Aug 18, 2004 11:33 PM
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In these extraordinary times, where second best is just not good enough, colleges are the heart of the nation too, vital to its well-being and progress. More than at any other period in human history, the knowledge-base of a nation is critical to its prosperity.
New Zealand's Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford once observed: ''The Americans have money. We do not have it and so we have to think.'' It is also true of India where the quest for excellence must become a national passion if the country has to rediscover its greatness.The quality of India's 10, 000-odd colleges and 250 universities is a barometer of the nation's ability to travel speedily on the road to development.
Surprisingly, for a country that prides itself on being a Michael Schumacher on the infotech race track, there is a woeful shortage of data on colleges and the standard of education they offer.Since 1997, India Today has tried to bridge the gap by carrying out annual surveys on centres of academic excellence in all major streams: arts, science, commerce, medicine, engineering and law.
The survey is primarily designed to help the more than five million students who around May begin a frenetic search to find the best colleges to enrol in.This is an extract from an article ''Top 10 Colleges of India - 2002 Rankings'' that appeared on INDIA TODAY, Issue dated May 13, 2002. Even though the efforts of INDIA TODAY is laudable but any well informed student would laugh at the ratings of top 10 commerce colleges. In this context I would like to publish my list of top 10 commerce colleges of india.
1.SRCC, NewDelhi
2.St.Xaviers College, Kolkata
3.RA Poddar College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai
4.Loyola Autonomous College, Chennai
5.NM College of Commerce & Economics, mumbai
6.BMCC, Pune
7.St.Josephs College of Commerce, Bangalore
8.Christ College, Bangalore
8.HR College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai
9.Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai
9.Ravenshaw Autonomous College, Cuttack
10.Hansraj College, New Delhi
10.Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Goa
10.Goenka College of Commerce & Business Administration, kolkata
