Times Higher. 6 IITs boycotted their global rankings for the second consecutive year after education (d) stated that it would change its performance grading methodology to address the issues of the Indian Institutes of Technology. In 2020, IITs Delhi, Bombay, Guwahati, Madras, Roorkee, Kanpur and Kharagpur refused to participate in the rankings, stating “transparency in their ranking process”. However, IIT Guwahati took part in the rankings this year.
“Following the talks in 2019, we have engaged in frequent public debates to ensure that they are kept updated on progress with the WUR 3.0 methodology and we ran a special webinar session on this in 2021, the final year of IITs. We added it again. India Earlier this year the Forum on our future plans in February 2022, taking into account the concerns of the IITs, and to explore the impact of our methodological change,” Ritin Malhotra, Regional Director for the South Asian Region, told ThePrint. Told.
After last ranking when IIT Delhi participated, former Director V Ramgopal Rao said that he is not happy with it performance. “Our top institutions in India could be in the top 50 in any of these” World University rankings,” he said, highlighting several flaws in the metrics of international ranking agencies. Half the marks are based on reputation. Of the total, 40 percent weightage is given to academic reputation and 10 percent to employer reputation.
IITs also consistently rank low in foreign enrollment in the category of faculty and students. “IIT jobs are government jobs. Recruitment of international teachers is still grappling with policy issues at all levels,” Rao said. Rao said that due to the implementation of EWS quota, 2500 additional students have been admitted in the last two years, however, finding “quality faculty” to suit these students is a slow process, he pointed out.
Announcing the NIRF rankings last year, the education minister had said that he does not agree with the global rankings as he believes they give too much importance to ‘perspective’ metrics.
Not just international rankings, Rao had also suggested parallel international NIRF rankings. One should be created that compares India’s top 50 institutes with the world’s top 50 institutes, he said, adding that he believes it will set higher goals for educational institutions in India. “It is time to build new goal posts. Otherwise, it will be a kind of musical chair over the top and a zero-sum game for the country,” he said.
The recently released World University Rankings 2022 saw the Indian Institute of Science as the highest ranked Indian institute in the 301-399 bracket. A total of 75 educational institutions from India participated in the rankings this year. A total of 7 IITs including IIT Ropar (501-600), IIT Indore (601-800), IIT Gandhinagar ((801-1000), IIT Patna (801-1000), IIT Bhubaneswar (1001-1200) made it to the list. ), IIT Guwahati (1001-1200), and IIT Mandi (1001-1200).
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