Lok Sabha Question No. 26 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Awareness among Researchers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, Shrirang Appa Barne, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, DHARMENDRA YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  26 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## Awareness among Researchers

## 26. SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state?

- (a) whether the Government has noticed that Higher Education Institutes of the country do not figure in global rankings;
- (c) whether the country is also lagging behind in quality research also;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if so, the facts in this regard;
- (f) if so, the steps taken by the Government to bring awareness among the researchers?
- (e) whether  there  is  a  lack  of  awareness  among  researchers  in  the  country  with  regard  to patents and getting their research works published in international journals; and

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (f):   No Madam. (8) Higher Educational institutions from India have been listed in the top 500 universities in the World by the QS rankings in 2015. Two institutions viz Indian Institute of science (IISc), Bangalore and Indian Institute of technology (IITs), Delhi have been placed on 147 and 179 respectively  in  the  QS  World  University  Rankings  for  2015-16.  These  rankings  are  steadily improving year to year as per the details in Annexure .

Many of the top institutions like Indian Institute of Science and Indian Institutes of Technology have been producing high quality research comparable to the best institutions in the world.

However,  since  many  of  these  ranking  systems  attach  considerable  importance  to  perception, despite faring well in the research, many institutions from India have not secured the ranks as per their performance. While working on their strengths, the Indian higher education institutions would need to work on improving their perception index if they have to better their global rankings.

For a more objective assessment based on performance, Government has brought out the National Institutional  Ranking  Framework  (NIRF)  for  Higher  Education  Institutions.  Under  this,  each institution  is  evaluated  on  5  broad  parameters  namely  teaching  /  learning  resources,  research, graduation outcomes, outreach / inclusive nature and the public perception.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  26  FOR  30.11.2015  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBERs  OF PARLIAMENT,  SHRI  ADHALRAO  PATIL  SHIVAJIRAO,  SHRI  SHRIRANG  APPA  BARNE, SHRI  ANANDRAO  ADSUL  and  SHRI  DHARMENDRA  YADAV  regarding  Awareness among Researchers

| Institute      | QS Ranking   | QS Ranking   | QS Ranking   |
|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|                | 2013         | 2014         | 2015         |
| IIT Delhi      | 222          | 235          | 179          |
| IIT Bombay     | 233          | 222          | 202          |
| IIT Kanpur     | 295          | 300          | 271          |
| IIT Kharagpur  | 346          | 324          | 286          |
| IIT Madras     | 313          | 322          | 254          |
| IIT Roorkee    | 401-410      | 461-470      | 391          |
| IIT Guwahati   | 601-650      | 551-600      | 451-460      |
| IISc Bangalore |              | NA           | 147          |