DataQuest in association with Dell Technologies conducted a survey on Digital Index of engineering colleges/institutions to estimate their digital infrastructure readiness  and use of technology in coping with the COVID-19 outbreak. The colleges considered for the survey were established before 2016, and offer a BE, B.Tech or similar graduate-level technical courses. In this survey IIIT Hyderabad has been ranked second under India’s best 100 tech-enabled engineering colleges and institutions (including  both government  and private colleges), and has been ranked first in the South zone. 

The information collected was based on TIME (teaching, infrastructure, motivation, and environment) framework under the following parameters.