| Rank | Name | City | State |
| 1 | Indian Institute of Science | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand |
| 8 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi |
| 9 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam |
| 10 | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 11 | Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | Tamil Nadu |
| 12 | Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Anna University | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 14 | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 15 | Homi Bhabha National Institute | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 16 | Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh |
| 17 | University of Delhi | Delhi | Delhi |
| 18 | Jawaharlal Nehru University | New Delhi | Delhi |
| 19 | Jadavpur University | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 20 | Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi |
| 21 | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 22 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu |
| 23 | Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh |
| 24 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) | Dhanbad | Jharkhand |
| 25 | Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal | Manipal | Karnataka |
| 26 | Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani | Pilani | Rajasthan |
| 27 | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune | Pune | Maharashtra |
| 28 | University of Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 29 | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | Rourkela | Odisha |
| 30 | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 31 | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
| 32 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu |
| 33 | Panjab University | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 34 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) | Patiala | Punjab |
| 35 | Calcutta University | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 36 | Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 37 | Institute of Chemical Technology | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 38 | Bharathiar University | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu |
| 39 | S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 40 | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata | Mohanpur | West Bengal |
| 41 | National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal | Surathkal | Karnataka |
| 42 | Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | Punjab |
| 43 | Alagappa University | Karaikudi | Tamil Nadu |
| 44 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| 45 | Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh |
| 46 | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | Rupnagar | Punjab |
| 47 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 48 | National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| 49 | Siksha `O` Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| 50 | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali | Mohali | Punjab |
