Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has emerged as the country’s best university, rising ten places in the 2019 QS World University Ranking for the second consecutive year.
A total of 23 Indian institutes feature in the sixteenth edition of the QS World University Ranking, produced by global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds.
QS ranks the world’s top 1,000 universities, in which the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was named the world’s best for a record eighth consecutive year. Asia’s top universities are National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University (both ranked 11th).
While, IIT Delhi ranked at 182, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore stood at 184th rank in the global top 200.
In last edition, IIT Delhi stood at 172 and IISC Banglore at 170th position.
Four of the 23 Indian institutes improved their position and seven dropped in rank, compared to last year.
IIT Madras is ranked at 271st, dropped from last year’s 264th position.
OP Jindal Global is the only new entrant from India this year.
