IIT-B rises to 13 among 250 varsities in BRICS rankings
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The institute was placed at number 16 last year, while Mumbai University has dropped by 10 spots to 68 in Quacquarelli Symonds University Rankings
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) has gone up by three places to be ranked No 13 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings: BRICS 2016. On the other hand University of Mumbai has fallen 10 places to settle at No 68. The rankings were released on July 20.QS, a global higher education and career information and solutions provider, bases its ranking on eight parameters -academic reputation (30%); employer reputation (20%); faculty to student ratio (20%); staff with a PhD (10%); research papers per faculty (10%); citations per paper (5%); international faculty (2.5%); and international students (2.5%).
IIT-B displaced IIT Delhi which held No 13 position earlier. It scored 84.4 out of 100. IIT is also a hot favourite with employers, who gave it a perfect score in the employer reputation category. The institute which was established in 1958 with funds from UNESCO, was the first IIT to be set up with foreign assistance.
Expressing his pride, IIT-B Director Devang Khakhar said, “The improvement in ranking is a reflection of the progress made, particularly in the field of research.“
Mumbai University's dismal performance in academic reputation, among others, relegated it to No 68.
M A Khan, the registrar, attributed the relegation to “miscommunication of data“ to their end. “They did not consider the number of students and teachers working in colleges affiliated to the university. This error was promptly rectified and passed on to the concerned authorities, but this did not reflect in the rankings,“ he said.
The highest ranked institute from India is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, which is perched at sixth position, while IITs from Delhi, Madras, Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Roorkee, along with University of Delhi, feature in the top 50.
This year, 44 Indian institutions, out of the total 250 universities (17.6 per cent) were selected compared to last year's 31 out of 200 universities (15.5 per cent).
However, India still lags behind China, which has a lion's share of the representation with 86 universities, Russia with 55 universities, and Brazil with 54 universities.
QS University Rankings: BRICS is an annual publication of university rankings by. Launched in 2013, the QS Rankings are an annual ranking of the top universities in the five BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It is one of the most widely followed university rankings in the world.
Source: Mumbai Mirror, 26-07-2016
IIT-B displaced IIT Delhi which held No 13 position earlier. It scored 84.4 out of 100. IIT is also a hot favourite with employers, who gave it a perfect score in the employer reputation category. The institute which was established in 1958 with funds from UNESCO, was the first IIT to be set up with foreign assistance.
Expressing his pride, IIT-B Director Devang Khakhar said, “The improvement in ranking is a reflection of the progress made, particularly in the field of research.“
Mumbai University's dismal performance in academic reputation, among others, relegated it to No 68.
M A Khan, the registrar, attributed the relegation to “miscommunication of data“ to their end. “They did not consider the number of students and teachers working in colleges affiliated to the university. This error was promptly rectified and passed on to the concerned authorities, but this did not reflect in the rankings,“ he said.
The highest ranked institute from India is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, which is perched at sixth position, while IITs from Delhi, Madras, Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Roorkee, along with University of Delhi, feature in the top 50.
This year, 44 Indian institutions, out of the total 250 universities (17.6 per cent) were selected compared to last year's 31 out of 200 universities (15.5 per cent).
However, India still lags behind China, which has a lion's share of the representation with 86 universities, Russia with 55 universities, and Brazil with 54 universities.
QS University Rankings: BRICS is an annual publication of university rankings by. Launched in 2013, the QS Rankings are an annual ranking of the top universities in the five BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It is one of the most widely followed university rankings in the world.
Source: Mumbai Mirror, 26-07-2016
