From my point of view, both Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur (VNIT Nagpur) and Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat or SVNIT are among top institutes in India.

VNIT

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (VNIT Nagpur) is a premier public engineering and research institution in India. It was established in 1960 by Government of India and later named in honor of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. It has been consistently ranked among the best fifteen engineering colleges in India.

In 2007, it was conferred the status of Institute of National Importance (INI) alongside other NITs and IITs by an Act of Parliament of India. It awards bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in engineering, technology and architecture.

Ranking

VNIT Nagpur has been ranked the 14th best Engineering College in India in the Edu-Rand Rankings of 2015. The survey was done jointly by Edu, an Indian company and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American think-tank.

In 2015, VNIT Nagpur was also ranked 11th in India by Times in its Engineering Institute Rankings.

Recently, VNIT Nagpur has been ranked 18th nationally in the engineering schools ranking conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIFR).

SVNIT

The Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat or SVNIT is an engineering institute of higher education established by the Parliament of India in 1961. It is one of 30 National Institutes of Technology in India recognized by the Government of India as an Institute of National Importance.

It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral courses in Engineering and Technology, Science, Humanities and Management.

Ranking

According to rankings released by National Institutional Ranking Framework of Ministry of Human Resource Development on April 4, 2016 it is ranked as the 2nd best NIT and in the Top 15 engineering and science universities in India.

In the past, it was ranked to be in top 5 NITs and overall 18th engineering institute in India by India Today in 2011.

It was also ranked as the 31st Engineering College of India in the Edu-Rand Rankings of 2015. The survey was done jointly by Edu, an Indian company and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American thinktank.