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IISc,  IIT Bombay only two Indian institutes among top 400 varsities

California Institute of Technology topped the World University Ranking for the second consecutive year

A file photo of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay that ranked in the 251-300 grouping. Photo: S. Kumar/Mint Premium
A file photo of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay that ranked in the 251-300 grouping. Photo: S. Kumar/Mint

New Delhi: Indian universities continued to fare poorly in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking, which was led by the California Institute of Technology for the second consecutive year.

According to THE, the British ranking agency, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is the best-rated Indian institution, ranked in the 251-300 grouping.

This year, only two Indian institutions have made it to the top 400—IISc and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, which was ranked in the 351-400 cohort. After the 200th rank, THE does not award individual ranking but groups institutions in blocks.

“It is good news for India that 17 of its institutions feature in this year’s list of the world’s best (800) universities. But it will have to work harder to compete with other emerging economies such as China, which has 37 institutions featured in this year’s rankings," Phil Baty, editor of THE World University Ranking, said in an email.

“With the population of young people in the country continuing to expand, resulting in further pressure on resources, it is now more crucial than ever that India invests in research and strengthens its links with other nations. The government has spoken about improving its universities but is yet to implement an initiative in this area. It will need to act, and fast, if it wants to match up against its fellow BRIC nations and the rising stars in Asia," he added.

The biggest surprise this year is that Panjab University, Chandigarh, and IIT-Roorkee, the other two institutions besides IISc and IIT Bombay in the top 400 list in 2014 have slipped significantly. Panjab University and IIT-Roorkee are now in the 501-600 group.

M.K. Surappa, a former director at IIT-Ropar and now a professor of IISc, said the traditional focus on research at IISc is the reason why it is finding a good ranking, though he believes that the Bengaluru-based institute deserves a better rank.

In Asia, China’s two leading universities, Peking and Tsinghua, are within the world’s elite top 50 group.

Singapore’s National University of Singapore with a rank of 26 is Asia’s top university.

Globally, the US remains the world leader when it comes to elite universities—39 of the top 100—down from 45 last year. There are 70 European universities in the world top 200 and 34 in the UK.

Among all the universities, California Institute of Technology leads the elite global education league table. University of Oxford (UK) is at number two spot followed by Stanford University (US) and University of Cambridge (UK) in the number third and fourth positions, respectively.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Princeton University, are the next three on the top 10 list followed by Imperial College London (UK), ETH Zürich—Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) and University of Chicago (US) complete the top 10 list.

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Published: 01 Oct 2015, 07:37 AM IST
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