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After 12th: Engineering vs Commerce — an honest comparison
Both streams can end at the same salary, but the journeys are wildly different. A plain-English compare on cost, difficulty, and 10-year outcomes.
CareerChoices India · 22 Mar 2026
🏆NIRF rankings, decoded: how to read them without getting fooled
NIRF is a great starting point, not a gospel. A short guide to the scoring parameters, common traps, and a better way to shortlist colleges.
CareerChoices India · 10 Feb 2026
Pick a stream, a state, or both. Results are ranked by NIRF position within the selected stream.
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Showing 50 colleges in Research · ranked by NIRF
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
NIRF 1Bengaluru, Karnataka
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
NIRF 2Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
NIRF 3New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
NIRF 4Mumbai, Maharashtra
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
NIRF 5Kharagpur, West Bengal
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
NIRF 6Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Homi Bhabha National Institute
NIRF 7Mumbai, Maharashtra
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
NIRF 8Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research
NIRF 9Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
NIRF 10Guwahati, Assam
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
NIRF 11New Delhi, Delhi
University of Delhi
NIRF 12Delhi, Delhi
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
NIRF 13Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Vellore Institute of Technology
NIRF 14Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
NIRF 15Hyderabad, Telangana
Banaras Hindu University
NIRF 16Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
NIRF 17Mumbai, Maharashtra
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
NIRF 18Pilani, Rajasthan
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
NIRF 19Manipal, Karnataka
Jamia Millia Islamia-new Delhi
NIRF 20New Delhi, Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
NIRF 21New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi
NIRF 22Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Jadavpur University
NIRF 23Kolkata, West Bengal
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
NIRF 24Indore, Madhya Pradesh
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology
NIRF 25Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Anna University
NIRF 26Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)
NIRF 27Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Aligarh Muslim University
NIRF 28Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
NIRF 29New Delhi, Delhi
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
NIRF 30Rourkela, Odisha
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
NIRF 31Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
University of Hyderabad
NIRF 32Hyderabad, Telangana
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
NIRF 33Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Chandigarh University
NIRF 34Mohali, Punjab
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune
NIRF 35Pune, Maharashtra
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
NIRF 36Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Panjab University
NIRF 37Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Amity University
NIRF 38Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
NIRF 39Patna, Bihar
Lovely Professional University
NIRF 40Phagwara, Punjab
Institute of Chemical Technology
NIRF 41Mumbai, Maharashtra
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-University)
NIRF 42Patiala, Punjab
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
NIRF 43Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
NIRF 44Bengaluru, Karnataka
UPES
NIRF 45Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata
NIRF 46Mohanpur, West Bengal
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
NIRF 47Rupnagar, Punjab
Calcutta University
NIRF 48Kolkata, West Bengal
Siksha `O` Anusandhan
NIRF 49Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
NIRF 50Jaipur, Rajasthan