Top engineering colleges in South India

Topic We Cover: Top engineering colleges in South India

1. The Aspirational Class and the idea of India
2. Andhra Pradesh’s IIT coaching factory
3. The Top Engineering Colleges in South India
4. The States
5. Why are government colleges not in the rankings?
6. The Factors

• College perception
• Alumni reviews
• Academics
• Placements
• The Rankings

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After analyzing the top engineering colleges in North India, we move down South to rank Colleges in South India. The bulk of India’s technical colleges come from South India.

With all its cultural and social differences from North India, South India shares the same fixation of engineering education with its northern counterpart. This fixation drives many North Indian students to travel South and vice-versa if they get admission in a top engineering college.

In a country divided by caste, culture, religion and customs, the common aspiration for IIT admission is unique in its own right. Though many things of changed in India post independence, one common theme hasn't changed.

The Aspirational Class and the idea of India

Aspiration is the death of reason and the birth of hope

The aspirational class of India is the greatest demographic of the country. Unlike other demographics which are divided on the basis of trivial inclinations, there is no division which hampers the aspirational class. The aspirational class has only one goal: stability.

In a country like the one we live, it is often easy to wallow in one’s own problems. If we look at India and the aspirational class analytically, we’ll discover the painstaking efforts they make to bring a certain level of stability to their lives. The need for stability is derived from their own sense of insecurity and sobriety.

The fetish for a Career in Engineering is a product of this psychological desire to gain a certain level of permanence in their lives. With all the changes we have seen over the years through cultural evolution and social reforms, the tendencies of the aspirational class have always been the same. A safe degree, a safe job and a secure life have become the manta for the dream life of an aspirational Indian.

While looking at examples set by other countries, this mindset is somewhat alien to other developed countries. In the United States, the rigors of everyday life sustained and endured for a better future do not necessarily imply stability and security. In fact, the founding fathers of the United States of America called the struggles of everyday life as the ‘Pursuit of Happiness.

In India, we arguably live for ‘The Pursuit of Stability’. Happiness is often termed as a concept too abstract and subjective to pursue.

The abandoning of the pursuit of happiness has ultimately weakened certain areas of the country. Fields like humanities and fine arts have been shunned for more technical fields which are thought to be more rewarding in the end. Even students who have a brilliant mind and aptitude for non-technical fields end up working as engineers.

Students such as these get stuck in the cycle of never being lifted from the aspirational class. Even stability has its own forms, and a permanence borne out of compromise and regret is almost like a levee about to let the impending wave wash over due to growing cracks formed over time.

The idea of India, keeping aside the cultural exuberance, is non-existent. Besides having a vivid past filled with cultural and sociological instances, there is nothing remotely unifying about the country. No common theme behind which people can identify. No idea except the pursuit of stability and engineering.

Andhra Pradesh’s IIT coaching factory

Since the piece focuses on the engineering colleges of South India, it is wise to talk about Andhra Pradesh. Now divided into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the two regions together send the most number of students to the IITs every year.

For the academic year 2016-17, the state-wise breakdown of the number of students selected for IITs in the table below

By looking at the numbers above, one might venture to say the population of Andhra Pradesh has to atleast five to ten times more than the other three states. The evidence suggests otherwise. While AP’s population is more than the other states, the difference simply isn’t large enough to mandate such a humongous difference.

So why does AP have such a large proportion of students going to top engineering colleges in India? Similarly, why is Rajasthan the largest exporter of students to the IITs at the turn of every result declaration?

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The answer lies in rising ubiquity of coaching institutes in these states and their growing presence all over the country. Andhra Pradesh is home to IIT coaching conglomerates like Narayana and Sri Chaitanya. Each of these institutions cover every expanse of Andhra Pradesh, not to mention there sizable footprint across various cities and towns in India.

The genius of these coaching centres and their strategy in Andhra Pradesh lies in complete integration and affiliation with the state board. Instead of attending schools and learning subjects such as social science and English, students are hand Class 11 science textbooks in class 8^th itself, in some cases even earlier. This is made possible by the state board having an illegal agreement with these coaching centres. Left field subjects from like history, political science, geography and English are considered as mere formalities while the primary focus is shifted to the impending arrival of Engineering Entrance Exams.

Unlike students from other states who study all the subjects, coaching centres use their affiliation with the state board to eliminate these ‘alleged’ distractions and set the primary objective to getting a seat in the IITs.

But are coaching centres the problem or the cavalier attitude we have toward deciding a child’s career when he/she is in 8^th standard. Meena Dhulia, a Career Counselor, lays the bodies on the floor of societal tendencies and pressure.

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In my mind, coaching centres are not the problem. Parents, who are well versed with tribulations of the world, send their kids to these coaching factories knowing partially or completely the psychological burden they are placing on their shoulders. As Indians, we are selective for a number of trivial things. Adults or in this case parents, are generally willing to spend an hour at a grocery shop to sift through the best possible vegetable on offer. How often are these same parents willing to spend time over contemplating which career suits their son or daughter best? My father wanted to push me into engineering and he didn’t devote a minute’s time to ask what I want’

People who say coaching centres are to blame should understand the way free market works. There is a demand for IIT Coaching, and thus there are coaching centres. It is as simple as that. Blaming coaching centres is useless because they are simply doing what is necessary to achieve what the parents want. A seat at the IITs’

Meena's point isn’t off the mark. If parents are willingly throwing their children into the abyss, why blame coaching centres for facilitating the fall?

The Top Engineering Colleges in South India

As evident from everything written before, the fixation with engineering is all too common across length and breadth of India. This craze bolsters many Engineering Colleges in India to be amongst the wish-list of engineering aspirants.

An even greater cause of concern amongst students pursuing Engineering Education has become finding the right engineering college. The IITs and NITs have only so many seats, but the number of engineering aspirants clamoring for these very institutions has been very high over the years.

Understanding which Engineering Colleges in India are worth all the effort is pivotal. Many engineering colleges use guerilla marketing tactics to lure students into taking admission. These advertisements often claim to have cent percent placements; state-of-the-art infrastructure and top-draw faculties, which upon verification are found out to be false claims in the first place.

JEE Mains applicants over the past four years

Analyzing which engineering colleges are most suited according to one’s choice of branch and location is a uniquely exhausting task. Though recent trends take into account only placements as the defining factor, there are a number of other factors which come into play while choosing a college.

Before delving into which factors decide the quality and sustenance of an engineering college, it is necessary to establish which states of South India we will be considering for ranking.

The States

• Karnataka
• Kerala
• Tamil Nadu
• Telangana
• Seemandhra

Why are government colleges not in the rankings?

The first thing which pops into someone’s mind when one mentions engineering colleges are the IITs and NITs. The ubiquity of these institutions often overshadows some other good colleges who have been performing well by all quantifiable metrics.

Thus we will only be concentrating on private colleges for these rankings since their attributes, qualities and drawbacks are relatively obscure compared to Government Engineering Colleges.

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The Factors

The factors which differentiate the best engineering colleges from the rest have to be considered based upon their holistic impact on the aim of any normal engineering college: educating dormant scientific minds into industry-ready seasoned professionals.

An engineering college should ideally be a vestige technological innovation and freedom. Though more result-oriented factors such as placements have become a mainstay for students, other holistic factors have a major influence over placements. Below are four factors which will be considered for the rankings of the Best Engineering Colleges in South India

1. College perception

College perception is a defining factor while choosing an institution for higher education. But how is a perception built and maintained? 

The perception of a college is a product of its track record across various determinative factors. It can’t be built overnight, but can recede into smithereens in a matter of seconds. The general consensus over the quality of an institution can be termed as its college perception. 

2. Alumni reviews

While the general public has only superficial knowledge of a given institution, the alumni of the same college have complete understanding of how the engineering college functions. Whenever a student is uncertain over the credibility of an engineering college, the opinion and advice of an alumnus is almost gold dust for the confused student. 

Alumni reviews, unlike other factors, are a product of the wholesome experience an aspirant can expect at the engineering college. Often, students are saved from joining a shady college upon the advice of an already suffering alumnus. At a time when students can trust no-one for unbiased opinions, alumni feedback is essential to form a clear opinion about a given engineering college. 

3. Academics

Engineering may seem like a course which any person can do, but the beef of the matter lies elsewhere. 

Doing engineering and studying engineering as a skill are two different aspects altogether. The former is simple and can be done by most students. The latter requires the theorization and application of scientific principles to increase the efficiency of existing processes. 

Like certain students are suitable for engineering, a similar analogy can be used to analyze colleges. Not every engineering college in India is capable of providing engineering education. Knowing which engineering college is capable of providing quality technical education is necessary for an aspirant who truly finds his/her calling in engineering. 

4. Placements

How can we name the factors of college rankings without discussing placements? 

Analyzing what has become the single-most influential factor in determining student admissions, placements of an engineering college is a measure of its respectability in the industry and the employability of its students. 

Considering the long-four-year journey of completing a B.Tech, one has to understand the importance of campus placements to any given student. Getting placed in a good company from a good college can kick-start one’s career with vigor, whereas a graduate without a job is made to realize and endure the hurly-burly of the cut-throat jobs industry of India.

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5. The Rankings

Top private engineering colleges in South India have been ranked below. The score given for each factor is relative to the standard of colleges on the list. These scores are not absolute in any sense of the word.