First-ever QS Ranking of India's higher education institutions released
LONDON, October 15: QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global higher education think tank responsible for the world's most-consulted world university rankings, released their first standalone ranking of India's higher education institutions. The inaugural edition of the QS India University Rankings, is designed to offer an independent analysis of the performance of Indian institutions. The rankings include Public Universities, Private Universities and H.E. Institutions or Deemed Universities. Single faculty specialist institutions or single level institutions (e.g. teaching principally at postgraduate level) are not included.
IIT Bombay is named India's leading institution. IITs take up seven of the top-10 places.
IIS Bangalore takes the second spot. Twenty Indian institutions receive full marks in the Staff with PhD, the indicator designed to identify the extent to which institutions are cultivating a highly-qualified faculty body.
In the research productivity indicator, nine institutions achieve a score between 98.4 and 100.
IIT Bombay, Madras, Delhi, Kharagpur, Kanpur and the University of Delhi enjoy outstanding regard among the nearly 43,000 international employers surveyed, while IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and the IIS Bangalore were the most voted by 83,000+ international academics polled.
On a metric-by-metric basis, other institutions also stand out such as the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, which achieves the highest score of the QS's indicator of research impact, adjusted for faculty size. It is followed by Shivaji University, Kolhapur; Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore achieves perfect score in the Faculty/Student indicator.
QS India University Rankings 2019: Top 15
RANK INSTITUTION
1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY
2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE
3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR
7 UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
8 UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
11 UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
12 JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
13 ANNA UNIVERSITY
14 UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
15 BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY
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Ben Sowter, Research Director, QS, said: "This inaugural table, which is based on the same indicators of its parent BRICS rankings, evaluates the Indian institutions through independent and international lenses. The results reveal that research productivity at leading Indian institutions is increasing and the impact of such research is gradually rising. They also enjoy a good standing with employers while they achieve less recognition with their international academic peers, perhaps suggesting the need to intensify regional and global collaborations".
To view the complete rankings: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/rankings-by-location/india/2019 Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds PWR
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EC has registered party, will emerge as primary political force in Tamil Nadu: Actor Vijay
Chennai (PTI): Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam party founder-president and top Tamil actor Vijay on Sunday announced that the Election Commission has duly registered his outfit and expressed confidence of emerging as the primary political party of Tamil Nadu.
Underscoring that equality is the basic principle of his new party, Vijay said that an application was filed with the EC on February 2 to register Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) as a political party.
After legally considering it, the EC has now registered the TVK as a political party and "has given permission to take part as a registered party in electoral politics. I am happy to share this with you."
The popular actor, in a statement posted on X, said the "first door has opened for us, which heralds all round success." Furthermore, he said that by pursuing the path of defined principles and by breaking barriers, his party would rise as the key political party of the Tamil people in Tamil Nadu.
The actor said preparatory work to hold TVK's first state conference, which will declare the party's ideology, has commenced and, "please wait for a formal announcement about it."
The TVK leader's comment comes against the background of his party functionaries approaching authorities seeking permission to hold the state conference this month at Vikravandi in Villupuram district and police reportedly clearing the decks to conduct the rally.
Last month, Vijay unveiled the party flag and the party anthem.
The formation of the political party was announced by Vijay in February this year.
