Sep 16 2014 : The Economic Times (Delhi)
India Missing in Top 200 Global Varsity Rankings
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IIT-B pips Delhi counterpart at No. 222 on list; does better on `Employer Survey'
India still does not feature among the Top 200 world universities in the new QS rankings. Just like last year, the top-placed Indian institution is 222nd in the world, but this year the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) has overtaken its counterpart in Delhi for the first time.IIT Delhi has been the leader in India throughout the first 10 editions of the QS rankings, but has slipped to 235th this year, virtually exchanging positions in the table with IIT-B.
IIT Bombay has moved up from 233rd to 222nd and IIT Delhi from 222nd to 235th. While IIT Bombay has done better in the `Employer Survey' a component that accounts for 10% weightage in the World Rankings, IIT Delhi's performance has dropped. This could also be read as IIT Bombay receiving a better score or more responses in the `Employer Survey' than IIT Delhi. Also, IIT Delhi’s decline in the Citations Per Faculty Indicator which accounts for 20% weightage in the World Rankings has been far greater than its peers. While in the regional rankings such as Asia and BRICS the emphasis is also on quantity of research papers published, the World Rankings only focuses on the quality of papers published by taking into account the citations, thereby making it more rigorous and globally competitive “With the increasing globalisation of higher education, Indian universities need to compete to attract the best intellectual students, as well as best qualified faculty from across the world. Globally, students continue to use rankings as one of their decision making tools to choose their destinations. The prestige associated with higher ranks also drives universities to benchmark themselves globally. It’s time Indian universities embraced global rankings and put their best foot forward,” Dr Karthick Sridhar, Vice Chairman, Indian Centre for Assessment & Accreditation, said.
Parameters where Indian universities are weak in comparison to global peers are quantity and quality of research (as represented by number of papers and their citation counts) ; surveys of academic peers and employers (a representation of the perception of the quality of the university and outgoing students); and internationalization (as represented by num ber of international faculty and students).
“These have to be addressed through reorientation of Institutional priorities; focused deployment of human and financial resources; enhancement of global reputation and prestige through academic excellence; and national higher education policy reforms,” said Sridhar.
IIT Bombay now stands amongst the Top 60 in the World in the QS International Survey of Employers. In comparison to the previous year, IIT Bombay has risen 23 places to occupy the 160th position in the QS International Survey of Academicians. Both the surveys put to er international comparisons,“ a release said.
The global rankings are, for the third year, led by MIT, which increased year-on-year citations per faculty by 14%. Imperial College London (UK) also reported a 14% increase in this metric compared to 11% by The University of Cambridge (UK) and 2% by Harvard. Caltech remains the world's top university for research citations.
A total of 31 countries are represented in the Top 200. The US remains the dominant nation with 51 institutions, 11 of which are in the Top 20. The US dominates also for research impact with seven of the 10 top spots in the citations per faculty indicator.
IIT Bombay has moved up from 233rd to 222nd and IIT Delhi from 222nd to 235th. While IIT Bombay has done better in the `Employer Survey' a component that accounts for 10% weightage in the World Rankings, IIT Delhi's performance has dropped. This could also be read as IIT Bombay receiving a better score or more responses in the `Employer Survey' than IIT Delhi. Also, IIT Delhi’s decline in the Citations Per Faculty Indicator which accounts for 20% weightage in the World Rankings has been far greater than its peers. While in the regional rankings such as Asia and BRICS the emphasis is also on quantity of research papers published, the World Rankings only focuses on the quality of papers published by taking into account the citations, thereby making it more rigorous and globally competitive “With the increasing globalisation of higher education, Indian universities need to compete to attract the best intellectual students, as well as best qualified faculty from across the world. Globally, students continue to use rankings as one of their decision making tools to choose their destinations. The prestige associated with higher ranks also drives universities to benchmark themselves globally. It’s time Indian universities embraced global rankings and put their best foot forward,” Dr Karthick Sridhar, Vice Chairman, Indian Centre for Assessment & Accreditation, said.
Parameters where Indian universities are weak in comparison to global peers are quantity and quality of research (as represented by number of papers and their citation counts) ; surveys of academic peers and employers (a representation of the perception of the quality of the university and outgoing students); and internationalization (as represented by num ber of international faculty and students).
“These have to be addressed through reorientation of Institutional priorities; focused deployment of human and financial resources; enhancement of global reputation and prestige through academic excellence; and national higher education policy reforms,” said Sridhar.
IIT Bombay now stands amongst the Top 60 in the World in the QS International Survey of Employers. In comparison to the previous year, IIT Bombay has risen 23 places to occupy the 160th position in the QS International Survey of Academicians. Both the surveys put to er international comparisons,“ a release said.
The global rankings are, for the third year, led by MIT, which increased year-on-year citations per faculty by 14%. Imperial College London (UK) also reported a 14% increase in this metric compared to 11% by The University of Cambridge (UK) and 2% by Harvard. Caltech remains the world's top university for research citations.
A total of 31 countries are represented in the Top 200. The US remains the dominant nation with 51 institutions, 11 of which are in the Top 20. The US dominates also for research impact with seven of the 10 top spots in the citations per faculty indicator.
