Engineers Day 2023: Why is it celebrated? Know top IITs, NITs, engineering colleges
Engineers’ Day is celebrated on September 15 on the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya, a civil engineer known for construction of Krishna Raja Sagara Dam.
Divyansh | September 15, 2023 | 12:15 PM IST
NEW DELHI: India has emerged as the hub of engineering education with around 4,500 colleges offering more than 15 lakh Bachelor of Technology seats annually. Aspirants from across the country are vying for a seat in the top engineering colleges of the country through the Joint Entrance Examination held every year for admission to various engineering colleges.
Today on Engineer’s Day we take a look at the importance of the occasion and also on the rankings of engineering colleges. Engineers’ Day is observed on September 15 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya.
M Visvesvaraya
He was a civil engineer with the government of British India and later served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Mysore. He is best known for the construction of Krishna Raja Sagara Dam on confulence of the Kaveri and the Hemavati. He was bestowed the Bharat Ratna in 1955.
The top ranking of higher education institutes offering engineering are captured by the Indian Institutes of technology. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023 is topped by IIT Madras.
Top 10 engineering HIEs
Name | City | State | Score | Rank |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 89.79 | 1 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 87.09 | 2 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 80.74 | 3 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 80.65 | 4 |
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 75.64 | 5 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 73.76 | 6 |
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam | 70.32 | 7 |
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 70.28 | 8 |
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 69.71 | 9 |
Jadavpur University | Kolkata | West Bengal | 67.04 | 10 |
The only non-IIT institutes in top 10 of NIRF 2023 are National Institute of Technology, Trichy, and Jadavpur University.
Top non-IITs institutes offering engineering
| Name | City | State | Score | Rank |
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 69.71 | 9 |
Jadavpur University | Kolkata | West Bengal | 67.04 | 10 |
Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | Tamil Nadu | 66.59 | 11 |
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal | Surathkal | Karnataka | 65.26 | 12 |
Anna University | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 65.06 | 13 |
National Institute of Technology Rourkela | Rourkela | Odisha | 62.79 | 16 |
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology | Patiala | Punjab | 61.24 | 20 |
National Institute of Technology Warangal | Warangal | Telangana | 61.13 | 21 |
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | Rupnagar | Punjab | 60.51 | 22 |
National Institute of Technology Calicut | Kozhikode | Kerala | 60.28 | 23 |
Institute of Chemical Technology | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 59.70 | 24 |
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani | Pilani | Rajasthan | 59.52 | 25 |
Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 59.30 | 26 |
Siksha `O` Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 58.92 | 27 |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 58.56 | 28 |
Delhi Technological University | New Delhi | Delhi | 58.34 | 29 |
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 58.03 | 30 |
Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 57.30 | 31 |
Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 57.26 | 32 |
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy | Thanjavur | Tamil Nadu | 56.21 | 34 |
Interestingly, Tamil Nadu has emerged as the top state providing engineering courses. In the top 25 colleges providing engineering courses, Tamil Nadu has five colleges. It is followed by Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Punjab.
Top engineering colleges in states
Name | City | State | Score | Rank |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 89.79 | 1 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 87.09 | 2 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 80.74 | 3 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 80.65 | 4 |
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 75.64 | 5 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 73.76 | 6 |
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam | 70.32 | 7 |
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 70.28 | 8 |
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal | Surathkal | Karnataka | 65.26 | 12 |
Indian Institute of Technology Indore | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 63.93 | 14 |
National Institute of Technology Rourkela | Rourkela | Odisha | 62.79 | 16 |
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 62.37 | 17 |
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 61.66 | 18 |
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) | Patiala | Punjab | 61.24 | 20 |
National Institute of Technology Calicut | Kozhikode | Kerala | 60.28 | 23 |
Birla Institute of Technology & Science –Pilani | Pilani | Rajasthan | 59.52 | 25 |
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh | 56.49 | 33 |
Indian Institute of Technology Patna | Patna | Bihar | 55.03 | 41 |
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | Vaddeswaram | Andhra Pradesh | 53.69 | 44 |
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra | Kurukshetra | Haryana | 49.89 | 58 |
Indian Institute of Technology Jammu | Jammu | Jammu and Kashmir | 48.15 | 67 |
National Institute of Technology Meghalaya | Shillong | Meghalaya | 47.27 | 72 |
National Institute of Technology Goa | Ponda | Goa | 43.28 | 90 |
National Institute of Technology Agartala | Agratala | Tripura | 43.24 | 91 |
National Institute of Technology Manipur | Imphal | Manipur | 42.28 | 95 |
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