social science discipline to get a monthly 4 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Thrissur 47.33 stipend just like their counterparts in basic sciences/ 5 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu 47.14 clinical sciences do  The best facility in college *RoI (return on investment) is calculated based on average annual salary/ The library where I spend hours tuition fees for entire course with the books

see and hear, that’s what I learned at These include a Special Cell for Women TISS.” The Marathi film which focuses and Children, a programme that TISS Quintessence is the annual on depression and environmental con- first started in 1984 in Mumbai, to ad- TISS festival. There’s also servation won the National Award for dress issues such as domestic violence. Best Feature Film. Bhave’s other work Koshish is an initiative working on Samiksha, a student-led with co-director Sunil Sukthankar issues of destitution and homelessness, seminar where practitioners includes the TV show Bhains Barabar while Tarasha is a community-based on women’s education and short films recovery model for women recovering from the field of social work for non-governmental organisations. from mental disorders. are invited to speak The field action projects (FAPs) are A lot has changed in the course of significant tools to bring about change. Maitra’s three-decade-long teaching

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CHANDRADEEP KUMAR TISS offers 10 degree courses in social work in subjects such as criminology and justice, women-centred practice, disability QUEUED FOR studies, mental health SUCCESS Students at the and livelihood and social Delhi School of Social Work entrepreneurship

TOP COLLEGES WITH THE stint. Earlier, students came to TISS 5 LOWEST TUITION FEE >>> with the objective to make a difference, she says, but now they come to TUITION FEE FOR COLLEGE ENTIRE COURSE ( `) also “find answers to the problems that they have inherited, or are surrounded 1 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, ALIGARH by, and then apply it to the world”. A MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, Aligarh 1,210 TISS student isn’t just concerned with issues affecting people. Their empathy 2 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), is channelled towards animals too, Chennai 2,000 which explains the popularity of the animal ethics and social justice course. 3 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, SCHOOL OF “It’s in keeping with our core social SOCIAL SCIENCES, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY work values and principles that we live OF RAJASTHAN, Ajmer 2,280 in an environment that is harmonious and not detrimental to other beings,” 4 VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Thrissur 3,600 says Maitra. Within the TISS campus, students take care of stray animals. 5 SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TISS’s interference-free admission Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu 4,000 process makes the journey to Deonar, a suburb in eastern Mumbai, all the more easier. A national-level entrance test which assesses applicants on TOP general knowledge, social awareness, COLLEGES WITH THE BEST logical reasoning among other factors, 3 MALE TO FEMALE RATIO >>> followed by an essay and personal interview round, ensures that the most COLLEGE deserving students are selected in the two-year programme. Placements at 1 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, JAMIA MILLIA TISS are aplenty with non-governmen- ISLAMIA, New Delhi tal organisations, developmental and research organisations and companies 2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), Chennai seeking members for their corporate social responsibility initiative and gov- 3 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, Chennai ernment programmes all scouting. n

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1 1 TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, MUMBAI 152.8 221.8 172.0 188.2 248.8 983.6 787.1 1,770.7

2 2 DEPT OF SOCIAL WORK, DELHI SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, 155.7 220.7 153.1 175.3 243.6 948.4 774.1 1,722.5 DELHI UNIVERSITY, DELHI

3 3 RAJAGIRI COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, KOCHI 134.9 190.0 186.8 185.2 237.9 934.8 767.4 1,702.2

4 4 MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, CHENNAI 113.1 157.5 137.5 182.2 223.4 813.7 718.3 1,532.0 5 5 LOYOLA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, 121.9 179.7 164.0 195.2 210.4 871.2 640.2 1,511.4 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM  6 7 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CENTRE FOR ADVANCED 140.3 187.5 119.5 131.5 177.8 756.6 672.3 1,428.9 STUDY, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI

 7 6 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CHRIST, BENGALURU 115.5 152.9 173.1 149.1 187.6 778.2 623.8 1,402.0

8 8 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI 139.9 183.0 157.7 210.1 204.2 894.9 456.8 1,351.7

 9 10 DEPT OF SOCIOLOGY, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI 126.8 152.4 144.5 116.0 182.8 722.5 613.8 1,336.3

 10 11 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, LOYOLA COLLEGE, CHENNAI 121.1 161.9 152.7 146.9 161.4 744.0 466.8 1,210.8

 11 14 DEPT OF SOCIAL WORK, ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH 138.0 153.7 139.8 137.0 263.2 831.7 348.0 1,179.7

 12 13 KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE, BENGALURU 112.4 182.7 187.9 166.7 224.1 873.8 259.1 1,132.9

 13 12 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 116.8 136.2 141.3 130.5 135.2 660.0 472.4 1,132.4 - 14 NP DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL 109.1 184.3 154.2 75.9 139.4 662.9 467.9 1,130.8 SCIENCES, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, AJMER

 15 16 UDAIPUR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, UDAIPUR 112.5 134.5 118.4 115.6 167.3 648.3 467.9 1,116.2

 16 17 SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, ROSHNI NILAYA, MANGALURU 100.9 150.3 137.4 130.5 157.5 676.6 435.1 1,111.7

 17 15 SACRED HEART COLLEGE, TIRUPATTUR, TAMIL NADU 115.7 152.6 153.3 166.8 157.3 745.7 350.2 1,095.9  18 19 BPHE SOCIETY’S CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN RURAL DEVELOP- 91.5 130.3 136.6 115.8 133.5 607.7 452.5 1,060.2 MENT, INST. OF SOCIAL WORK & RESEARCH, AHMEDNAGAR, MAHARASHTRA

 19 18 ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU 111.6 137.3 147.4 118.0 132.9 647.2 400.6 1,047.8 - 20 NP MSW PROGRAMME, PRASANNA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 113.8 182.7 172.7 157.0 108.2 734.4 246.4 980.8 MAHE, MANIPAL

 21 20 AIMS INSTITUTES, BENGALURU 107.5 151.6 146.7 152.4 156.9 715.1 226.4 941.5

 22 21 ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), BENGALURU 101.2 125.2 138.4 180.0 127.3 672.1 87.5 759.6

- 23 NP* VIMALA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), THRISSUR 115.6 136.7 135.2 102.3 156.1 645.9 97.7 743.6  24 25 SRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA COLLEGE, 100.7 119.3 155.5 108.5 121.2 605.2 131.0 736.2 UJIRE, KARNATAKA

 25 22 BHARATA MATA COLLEGE, KOCHI 90.9 131.3 131.6 114.4 155.5 623.7 62.3 686.0

 26 24 THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS, BENGALURU 87.0 136.9 135.0 134.6 113.4 606.9 47.6 654.5

 27 23 PATRICIAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 83.5 116.4 125.1 107.3 134.3 566.6 77.4 644.0

 28 26 HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 91.8 96.3 137.6 144.5 94.5 564.7 76.2 640.9

 29 27 NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE, POLLACHI 102.5 122.9 139.3 104.8 125.1 594.6 13.1 607.7

- 30 NP SRI KRISHNA ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 90.7 101.7 147.1 87.5 148.9 575.9 - 575.9 - 31 NP SHRIMATHI DEVKUNVAR NANALAL BHATT VAISHNAV 101.0 84.1 128.7 101.9 107.0 522.7 - 522.7 COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI

- 32 NP SHREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE, COIMBATORE 91.2 127.8 130.4 61.1 105.1 515.6 - 515.6

- 33 NP NAZARETH COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, CHENNAI 74.1 89.9 87.2 130.3 122.7 504.2 - 504.2

- 34 NP BISHOP APPASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE, COIMBATORE 71.6 133.2 102.6 83.7 90.3 481.4 - 481.4

NP: Not participated Not NP: - 35 NP NEF COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY, GUWAHATI 58.4 91.7 99.4 106.5 112.9 468.9 - 468.9

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Q. Made in Heaven is brutally honest and strips down the double standards within Indian society. Is that something that attracted you to the show? A. It talks about some very real issues of our time. How often does Indian cinema do that? Q A It’s mostly escapist. Made in Heaven gave me a voice, and I feel if you’re given a voice, you RIDING A better use it well.

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SEASON IN THE SUN VOL. 14 NUMBER 5; MAY 2019 Fashion, interior and landscape designer Nida Mahmood Copyright Living Media India Ltd. All rights reserved throughout the 6 takes us inside her light, airy and colour-filled Delhi world. Reproduction in any manner is prohibited. home. She shares tips on how to make your space Printed and published by Manoj Sharma on behalf of Living Media India comfortable when the temperature outside is soaring. Limited. Printed at Thomson Press India Limited, 18-35 Milestone, Delhi Mathura Road, Faridabad - 121007, (Haryana); A-9, Industrial Complex, Maraimalai Nagar, District Kancheepuram - 603209, (Tamil Nadu). GET THAT LOOK Published at K-9, Connaught Circus, New Delhi - 110001. If the bedroom is all about cool hues, the balcony is where Editorial/Corporate Office: Living Media India Ltd., India Today Group you can play with bright colours, and the living areas are Mediaplex, FC-8, Sector-16A, Film City, Noida - 201301; Editor: Raj Chengappa. for a pattern party. Four looks that embody the spirit of India Today does not take responsibility for summer. returning unsolicited publication material.

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POWERED BY Photograph by CHINTAN MEGHANI; Courtesy QUIRK STUDIO 27 expert speak BEDROOM SECRETS Want your bedroom to stand out? Take your cues from six architects who share their favourite designs.

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new range From cushions to planters and lamps, Westside Home’s spring summer collection is all you need to make your home stand out.

PRICE on request AT www.mywestside.com cover story Home A COOL HAVEN Summers can really get hot and sap your energ So, surround yourself with lots of greens and colours that spell happiness

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Use Bright Hues

Everything in my living room is inspired by art nouveau. Each piece is tastefully decorated with objects enhancing the soft yet busy theme. While on one side of the room, I have played with a printed wallpaper, to do up this area I have used a corresponding print on the chairs and kept the walls plain. Two of my favourite artworks have found their way on to this wall. I have created these on real postcards written by real people, collected over a year. I wanted to make art that could speak and breathe and these postcards have bits and pieces of peoples’ lives on them. I also have a few vintage plates adorning the walls here. Photographs by YASIR IQBAL Create a Patch of Green

This is my favourite corner as it is cosy and perfect for two people. I am an avid gardener and spend most of my free time at home tending to the greens. I have grown a combination of creepers, seasonal flowering plants, perennials, water plants, stylised succulents, agave and cacti in a well-mixed combination. I love outdoor spaces and find greens refreshing, especially in summer. If you have a tiny balcony, opt for small pots and containers to grow miniature plants. Creepers and hanging greens are good for such spaces; these make for the perfect summer sit-out area. Mirrors always add a romantic edge to outdoor spaces. Choose patio furniture that is weather proof. I have pig iron patio furniture in the balcony. It doesn’t get hot in the sun and is rust proof.

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A Corner of Ideas

It is very important to dress up our homes in cheerful colours and prints. The dead inset wall in this corner of the living room has been converted into a reading area. It is an east-facing room with full-length bay windows, beyond which is a lush green balcony with plenty of plants. The coffee table has a lot of miniature cacti and agave plants. The print on the easy chair upholstery is inspired from the print on the adjacent wall. There are a few vintage wall plates propped up on the pillar collected from my travels. Some books and lots of greens dress up the inset wall. The laser cut butterflies on the wall add to the happiness quotient of the space.

18 INDIA TODAY HOME MAY, 2019 Refreshing Take

My love for vintage is not limited to only crockery. I love collecting old comic books and posters from different countries and enjoy quirky street art. In the bedroom, I have two limited edition Mickey Mouse original print (1940) comic book covers and a few old musicals and theatre posters from Paris. The light grey bedspread is decorated with detailed hand embroidered silk throw pillows. I like bedrooms to have a sense of ease and have picked up a light colour for the bedspread. Going light on the base is a great choice. Pick materials that are not too thick or unwieldy. Add some fresh perennials and flowers to the bedside table to complete the look and throw in family pictures and books. I love having soft lighting around the bed and have used calligraphic heart-shaped yellow fairy lights to add a special touch. Nida Mahmood is a Delhi-based artist, fashion, interior and landscape designer. www.nidamahmood.com

MAY, 2019 INDIA TODAY HOME 9 SUMMER Want to update your space for the season? These four set-ups are all the LOOK BOOK inspiration you will need.

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An alfresco breakfast on a cool summer morning, it doesn’t get any better than this. Green and white give this table by No-Mad a fresh look. All products are from No-Mad www.no-mad.in cover story Style

LIVING IT UP

Colour meets pattern in this living room by Beyond Designs. Add summer coolers, fresh flowers and a salad, and you are ready for the season. The furniture, accesories and artworks are from Beyond Designs (www.beyond- designs.in); salad and

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COOL AND CALM

Beyond Designs styles a chic and comfortable bedroom where the peach and blue cushioned headboard complements the throw and bed bench. A beige carpet, mirrored side tables and fresh flowers create a refreshing space. All products are from Beyond Designs.

GO ALL OUT

How about relaxing and enjoying your favourite drink sitting in the balcony, watching the sun set? To set the mood, Chumbak has used garden furniture such as a comfortable bench and an accent chair made from recycled chindi fabric taken from old sarees. The brand has dressed the furniture with a pretty cushion. All products from Chumbak www.chumbak.com

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Photograph by DANESH JASSAWALA t Architect of the Month the of Architect his & that “WE CAN CHALLENGE ANY PLAN AND SHOW A WAY TO DESIGN IT MORE EFFICIENTLY WITHOUT ANY COMPROMISE” Legendary architect, Hafeez Contractor’s career spans more than three decades with over 75 national and international awards for excellence in architecture. He shares his vision and philosophy.

By ADITI PAI

New York Times article has famously described Hafeez Contractor as the “Man who draws India”, a befitting title for an architect who has shaped and changed the urban built landscape ofA the country through his provocative and unpredictably revolutionary ideas in executing a wide range of architectural projects. Sitting at his sunny worktable with multicoloured pens to sketch his plans and drive home his ideas, Contractor heads one of the largest architectural practices in South Asia with millions of square feet of projects. He is the man behind the business district DLF Cybercity, mixed use private development in DLF Phase II, III and V at Gurgaon and the popular Hiranandani Gardens at Mumbai. A Padma Bhushan recipient, Contractor likes to explore projects of all sizes and personally works on every project his firm takes up. An alumnus of the Academy of Architecture in Mumbai and New York’s Columbia University, the soft-spoken and affable architect is a sought-after brand whose name sells projects.

What is your signature style? The essence of our work is that there is no signature style. We believe that architecture should be based on current demand, should be honest, should respond to the spirit of

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SCALING NEW HEIGHTS Some of Contractor’s renowned designs include the Imperial Towers, Mumbai (right), and 23 Marina, Dubai (below)

time and should be for the people. We have worked extensively on common man’s housing and have tried to make it special. We have championed the art of residential architecture, be it affordable or luxury. For us, the most important is design efficiency, and we have reinvented ourselves with time. We can challenge any plan and show a way to design the same more efficiently without any compromise. We have improved already designed master plans with 30 per cent lesser infrastructure, bigger green area and better plot sizes. We always challenge our own designs to do something better. We call this ‘zero waste architecture’.

What does Mumbai need? Mumbai being India’s financial capital is way short of being a world class city. There are three major problems that concern Mumbai including mass housing to address the slums plaguing the city, better infrastructure for faster What is the need of the hour? connectivity, and more accessible green We have to find out new ways and have a new approach towards designing open spaces for the city deprived of our cities. For the past 25 years, I have been propagating that we need to public greens. The main reason for expand vertically and not be restricted by limited FSI. Although everybody housing shortage is restricted floor space likes to live in a bungalow, this extravagant use of land is a crime; we need index (FSI), height and coastal regulation to use land judiciously. We need sustainable compact tiered cities, and zone (CRZ). We need more FSI so we can we need to use water very sparingly. Special emphasis should be on social go taller and then people will pay for the housing to eradicate the housing shortage. For me, a sustainable, compact right product. So far, prices have been tiered green city is what we need. determined by the scarcity of space in a city like Mumbai. Now that CRZ has Your thoughts on architecture education? opened up, we should have more area. Along with other subjects, the concept of ‘zero waste architecture’ should All over the world, the tallest buildings be taught in colleges to young budding architects/ urban designers. We are along the coast or along a big open can save natural resources, use less building material and preserve park. Even here, we should be allowed to land. This would set new standards and the pave way for sustainable build along the coast so more people get development. We can show the world how development can be done better ventilation and views. In my view, while preserving the environment. the CRZ rule is a good policy which was wrongly implemented. AT www.hafeezcontractor.com

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THE BACKBONE OF ANY HOME, doors and windows play the role of providing security and insulation against wind, rain, noise, heat, and AN OPEN dust. Traditionally, in India, solid wood doors with ornate carving and brass embellishments were used. But now, people have moved to contempo- AND rary designs. Since India has a tropical climate, windows used to be small in size, but the preference now is for thermal resistant, insulated floor- to-ceiling windows with sliding SHUT CASE panels. Here’s all you need to know before making a purchase.

Selecting the doors and windows for your home A Tall Order doesn’t have to be a nerve-racking task. Here are Solid wood, engineered and particle wood, wooden laminated, uPVC simple hacks to help you make the right choice. (unplasticised polyvinyl chloride) and aluminium are some of the materials By HARDESH CHAWLA that make for good quality doors.

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ROOMS WITH A VIEW Follow these Rules uPVC glass doors let natural light in (inset); metal and glass windows give the bedroom a spacious look (right)

l Go for minimal, fuss-free doors to the building. and windows with sleek or l Floor to ceiling glass windows that invisible fixtures. allow maximum views are in vogue.

l Use large glass windows or staircase l Create a statement door by painting it windows that showcase a beautifully in a bold colour. constructed stairway inside the home l Use large sliding doors to separate to give an impressive facade spaces in an open concept floor plan.

l Solid Wood With their unique grain struc- attractive facades and elevations. Large ture, each door is distinctive and maintains French windows or floor-to-ceiling windows its natural beauty for long. They are durable with glass cladding are trending. Keep the and should be treated well against natural basics in mind though. If your window looks elements such as wind, sun and water. out to a garden or a beautiful landscape, you l Engineered and Particle Wood They can opt for a picture window that frames the are cost-effective and look and feel like real natural beauty outside. And if you want to wood. While they are not as strong as solid bring the outside inside the home, floor-to- wood doors, they come close in appearance. ceiling glass windows fit best. l Wooden laminated These doors allow you l Wood and glass windows Commonly to choose any finish and colour but they need used by most interior designers and archi- good care against moisture and sun. tects while working on a residential project, Interior designer l uPVC High thermal insulation uPVC doors glass windows with wooden frames give the Hardesh Chawla are quite popular. Easy to install, durable and interiors sufficient natural light and a feeling is the founder of hard to break, they are resistant to fire and of openness. A seamless look can be achieved Gurgaon-based dampness, and do not rot or rust. by painting the frame the same shade as the Essentia Environments. l Aluminium These doors are affordable, wall. You can use glazed glass for part of the www.essentia. come in an array of finishes and colours and window for privacy. environments.com are thermally efficient. l Metal and glass windows Since metal is both durable and sleek, a combination In the Limelight of metal and glass for windows is a good Windows today are often used for creating cost-effective option.

MAY, 2019 INDIA TODAY HOME 19 Vivid art wrapped in colour and served with a story best describes Molly’s wares OBJECTS OF she retails under Design5, a brand that she launched in 2006 when she decided to follow her creative calling and ditch advertising. She works mostly with wooden BEAUTY products ranging from repurposed trays and boxes to wooden frames and hand From accents to accessories, these nine painted and restored vintage furniture. Her philosophy is to restore and repurpose product designers create the most innovative home decor items. Besides hand painting and imaginative designs for your home motifs and designs onto the pieces, she even does restoration work (with power tools) herself. She is always on the lookout for discarded pieces that seem to be hiding “In a crowd of look-alikes and a story under layers of dirt and neglect. identical, boring product lines, I PRICE `500 to `20,000 (she also creates bespoke, custom designs) wanted to create unique, handmade —By Ridhi Kale and restored, functional art pieces.”

MOLLY, 43 Founder and Designer, Design5 Studio, Delhi www.design5.biz

Photograph by CHANDRADEEP KUMAR

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AASHNA ARORA, 29 Founder and Creative Director, XAKA, Delhi @xakacutlery (instagram)

For as long as she can remember, Aashna Arora wanted to change the way luxury dining and entertaining was perceived. Arora wondered why there was so much focus on fancy food and plates but hardly any on what one uses to eat it with. Through her brand XAKA, launched in September 2018, she aims to change this. She is currently retailing handcrafted cutlery, serveware and cheese boards crafted by skilled craftsmen who use different techniques such as hammering and buffering to bring Arora’s designs to life. She works with different materials; top among them are stain- less steel, copper and

Photograph by Photograph RAJWANT RAWAT brass. So, what’s next? A premium silver range. PRICE `3,800 to “T he idea is to bring the focus back on `20,000 accessories, especially bespoke cutlery.” —By Ridhi Kale

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MALIKA BUDHIRAJ, 29 and SURKHI MATHARU, 29 Co-founders, Baarique, Gurgaon and Udaipur www.baarique.in

An idea that was born on a road trip, Baarique is uniquely Indian in its aesthetic. Co-founders Malika Budhiraj and Surkhi Matharu were inspired to create traditional metal tableware similar to the one they were served thupka and butter tea on their way to Leh. The brand works with local artists in Udaipur to create beautiful (food safe) art on kansa, brass and copper utensils. The designs range from the houseboats in Kerala to the cherry blossom trees in Japan on glasses, plates, cutlery, bowls and some traditional tableware like lotas and thali sets. The karigars who hand-paint the Baarique products comprise mostly of a team of young women who were originally miniature-painting artists but were forced to paint

Photograph by Photograph RAJWANT RAWAT walls due to little or no work. The word ‘baarique’ (meaning “Our work is an amalgamation of intricate) was constantly used unexplored tradition, raw beauty, by the local artists to describe the artwork, so the name stuck. functional art, luxury, sustainability PRICE `3,000 onwards and well being.” —Jahnavi Chakravarty

22 INDIA TODAY HOME MAY, 2019 KANIKA JAIN GUPTA, 35 HEERAL AKHAURY, 44 Founder and Founder Ulle ke Pathe, Mumbai Designer, www.ullukepathe.com Iktaara, Bangalore and Mumbai Each time she travels, Heeral Akhaury looks www.iktaara.com for two things—inspiration from local arts and architecture, and stones from river banks to paint on. Four years ago, the former advertising professional started painting owls on river stones that she had collected. These pretty pieces became décor items and paper weights that had faces of owls flashing varied human facial expressions. With that, her brand Ulle Ke Pathe, was born in 2016 with these ‘stonicons’ and old recycled furniture pieces that she painted on. Inspired by Indian folk art, Akhaury often combines the east with the west in her patterns and designs for tables, cabi- nets, chairs, bowls and trays. Spanish tile patterns meet Madhubani motifs or a colonial styled bench gets a new life with a Japanese flower pattern in her furniture that's painted using acrylic, poster or enamel colours. She has recently launched a collection of cushion covers inspired by women and the strength and love they embody. PRICE `1,000 onwards (stones) and `50,000 (beds) — By Aditi Pai

Photograph by Photograph DANESH JASSAWALA “I try different techniques on every piece. Meerabai plays both muse and inspiration No two pieces are ever the same.” for designer Kanika Jain Gupta. In fact, since Meera was known to play ektaara when Gupta decided to launch her own label she called it Iktaara, which means one star (a motif that often features in her designs as well). Gupta graduated from Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai specialising in illustration and worked at various design houses before starting her own practice. At her store you will find everyday objects with intricate doodles on them such as serveware, cushion covers, beanbags, stationery, wallets, adult coluring books, wall art, murals, framed artworks, calendars and gift boxes. She also does customised wedding invites that double up sometimes as lamps and sometimes as drawers. The process starts with illustrations on paper and colour is later added through photoshop/procreate software. PRICE `100 to `35,000 —By Ridhi Kale

“Materials doodled on can range from

cloth or wood to just about anything.” by Photograph DANESH JASSAWALA

MAY, 2019 INDIA TODAY HOME 23 SWASTIKA MUKHERJEE, 33 Founder, The Leaf Story, Kolkata and Surat @theleafstorybysm (instagram)

People usually veer towards floral beauties, but Swastika Mukherjee remembers being fascinated by leaves since childhood. However, the idea for The Leaf Story came to her much later in life when her precious plants would die while she was away due to under or over watering. So, she began placing succulents and cacti in terrariums. She put her design background to use (fashion design from NIFT Kolkata) in styling and using different materials to form planters for the plants. She prefers to use natural elements with driftwood and stone planters being her favourite but glass, brass and other metals are also used depending on the area. From big installations that are spread across tables to aeriums that hang from the ceiling, her creations are definitely attention-grabbing. PRICE `1,000 onwards —By Malini Banerjee

Photograph by YASIR IQBAL Photograph by Photograph SUBIR HALDER

“I love the fact that in that a tiny bowl has a mini ecosystem going on.”

RESHMI DEY, 44 Founder and Glass Artist, Glass Sutra, Delhi www.glasssutra.com

Reshmi Dey’s love affair with glass began in 1998 when her friend started a trading business in glass from Firozabad. She started by marketing the products, but felt a strong connection with the me- dium. Initially a self-taught glass designer, she later enrolled at the International Glass Centre, UK, to learn the craft in detail. Keen to understand the meditative material that can hold a dialogue with you, she visits major hubs of glass making across t his & that Decor

SRISHTI DUBE, 24 Founder, Studio Srishti Dube, Delhi www.srishtidube.com

A graduate in ceramic and glass design from National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Srishti Dube was completely taken by how receptive and impressionable these two materials were. Almost as if they could take the shape of the emotions of the maker. Initially fascinated by textiles and graphics while studying at NID, she was a ceramic convert by the time her course finished. She started Studio Srishti Dube in December 2017 with the aim to bring back slow living, one object at a time, and to create heirloom pieces one day. The brand uses ceramics and glass as basic materials and catches their expression in a variety of media ranging from home décor products to installations. Fond of combining different techniques and processes such as handmade with industrial, her products can be made in a mould Photograph by Photograph RAJWANT RAWAT or on lathe (for glass), and have hand- “The materials, ceramic painted or flame-worked elements, w h i c h t h e n s e r v e a s t h e f o c a l p o i n t . and glass, demand more PRICE `1,800 onwards time and attention.” —By Shelly Anand

“Glass throws a challenge at you. If you take the challenge with love, you can produce a beautiful child.” the world to learn from other glass artists, and to using the borosilicate solid rod and hollow tube. introduce those skills in India. Her dream of selling There are hints of subtle drama and richness in her the beauty of the material through products such as designs and she sticks to a monochrome palette such candle stands, vases, bowls, table lamps, floor lamps, as smokey grey, smokey brown and clear glass. With chandeliers and wall installations led her to start her three collections launched in a year, what stands out studio Glass Sutra in 2017. Material and processes is that every range is based on a specific story and are most important to her and she works with tech- colour theme, for both glass and metal. niques such as flame work, hot glass blowing, sand PRICE `7,000 to `15 lakh casting, hand and mouth blowing and lithe blowing —By Shelly Anand

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NIYATI SHAH, 29 Founder, Quilt Avenue, Mumbai @quiltavenue (Instagram)

From coding and designing simulators as a reservoir en- gineer to making handcrafted and hand woven products, Niyati Shah started Quilt Avenue in March this year to offer homeowners a mix of modern, earthy and coastal décor. Against any form of animal cruelty, she only uses renewable materials such as bamboo, sea grass, teak wood, cracked glass, resin, and recycled polymer and her line includes laundry and utility baskets, planter and picnic baskets, cutlery stands, trays, and statement pieces such as centre table bowls, candle stands and vases. Her products have an old world charm while adding a Scandinavian tone to your living space. The materials used by her can be creatively woven into patterns and natural pieces of wood are placed in moulds with pieces of broken glass and resin to take form. She has made vases, salad bowls and candle stands using this concept that gives a glossy and modern look to the products. Her new collection is all about adding character

Photograph by Photograph DANESH JASSAWALA to the interiors; it has coor- dinated sets such as a taupe laundry basket and organ- “Most of my products are made keeping in iser trays to place your folded napkins and daily essentials. mind their utility, durability, space PRICE `600 to `20,000 constraints and weather conditions.” —By Shelly Anand

26 INDIA TODAY HOME MAY, 2019 expert speak Architects Private SANCTUARY A space for rest and repose, you end up spending a third of your life here. Six architects share their favourite bedroom designs from their projects across the country.

By RIDHI KALE

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WHAT The Thane Residence, Mumbai Dikshit has used varying shades of pink TIP | HUE KNEW YEAR OF COMPLETION 2018 to create a visual feast, while a red storage “Use colour SIZE 320 sq ft (bedroom) unit (right) breaks the monotony. generously in a bedroom, but remember to WALLS COME DOWN Two five-bed- WHIMSICAL YET WONDERFUL “We add a few pieces room apartments were combined by were asked to create a unique bedroom to complement breaking down the common wall between for the two daughters. The design was the décor.” the two living rooms. The space that therefore based on the theme, ‘out of the stands out here is the children’s room fantasy world’. We added a supplemen- with a four-poster bed (above) in the cen- tary library unit with built-in seating to tre and a library unit. Architect Manish complete the look,” says Dikshit.

28 INDIA TODAY HOME MAY, 2019 MANISH DIKSHIT Founding Principal AUM Architects, Mumbai www.aumarch.com PRASHANT BHAT

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WHAT The Resort House, Vadodara, Gujarat ANAND MENON AND SHOBHAN KOTHARI YEAR OF COMPLETION 2018 Principal Architects SIZE 800 sq ft (bedroom) Atelier Design N Domain (ADND), Mumbai www.adnd.in

LIVING LARGE The room with a ceiling height of 12 ft celebrates luxury of space. “The key feature is the ceiling suspended screen in black metal flats that demarcate a subtle almost floating divide between the lounge and the bed,” says architect Anand Menon.

DIVIDE AND RULE The room is divided into three zones—the entrance vestibule, lounge and sleeping space. “The vestibule is flanked by metal screens, while the raised lounge has wooden flooring and a low C-shaped seating to demarcate the informal space. The sleeping zone is characterised by the low island bed with a plush headboard to anchor it,” says architect Shobhan Kothari. The three zones are held together by the concrete-like grey stone cladding that cleverly disguises a door to the walk-in wardrobe and bathroom.

TIP | MAKE IT CLUTTER-FREE “A good understanding of one’s own needs with respect to the space available helps to avoid clutter and overdoing the furniture which eats into the space. For bedrooms alternative lighting in the form of floor or table lamps or wall brackets help to create the mood.” PHOTOGRAPHIX | SEBASTIAN + IRA PHOTOGRAPHIX | SEBASTIAN

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WHAT Twin Cubes & Court, New Friends Colony, Delhi YEAR OF COMPLETION 2017 SIZE 309 sq ft (bedroom)

SUBTLE NOTES The guest bedroom is where you can make your friends and family feel welcome in style. “In this home, the guest bedroom follows the

design scheme of understated ANDRE J FANTHOME elegance and is placed within a stark white interior shell. The free-standing bed and cabinet

in dark tones introduces an by Photograph element of contrast, with the SIDHARTHA TALWAR cushions, carpet and artwork in Design Principal and Architect accent colours adding texture. Studio Lotus, Delhi Floor length uplighters in brass www.studiolotus.in complete the look,” says architect Sidhartha Talwar. grid-based paintings by Mondrian) and crafted from Indian hardwood TEAM IT WITH The space and fluted glass,” says Talwar. The features carefully curated cabinet doubles up as a cupboard elements. “The cabinet called here and has been teamed with a Shanghai Armoire by Mangrove bed from Diesel Home. The carpet Collective is inspired from the is hand-knit using silk, while the Mondrian Grid (the famous paintings are by GR Iranna.

TIP | SIZE MATTERS “The size of a bedroom determines the furniture scheme; smaller spaces require simpler bed frames with lightweight supplementary furniture such as end tables and night stands. These pieces are essential to bedroom layouts, as users need temporary storage.” expert speak Architects

Photographs by Photographs SHUBASH G PATIL WHAT Lodha World Crest Towers, Lower Parel, Mumbai YEAR OF COMPLETION 2018 SIZE 144 sq ft (bedroom)

ROOM TO GROW Architect Asumi Rawat was given a simple but challenging design brief for a children’s bedroom: to ensure the double bed is large enough for both children, has ample storage, a study, a dresser and space to sit and relax. So Rawat designed the room (left) in light colours to make it appear more spacious and the wardrobe was given an L-shape for additional storage and finished in white PU (polyurethane). “We designed a pull-out bed, so that during the day it can be used as a single bed and at night it opens up to become ASUMI RAWAT a double bed. This creates more Principal Architect and Founder space in the room,” says Rawat, Asumi Rawat Desiign, Mumbai adding, “In order to accommodate @asumi_rawat (Instagram) a good dressing unit, we placed the dresser storage just behind the door and placed a huge oval mirror KEY FEATURES The headboard opposite the bathroom to make the has been designed by cladding passage look bigger.” the wall with white and blue brick tiles. “The most interesting part of the room is the side table. TIP | CHILD’S PLAY We have given multicoloured “When designing a child’s space stripes in shades of blue with always remember that they beautifully carved legs,” says outgrow it quickly. So, avoid an excessively colourful room. Rawat. The room opens into a They also require ample storage, balcony (above) with a grass car- so cater to that.” pet, floor seating and cushions. expert speak Architects

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WHAT The House of Quirks, Powai, Mumbai TIP | SMALL YEAR OF COMPLETION 2016 WONDER SIZE 170 sq ft (master bedroom) “For small homes, a good way to make the room look THE BRIEF “The young owners, a couple and de-cluttered is by their three-month-old daughter, wanted a tucking heavier personal space. So, it was designed such that storage units into each room tells a story about them,” says niches. Introduce architect Nishita Kamdar. one or two bold key furniture pieces, but don’t forget that UNIQUE OUTLOOK The master bedroom is the aesthetics and the largest of the three rooms. “We wanted the design cannot take furniture to look less bulky. So, the large 9-ft- over the functional- long wardrobe was made to look like two big ity of the piece.” antique units, while the conventional side table was ditched for a suspended swing side table NISHITA KAMDAR made from a cut section of a tree trunk,” says Principal Architect Kamdar. The louvered windows and a deep Studio Nishita Kamdar, Mumbai @studionishitakamdar (instagram) blue wall paints an interesting picture.

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KAPIL AGGARWAL Principal Architect Spaces Architects@ka, Delhi www.spacesarchitects-ka.com

TIP | LIGHT ARTED “Explore innovative lighting options in a bedroom. This bedroom, for instance, has an illuminated headboard feature wall that looks like a sculptural piece of art.”

Photographs by BHARAT AGGARWAL

WHAT Kavyam Residence, Surajmal Vihar, Delhi with emphasis on the art works,” says architect Kapil YEAR OF COMPLETION 2016 Aggarwal, who has used custom-made furniture. SIZE 160 sq ft (bedroom) COLOUR CUES The bedroom is designed to not only COMPACT DESIGN The apartment was designed for look light and airy but also plays with geometric a nuclear family fusing traditional Indian architec- forms. “The space uses customised wallpaper. It also ture and modern design to reflect the homeowners’ has an interesting and abstract wooden element on fondness for the two styles. “Our aim was to design a the back wall with texture paint which defines the space that was interactive and connected internally room. The bedroom is also visually connected with while maximising daylight. The decor was kept subtle the terrace garden,” he adds. spaces Interiors WHEN BRIGHT IS RIGHT In space-starved Mumbai, smart storage, clever design and a colourful palette set this apartment apart

By DISHA BHAVSAR AND SHIVANI AJMERA

his 3BHK apartment at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, belongs to a young working couple and their two little girls. The brief from the client was not only to keep it clutter free and spacious for their children to run around, but to ensure it looks cosy to host family and friends. So, as you enter, a long passage opens into the living room which has balconies on either side for sunlight and cross ventilation. We have used T a neutral palette for the space with bursts of colour coming in through art, accessories and cushions by Photographs CHINTAN MEGHANI that the homeowners collected during their travels. White marble has been used in the passage, living area and master bedroom, while wooden flooring can be found in the children’s and guest bedrooms to bring in warmth. For the walls, we have used muted wallpapers. In the living room, grey and deep blue sofas, a print fabric (on one of the single chairs) and brass and glass accent tables create a visual feast. The layout of this space is such that it seamlessly flows into the dining room. A bench was placed between the spaces to tie in the two rooms, especially when they host get-togethers. The master bedroom has a lovely grey cherry blossom which complements the rest of the grey and white colour scheme. We also placed floor to ceiling sliding wardrobes with a mir-

36 INDIA TODAY HOME MAY, 2019 GREEN IS GOOD The balcony with an herb garden (above); the master bedroom with cherry blossom wallpaper (below left)

ror finish to make the space appear larger. In the children’s room, the walls are wallpapered with a watercolour pink floral pattern to brighten up the space. We also created a fun bunk bed design with steps that double up as storage. The floral pattern continues into the guest room where we used blue wallpaper with flowers on it. For this room we COLOUR CUES also refurbished their old bed. It was painted white Artworks adorn the to match the rest of the furniture. white walls in the living The couple love greenery, which adds warmth to room; the children’s any space, therefore, right from their entrance to the room (below left) passage and balconies, we added plants for fresh- ness and to work as natural air purifiers. We also added a herb garden in the balcony where they pick fresh mint and rosemary. There’s also a flower bed that opens up from the children’s room. All in all, it’s a home that caters to every family member’s needs.

Quirk Studio is an interior design company founded by Disha Bhavsar and Shivani Ajmera in 2013. www.quirkstudio.in

MAY, 2019 INDIA TODAY HOME 37 DRAMA IN DETAILS Clever use of colour, innovative art and India-inspired motifs come together in this bungalow in Jaipur to paint a pretty picture

By SHANTANU GARG

SHANTANU GARG He is the founder and designer of Jaipur and Dubai based Shantanu Garg Design. shantanugargdesign.wordpress.com

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Magenta armchairs brighten up this corner in the living room (left); in the daughter’s bedroom, the custom-made bed steals the show (below); the lotus motif from the mural on the puja room walls (extreme left) Photographs by Photographs BJORN WALLANDER

t’s a tricky thing really, to design someone’s dream home, but the end result is worth every challenge. I was asked to design such a space for a doctor couple—Dr Nalin Joshi, pulmo- nologist and Dr Kalpana Joshi, senior pae- diatrician—andI their two girls. Being an architect and interior designer for the project, it was quite an interesting process. The home has 12,000 sq ft cover area and stands on a 800 sq yards plot. The property is located at prime real estate of Jaipur surrounded by both residential and commercial settings. While this hampers the view, we landscaped the home such that it overlooks the greens. As a designer, colour is an important element in all my designs. I have used taupe for the walls and lots of greys to create balance; colour have been brought in through furnishings, art works, artefacts, objects and rugs. Another important element in my design is the art. So, if the red artwork placed in the lobby between both the daughters’ rooms acts like a perfect transition element between living area and the bedrooms. The lotus chime wall mural on the puja room walls creates a vibrant and happy vibe. All the art on the walls is hand painted and commis- sioned by artist. Throughout the home, I have used several India-inspired motifs taken from art books on Indian courtly life, textile prints, jewellery and Indian ceremonies. One of my favourite spaces in the home is the informal living and dining room, which is a long spaces Architecture

STUNNING SPACES

An interesting customised door opens into the pooja room (left); floor to ceiling windows bathe the informal living room with natural light (below)

cover, leg board and side boards, use a blue cotton velvet fabric. The hood design is also continued on the media console. The vanity space of the master bedroom is an entrance foyer to the elder daughter’s room and the sudden drama becomes the talking point while approaching it. The space is wrapped in deep grey and the pop of red breaks the monotony. lounge with a living area on one side and dinning and staircase on the other. The beauty of this space is that it has double heights on both sides with light pouring in. The space is a burst of colours with a pop wine coloured armchair, a colourful saree rug and modern furniture custom-made in Italy. I’ve also designed a dining table gilded in gold with grey lacquer legs, where the table top is crafted from precious Amazonite stone. This contrasts well with the modern grey chairs. While dealing with bedrooms, my first focus is always on the bed. The cabana bed (in one of the daughter’s room) is a deep brandy shade with a glossy finish lacquer. It is a modern design, tweaked with Indian and baroque elements. Golden temple motifs have been added on the four posts and baroque gilded frame on its headboard. The large master bedroom has the couple’s favourite shade of blue with rose gold elements. Here the bed has an interesting hooded headboard. The idea was to have a young energetic design that’s quirky yet classy. The bed takes its design cues from the French chariot. The under cover of the hood is upholstered in pink kilim fabric and its outer

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Clockwise from left: The Gilded Cage arm chair; the Symphony bar; and the Diamond dining table, from Twice the DemiGod collection as NICE A look at designs that are a twist on tradition

By RIDHI KALE

ood things come in twos. This certainly holds true for the collaboration between G Mozez Singh, a filmmaker and product designer, and Fenny Ganatra, an interior decorator and product designer. Of course, it’s not the first time they have joined forces. However, the results are always the same—spectacular. This season, they have launched a limited edition called the DemiGod collection inspired by the legend of beings that are half human and half god. The pieces fuse two design styles, traditional and contemporary. So, you have the Diamond dining table (right) with a black and white marble inlay top and base in black nickel matte with the legs finished in black nickel chrome and polished brass; a Gilded Cage arm chair in rust velvet and brass (top left); and the Symphony Bar in selenite, faux shagreen, brass, black chrome and rose gold (top right); to name a few.

PRICE `2 lakh onwards AT www.fennyg.com