India doubles its slots on list of Asia's best universities

Indian Institute of Science tops India list

India has more than doubled its representation on the list of Asia’s best universities, released on Wednesday by the Times Higher Education.

In the Asia University Rankings 2017, India has 33 institutions in the top 300, of which 17 are new entrants. Last year’s list had 16 in the top 300.
 

Eight from India are among the top 100, with the Indian Institute of Science at 27, ranking the highest. The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (42) and Veltech University (joint 43rd) have made it to the top 50.

For the second year, Singapore’s National University and China’s Peking University ranked