India misses out on world uni rankings

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India missing from international rankings scene
India missing from international rankings scene - Hindustan Times

India does not appear in the Top 200 of the recently released QS World University Rankings. Even as the US and the UK continue to dominate the international rankings scene, India’s highest-ranked institution IIT-Delhi stands at 218th position – 16 places down from last year’s 202nd place.

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UK claimed five of the top 20 places this year, including the top rank. Cambridge University maintained its slender advantage over Harvard to be the world’s number one university for the second time in a row. Oxford (5) moved up one rank followed by Imperial College London (6) and University College London (7). The University of Edinburgh (20) moved up two places this year.

Although several top US institutions have been hit by reduced endowments and budget restrictions, its supremacy continues with 13 of the US universities featuring in the top 20, six of them in the top 10. Apart from Harvard, the other five US universities among the Top 10 are: MIT (3), Yale University (4), University of Chicago (8), University of Pennsylvania (9) and Columbia University (10).

The monopoly of the US and the UK in the top 20 is only briefly interrupted by the presence of Canada and Switzerland. McGill University of Canada climbed up two places from 19th rank in 2010 to 17th position in 2011. Switzerland’s ETH Zurich maintained its 18th rank this year as well.

This neck-to-neck competition between the US and the UK is not replicated when India’s performance is compared with other Asian countries. While India is yet to secure a place in the top 200, other Asian countries such as China, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan sit comfortably among the Top 100 of the rankings table, led by University of Hong Kong (22) and University of Tokyo (25).

Indian universities have disappointed this year. All the universities – including the star performers of the country, the IITs –have dropped down several ranks.

IIT-Delhi (was ranked 202, now ranks 218); IIT-Bombay (was 187, now 225); IIT-Madras (was 262, now 281); IIT-Kanpur (was 249-306); IIT-Kharagpur (was 311, now 341); IIT-Roorkee (was 428, now 438) and IIT-Guwahati (was 501, now 563). The other universities have followed suit – University of Delhi (was 371, now 398); University of Mumbai (was 493, now 578); University of Calcutta (was 506, now 649) and University of Pune (was 578, now 661).

India’s weak points? The lack of quality research and internationalisation. But this time, the fall in the rankings is escalated by the fall in all the universities’ academic reputation. The employer reputation of IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Guwahati and universities of Mumbai, Calcutta and Pune has slid backwards too. For the academic and employer ratings, inputs from as many as 33,000 academics and 16,785 employers from more than 130 countries were taken by QS, the largest surveys of their kind ever conducted.

[KALKI]

India based Indian School of Business if the world's 11th best B-School according to FT 2011 rankings.

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The entire world knows what the IIT'ians in US have accomplished.

They don't need a ranking in the US to respect someone who tells them he/she is from IIT.

[kingkobra]

I dont care as long as our IITians and IIMites are creatings thousands of jobs here every year...

[lem34]

And according to India's own ranking, Indian School of Business should be the world's finest !!!

Brother thats just incredible.

[kingkobra]

I dont understand how a Pakistani can mock India university, it would be fine if a Chinese, UK or USA guy would.

they have stopped being a free nation and secretly become province of some other country if you know what i mean

[Syama Ayas]

Difficult in India to criticize IITs and IIMs

If one says anything critical , people mock: "you probably say so because you didn't make it into those institutions "

[Oscar]

Ive seen IIM in the FT rankings..
and honestly would have loved to try for an MBA there.. (if I could get in that is )

[KALKI]

Ive seen IIM in the FT rankings..
and honestly would have loved to try for an MBA there.. (if I could get in that is )

I don't think that anything could prevent you from getting into IIM's if you clear the written exam and the GD/PI.

They take people from everywhere and from all walks of life.


Let me tell you a very interesting anecdote about a guy's interview at IIM-Ahmedabad.

The guy was a door-to-door salesman who used to sell detergent powder.

The interviewer asks, "I don't see anything special in your profile. Why should I select you. You have no stellar job profile too unlike many other applicants here. I don't think you'd have got much to learn from your job.".

The guys replied, "Sir, I do not have a stellar job profile and work-ex etc. but I can say one thing thing for sure. You give me a thing, any thing, and I'll tell you how to sell it. That's what my job has taught me.".

The guy was selected in IIM-A.

[kingkobra]

IIT alumni
As of 2008, the alumni of IIT number more than 170,000.[85] The IITians are known for their loyalty to their alma mater and many IIT Alumni Associations are active in India and abroad. The IIT alumni either help their alma mater in the form of donations, or by preferential job opportunities extended to students from the IITs. The Vinod Gupta School of Management at IIT Kharagpur and Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management at IIT Bombay are management schools within IITs that have been established largely by alumni donations; these schools were named after their benefactors.
Many IIT's alumni have become entrepreneurs, including N.R. Narayana Murthy (co-founder and chairman of Infosys), Rajendra S. Pawar (Co-founder and Chairman of NIIT), Vinod Khosla (co-founder, Sun Microsystems), Anurag Dikshit (co-founder of PartyGaming) and Suhas S. Patil (founder and Chairman Emeritus Cirrus Logic Inc.). Other alumni have achieved leading positions in corporations, such as Rajat Gupta (former Managing Director, McKinsey), Arun Sarin (former CEO, Vodafone), Vijay K. Thadani (Co-founder and CEO of NIIT), Victor Menezes (Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup), and Kanwal Rekhi (CTO, Novell) . IIT alumni have also pursued careers in politics; for example, Manohar Parrikar became the Chief Minister of Goa. Many alumni have gained national and international recognition: Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya was awarded the CBE, a knighthood, and Padma Bhushan; and V. C. Kulandaiswamy was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. Arogyaswami Paulraj well known for his work in wireless technology was awarded Padma Bhushan. Narendra Karmarkar is also world-renowned for his work in applied mathematics. Many IITians have contributed a great deal to innovations in science and technology, such as Mani Lal Bhaumik who co-invented the LASIK eye surgery process.

IIM alumni

List of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Alumni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of IIM Calcutta alumni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Its ok to not to make into rankings but it is important to keep producing gems like these..

[DelhiDareDevil]

Ive seen IIM in the FT rankings..
and honestly would have loved to try for an MBA there.. (if I could get in that is )

I think you would have a better chance to get into a much better University in England I believe.

But thanks for the kind message from our neighbours. lol

[Ganga]

I am studying in a NIT and i can tell that a lot needs to improve as far as higher education in India is concerned.In India no one really goes deep into the subjects.Everybody just mugs up and writes exams.marks are given more importance here than actual knowledge and talent.Serious reforms are needed as far as education is concerned in India.

[DarK-LorD]

91-100 Indian Institute of Science India

World University Rankings 2011 by Reputation

[Syama Ayas]

Russian universities though not popular , they educate some of most competitive minds on this planet.

[DelhiDareDevil]

Btw India was mentioned.

Change the thread title.

[Kinetic]

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As far as world's largest companies stand in line to recruit from IIMs and IITs there is no problem if they are not included in some ranking.

My goodness!!! He is so happy because India is not there!!!!

Life dedicated to India, inversely though!


In the meantime this year's IIT-B TechFest's theme is India-Pakistan peace named, "Ummed-e-Milaap".


http://www.techfest.org/home/ummeed_e_milaap