For the past 21 years, the India Today Group has been ranking India’s best colleges. This year’s survey has been done in association with Nielsen to determine the best colleges in 13 streams—arts, science, commerce, engineering, medicine, law, BBA, BCA, mass communication and journalism, fashion technology, fine arts, hotel management and education.
For arts, science and commerce, colleges in 18 major cities were considered— Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Coimbatore and Patna. For the remaining streams, colleges from all over India were considered.
Research started in December 2016, using secondary data sources such as the internet, published reports and the Association of Indian Universities Handbook. A comprehensive list of more than 2,965 colleges was drawn up in each stream.…
