What is the top ranked University in India? How to find top 25 Universities in India? It is very difficult to draw a conclusion to these questions with out rational and objective research and data analysis. There are hundreds of Government universities in India. Only a few among them have good infrastructure, qualified and experienced faculty, research facilities and reputation in the industry. It is difficult to find standards of a University without thorough research, valid criteria and scientific parameters. Scopus, an independent organization has come up with a study on the best universities in India.
Scopus has used various criteria such as publications, citations per paper, papers from international collaboration, total number of papers published etc. Following is the list of top 25 Universities in India with excellent research facilities and standards of teaching and publications. Current Science magazine has published the finding of Scopus on best universities in India. Following are the universities in the ranking order:
1. University of Hyderabad
2. Delhi University
3. Panjab University
4. Jadavpur University
5. Banaras Hindu University
6. University of Madras
7. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
8. Jawaharlal Nehru University
9. Pune University
10. Anna University
11. Annamalai University
12. University of Rajasthan
13. Guru Nanak Dev University
14. CMC Vellore
15. University of Calcutta
16. Aligarh Muslim University
17. University of Mumbai
18. Madurai Kamaraj University
19. Shri Venkateswara University
20. Cochin University of Science and Technology
21. University of Mysore
22. Osmania University
23. Andhra University
24. CCS Haryana Agricultural University
25. Punjab Agricultural University
The above findings of Scopus are based on the data collected from the Universities during 1999 to 2008. The details of the survey / research findings were published in Current Science magazine dated 25th September 2009. You can get more information on Scopus at www.scopus.com .