IITS, IISC

“Indian improvements can be primarily attributed to improvements in QS’S reputational indicators, which account for the insights of 83,000 academics and 42,000 employers. 17 of India’s 24 ranked universities improve their rank for Academic Reputation, while 13 improve their rank for Employer Reputation,” Sowter added. “This is an affirmation of faith in the premier Indian higher educational institutions and an endorsement of the effectiveness of the measures being taken by Indian Government to improve ranking of Indian institutions,” said R Subrahmanyam, secretary, higher education, HRD ministry.

The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has been taking several steps to improve the global rankings, especially the world-renowned IITS by providing more funds and launching the Institutes of Eminence scheme under which institutes would be freed from regulatory framework. There’s still work to be done beyond the top universities, according to Sowter. “Most of India’s other universities are struggling to improve their research impact, relative to global competitors: 12 see their rank for Citations per Faculty drop, while only 7 improve. India’s universities are also struggling to internationalize in an increasingly competitive international education market. 16 of 24 see their International Student Ratio rank drop year-onyear.”