New Delhi: Despite continuing to be in the top 200 institutes in the world of engineering and technology, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has not been able to find top spot in the international rankings like QS and Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
According to IIT-Delhi director, V Ramgopal Rao, IITs are losing out on international rankings due to their only focus on engineering.
“We are improving our rankings in engineering and tech but it will still take some time for us to rank higher in world university rankings. It is mainly because we are not comprehensive enough as compared to other foreign universities especially in the US,” the director was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
“If we compare an IIT with Stanford then we are bound to lose because the US university has many schools such as for law, medicine etc. There is a need to promote interdisciplinary education to achieve higher ranks in international rankings,” professor Rao added.
The institute has introduced 10 academic units in the past six years in a bid to adopt an interdisciplinary route to education. IIT-Delhi has also launched five new BTech programmes, 8 MTech degrees, 2 MSc courses in 2021.
The institute is also set to launch a bachelor’s programme in Design to be offered from next year. “A BTech in Design degree will also be launched in the next couple of years,” the director added.
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