{"id":10654,"date":"2011-10-08T19:10:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T19:10:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-10-08T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T19:10:54","slug":"India-s-Universities-No-Match-for-World-s-Best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10654","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Universities No Match for World\u2019s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Indian university made it in an annual list of the world\u2019s top 200 universities. High up in the survey, put together by the Times Higher Education magazine, were many of the much-lauded institutions\u2013 including Harvard, Stanford and Oxford. Indian universities don\u2019t prepare students as well as they could. To find your first and only Indian mention, you have to scroll way down. The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, widely regarded as India\u2019s most prestigious engineering and technology school, does appear in the ranking\u2014but not in the top 200. The survey, which reviewed 400 universities world-wide, lumped IIT-Bombay in the generic 301-350 category.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study ranked schools according to criteria that include the quality of the learning environment as well as the volume and influence of the research produced. After the 200 mark, the survey no longer gave individual rankings for each university but arranged them in groups of 50. There is no comparable data for IIT-Bombay from last year, because the magazine previously only announced rankings up to 200. The disappointing performance of Indian universities in this survey is the latest indication of something we already knew: that despite the country\u2019s economic growth, its education system is lagging. As we already noted, although higher education institutes are churning out a growing number of university graduates, these colleges and universities are not producing enough people who are fit for employment, with companies often struggling to find new recruits. Infosys Ltd.\u2019s co-founder and chairman emeritus Narayana Murthy last week said the quality of education even in the illustrious Indian Institutes of Technology is actually getting worse. Part of the problem is the admission criteria, which Mr. Murthy said isn\u2019t strict enough. As a result, \u201cthe quality of students entering IITs has gone lower and lower,\u201d Mr. Murthy said to a gathering of IIT alumni in New York, according to the Press Trust of India. \u201cThey somehow get through the joint entrance examination. But their performance in IITs, at jobs or when they come for higher education in institutes in the US is not as good as it used to be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This sparked an animated debate on IITs, a sensitive topic in India, where they are often viewed as veritable temples of learning. Chetan Bhagat, whose most famous novel-turned-Bollywood hit is set in an IIT, lashed back at Mr. Murthy. \u201cIt is ironic when someone who runs a body shopping company and calls it hi-tech, makes sweeping comments on the quality of IIT students,\u201d he tweeted in response earlier this week. The new global survey, however, adds weight to Mr. Murthy\u2019s criticism. A stifling bureaucracy and an excessive focus on memorizing, rather than on developing analytical skills, are some of the reasons experts say higher educational institutes in India are not as good as they could be. Indian lawmakers are hoping that allowing foreign universities play a bigger role in the country will give students some better options.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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