Location, infrastructure, research and other factors, based on 20 engineering colleges in India by 2008 as the year are

listed below:
1 IIT, Kanpur
2 IIT, Mumbai
3 IIT, Delhi
4 IIT Madras
5 IIT, Kharagpur
6 IT-BHU
7 bits Pilani
8 nit Trichy
9 IIT Roorkee
10th Delhi DCE
11th IIT Guwahati
12th nit Warangal
Engineering 13, Gundy of the faculty
14 nit Suratkal
15 MNNIT Allahabad
16 NCTS Delhi
17 PEC, Chandigarh
18 IIIT Hyderabad
19 nit Rourkela