World University Rankings: No Indian University ranked in too 300 Universities

World University Rankings: No Indian University ranked in too 300 Universities

Since 2012, it is for the first time that no Indian University was ranked among the top 300 Universities in the world. The rankings were released by the UK-based Times Higher Education on Wednesday.IISc, nation’s best-performing institute slipped 50 places down from 251-300 bracket to 301-350 bracket. The dip was on account of “a significant fall in its citation impact score offsetting improvements in the research environment, teaching environment and industry income”, states the Times Higher Education release.“The Indian government has strong ambitions to boost the global standing of its top universities and attract foreign students, academics and research collaboration. It now needs to back up these aspirations with high levels of investment — or risk declining further amid increasing global competition, especially from other parts of Asia,” Ellie Bothwell, Times Higher Education rankings editor, was quoted as saying in the release.Even if India dropped out of the top 300, it has increased its rankings in terms of the number of universities from 49 last year to 56 this time. “As a result, India holds on to its place as the fifth most-represented nation in the world and the third most-represented in Asia (behind Japan and mainland China). It has eight more universities than Germany, which is sixth in the country ranking, but 25 fewer than China,” the release stated.IIT-Ropar, Institute of Chemical Technology, IIT-Gandhinagar, IIT-Patna, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Anna University, Banasthali University, Delhi Technological University, University of Mumbai and Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan are the Indian Universities which their debut in the World University Rankings.According to the Times Higher Education, “The best Indian institutions are generally characterized by relatively strong scores for teaching environment and industry income, but perform poorly when it comes to international outlook in comparison to both regional and international counterparts.”The list is ruled by Oxford University followed by California Institute of Technology and University of Cambridge. Stanford and MIT complete the top fie tables.

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