IIT Roorkee, which started as Roorkee College in 1847, was the first engineering college in Asia. After about a century, the college was elevated to the University of Roorkee, the first engineering university of independent India, on November 25, 1949, and to an IIT on September 21, 2001
Prof Shireesh Kedare is director, IIT Bombay
V. Kamakoti is director, IIT Madras
Principal Correspondent Abhinav Singh and Photographer Kritajna Naik K. travelled to the campus to bring you this week’s cover story, THE WEEK’s annual special on India’s best colleges
Manish Sabharwal is vice chairman, Team lease Services, one of India’s largest staffing and human capital firms
THE WEEK-Hansa Research Best Colleges Survey 2025 covered 11 disciplines—arts, sciences, commerce, engineering, medicine, dentistry, law, hotel management, fashion technology, mass communication and architecture—across 22 cities
Results 1-6 for India’s best colleges 2025