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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).
Cutoffs
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JoSAA/MCC/NLU sources, 5-step method, rank predictor caveats.
Placements
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Median vs Highest CTC, opt-out math, foreign-offer skew.
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By stream
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By state
Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru · Karnataka · est. 1909
India's premier research institution. The only Indian university consistently inside the QS top 200. Undergraduate BS programme admission via JEE Advanced (top-500 typically).
NIRF Overall #2, University #1, Research #1 (2024)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi · Delhi · est. 1969
Central university famous for the social sciences, international studies, languages and life sciences. Admission via CUET / dedicated PG entrance.
NIRF Overall #10, University #2 (2024)
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi · Delhi · est. 1920
Central university with strong engineering, mass communication, architecture and Islamic studies programmes. CUET admission for most undergraduate streams.
NIRF University #3 (2024)
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1916
One of Asia's largest residential universities. Strong faculties across humanities, sciences, medicine (IMS-BHU) and engineering (IIT BHU is the engineering wing).
NIRF University #5 (2024)
University of Delhi
New Delhi · Delhi · est. 1922
Anchor of the Delhi higher-education cluster, with 90+ affiliated colleges. Admission via CUET. Most sought-after constituent colleges: St. Stephen's, Hindu, LSR, SRCC, Hansraj.
NIRF University #6 (2024)
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad · Telangana · est. 1974
Central university particularly strong in basic sciences, integrated MSc programmes and humanities research. The campus is one of the largest in central India.
NIRF University #10 (2024)
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
Mohanpur · West Bengal · est. 2006
First IISER in eastern India. Strong interdisciplinary sciences and the only IISER offering a BS in Earth Sciences.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
Mohali · Punjab · est. 2007
North India's IISER, particularly strong in mathematics and physics. Hosted India's first quantum computing PhD programme.
Indian 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.
Shishya maintains a curated database of scholarships every Indian student can apply for — central government, state portals, private foundations, and international fellowships. All free to apply, with the official link on every entry.
Browse scholarships →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.