Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy

The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy in Visakhapatnam was established in 2016 as a specialised energy institute backed by the Government of India and public-sector oil companies, and it admits its small undergraduate cohorts through JEE Advanced — the same gateway as the IITs, which says something about the intake it expects. Its programmes concentrate on petroleum, chemical and allied engineering directed at the energy industry, with the sector's public undertakings involved in its founding and governance. It holds a NIRF rank of 76. Visakhapatnam is a port and refinery city, which fits the institute's orientation and its internship logic. The institute is young, so infrastructure and traditions are still forming. It suits students set on oil, gas and energy careers who value a JEE Advanced-tier peer group over an established campus.