New Delhi: In a first, two Indian institutes, The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, have for the first time made it to the top 200 list of the world's best universities.
While the The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore bagged 147th rank, IIT-D was ranked 179th.
According to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), there are 14 Indian institutions in the World University Rankings.
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While IIT (Bombay) has been placed at 200, IIT (Madras) and IIT (Kanpur) were ranked 202 and 271 respectively.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hold the first position and the prestigious Harvard University is placed at second.
