{"id":37700,"date":"2018-02-07T19:32:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=37700"},"modified":"2018-02-07T19:33:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:03:55","slug":"asia-university-rankings-2018-indian-universities-register-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/asia-university-rankings-2018-indian-universities-register-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia University Rankings 2018: Indian universities register decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s two major higher educational institutions \u2013IISc Bangalore and IIT Bombay \u2013 have dropped two places to 29th and 44th respectively.
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The latest list of top 350 Asian universities released by the Times Higher Education (THE) on Tuesday has more Indian varsities figuring in the top list \u2013 with the number improving to 42 from last year\u2019s 33. However, according to the report, many Indian institutions across the country have registered a decline in ranking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a fantastic achievement that India now has 42 universities in the Asia rankings and that the country has improved on 12 of the 13 metrics underlying the rankings,\u201d said Phil Baty, editorial director of global rankings at THE.<\/p>\n

But with a sharp fall in scores, India\u2019s two major higher educational institutions \u2013 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay \u2013 have dropped two places to 29^{th<\/sup> and 44^{th<\/sup> respectively.<\/p>\n}}

In the major decline in this year\u2019s ranking, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)<\/a> Madras has gone down from its previous position 41 to 103 in the \u2018Asia Universities Rankings 2018\u2019.<\/p>\n

However, two new entries \u2013 the Indian School of Mines at the 141st position and the Banaras Hindu University at 194^{th<\/sup> \u2013 have marked as a remarkable development in the country. According to the report, among the factors which affected the rankings were teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.<\/p>\n}

Stating that India was still a leading Asia\u2019s higher education country, despite many institutions registering a decline, Phil Baty said, \u201cWhile it has not experienced the same rapid improvement as East Asian nations such as China and while some of its institutions faced declines, India\u2019s overall rise proves that it can make advances year on year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ranking analysis found that the country\u2019s good performance is attributed to points earned in areas of research productivity despite the country\u2019s weak research environment. Another major area of decline in the Indian universities was the teaching reputation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe South Asian region has increased its representation in the 2018 \u2018THE\u2019 Asia University Rankings, but is struggling to maintain its standing in the face of competition from the East and South-East Asia,\u201d said Baty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"