IIT Ropar only Indian institute to feature in Times Ranking 2020

RUPNAGAR: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, has emerged as the only Indian institution to appear in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2020 released in the United Kingdom on Wednesday.

Among the top 70 young universities, IIT Ropar has been ranked 62nd in the world.

The young university ranking puts spotlight on the best universities under 50 years old and utilises five broad parameters of teaching, research, international outlook and industrial output to rate them.

IIT Ropar director Sarit K Das said the 12-year-old institute had gained worldwide popularity by not only rising in the overall Times Higher Education World ranking but also in Asia University Rankings 2020, at 47 rank.