IIT: QS World University Rankings not applicable to engineering institutes:
Officials from theIndian Institutes of Technologies have said the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)rankings for universities are not applicable to the IITs.
SN Singh, DeputyDirector (Operations) at IIT-Delhi was reported to have said that QS rankings wereapplicable to universities, whereas IITs are engineering institutes.
Singh was quoted assaying that the IITs appear in the top positions when one looks at the topengineering institutes in the world.
Rankings for the top 200Asian universities as well as the top 200 universities in the world werereleased on September 10.
Indian Institutes: World Ranking
The IITs have slipped a few places on both lists. IIT Delhi was ranked as thehighest for Indian institutions this year at 38th position for Asia’s top 200universities. It was ranked as 36th in 2012.
The decrease in rankingswas thought to be attributed to two parameters: teacher-student ratio andinternational faculty.
It was earlier reportedthat the IITs were considering their own ranking and had approached QS so theycould improve their performance in the global rankings.
Source: IANS
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