Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine's 2014 'World Reputation Rankings' has said that India is the only one of the so-called BRIC [Brazil, Russia, India and China] nations which does not have a university in the world top 100.
“Mainland China has two, both in the top 50, Russia and Brazil have one each - this should be a cause for concern for India," he added. In the recently released list of top universities of the world, by THE, none of the Indian have been able to break into the list of top 200 universities.
Harvard University in the US has yet again topped the list, it is followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University is placed third, the University of Cambridge at fourth, the University of Oxford comes fifth and the University of California, Berkeley sixth. The list, based on a largest invitation-only survey of senior academics, saw conspicuous absence of Indian varsities.
"While we only officially rank the world's top 100 institutions, I can reveal that India is some way off the pace roughly around the 200th position," Baty added. Punjab University, alma mater of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, found a place in the unranked section of 226-300. It is followed by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Roorkee, ranked between 351-400.
Educate, Empower, Elevate
Prof. Bholanath Dutta
Founder, Convener & President
MTC Global & Knowledge Cafe
0 comments:
Post a Comment