An IIT Director putting his thoughts towards this ranking system and its effects, he exclaimed, “IITs are leaders and many subjects that they teach. Yes, it will take a while to build global reputation and we are looking at improving our perception and ranking in the near future."
In India, such rankings were first introduced in 2004 by QS and THE. "More Indian universities have begun engaging with us since the Indian government has identified our rankings as an important yardstick," revealed Phil Baty, Editor, Times Higher Education rankings.
It is indeed a good sign that things are slowly improving as 17 Indian universities made it to the Asia Top 300 list of QS World University Rankings published in 2014. While in the first ever QS ranking of the top 100 universities in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, India is represented by 16 institutions, five of them in the top 20.
READ MORE:
7 Jobs Where Women Earn More Than Men
Boston Professor is IIM-B's New Director