Yes, we have innumerable achievements to boast of but how much of it is original specially in the field of education. The truth is what Honorable Prime Minister said in his speech on the occasion of award function of DRDO. We, as a nation, need to tighten our belts – we have to be original – we have to be ahead of others and that includes education/management education too..
Regards
Virendra Goel
From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com [mailto:join_mtc@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramesh Vemuganti
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 11:23 AM
To: join_mtc
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] India way down in Shanghai rankings
Such ratings & rankings are not a revealation for us. We know it.
Several internationsl agencies like Standards & Poor has downgraded India & several Economic surveys & indicators has endorsed it.It is OK.
There is no need to panic. How can we expect even 60 of the 600 plus Universities in India to become world class overnight? Not possible.
Firstly, Let us applaud ourselves & derive satisfaction from our accomplishments - we never do that. Once I asked a question to eminent Agri Scientist Mr KS Rajan on " When will India improve ?" . He stated we never discuss or talk about what we achieved & progress made last 2 decades in Agriculture, Defence, IT, Engg, Auto, Pharma, Polymers, etc. We are on the way - he emphasized.
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. ~Walter Anderson,
We made a progress & have made a mark globally - around 50 Institutions & Universities have done it. The Alumnus of Delhi University, University of Pune, Osmania University, Roorkee, BHU, Guindy Engg college, Chennai, PSG Tech, Coimbatore, NIT, Warangal, Kurukshetra, ,,,,,,,,, have made their alma maters proud by their spectacular achievements & attained global recogniiton as brilliant Doctors, passioinate Scientists, classy Faculty, insightful Researches, excellent IT professionals, versatile Engineers, successful Entrepreneurs, great artists, wonderful Media pros, others.
Kudos to all of them.
India has made rapid strides in so many fields since independence - Universities will also happen.
Yes, on a war footing, we need to look into aspects like ;
1. Number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson Reuters,
2. Number of articles published in journals of nature and science
3. Number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
4. Per capita performance with respect to the size of an institution is factored in too, to assess its merits.
MTC G can take an intitative & make it happen across Universities & Institutions with a progressive mindset only.
Let MTC G start the process, link up, enable technology transfer across institutions globally - progress follows.
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold — but so does a hard-boiled egg. ~Author Unknown
regards
Ramesh Vemuganti
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:
India way down in Shanghai rankings
Ayesha Banerjee, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, August 20, 2014
The Shanghai Rankings were out on the day India celebrated Independence day. Most disappointingly, however, except for Bangalore's Indian Institute of Science listed at a lowly 327, no other institute in the country figured in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released by the Centre for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
The usual suspects dominated. Harvard University remained number one in the world for the 12th year. The other top nine universities were Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Cambridge, Princeton, Caltech, Columbia, Chicago and Oxford.
Unlike other listings such as Times Higher Education (THE) and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the Shanghai rankings adopt only objective indicators and do not bank on reputation surveys. All the data used in the Shanghai Rankings is obtained from third parties and can be checked anytime by anyone.
"THE and QS use data reported by universities," says Dr Ying Cheng, executive director, Centre for World-Class Universities and associate professor, Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
ARWU also uses six objective indicators to rank world universities. These include the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson Reuters, number of articles published in journals of nature and science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. Per capita performance with respect to the size of an institution is factored in too, to assess its merits.
Though US institutes did well this year too, universities around the globe were fast catching up. Over the past 10 years, the number of top 500 universities from US decreased by around 10% and those from Asia increased by around 20%. Unfortunately, Asian universities needed to do more. "The challenge they face includes language, funding, and also the culture," Cheng adds.
The highlight of the Shanghai rankings this year was that Swiss universities performed extremely well. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne's first appearance in top 100 (96) took the number of Top 100 universities in Switzerland to five, which is the third highest number across all countries. The biggest disappointment? "There are still no Chinese universities making into Top 100," adds Cheng.
The challenges Asian universities face in moving up the ranks include language, funding and also the culture ----- Dr Ying Cheng, ed, centre for world class universities
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