Technology institutes may compete as unit in rankings

All 13 Indian institutes of technology may compete as a single unit at the global level for a place among the best in rankings, reports Firstpost.India. Higher education secretary Ashok Thakur said the idea was to position the institutes as a single unit much like their brand.

International ranking agencies such as Times Higher Education and QS would be informed accordingly, he said. Central universities and other institutes could follow the Indian institutes of technology, or IIT, to position themselves in the ranking list, he said.

Thakur's comments came after a ‘retreat’ of IIT directors held in New Delhi, also attended by Human Resources Development Minister MM Pallam Raju and some public sector enterprise heads. Thus far, none of the Indian institutes features among the top 100 in the world rankings.
Full report on the Firstpost.India site