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Top 25 Autonomous engineering colleges based in India

Name: Autonomous engineering colleges based in India
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026 3,266 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 3,266 autonomous engineering colleges headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 248,547 professional contacts across them, including 29,368 with verified work emails. Bangalore is the largest hub.

This list covers autonomous engineering colleges headquartered in India, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 30, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest autonomous engineering colleges based in India

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 3,266 autonomous engineering colleges based in India, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to autonomous engineering colleges: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	10001+	8,605 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, the second IIT to be set up in 1958, is recognised worldwide as a leader in the field of engineering education and research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2	Lovely Professional University	Indirect evidence	Phagwara, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	7,739 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lovely Professional University (LPU) is an ASSOCHAM’s National Education Excellence Award-winning institution and has also been ranked as top Education Brand of India in Economic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3	Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras	Indirect evidence	Chennai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,689 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Madras is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4	Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi	Partial evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	6,253 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is one of the 23 IITs created to be National Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5	Anna University Chennai	Indirect evidence	Chennai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	n/a	5,091 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Anna University was established on 4th September, 1978 as a unitary type of University.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6	Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur	Indirect evidence	Kharagpur, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	10001+	5,045 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “On Sept.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7	Indian Institute Of Technology, Roorkee	Partial evidence	Roorkee, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	10001+	4,570 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in engineering, basic and applied…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8	Indian Institute Of Technology, Guwahati	Partial evidence	Guwahati, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	n/a	3,815 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, commonly known as IIT-Guwahati, is a premier research and engineering institute in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9	Indian Institute Of Technology, Ropar	Indirect evidence	Rupnagar, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,792 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is one of the young generation IITs set up by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, to expand the reach and enhance the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10	Thapar Institute Of Engineering & Technology	Indirect evidence	Patiala, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	1,686 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “There are places that teach you skills.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11	International Institute Of Information Technology Hyderabad Iiith	Partial evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	n/a	1,518 contacts →
	Partial evidence “International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad is an autonomous university, founded as a not-for-profit public private partnership in 1998, and is the first in India…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12	National Institute Of Technology Rourkela	Indirect evidence	Rourkela, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,430 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “National Institute of Technology Rourkela is one among the institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13	Reva University	Indirect evidence	Bangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,367 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “REVA University is a State Private University established in Karnataka State under the Government of Karnataka Act No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14	Karunya Institute Of Technology And Sciences	Indirect evidence	Coimbatore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	1,308 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed University) is a globally ranked, fully residential Christian private university with social concern to raise engineers and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15	National Institute Of Technology Calicut	Partial evidence	Kozhikode, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,246 contacts →
	Partial evidence “National Institute of Technology Calicut is one the pioneer institutes of India providing Education and Research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16	Indian Institute Of Technology, Patna	Indirect evidence	Patna, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	1,244 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Patna is one of the new IITs established by an act of parliament on August 06, 2008.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17	SRM Institute Of Science And Technology Srmist	Indirect evidence	Potheri, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	1,114 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), formerly SRM University, is a private deemed university, located in Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu (near Chennai), Tamil Nadu…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18	National Institute Of Technology Karnataka	Strong evidence	Mangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,056 contacts →
	Strong evidence “National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, was established in 1960 as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19	Bits Pilani, Hyderabad Campus	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	1,053 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is one of India’s leading higher education institutes and a deemed university under Sec.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
20	Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra	Partial evidence	Ranchi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	977 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra, Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act, is a premier Engineering Institution in India, celebrated for its academic excellence and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
21	Indian Institute Of Technology, Bhubaneswar	Indirect evidence	Bhubaneswar, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	933 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2008, IIT Bhubaneswar has already made quite a name for itself in diverse domains.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
22	Indraprastha Institute Of Information Technology, Delhi	Indirect evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	n/a	927 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi was created as a State University by an act of Delhi Government, empowering it to do research and development and grant…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23	G.H. Raisoni College Of Engineering Ghrce , Nagpur	Strong evidence	Nagpur, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	914 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1996, G H Raisoni College of Engineering [GHRCE] is a premier Autonomous institution in the central India imparting a holistic technical education to the students…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
24	Vels University	Indirect evidence	Chennai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	885 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) was declared a Deemed to be University by the MHRD, Government of India in 2008.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
25	Indian Institute Of Technology, Mandi	Partial evidence	Mandi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	883 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Indian Institute of Technology Mandi is one among the group of sixteen Indian Institutes of Technology, primer institutes for research and development in science, engineering and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: autonomous engineering colleges. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names autonomous engineering colleges.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of autonomous engineering colleges, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name autonomous engineering colleges. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Autonomous engineering colleges based in India at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026

11.8%Verified-email coverage

76.1Average contacts per company

51-200Median size (employees)

2.9%Largest-city concentration · Bangalore

Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

404

11-50

483

51-200

1,005

201-500

706

501-1,000

349

1,001-5,000

207

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 3,266 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among autonomous engineering colleges, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in India whose own description of what they do matches “autonomous engineering colleges”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names autonomous engineering colleges), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among autonomous engineering colleges, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside India are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 29,368 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names autonomous engineering colleges, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many autonomous engineering colleges are there based in India?

RevenueBase identified 3,266 autonomous engineering colleges headquartered in India as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay, headquartered in Mumbai, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most autonomous engineering colleges?

Bangalore leads with 95 headquartered companies, followed by Chennai (90) and Pune (90).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 29,368 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,266 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.