BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings use the same 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and even governments – but the weightings are specially recalibrated to reflect the characteristics of emerging economy universities.
India Standing in BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016
IISc Ranks 16th Among Top 200 Varsities
16 Indian institutions in the The Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings
Sixteen Indian places of learning are among the top 200 universities in The Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) broke into the top 20 for the first time and was listed at No. 16.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, entered the top 30, with the premier engineering school ranked at 29. Last year, IISc and IIT Bombay were at 25 and 37, respectively.
Other Indian institutes that have gained ground in the rankings include IIT Madras (to 36 from 44), IIT Delhi (to 37 from 56) and IIT Guwahati (to 83 from 98).
Those that have declined include IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, Aligarh Muslim University and Panjab University. Jawaharlal Nehru University, which was at 71 last year, isn't in the list this year.
New entrants include Jadavpur University , Savitribhai Phule Pune University , University of Calcutta, University of Delhi, Amrita University and Andhra University .
“India will have to work harder to compete with other developing nations, such as Russia, which have a higher proportion of institutions in the upper echelons of the table. India is the only BRICS nation without a university in the top 10,“ said Phil Baty, editor, Times High er Education World Universi ty Rankings.
India spends less than 0.88% of its GDP on science re search, compared with 2.76% in the US and 4.04% in South Korea, Baty said. “With the population of young people in the country continuing to ex pand, resulting in further pressure on
resources, it is now more crucial than ever that India invests in research and strengthens its links with other nations.“
The 2016 rankings include 200 institutes from 35 countries, up from 100 from 18 countries in 2015. The rankings are based on 13 perform ance indicators.
Expert View
Integrate Teaching and Research
These rankings offer hope for India which had earlier lagged behind even its peers in the emerging economies. For Indian universities to offer world class education and research-based knowledge creation, there has to be sustained policy reform in the education sector. The quality of education must be raised across the board. This calls for not only stepping up investment, but also raising the efficacy of public spending. State universities need more financial support. Industry must chip in too by giving liberal grants and funding research in universities. Attractive salaries for teachers and rewards for research faculty will draw talent. Teaching and research should be integrated.
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Pralhad Jadhav
Khaitan & Co
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