71 Indian varsities make it to the Times ranking | Economic Times

A record 71 Indian universities have qualified for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022, up from 63 last year, but none of them made it to the top 300 list. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is India’s highest-ranked institution, maintaining its position in the 301-350 band for a third consecutive year.This year, 1,662 universities feature on the expanded rankings list, compared with 1,527 last year.Thirty-five Indian universities — the country’s second-highest total ever — have made it to the top 1,000.IIT-Ropar (351-400 band) continues to be in second place from India as last year, while JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research has made its debut to the list, being placed in the 351-400 band. IIT-Indore is at the fourth spot, ranked between 401 and 500.An additional nine Indian universities qualified for the top-1,000 ranking since last year. Alagappa University (501-600) debuted among the world’s top 600 universities and International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (601-800) among the top 800. Three universities — Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Veltech University and Symbiosis International University —entered in the 801-1,000 band for the first time.“India has made big gains in reputation, publications especially international co-authorship, and citations. International co-authorship saw the biggest relative improvements in computer science, clinical and health and business and economics. There’s been particularly good improvement in arts and humanities, and business and economics,” Phil Baty, chief knowledge officer, Times Higher Education wrote in an email to ET. “However, income has gone backwards compared to the rest of the world,” he added.The seven first-generation Indian Institutes of Technology including Delhi, Bombay, Kharagpur and Madras continue to stay out of the list as they took a decision last year not to participate in the global rankings, citing data discrepancy and lack of transparency.“Times Higher Education has contacted all of the non-participating IITs since they made their decision, to speak with them to discuss their concerns but they have decided once again to not participate in the rankings this year. We believe that the IITs’ absence is counterproductive to improving both the individual institutions, and India’s position and visibility on the world stage,” said Baty.Times Higher Education, along with Quacquerelli Symonds (QS), is counted among the two most reputed rankings globally for higher education institutes.The US (8) and the UK (2) dominated the overall top 10 for the second year in a row, with UK’s University of Oxford retaining the top spot for the sixth consecutive year.A record 1,662 universities from 99 countries and regions ranked in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022, 136 more than last year. The table is based on 13 performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.