The Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) emerged the best ranked institute in the
country as per the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World rankings, the results of
which were declared on Wednesday night.
The institute’s
position improved significantly from last year, moving up by 17 places, from
179 to 162. With an overall score of 48.2 out of 100, it scored 52.5 in
academic reputation, 72.9 in employer reputation, 54.1 in citation per faculty,
43.3 in faculty student ratio, 4.4 in international faculty and 1.8 in
international students, all scores out of a maximum of 100 points.
Among these six
parameters, employer reputation is the strongest one with a global rank of 93.
Professor Devang Khakhar, director, IIT-B said, “The increase in rank is a
reflection of continuous improvement in all spheres of our activity”.
Indian Institute
of Science (IISc) Banglaore bagged the 170th position, while IIT Delhi followed
at 172nd place. Meanwhile, like last few years, Mumbai University failed to
feature in the top 100, making it to the bottom of the list (800-1000).
Indian
institutes did well when it comes to research citations per faculty.
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