3 IITs, IISc Bangalore Named Among Top 20 Varsities in BRICS Countries: QS Ranking - JPKee.com

New Delhi, November 23: Three IITs and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have been named among top 20 varsities in BRICS countries, according to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rankings. Over 300 universities from India, China, Russia, South Africa and Brazil have been observed and graded for the QS ranking.

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay secured ninth rank followed by IISc, Bangalore (10), IIT Delhi (15) and IIT Madras (18).

Chinese universities led the race by securing top three spots and occupying eight of the top 10 positions. Tsinghua University, Peking University and Fudan University grabbed the top three ranks.

“Role of ranking in terms of students getting to know about the institutions can’t be negated, but also sometimes overplayed. Rankings are relevant for institutions and most importantly because of the rankings what happened in India is that institutions have started to look at themselves,” UGC Chairman VS Chauhan said at unveiling of rankings.

“Indian education has expanded and we are trying to change a lot of regulations which were made long ago. The government is also realizing that the universities are a matter of prestige for the country,” he added.

India has the second highest representation in the 2017 list.

The ranking was given on the basis of eight parameters — academic reputation, employer reputation, proportion of staff with a PhD, faculty/student ratio, research publications and citation rates and proportion of international faculty and students.

According to the rankings, among the top 10 public varsities in India are IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, Delhi University and Kolkata University.

Among the top 10 private universities in the country are BITS Pillani, Thapar University, Symbiosis International University, Manipal University, Amrita University, VIT University, Kalinga University and OP Jindal Global University.

In 2016, IISc Bangalore was the only Indian institution to figure in the top 10 with rank 6.

With inputs from PTI

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Author - Vikash Kumar