Subjects of 4 Indian institutions figure among top 50 globally

In the recent QS World University Rankings by subjects four Indian universities, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Delhi and Mumbai, are among the global top 50. IIT-Delhi has got the highest rank among Indian varsities, ranked 42nd in electrical engineering. IIT-Bombay is 49th in electrical engineering and 50th in civil engineering, IIT-Madras 49th in civil engineering and the Indian Institute of Science 46th in materials science. None of the course from subjects like arts, humanities and social sciences is among top 50. IIT-Bombay is the only one in the top 200 in any of the five arts and humanities disciplines, ranking in the 151-200 grouping for linguistics. The five life sciences disciplines have featured two Indian institutions, while India has none in six of the eight social sciences disciplines. The exceptions are statistics, in which five Indian institutions— IIT-D, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Kanpur, Indian Statistical Institute and IIT-B — feature, and politics, in which Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) appears in the 101-150 grouping, ToI reported. Overall, IIT-B emerges as the top institution with four of its courses making it to the rankings. Globally, Harvard remains the best all-round institution, ranking first in 11 of the 30 disciplines, two more than its local rival MIT. Source :  http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/subjects-4-indian-institutions-figure-among-top-50-globally/16476