No Indian varsity in top 100 global universities list

None of the Indian universities could make it to the list of the top 100 global universities in the latest 'world reputation ranking' by Times Higher Education. The rankings for 2015 based on invitation-only survey of senior academic opinion, placed Harvard at the top, followed by University of Cambridge and University of Oxford in the second and third place, respectively. In a further embarrassment to India, Brazil, Russia and China, the other BRIC nations, have at least one university in this prestigious list, the study revealed.

The latest results come even as the government has initiated a series of measures to place its institutes among the top globally. "It is really a matter of concern that a country of India's great intellectual history and its huge and growing economic power does not have a single university that is regarded by academics globally as being among the world's most prestigious," said editor of the Times Higher Education Rankings Phil Baty.