IITs, DU, JNU on QS list of global top 100

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay figures among the top 100 institutions in engineering and technology and art and design (51-100) category in the latest subject-wise QS rankings announced on Thursday. The other institutions from India to have made it to the top 100 in various subject lists include IIT, Delhi, Madras and Kharagpur as well as Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Quacquarelli Symonds, which is one of the academic ranking agencies, released the lists of the global ranking of university across 48 different subjects ranging from art and design to engineering disciplines.
While institutions from the US dominate the list with 28 first ranks, followed by the UK featuring on top in 13 disciplines, most of the lists didn’t have Indian institutions in the top 100.
The list across streams and subjects has been dominated by institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Harvard University from US or University of Oxford and University of Cambridge from the UK.
IIT, Bombay is the top ranked Indian institution in engineering and technology at 53, with two more IITs (Delhi and Madras) finding place at 61 and 95 respectively in the same list.
IIT, Bombay and Delhi find mention with both standing in the 51-100 bracket in the list for best global institutions for civil and structural engineering. They also feature among the top 100 in computer science and information systems, while IIT Bombay and IISc, Bangalore share the 51-100 bracket in chemical engineering.
The three IITs (Bombay, Madras and Delhi) also featured among the top 100 in mechanical engineering. In mineral and mining engineering, IIT Bombay stands 38th while IIT Kharagpur is at the 47th position. IIM Bengaluru is the only Indian institution which figures in the list of the top 100 places for business and management studies.
While no Indian institutes could make it to the top 100 in the category of social science and art and humanities, in the sub-category of development studies Delhi University has been placed 37^th. DU also figures in the top hundred in anthropology. Another central university which figures in the list is JNU, which has been ranked in the 51-100 bracket in both sociology as well as history.
However, in key subjects such as accounting and finance, agriculture and forestry, anatomy and physiology and English literature, economics and mathematics, no Indian institution made it to the top 100 subject-wise list.
"We are happy with the results, though it is not a surprise. Computer science and chemical engineering have always been our strength. We will strive to improve in other subjects as well," said Professor Swati Patankar, dean (international relations, IIT, Bombay.