IISERs gain in latest Nature Index rankings

Five of the seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)s are ranked in the top 15. These are IISERs – Kolkata (4), Pune (7), Bhopal (11), Mohali (13) and Thiruvananthapuram (14).

Among the IITs, Kanpur, Guwahati, Madras, Kharagpur, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Indore and Rourkee are in the top 20.

Of the central, state and private universities that are ranked in the top 50 are University of Hyderabad at rank 16, followed by University of Delhi (20), University of Calcutta (23), Banaras Hindu University (30), Siksha O Anusandhan University (34), Cotton University (36), Punjab University (37), University of Madras (43), University of Burdwan (44), Tezpur University (45), Jawaharlal Nehru University (47), Pondicherry University (48), Presidency University (49) and Vellore Institute of Technology (50).

Central, state and private universities which rank among the top 50, include the University of Hyderabad at the highest rank (16), followed by the University of Delhi (20), University of Calcutta (23), Banaras Hindu University (30), Siksha O Anusandhan University (34), Cotton University (36), Punjab University (37), University of Madras (43), University of Burdwan (44), Tezpur University (45), Jawaharlal Nehru University (47), Pondicherry University (48), Presidency University (49) and Vellore Institute of Technology (50).

Savitribai Phule Pune University is at the 81st position whereas Symbiosis International University is ranked 121.

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