Choosing a right institution for higher studies in India
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When planning for studies in India, make sure that the institution is recognized by UGC.
The University Grant Commission (UGC) is appellate body that monitors and maintains universities in
the country. There are 18 central universities (controlled by the central government) and 211 state
universities (controlled by state governments), 95 deemed universities, and 13 institutes of national
importance. There are more than 17600 colleges in India. There are 138 autonomous colleges in the
country. Colleges are established by state government, universities and private agencies.
Approximately 75% of the colleges are established by private agencies.
You can find list of universities from official website of government of India. It provides list of
universities by state.
http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/univt-w.htm
You can find the list of colleges attached to a recognized university, from the government of India
website:
http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/collegedir/collegedir.asp
Apart form checking the above two sites, we advice you to search for the official site of the institution
also.
Form time to time, different publications conduct surveys and publish there own ranking for the
institutions. You may look for some useful information from those sites also.
Top ten colleges in India (thankfully sourced from India Today news paper)
Last year India Today made an splendid effort of ranking Indian institutions. Here is a list of top
colleges in India in their respective field of studies. The ranking was based for graduate and
postgraduate studies.
TOP of the list
Arts
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St Stephen’s, Delhi
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Science
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St Stephen’s, Delhi
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Commerce
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SRCC, Delhi
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Engineering
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IIT Kanpur, IIT Mumbai
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Medicine
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AIIMS, Delhi website: www.aiims.edu
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Law
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National School of Law, Banglore
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The Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Management Studies are
reputed world wide. In recent years, most of the fortune 500 companies from the world
come for campus interview. Make a guess on the top annual salary offered to one fresh
graduate from IIM by a multinational company, it was about 1,50,000 USD (approx 80 lacs
Indian Rs).