Why have 6 IITs boycotted THE World University Rankings third year in a row?

1. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Madras, Roorkee and Kharagpur have boycotted the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for the third year in a row

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2. And are not willing to relent unless the ranking agency is more “transparent” about its assessment parameters.

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3. In 2020, seven IITs announced their boycott of THE’s World University Rankings after the premier engineering schools held two meetings with THE representatives to flag their issues of “transparency” with the ranking metrics.

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4. Of the seven institutes, IIT Guwahati has participated in the rankings this year

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5. And is placed in the 1001-1200 band, much below its younger counterparts IIT Ropar (501 – 600)

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6. IIT Indore (601 – 800), IIT Patna (801 -1000) and IIT Gandhinagar (801 -1000)

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7. Directors of IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay told this newspaper that they will continue to shun the rankings since

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8. Resolved problems with the evaluation parameters.

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9. IIT Bombay director Subhasis Chaudhury, said, “There is no improvement in the transparency factor in their process.

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10. Directly a rank is allotted to the institute

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