Indian universities fall behind in global rankings
6 Sep 2017 4:46 PM GMT
London: India slipped in world university rankings as its share of such institutions marginally fell from 31 to 30 in the global 1,000 list topped by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, according to a new assessment.
The annual World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education found India's flagship Indian Institute of Science fell from previous year's 201-250 band to 251-300.
This was attributed to drops in its research influence score and research income.
The Indian Institutes of Technologies in Delhi, Kanpur and Madras also dropped by at least one band.
"It is disappointing that India has declined in the THE World University Rankings amid increasing global competition.
As leading universities in other Asian territories such as China, Hong Kong and Singapore are consistently rising up the rankings, in part thanks to high and sustained levels of funding, India's flagship Indian Institute of Science moves further away from the elite top 200," said Phil Baty, Editorial Director, Global Rankings, for THE.
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