IISc Bengaluru is India's best institute, says latest Times World University rankings

The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has topped as India's top institute in the list of Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2019 on Wednesday in the 251-300 band. 

IISc, Bengaluru is India's top institute which was placed in the 251-300 band in the global list of institutions. 

The IIT-Indore was ranked as the second best in the country as it made it to the prestigious list of global top 400 institutions. It was ranked as the second for it's strong research volume and research impact. It crossed IIT-Bombay which was earlier ranked in the 351-400 band and now has slipped to the 401-500 band.

"Our efforts in making research the focus of the institute is now reflected in the form of citations and other impact metrics of research. We continue to make research the focus of all our programmes which is why you see even our undergraduate students are active participants of research projects and collaborations within India and internationally too,” Pradeep Mathur, Director of IIT-Indore was quoted as saying to THE.

Also, there is good news for India as the number of Indian institutions ranked in the global list has increased to 49 from 42. Last year, only 42 Indian institutes made it to the global list of best institutions.

Oxford continues to be ranked as the world's top university with Cambridge in the second and Stanford University as the third.