Indian Universities still have a long way to go in global ranking

Updated on: Wednesday, September 12, 2012

India may rightfully take pride in some of its universities and institutes, which have over the years, become world class. But not having at least one of them among at least the top 200 only underlines that we still have a long way to go.

The authoritative QS World University Rankings has listed IIT-Delhi as the country's best institute; but, at 212th, it's not something one would go to the rooftop and scream about. The next one, IIT-Kanpur, is also at 278th, with nine others making it to the 300-list.

There is more bad news: India is the only BRIC country not to have a single university in the top 200. This clearly means that even though we have many brilliant students, we still have a lot of catching up to do as far as providing top-notch universities goes.

Interestingly, though, one of the main reasons why India lags behind is the absence of international flavour, either in its students or teaching faculty. This is not the fault of the universities at all, as education here is still cheaper for many countries.

The institutes will, however, do well to improve on every count: faculty, research facilities, job opportunities for students so that they break into the top 200, if not the elite 100 or 10.
 

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