IIT-B best tech institute in India: QS rankings

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has moved up three places to rank 13 in the BRICS nation rankings released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings recently. Even though the institute has improved on its previous 16th spot standing, it lags behind the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore that is ranked 6. However, IIT-B has outranked the other IITs in the country with IIT-Delhi taking the 15th spot and IIT-Madras securing the 19th rank. Surprisingly, the University of Mumbai that had secured the 58th spot previously slipped 10 ranks to finish at 68.

According to the rankings that were based on eight key parameters, IIT-B has a score of 99.1 in academic reputation, 100 in employer reputation, 91.5 in citations per paper, 94.7 in papers per faculty and 97.6 in staff with PhDs. All the other performance parameters were scored out of a maximum of 100. IIT-B secured a score of 84.4 to secure its 13th position. The other parameters where the institute lagged behind were faculty/student ratio, international faculty and international students. The three parameters made up 25 per cent of the score.

The QS University Rankings BRICS was carried out to identify the top 250 universities/institutions in the five nations that include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. IIT-B was the second top-ranked institute in the country with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore securing the 6th rank. However, IIT-B confirmed its top position among other IITs, thus establishing itself as the best institute for technology in the country.

Expressing his happiness on the significant achievement, Prof. Devang Khakhar, director, IIT Bombay said, “The improvements in ranks is a reflection of the progress being made by IIT Bombay, particularly in its research contributions.”

Meanwhile, the University of Mumbai slipped ten places over the previous 58th rank to finish at 68. Regarding the bad showing by the University, former senate member and Yuva Sena member Pradeep Sawant said, “Vice-chancellor Dr Sanjay Deshmukh should take moral responsibility for the University’s drop in rankings. If he takes credits for the achievements of MU then he should also take the blame for its bad performance,” said Mr Sawant.

According to Mr Sawant, the MU had failed to provide data sought by the ranking agency on time as a result of which the ranking probably slipped. The MU secured an overall score of 58.9 based on the 56.9 score in academic reputation and 94.4 score for employer reputation. No data was available for the remaining six parameters.

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