Six IITs figure among top ten technology institutes

As many as six among the top 10 technology institutes in the country are from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, a survey has revealed.

The top slot in the pecking order is occupied by the IIT- Kharagpur followed by IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras, IIT-Kanpur, IIT- Roorkee and IIT-Guwahati, according to the 5th IDC-Dataquest T-School 2009 Survey of 111 engineering colleges across the country.

IIT-Bombay did not participate in the survey, global market intelligence provider IDC said.

The seventh best technology institute of the country is IIIT, Hyderabad followed by BITS Pilani, the survey report said.

IIIT, Hyderabad is the youngest T-School, set up in 1998, in the top 10 list.

Close behind BITS Pilani is the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal and the Institute of Technology (IT) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, it said.

The NIT, Warangal was in the 11th position while Delhi Technological University (DCE) was in 12th place followed by Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Ranchi), IIIT, Allahabad and NIT, Tiruchirapalli.

The NIT, Calicut occupied the 16th position, while at number 17 was Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Anna University, Chennai was at the 18th position.

Jadavpur University, Kolkata was at number 19 and Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Communication Technology, Gandhinagar occupied the 20th position.

While IIT-Kharagpur scored highest on HR perception, IIT-Delhi ranked highest on placement records.

The HR perception score is based on how recruiters rate each college during their campus visits.

Placement score is based on percentage of students placed, number of companies visiting campuses as well as the maximum and average salary offered per annum.