IIT-Bombay tops in QS ranking of Indian institutions
The HinduIndian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has topped the first-ever standalone ranking of Indian higher education institutions by QS, a think tank that is famous for bringing out world rankings of institutions. The top 10 Indian institutions include seven IITs, with the IITs at Madras, Delhi, Kharagpur and Kanpur standing third, fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in the rankings. To improve global rankings of Indian institutions, the Centre is trying to facilitate more foreign faculty and foreign students’ intake in Indian institutions. Within the framework of graded autonomy — allowing higher autonomy for the best institutions — too, the Centre is granting more autonomy to top institutions to hire foreign faculty and admit foreign students.