QS World University Rankings: IIT Bombay, Delhi, JNU most sustainable Indian institutes

A total of 15 Indian universities featured on list with the top rank being bagged by IIT Bombay.  

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is the best educational institute in India out of the total 15 Indian universities ranked in the ‘QS World University Rankings: Sustainability’. IIT Bombay featured in the 281-300 rank range, followed by IIT Delhi (321-340 rank) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the range of 361-380.

‘QS World University Rankings: Sustainability’ is a new framework to evaluate how universities are taking action to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental and social issues. Experts evaluated 1,300 higher education institutions meeting specific eligibility requirements, out of which 700 institutions appeared on the final ranking list. University of Delhi in the 381-400 rank range and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 451-500 rank range bagged the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.  

Other Indian varsities that feature on list 

Other Indian universities that feature on the list are IIT Roorkee, Aligarh Muslim University, Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Science, IIT Kharagpur, Banaras Hindu University, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, IIT Guwahati and IIT Madras.  

University of California takes lead in QS Sustainability rankings 

Globally, the University of California, Berkeley (from the United States) has taken the lead in the sustainability as it has achieved top scores in both environmental impact and social impact categories, each contributing 50 per cent of the overall score. It is followed by two Canadian institutions, the University of Toronto (second) and the University of British Columbia (third).  

Other universities to appear in the top 10 are the University of Edinburgh, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)  and University of Sydney  at fifth rank, University of Tokyo , University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and the University of Auckland. 

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