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NIRF rankings, real fee structures, honest cutoffs, scholarships you may have missed. Verified by students currently studying there. 77 colleges curated from the official NIRF 2024 rankings — engineering, medical, management, law, universities and pharmacy. Every rank cites NIRF directly. No invented rankings, no paid placements.
Source: National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2024).
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Placements
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Median vs Highest CTC, opt-out math, foreign-offer skew.
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IIT Bombay
CentralIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai · Maharashtra · est. 1958
The largest IIT by departments. Dominant in CSE placements, the only IIT with a campus-based architecture programme, and the SJMSOM management school.
NIRF Overall #3, Engineering #3, Management #10 (2024)
SJMSOM IIT Bombay
CentralShailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay
Mumbai · Maharashtra · est. 1995
IIT Bombay's management school. Strong tech-product management curriculum, deep connections to the Mumbai financial-services and startup ecosystem.
NIRF Management #11 (2024)
Symbiosis Pune
DeemedSymbiosis International (Deemed University)
Pune · Maharashtra · est. 1971
Pune's flagship private deemed university with major management (SIBM), law (SLS), liberal-arts and design schools. Admission via SET / SNAP / SLAT depending on programme.
NIRF Management #19, University #32 (2024)
SPJIMR Mumbai
AutonomousS. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research
Mumbai · Maharashtra · est. 1981
Bhavan's-run B-school. Operates its own admission test track separate from CAT for the PGDM (PGPM track also runs).
NIRF Management #22 (2024)
IISER Pune
CentralIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
Pune · Maharashtra · est. 2006
Centrally-funded research-and-undergraduate institute. 5-year integrated BS-MS programme; admission via IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) or KVPY successor channels.
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Cutoff trends per college × exam × category × branch, fee structures linked to official college fee pages, placement statistics from official reports only, and AI counselling ("I scored X in JEE Main, what colleges should I consider?") that pulls from cutoff data + your category + state preference.
Phase 2 of the roadmap. Cross-link to the existing Entrance & Government Exams section for the prep side; the 77 colleges above are the first cut.