Current Affairs - Miscellaneous - Discussion

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay are the only two Indian institutions to feature among Top 50 educational institutes in Asia in TIMES Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking's. Among Indian institutes, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) ranked highest at 29th. IISc is followed by IIT, Bombay at 44th. Total 17 institutes from India featured in the list this year. Interestingly, although number of Indian institutes featuring in the list has increased, rank of many institutes has dropped as compared to last year. National University of Singapore has been adjudged as Asia's top university for the third consecutive year. With 89 universities featuring in the list, Japan is the most-represented nation.