Top Engineering Colleges in India based on India Today and Outlook MDRA surveys

World is getting more and more competitive with each progressing day, irrespective of field of sector either it is job sector, education or any other related field. However, there are ups and downs in every field. Sometimes information technology is more in demand and it is business management on other occasions. However, quality counts everywhere.Faculty, infrastructure, quality laboratories, financial supports etc., adds value to the education depending on the institution. Engineering education was in great demand few years back and recession affected it recently. One should always exercise great caution in selection of an institution since engineering education during degree courses costs heavily. As per the reports, approx. 8.0 lakh students are graduating in India every year in engineering and 2.0 lakhs are said to possess employable education. This has resulted in closure of many private engineering colleges due to plenty of seats remaining vacant. There are reports that non-employable graduates experience lot of problems in getting jobs and they are mostly underemployed in majority of instances.If information from unconfirmed and personal sources is to be believed, such graduates receive a meager amount in return to their services that is insufficient to meet their routine expenditure.Hence, engineering course aspirants and their parents should cautiously select a college and branch and research about the placement prospects.
A comparative list of Outlook MDRA Survey of Engineering colleges in India and India Today for 2012 is provided here. Institutes' ranking for a particular survey is shown by a '-' if institute could not be ranked due to non-participation or other reason.
Top 25 Engineering Colleges of India

Name of the Institute/College	Location	Outlook - MDRA 2012	India Today 2012	Govt./Pvt.
IIT	Kanpur	4	1	Govt.
IIT	New Delhi	1	2	Govt.
IIT	Mumbai	3	-	Govt.
IIT	Kharagpur	2	3	Govt.
IIT	Chennai	5	4	Govt.
BITS	Pilani	7	5	Pvt.
IIT	Roorkee	-	6	Govt.
Institute of Technology, BHU	Varanasi	6	7	Govt.
NIT,Karnataka	Surathkal	13	8	Govt.
NIT	Tiruchirappalli	10	9	Govt.
ISMU	Dhanbad	11	-	Govt.
Univ. Departments, Anna Univ.	Guindy	12	-	Govt.
IIT	Guwahati	8	10	Govt.
Delhi Technological University	New Delhi	9	11	Govt.
VTI	Vellore	-	12	Pvt.
NIT	Calicut	-	13	Govt.
PSG College of Technology	Coimbatore	18	14	Pvt.
NIT	Warangal	16	15	Govt.
BIT Mesra	Ranchi	15	16	Pvt.
Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology	New Delhi	17	17	Govt.
IIIT	Allahabad	20	18	Govt.
College of Engineering, Univ. of Pune	Pune	22	19	Govt.
NIT	Rourkela	19	-	Govt.
IIIT	Hyderabad	14	20	Govt.
PEC University of Technology	Chandigarh	21	-	Govt.
Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	-	21	Govt.
VJTI	Mumbai	-	22	Pvt.
NIT	Hamirpur	23	-	Govt.
KJ Somaiya College of Engineering	Mumbai	-	23	Pvt.
Sardar Patel College of Engineering	Mumbai	-	24	Govt.
Harcourt Butler Tech. Institute	Kanpur	24	-	Govt.
IIIT	Gwalior	-	25	Govt.
Manipal Institute of Technology	Manipal	25	-	Pvt.
Top 26-50 Engineering Colleges of India as per Outlook MDRA Survey 2012
Institute	Location	Outlook MDRA 2012 Rank
Thapar University	Patiala	26	Pvt.
Motilal Nehru NIT	Allahabad	27	Govt.
BIT	Sindri	28	Govt.
VNIT	Nagpur	29	Govt.
ABV-IIIT	Gwalior	30	Govt.
UIET	Chandigarh	31	Govt.
VJTI	Mumbai	32	Pvt.
RVCE	Bangalore	33	Pvt.
Institute of Technology, Nirma University	Ahmedabad	34	Pvt.
PESIT	Bangalore	35	Pvt.
NIE	Mysore	36	Pvt.
Univ. College of Engineering, Osmania University	Hyderabad	37	Govt.
Sri G.S. Institute of Tech & Sci.	Indore	38	Govt.
SSN College of Engineering	Chennai	39	Pvt.
Mepco Shlenk Enggineering College	Sivakasi	40	Pvt.
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology	Hyderabad	41	Pvt.
Thiagarajar College of Engineering	Madurai	42	Pvt.
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College	Ludhiana	43	Govt.
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT	Jalandhar	44	Govt.
Govt. College of Engineering	Amravati	45	Govt.
D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering	Mumbai	46	Pvt.
Amrita School of Engineering	Coimbatore	47	Pvt.
P.E.S. College of Engineering	Mandya	48	Pvt.
Govt. Model Engineering College	Kochi	49	Govt.
MIT College of Engineering	Pune	50	Pvt.

Top Ten Private Engineering Colleges of India based on Outlook MDRA 2012 Survey

Name of the Institute/College	Location	Outlook - MDRA 2012
BITS	Pilani	1
IIIT	Hyderabad	2
BIT Mesra	Ranchi	3
PSG College of Technology	Coimbatore	4
Manipal Institute of Tecnology	Manipal	5
Thapar University	Patiala	6
VJTI	Mumbai	7
RVCE	Bangalore	8
Institute of Technology, Nirma University	Ahmedabad	9
PESIT	Bangalore	10