TIMES HIGHER EDU RANKINGS 2017 - 2 TN universities among Asia's top 100 institutions

Chennai TIMES NEWS NETWORK





Two institutions from Tamil Nadu featured among the top 100 universities in Asia in the Times Higher Education rankings 2017 released on Wednesday .Veltech University , Chennai and IIT-Madras secured the 43 and 62 positions in the rankings.

A total of seven Indian institutions made it to the top 100 universities in Asia, of which five were IITs. The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, led the list of Indian institutions at the 27 spot. IISc was at 27 in 2016 and at 37 in 2015. The overall score of IISc has improved from 45.9 in 2016 to 49.5 this year, yet it could not move up in the ranking ladder.

Veltech University , Avadi, Chennai has secured the 43 rank this year. There are no previous records of the varsity's rank in the Times Higher Education rankings. The university has an overall score of 41.3. The institution had a perfect 100 in citations, 35.4 out of 100 in industry income, 15.5 in international outlook, 8.4 in research and 19.9 in teaching.Indian Institute of Technol ogyMadras is the other institution from Tamil Nadu to have managed a spot in the top 100.

The institute maintains its ranking position from that of in 2016. IIT-M has shown improvement in all parameters of the ranking.With an overall score of 37.9, IIT-M score 41.2 out of 100 in citations, 81.1 in industry income, 17.5 in international outlook. 25.5 in research and 41.9 in teaching.

IIT-Bombay secured the 42 position, IIT-Kanpur was ranked immediately after IIT-M at 63, IIT-Roorke at 70 and IIT-Kharagpur at 87.