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QS rankings: Indian varsities top Asia in research quantity, lag on quality

IIT Bombay top ranked Indian institute in QS Asia University Rankings 2022

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Asia contains 687 universities, including forty new entries, and is QS’s most extensive independent comparison of the region’s higher education system

Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
When it comes to research quantity in terms of number of papers per faculty, no other country comes close to India, suggest findings of the latest Asia University Rankings 2022 by global higher education think-tank Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS). However, Indian varsities have a long way to go in order to improve the quality and impact of the research in terms of number of citations.

For instance, commenting on the country's performance in the rankings, QS Research Director Ben Sowter said that of the 18 nations, territories and special administrative regions that make up QS's Asian Rankings, India has the highest