India's Achievements in QS World University Rankings | 13 Apr 2024
India's higher education and research landscape has shown significant progress in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by subject, reflecting the country's growing presence in the global academic community.
- IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Bangalore, and IIM-Calcutta ranked among the top 50 institutions globally for business and management studies.
- Jawaharlal Nehru University achieved the 20th position globally for development studies, making it the highest-ranked university in India.
- The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences in Chennai secured the 24th position globally for dentistry studies.
- India emerged as one of the world's most rapidly expanding research centres, showing a 54% surge in research output from 2017 to 2022.
- India ranks 4th in research volume globally, trailing behind China, the US, and the UK, but ranks 9th for research impact.
- In the broader Asian context, India ranks 2nd for the number of universities featured and holds the 4th position in the total number of ranked entries.
- India faces challenges in securing citations in premier global journals, with only 15% of its research cited in top-tier journals between 2017 and 2021.
Read more: QS World Ranking 2024