Lok Sabha Question No. 1029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Ranking of Indian Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1029 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Ranking of Indian Universities

## 1029. SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

## Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a number of Indian Universities have been listed amongst the top 100 and 200 Universities in this year's Times Higher Education Asia University Ranking;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the names of Indian Universities which have featured in the said list and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the norms/parameters adopted for the purpose; and
- (d) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  standards  and  the quality education being imparted by the Indian Universities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b): Yes Sir. 18 Indian universities have been listed amongst first 200 Universities in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2021. The detail is as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Ranked Institutions                                |   Rank |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|       1 | Indian Institute of Science                                |     37 |
|       2 | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar                       |     55 |
|       3 | Indian Institute of Technology Indore                      |     78 |
|       4 | Institute of Chemical Technology                           |    122 |
|       5 | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar                 |    137 |
|       6 | King Geor ge's Medical University, Lucknow                 |    139 |
|       7 | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata |    142 |
|       8 | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi     |    143 |
|       9 | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad                   |    144 |
|      10 | Thapar University, Patiala                                 |    144 |
|      11 | Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam                        |    154 |
|      12 | Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune                     |    169 |
|      13 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore                     |    170 |
|      14 | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi                         |    172 |

|   15 | Panjab University, Chandigarh                            |   175 |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   16 | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi                          |   180 |
|   17 | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi                   |   187 |
|   18 | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune |   199 |

The  Ministry  appreciates  the  contribution  of  Indian  Universities  in  the  field  of  research, development  and  Technology.  It  is  a  reflection  of  Minist ry's  continuous  endeavour  to improve the levels of research and development in the Higher Education Institutions to not just match, but also surpass the global standards.

- (c): Parameters used by the THE for Asia University Rankings 2021 are given below:
- (d): Government of India is committed to empower Higher Educational Institution to help them  become  world  class  teaching  and  research  institutions.  In  this  context,  Institutions  of Eminence (IoE) scheme was launched in the year 2017 under which 10 Public and 10 Private institutions were to be declared as IoEs, out of which 12 institutions (8 public and 4 private) have been declared as IoEs so far. The objective of the scheme is to enable them to achieve rankings within top 500 in any of the world renowned ranking frameworks. Government Institutions will get  financial  assistance  of  Rs.  1000  crores  over  a  period  of  five  years  in  addition  to  the  grant already being received. In the recently released QS Ranking 2022, there are 35 Indian institutions this year compared to 29 last year. Further, 6 Indian institutions featured in top 300 compared to 4 last year.

| S.No.   | Indicator Name                             |   Weight% |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 1       | Staff-to-Student Ratio                     |      4.5  |
| 2       | Doctorate-to- Bachelor's Ratio             |      2.25 |
| 3       | Doctorates-Awarded-to-Academic-Staff Ratio |      6    |
| 4       | Research Productivity                      |      6    |
| 5       | Industry Income                            |      2.5  |
| 6       | Research Income                            |      6    |
| 7       | Citations (research influence)             |     30    |
| 8       | Proportion of International Students       |      2.5  |
| 9       | Proportion of International Staff          |      2.5  |
| 10      | International Collaboration                |      2.5  |
| 11      | Research-Reputation Survey                 |     15    |
| 12      | Teaching-Reputation Survey                 |     18    |
| 13      | Institutional Income                       |      2.25 |
|         | Total                                      |    100    |

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