IITs, DU, JNU on QS list of global top 100

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay figures among the top 100 institutions in engineering and technology and art and design in the latest subject-wise QS rankings announced on Thursday. The other institutions from India to have made it to the top 100 in various subject lists include IIT, Delhi, Madras and Kharagpur as well as Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Quacquarelli Symonds, which is one of the academic ranking agencies, released the lists of the global ranking of university across 48 different subjects. While institutions from the US dominate the list with 28 first ranks, most of the lists didn’t have Indian institutions in the top 100. IIT, Bombay is the top ranked Indian institution in engineering and technology at 53, with two more IITs (Delhi and Madras) finding place at 61 and 95 respectively in the same list. IIT, Bombay and Delhi find mention with both standing in the 51-100 bracket in the list for best global institutions for civil and structural engineering. They also feature among the top 100 in computer science and information systems, while IIT Bombay and IISc, Bangalore share the 51-100 bracket in chemical engineering. IIM Bengaluru is the only Indian institution which figures in the list of the top 100 places for business and management studies. While no Indian institutes could make it to the top 100 in the category of social science and art and humanities, in the subcategory of development studies Delhi University has been placed 37 th . DU also figures in the top hundred in anthropology. JNU has been ranked in the 51- 100 bracket in sociology and history. IIT-Bombay is the top ranked Indian institution in engineering and technology at 53, with two more IITs (Delhi and Madras) finding place at 61 and 95 respectively

Source: Times of India, 1/03/3019