S. Vishnu Sharma
QS World University Rankings 2022 are released and the word is about the prominent Indian institutions that found place in the ratings.
Indian institutions have been making constant progress and there is no doubt in it.
The proof for that is the recently released QS World University Rankings 2022 which has many educational institutions from this country on top ratings.
What are the factors based on which QS World University Rankings 2022 were calculated? Academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio.
QS World University Rankings 2022
There is some happy news with regards to Indian institutions when it comes to QS World University Rankings 2022.
Sources say, educational institutions from this nation have managed to enhance their academic name and fame.
The list of top institutions from India that have featured in QS World University Rankings 2022 is given below:
1. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
This institution is a known name in the field of education and always features among the top rated institutions.
It is no surprise that IIT Delhi has got a good rank of 185 in QS World University Rankings 2022.
This is said to be one of the oldest Indian Institutes of Technology.
IIT Delhi began its innings in 1961 after inauguration by Professor Humayun Kabir who was then Minister of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs.
The institute was later decreed in Institutes of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Amendment Act, 1963 and accorded the status of a full University with powers to decide its own academic policy to conduct its own examinations, and to award its own degrees.
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The website: ‘https://home.iitd.ac.in/’
2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
IIT Madras is also among the institutions whose name and fame have crossed the boundaries of this nation.
This institution is also popularly known as IITM and constantly features among the top ranking institutions of this country.
The rank of IIT Madras is 255 as per QS World University Rankings 2022.
The institution was established in 1959 with technical and financial assistance from then Government of West Germany.
This is the third IIT established by the Government of India.
IIT Madras also features prominently in NIRF ratings of Ministry of Education of Government of India.
The website: ‘https://www.iitm.ac.in/’
3. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
IIT Bombay has won 117 rank in QS World University Rankings 2022.
The discussion about higher education scenario in this country will remain incomplete without the mention of this institute.
The name and fame of this institution is not restricted to this nation alone. The alumni have glorified the institution across the globe.
Established in 1958, the second of its kind, IIT Bombay was the first to be set up with foreign assistance.
The funds from UNESCO came as Roubles from the then Soviet Union.
In 1961 Parliament decreed the IITs as ‘Institutes of National Importance’.
Since then, IIT B has grown from strength to strength to emerge as one of the top technical universities in the world.
The website: ‘https://www.iitb.ac.in/en’
4. Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
The institution is also popularly known as IISC and has won the rank of 186 in QS World University Rankings 2022.
There is another happy news with regards to IISc, it has been ranked as world’s top research university in terms of Citations per Faculty in the latest QS World University Rankings 2022.
Citations per faculty represents the total number of citations received by all papers produced by an institution across a five-year period by the number of faculty members at that institution.
IISc has scored a perfect 100/100 in this metric.
IISc was established in 1909 by a visionary partnership between the industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Mysore royal family and the Government of India.
The institution has over the last 111 years become India’s premier institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education.
The website ‘https://www.iisc.ac.in/’
5. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)
The institute has won the rank of 277 in the QS World University Rankings 2022.
IIT Kanpur was established in 1959 by Government of India and is one of the premier institutions of this nation.
The institute was created with the assistance of a consortium of nine US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP).
When it comes to the technical education scenario in this country, this institution has carved a space for itself.
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The aim of the Institute is to provide meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in technological innovation.
It was declared to be an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the Institutes of Technology Act.
The institution is also a known name for research.
The website: ‘https://www.iitk.ac.in/’
6. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP)
The technical education scenario in this nation will be incomplete if there is no mention about this institution.
IIT Kharagpur always features among the top ranking institutions. The rank is 280 when it comes to QS World University Rankings 2022.
The motto of IIT Kharagpur is ‘Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam.’
This literally translates to ‘Excellence in action is Yoga’, essentially implying that doing your work well is (true) yoga.
There were 224 freshers and 42 teachers in August 1951 when the first session started.
The class rooms, laboratories and the Administrative office wer ehoused in the historic building of the Hijli Detention Camp.
The Institute started its academic programme with only ten Departments.
On March, 1952, Pandit Nehru laid the foundation stone of the new building.
The website: ‘http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/’
7. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, the sixth member of the IIT fraternity, was established in 1994.
The academic programme of IIT Guwahati commenced in 1995. There was no looking back for the institution and it went ahead to enhance its name and fame.
IIT Guwahati has won the rank of 395 in the recently released QS World University Rankings 2022.
At present the Institute has eleven departments and five inter-disciplinary academic centres covering all the major engineering, science and humanities disciplines, offering BTech, BDes, MA, MDes, MTech, MSc and PhD programmes.
The website: ‘https://www.iitg.ac.in/’
8. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)
QS World University Rankings gave this institution a rank of 400.
This is one of the oldest technical institution in India that commenced its innings in the British Indian era.
IIT Roorkee was established in 1847 in British India by then Lieutenant Governor Sir James Thomason.
It was given university status in 1949 and was converted into an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2001, thus becoming the seventh IIT to be declared.
IIT Roorkee has 22 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Management programs with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.
IIT Roorkee has a strong entrepreneurial culture, with many alumni who have moved on to found technological and social ventures in India and abroad, and have played an important role in the development of India.
The website: ‘https://www.iitr.ac.in/’
9. University of Delhi (DU)
This institution is among the prominent ones that attract students from all corners of the country.
The university offers various courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in arts, science, commerce streams.
The admission process for certain courses here require students passing entrance exams.
It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The university has 16 faculties and 86 departments distributed across its North and South campuses.
It has 77 affiliated colleges and five other institutes. The Vice President of India serves as the University chancellor.
The rank is 501-510 for University of Delhi in the QS World University Rankings 2022. The popularity of this institution is not restricted to this nation alone.
The website: ‘http://du.ac.in/index.php’
10. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
This popular university from the national capital also found place in QS World University Rankings 2022.
The rank obtained in the QS ratings is 561-570. The university which is also popularly known as JNU has carved a space for itself in the field of higher learning.
JNU which is known for offering quality education is also reputed for having a very tough entrance exam system.
Students willing to study in JNU have to pass the entrance test before they can take part in the next stage of admission.
The university features constantly among the prominent institutions of this country.
JNU was ranked no 3 among all universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Government of India, in 2016 and no 2 in 2017.
JNU also received the Best University Award from the President of India in 2017. These are just a few among the many achievements recorded by the university.
Coming into being in 1969, three years after its establishment by Parliament, JNU brought frontier disciplines and newer perspectives for old disciplines to the Indian university system.
The website: ‘https://www.jnu.ac.in/main/’
Conclusion
QS World University Rankings 2022 featured many institutions from India.
The postitions in top 10 went mostly to IITs. The non-IIT insitutions that featured in the QS World University Rankings 2022 (top 10) from India are Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and University of Delhi (DU).
Sources say, about 1300 institutions were ranked across the globe as a part of QS World University Rankings 2022 and about 33 educational institutions from India found place in the ratings.
The other institutions from India that found place in the ratings are O.P. Jindal Global University, University of Hyderabad, Jamia Millia Islamia.
There is always a scope for improvement. Hope is more universities from India would find space in the ratings in the years to come.