{"id":14587,"date":"2026-10-07T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm360.com\/blog\/?p=14587"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:06:55","slug":"accelerate-index-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm360.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/07\/accelerate-index-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerate Index In India"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my blog post entitled Make Index In India<\/strong><\/a>, I’d predicted:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a fool\u2019s errand to try to cross someone else\u2019s bar. For all we know, once we get too close to the finishing line, they just might move the goal post, leaving us back in square one.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well, my prediction has come true!<\/p>\n

According to the op-ed entitled What To Rank And File Away<\/strong><\/a> in Economic Times<\/em> dated 1 August 2026, Indian higher education institutes ramped up research in line with the high weightage given for it in QS ratings all these years.<\/p>\n

Their efforts have borne fruit.<\/p>\n

In the latest QS World University Rankings 2027<\/em> published in June 2026, IIT Delhi scored 97.3 on “Citations per Faculty” metric, which is the most representative indicator of research. Peking University scored 99.2 and University of Hong Kong scored 98.7.<\/p>\n

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But the results have not.<\/p>\n

Given that IITD scored just a whisker behind the two Chinese universities on this key metric, it should follow that its overall rank is also just a whisker behind them, right?<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

The QS Ranks are as follows:<\/p>\n