Times Higher Education world University Ranking 2019: Indian Institutes – Miles to go

15-year-old Times Higher Education [THE] World University Rankings is considered to be the trusted list of global institutes and university ranking. Results are out recently for the year 2019 which revealed that most of the higher education institutes [HEI] in India slipped its positions while the Chinese HEI bagging top positions in the list. IISc

15-year-old Times Higher Education [THE] World University Rankings is considered to be the trusted list of global institutes and university ranking. Results are out recently for the year 2019 which revealed that most of the higher education institutes [HEI] in India slipped its positions while the Chinese HEI bagging top positions in the list. IISc Bangalore and IIT Indore are the only Indian institutes to appear in the list of top 50 in Asia ranking.

If we talk about Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2019 Universities from China, Singapore and Hong Kong moved up and dominated the THE Asia University ranking 2019. Tsinghua University, China, National University of Singapore and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology secured the first, second and third positions, respectively resulting emergence of China as the Asian rankings leader for the first time this year, with its Tsinghua University pushing the National University of Singapore to second place.

Overall Indian universities delivered a mixed performance due to significant changes at individual institutions in the 2019. As many as 49 Indian institutes made it to the Asia University ranking 2019. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, stood at 29th position followed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, at 50th rank. IIT Bombay slipped from 44th rank in 2018 to 54th in 2019. IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur have have moved down 5 and sixteen notches, respectively. IIT Madras stood at 120th rank in the rankings Most of the Indian institutes has witnessed a downslide in their rankings this year.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore are below 50, Jamia Millia Islamia improved its position at 188 from 201-250 last year. Jamia Millia Islamia has made yet another improvement in international rankings. This time it has been placed at 188 rank improving its position from 201-250 last year. THE gives specific rank to the university which comes under 200 rank.

In the world ranking none of the Indian Institute secured its place in top 100 yet. Indian Institute of Sciences Bangalore secured 251-300 rank followed by IIT Indore 351-400 rank.

IIT Bombay, Savitribai Phule Pune University and IISER Pune are the only three institutes made their positions in the list from Maharashtra. Although Savitribai Phule Pune University slightly shifted up still it’s not in top 500. Currently it is ranked 501-600 position and secured 9^th position in India. THE Ranking shows declining trend of HEI’s in India showing large scope for improvements and miles to go away for the overall development of the education sector in India.

Here is the list of Indian HEI listed in THE World University ranking 2019

Rank			HEI Name
India	ASIA	World
1	29	251–300	Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
2	50	351–400	Indian Institute of Technology Indore
3	54	401–500	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
4	55	401–500	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
5	63	401–500	JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research
6	76	501–600	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
7	83	501–600	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
8	91	501–600	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
9	110	501–600	Savitribai Phule Pune University
10	118	601-800	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
11	120	601–800	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
12	130	601–800	Tezpur University
13	131	601–800	Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
14	135	601–800	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
15	136	601–800	Panjab University
16	140	601–800	Banaras Hindu University
17	143	601–800	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
18	144	601–800	Jadavpur University
19	156	601–800	University of Delhi
20	160	601–800	National Institute of Technology Rourkela
21	164	601–800	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
22	170	801–1000	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad
23	182	801–1000	Aligarh Muslim University
24	188	801–1000	Jamia Millia Islamia
25	201-250	801–1000	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
26	201-250	801–1000	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
27	201-250	801–1000	Pondicherry University
28	201-250	801–1000	Sri Venkateswara University
29	251-300	801–1000	Acharya Nagarjuna University
30	251-300	801–1000	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
31	251-300	801–1000	Osmania University
32	251-300	801–1000	Thapar University
33	251-300	801–1000	VIT University
34	251-300	1001+	Andhra University
35	301-350	1001+	Annamalai University
36	301-350	1001+	University of Kerala
37	301-350	1001+	KIIT University
38	301-350	1001+	University of Mysore
39	351-400	1001+	Amity University
40	351-400	1001+	Cochin University of Science and Technology
41	351-400	1001+	G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar
42	351-400	1001+	Manipal Academy of Higher Education
43	351-400	1001+	PSG College of Technology
44	351-400	1001+	SASTRA University
45	351-400	1001+	SRM Institute of Science and Technology’
46	351-400	1001+	Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
47	401+	1001+	GITAM University
48	401+	1001+	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
49	401+	1001+	Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology