Indian Universities r no where in 3 different ratings

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NEW DELHI: India is nowhere in the recently released world university rankings. The three rankings — Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and QS World University Rankings — are just out, but none of the Indian varsities have made it to the top 100. While overall the US dominates all the three rankings, the QS rankings have China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Israel, Taiwan and even Thailand ahead of India with IIT- Bombay in the 187th position. In the other two rankings, (Times Higher Education World University Rankings and Academic Ranking of World Universities) India finds no place in the top 200, but Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Turkey bag decent places in between the two rankings. B K Mathur, dean, planning and co-ordination, IIT Kharagpur, however, dismisses the world university rankings as a subject for "coffee table discussions". But at a time when India is being hyped as a future knowledge economy and the country is emerging as the new academic destination globally, isn't international benchmarking in education important for India? Mathur stresses, "It is not ranking but word of mouth that conveys our academic excellence to students. We have 50,000 alumni across the world, they are our ambassadors." However, agreeing that the world is watching us, Narendra Jadhav, member, Planning Commission, says, "Though the international ranking methodology is erroneous, Indian universities need to be open to international benchmarking. What they lack is a proper 'management of information system'. Also, there needs to be greater awareness among universities to at least give out accurate information so that it reflects their true academic status." S K Barua, director, IIM-A, stresses that international benchmarking is becoming important and with the world becoming smaller and global student mobility increasing, "we need to realise that if we go up the ranking as a nation, education is going to give us inflow of foreign exchange. Besides, I believe that we have the potential to excel and if we are keen India can become the Mecca of higher education." Despite India's skepticism, rankings are becoming an important determinant. As Jonathan Adams, director of research evaluation, Thomson Reuters (Times Higher Education has tied up with Thomson Reuters this year), points out, "Well developed and information-rich rankings can be a helpful guide to students about relative standing of universities worldwide." http://timesofindia.indiatimes...

_____ · Sep 16, 2010 7:52 PM · 13,029 views

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Afno desh ko barema sochnu ni. ...kina dothi ko barema chinta lyera bascha yo muujiiiii....nepal ko education system lai kasari ramro banaune ma dhyan deu mula sagg......

ratoragat · Sep 16, 2010 8:46 PM

haha You checked only onside of the coin here,  try to see the other side. Your use of words is very immature but I appreciate your thought.

_____ · Sep 17, 2010 1:21 PM

ya u r mature i know but let u now i hate dhotis and evry thing related to them...........i guess u r some creepy poor guy publishing about india ........

ratoragat · Sep 17, 2010 7:13 PM

Ratoragat bro, it doesn't make you patriot just by putting ratoragat nick or just by using foul language against india or just by guessing what mr. _____ (blanky) does. Do somre research bro. And keep your eyes open for the whole world. Your thought to develop Nepal without any consideration of India, China or any other country which has substantial influence in Nepal is worthless. Yeah! you need to know what is happening in India and how people are doing things in India before you plan to do something similar in Nepal. If you really want to do something for Nepal then keep your mind cool, think, make some solid plans, and try to implement those and lastly don't show ultra-patroitism. If you have some good plans and need helping hands, I am ready to back you.

Geology Tiger · Sep 17, 2010 9:00 PM

ratoragat bro your anger will do nothing to India but looks like you are living with anger in your mind. Read carefully what I posted. Indian always brag about the education level in their country, they say that the world recognizes their intelucteulness but guess what? those ppl don't even consider Indian universities among 100 top universities in the world. you failed to see this side of the coin. Your anger stopped you from seeing this in what I posted instead you said foul word plus guessed that I am some creepy poor guy.The anger which you have inside you is harming you. Get rid of the anger and try to see beyond what you see.

_____ · Sep 19, 2010 11:19 AM

Ratoragat, language you have chosen to use is filthy and disgusting. Ofcourse you are free to use this kind of language with your friends and family but please do not torture common people like us with it.

laureni · Sep 19, 2010 1:41 PM

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