India has a large number of engineering colleges that offer a variety of different engineering streams/ specialisations. These engineering institutes are spread all over the country and are governed either by the state governments or the central bodies.

The admission to these engineering education and training institutions is largely done on the basis of entrance examinations conducted by the entrance examination conducting board of the state, country or the respective institutes.

The responsibility of successfully conducting these entrance examinations at different levels is jointly carried out by polytechnics, engineering colleges and universities in close cooperation with department of technical education and the designated government or other agencies.