I am going to be anonymous here, because this is a very hot question and I do not want hate comments or messages here.
I will try to be as neutral as possible.
So, here goes the comparison.
- Thapar University has always had better brand ne than VIT, but in recent years the difference between them has decreased because of the excellent rank VIT has been achieving in NIRF ranking.
I do not think that these ranking are appropriate because the criteria for ranking are not fool proof.
Ex – There are huge no. Of students in VIT, hence more professors. This increases the no. Of publications, with Thapar can’t achieve because of lesser population.