Poor performance in internationalizing their campuses and a low research score have pulled down Indian higher education institutes such as the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and some of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2018.
Indian Universities have not only slipped down from their previous ranking but also none feature in the top 100 or top 200. A total of 30 Universities in India made to the list, with Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore being the only Indian University to make an appearance in the list between 251-300 ranks. The next Indian institute to make it to the list is IIT Bombay which is placed between 351-400. Four other IITs are in the list, with ranks between 501-600.
In QS World Ranking too, though Indian Universities have secured better ranks but overall performance is not as expected. There are a total of 20 Indian Universities in the rankings for 2018, out of which 8 feature in top 500 and 3 in top 200. The 3 institutes in top 200 include IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and IISc Bangalore.
IITs and IISc are considered the premier institutes in our country with lakhs of students competing every year to get a seat in undergraduate programs offered by these countries. These institutes have also produced many illustrious alumni including Sundar Pichai, N R Narayan Murthy, Sachin Bansal, and Vinod Khosla.
Both the ranking and QS World University ranking, consider the proportion of international students at an institute and the number of international faculty, which is where Indian Universities fall short. The top spot has gone to University of Oxford where 38% population is of Indian students. On the contrary, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has only 1% population of International students.
The rankings also depend upon an institute’s research output, citations received by the faculty, research funding, students teacher ratio etc.
Since the intake of students and corresponding faculty is also smaller in comparison to the top ranking universities of the world, the number of research citations is comparatively less too.
Indian has always produced famous alumini, but most of them prefer to go abroad or choose to continue studying abroad. The polls showed how the quality of education has come down considerably. While the universities are main streaming a good graduating percentage, it desperately needs to promote foreign student exchanges and good research.
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