Pandit Deendayal Energy University

Pandit Deendayal Energy University in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, appears in two NIRF 2025 rankings: #89 in Management, with a score of 46.81 out of 100, and #98 in Engineering, with a score of 45.97 out of 100. The university has 5,417 students and 332 teaching staff.

In 2023-24, the two-year Management PG programme had 121 graduates, of whom 89 were placed, at a median salary of 7 LPA. That figure has moved around in recent years: 101 of 127 graduates placed in 2022-23 at a median of 7.65 LPA, and 95 of 118 in 2021-22 at 6.75 LPA. Engineering placements are reported separately for UG and PG. The four-year Engineering UG programme placed 618 of 1,112 graduates in 2023-24 at a median salary of 6.42 LPA, up from 462 of 884 in 2022-23 and 384 of 814 in 2021-22, with median salaries of 6.5 LPA and 6 LPA respectively. The two-year Engineering PG programme placed 34 of 119 graduates in 2023-24 at a median of 6.25 LPA, compared to 69 of 140 in 2022-23 at 5 LPA and 66 of 167 in 2021-22 at 4.2 LPA.

For someone comparing options, the Management programme has placed a consistently higher share of its smaller graduating batch than Engineering PG, though at broadly similar median salaries in the 6-7.65 LPA range. Engineering UG, the largest of the three programmes by intake, has placed a little over half its graduates each year, with median salaries edging up from 6 LPA in 2021-22 to 6.42 LPA in 2023-24.