India Today Ranking 2026 Released; IIT Delhi Best in Engineering Category
IIT Delhi tops the engineering category, and BITs Pilani secures rank 6, making it the best private engineering college. Check the top engineering college list as per India Today's latest ranking below.
India Today Ranking 2026 Released; IIT Delhi Best in Engineering Category
India Today 2026 ranking has been released. The rankings have been released for the best colleges across 16 different categories. In the Engineering category, IIT Delhi has topped the rankling followed by IIT Kanpur at rank 2 and IIT Kharagpur at rank 3.
India Today Ranking 2026: Parameters Used
To rank the collehes, India today has used the following parameters:
- IQG (Intake Quality & Governance)
- ACE (Academic Excellence)
- ILE (Infrastructure & Living Experience)
- PLD (Personality & Leadership Development)
- PCP (Placement & Career Progression)
- OB (Objective Score)
- PS (Perceptual Score)
Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India Today Rankings 2026
Check below the list of top 10 engineering colleges in the latest India Today Ranking:
| Institute | India Today 2026 Rank |
|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) | 5 |
| Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS Pilani) | 6 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar) | 7 |
| Netaji Subhas University of Technology | 8 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna) | 9 |
| Delhi Technological University (DTU) | 10 |
Apart from this, India Today has ranked the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar) as the best emerging college in the engineering category. Followed by IIT Patna at rank 2 and IIT Mandi at rank 3.
Among the private engineering colleges, BITS Pilani ranks at 1, followed by International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad and Birla Institute of Technology Mesra (BIT Mesra) at rank 2 and 3, respectively.
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