This year, 118 Indian universities were included in the QS Asia University rankings. Along with IISc and Delhi University, five Indian Institutes of Technology have joined the elite group of the top 100 institutions in Asia. The ranking of IIT-Bombay has increased from 42nd to 40th this year, followed by IIT Delhi (46) and IIT Madras (59).

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore is placed at the 52nd spot followed by IIT Madras (53), IIT Kharagpur (61), IIT Kanpur (66), and University of Delhi (85), as per the data released today by QS.

Apart from these, IIT Roorkee, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), BITS Pilani have also secured a spot in the top 200 this year.

In the top 10, five universities are from China. The Peking University has secured the first position followed by National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore in second place and Tsinghua university, China at third position.