New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Expressing pride that several Indian higher education institutes featured in the coveted Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal (Nishank) on Wednesday said the country is emerging as a 'Vishvaguru' or world leader.
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JNU featured within the 550-600 range in the global rankings
With the JNU finding a spot in the top 1,000 of the coveted QS World University Rankings, its vice-chancellor on Wednesday said the varsity strengthened it s existing courses and introduced several new programmes which led to the success.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said it is for the first time the varsity has appeared as a comprehensive university within the 550-600 range in the global rankings. While expressing his gratitude to all students, staff, faculty members and the alumni who have contributed to this recognition, he said the varsity will continue to work towards improving educational standards and enhancing innovation and research.
Efforts are underway to ensure more universities and institutions of India scale global excellence and support intellectual prowess among the youth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he congratulated those figuring in the top-200 positions in QS World University Rankings 2022. According to the 18th edition of the rankings, the India Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, is India s top ranked institution for the fourth consecutive year. IIT, Delhi, has become India s second-best university, having risen from the 193rd rank to 185 in the world since last year. It has done so by overtaking IISc which bagged the 186th rank. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has got a perfect score of 100 out of 100 for the citations per faculty (CPF) metric in the analysis by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Expressing pride that several Indian higher education institutes featured in the coveted Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Wednesday said the country is emerging as a Vishvaguru or world leader.
London-based QS released its annual World University Rankings 2022 on June 8, according to which The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the world s top research university as per the research citations per faculty while the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, is ranked 41st globally in the category.
As per the 18th edition of the world s most-consulted international university rankings , India Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, is ranked 177th best overall is India s top ranked institution for the fourth consecutive year. Meanwhile, IIT Delhi, the second best institute in India, has risen from 193rd position last year to 185th position t
Efforts on for global excellence by Indian varsities: PM
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10 Jun 2021, 03:37 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, and IIT Delhi for being in the top 200 institutions in a global ranking and said efforts are underway to ensure that more universities and institutions scale global excellence and support intellectual prowess among the youth. Congratulations to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, and IIT Delhi. Efforts are underway to ensure more universities and institutions of India scale global excellence and support intellectual prowess among the youth, the Prime Minister said in a tweet.