Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has emerged as the top Indian institute in the QS World University Ranking 2020. Ranked at 152nd position, IIT-Bombay is first to be featured in the list of global top 200 this year.
Other Indian institutes which found a place in the top 200 were IIT-Delhi and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore at 182nd and 184th position respectively. Out of top 10 universities in the 16th edition of the QS World Ranking, five were US based.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped the global list for the eighth year while second spot was taken by Stanford University. Harvard University and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) stood at third and fourth position in the list respectively. National University of Singapore was the top Asian university in the list at 11th position.
“It is a proud moment that in the prestigious QS ranking, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and IISc Bangalore have been included in the list of top 200 global universities,” tweeted Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.