THE Impact Rankings: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in world’s Top 100 for 'Sustainability'
Previously, the university was ranked in the 301-400 band. This year, as many as 57 Indian universities participated in the ranking.
Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2021: The third edition of Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings is out! The ranking list include includes 1,240 universities from 98 countries and regions. According to data released, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is the only Indian university that managed to achieve a spot among the top 100 (81st rank) in the overall ranking. Previously, the university was ranked in the 301-400 band. This year, as many as 57 Indian universities participated in the ranking.
Globally, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham stood at the fifth rank for ‘quality education' and eighth for ‘gender equality’. It also secured 37th position for ‘good health and well-being’ and at 52nd for ‘clean water and sanitation’. Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings are released after assessing an institution's performance on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations.
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research ranks at 49th position for ‘zero hunger’, 52nd for ‘good health and well-being', 97th for ‘responsible consumption and production’, joint 81st for ‘climate action’, and joint 70th for ‘life on land’.
In total, 12 of the 18 rankings tables see an Indian university in the top 100, with 10 institutions achieving a combined 20 top 100 places across the rankings.
THE Impact Rankings 2021: Indian Universities
| Ranking |
University |
Rank |
Total No. of Universities in table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall |
81 |
1,115 |
|
| SDG2 |
=49 |
442 |
|
| SDG3 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
=37 |
871 |
| JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research |
52 |
||
| SDG4 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
=5 |
966 |
| SDG5 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
8 |
776 |
| SDG6 |
28 |
520 |
|
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
=52 |
||
| SDG7 |
22 |
560 |
|
| VIT University |
=24 |
||
| =80 |
|||
| 99 |
|||
| SDG8 |
=18 |
685 |
|
| Lovely Professional University |
=59 |
||
| =68 |
|||
| SDG10 |
86 |
669 |
|
| SDG12 |
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research |
97 |
503 |
| SDG13 |
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research |
=81 |
566 |
| SDG15 |
Don Bosco University |
53 |
402 |
| JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research |
=70 |
Meanwhile, according to the list, four universities secured rank in the top 100 under the ‘affordable and clean energy’ category. Debutants Lovely Professional University secured the 22nd rank and VIT University stood at 24th position managing to be among the top 25. Both Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (80th) and Chitkara University (99th) achieve top 100 positions in the table for the second consecutive year.
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