Lok Sabha Question No. 1432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-09
Subject: Indian Higher Educational Institutions in Global Top-100 Rankings
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Ms Sayani Ghosh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1432

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026

## Indian Higher Educational Institutions in Global Top-100 Rankings

## 1432.  Ms Sayani Ghosh :

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Indian higher educational institutions, including universities and Institutes of National Importance, that have featured within the top 100 positions of major global university  rankings  since  2014,  ranking-agency-wise,  such  as  QS,  Times  Higher Education and ARWU, year-wise and rank-wise;
- (b) whether it  is  a  fact  that  very  few  or  none  of  the  Indian  universities  have  consistently remained within the top 100 of global university rankings in recent years despite repeated policy announcements aimed at improving their global competitiveness, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any assessment to ascertain the reasons for the continued absence or decline of Indian institutions, including IITs and Central Universities from the top 100 global rankings and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised under the Institutions of Eminence (IoE) scheme since its inception, institute-wise along with expenditure incurred by each institution?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ( DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR )

(a) to (c):  Government of India has taken a number of steps to enhance quality of education in Higher  Education  Institutes  (HEIs)  in  the  country.  These  include  provision  of  quality infrastructure,  strengthening  of  the  research  and  innovation  ecosystem  and  promotion  of industry-academia linkages etc.

The above initiatives have contributed to significant improvements in the performance of  Indian  HEIs  in  international  rankings,  such  as  the  QS  World  University  Rankings  (QS WUR). A total of 54 Indian Institutions have been ranked in the QS WUR 2026. This is India's highest ever representation, marking a growth from 11 institutions in QS WUR 2015 to 54 in QS WUR 2026. Eight Indian Institutions have been ranked for the first time, which is the highest  number  for  any  country  in  this  edition,  both  within  G20  and  globally.  Details  of international rankings, including the performance of Indian institutions, are published by the respective ranking agencies on their official websites.

Since  2014,  augmentation  of  Higher  Education  ecosystem  has  been  undertaken  by establishment  of  new  Central  Higher  Educational  Institutions  (CHEIs)  in  the  fields  of Technical Education, Management, Science Education & Research, Information Technology and  Humanities.  CHEIs  are  envisaged  to  function  as  pace  setter  institutions  to  provide academic leadership to  other  institutions  in  the  region.  Since  2014,  16  Indian  Institutes  of Information Technology (IIIT), 8 Central Universities (CU), 8 Indian Institute of Management (IIM),  7  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IIT),  2  Indian  Institute  of  Science  Education  and Research (IISER) and 1 National Institute of Technology (NIT) have been established.

Further, Ministry  of  Education  has  instituted robust accreditation  and  ranking mechanisms through National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) respectively. NIRF launched in 2015 has been publishing India Rankings annually, which has galvanised the Indian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to a more competitive environment. NBA has also been organising mentoring workshops sharing best  practices  and  acquainting  Indian  HEIs  with  the  methodology  and  procedure  for participating in International Rankings.

(d): Ministry of Education launched the World Class Institutions scheme in the year 2017 to grant the status of Institution of Eminence (IoE) to 10 higher educational institutions each from the public and private category and enable them to emerge as world class teaching and research institutions.  Twelve  institutions  have  been  notified  as  IoE  so  far.  These  include  08  public category  institutions,  namely  -  IIT  Bombay,  IIT  Delhi,  IIT  Madras,  IIT  Kharagpur,  IISc Bangalore, BHU Varanasi, University of Hyderabad and University of Delhi and 04 private category institutions namely - BITS Pilani, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, O.P. Jindal Global  University  and  Shiv  Nadar  University,  Greater  Noida.  Only  public  institutions  are provided funds under the scheme. An amount of Rs 6198.99 Crore (approximately) has been sanctioned for the 08 public institutions since the inception of the scheme.

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