11 Indian institutes among top 100 univs in emerging nations

Two Indian institutes -- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay -- that were not listed in the Times Higher Education 2014 rankings find a place in the Top 40 this year.

Eleven institutes from India are listed in the Top 100.

Read on to find out which Indian institutes made the cut and why...

The Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings 2015 features a total of 11 Indian universities in its latest rankings.

Among the 11 Indian universities that made it to the Top 100, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay were ranked among the Top 40.

The list of Top 100 includes institutions in countries classified as "emerging economies" by Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE), including the "BRICS" nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings 2015 ranking uses the same methodology as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and rates institutions based on 13 performance indicators that are grouped under five broad areas, namely:

• Teaching: the learning environment (worth 30 per cent of the overall ranking score)
• Research: volume, income and reputation (worth 30 per cent)
• Citations: research influence (worth 30 per cent)
• Industry income: innovation (worth 2.5 per cent)
• International outlook: staff, students and research (worth 7.5 per cent).

China's Peking University topped the rankings this year with an overall score of 67.7, while Tsinghua University, China (overall score 67.2) and Middle East Technical University, Turkey (52.5) were ranked second and third respectively.

What's interesting to note is that the two Indian universities that made it to the Top 40 in 2015 ranking were not listed in the 2014 rankings.

Let's take a look at the top 11 Indian institutes that made it to the Top 100 and find out how they've fared from last year's rankings.

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2015 Rank: 25
2014 Rank: NA

Overall score: 37.6
Teaching: 32.6
International outlook: 18.2
Industry income: 37.9
Research: 39.5
Citations: 51.6

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

2015 Rank: 37
2014 Rank: NA

Overall score: 33.3
Teaching: 34.2
International outlook: 19.5
Industry income: 49.7
Research: 24.6
Citations: 43.5

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

2015 Rank: 38
2014 Rank: 37

Overall score: 33
Teaching: 25.2
International outlook: 16.6
Industry income: 69
Research: 14.3
Citations: 62.6

Panjab University

2015 Rank: 39
2014 Rank: 13

Overall score: 32.9
Teaching: 23.7
International outlook: 29.2
Industry income: 28.3
Research: 10.5
Citations: 84.4

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

2015 Rank: 43
2014 Rank: 30

Overall score: 31.6
Teaching: 34.8
International outlook: 14.2
Industry income: 56.1
Research: 23.2
Citations: 35.8

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

2015 Rank: 44
2014 Rank: 47

Overall score: 31.5
Teaching: 32.5
International outlook: 19.6
Industry income: 71.7
Research: 20.1
Citations: 32.8

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

2015 Rank: 56
2014 Rank: 37

Overall score: 29
Teaching: 36.2
International outlook: 14.8
Industry income: No Data Supplied
Research: 23.3
Citations: 40.4

Jawaharlal Nehru University

2015 Rank: 71
2014 Rank: 57

Overall score: 25.9
Teaching: 39.4
International outlook: 19.2
Industry income: 28.1
Research: 14
Citations: 25.8

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

2015 Rank: 74
2014 Rank: 34

Overall score: 25.8
Teaching: 28.6
International outlook: 18.4
Industry income: 49.9
Research: 11.9
Citations: 34.3

Aligarh Muslim University

2015 Rank: 78
2014 Rank: 50

Overall score: 25.4
Teaching: 26.7
International outlook: 25.3
Industry income: 28.7
Research: 11.1
Citations: 43.5

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

2015 Rank: 98
2014 Rank: 46

Overall score: 22.6
Teaching: 21.3
International outlook: 17.4
Industry income: 31.8
Research: 5.3
Citations: 48.3