Engineering College of the Year - 2019

With over 4282 engineering colleges present in India which are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), these colleges produce more than 10 lakh remarkable engineering minds every year. From the words of Mr. Jean Pierre Trotignon, Executive Director, 'n+i' 'India has the best brains for engineering', True indeed! India has contributed to the engineering world with some groundbreaking innovations in the recent past. Indian engineers have invented technologies like Foot Prosthesis for Amputees, Voice Prosthesis for Throat Cancer Patients, Telemedicine for Rural Healthcare, Solar Water Purifier. Also, AI is playing a strong role in the automotive sector in support of the driverless driving revolution. Sensors and cloud-based analytics are actively helping to prevent heart diseases and environmental degradation. Unmanned aerial vehicles and drones are making farming practices easy and surveillance for the armed forces trouble-free. In terms of online data protection Cyber Security has evolved rapidly. With stringent data protection technology methods, Cyber Security is shielding the healthcare, BFSI, IT and telecom industry verticals. 3D printing in manufacturing has been a big contributor in recent time and big data in business is fostering profit-making.

The syllabus has changed with time as a curriculum on technologies like Machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, BOTS, Intelligent Apps, Cloud Implementation has got included. It has been a major step towards creating jobs for future engineering generations. Because of this, students are also developing an entrepreneurial mindset. Not limited only to learning IT skills, the other domains have geared up for providing the aptitude to students to work in mainframe sectors of civil engineering or mechanical engineering or electronics. Retooling, re-skilling and reprogramming are enabling to formulate effective jobs switch. With the approach of fostering communications, critical thinking and collaborating skills, engineering education today has become industry oriented. Government and private educational institutes are encouraging learners for innovation in engineering fields.

At present job opportunities for engineers have opened up in the fields of Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Drafting and Design Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Environmental Engineering. In hour of growth of the Indian engineering industry, for upcoming engineers to acquire required skills and knowledge, to facilitate engineering learning for the most excellent young brains, in this edition of the Higher Education Review magazine we bring a list of engineering colleges providing quality engineering education. A group of experts academicians along with the editorial team have shortlisted the best private engineering colleges in India. The readers will get to know the topmost colleges, selected based on their qualitative teaching and innovative curriculum as 'Engineering College of the Year - 2019'.