siliconindia | | May 202019GLOBAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: A ROADMAP FOR INDIAPerformance is always measured against an objective which was planned to be achieved. The extent to which the objective is met, de-termines the success or failure of any initiative. The higher education system in a country is also not an exception to this. The re-cently published QS world rankings 2019 have brought a very pertinent question to the fore for Indian universities and the institutions of national By Anubhuti Dwivedi, Professor & Dean, Asian Business SchoolVIEW POINTimportance, which is, should we change our approach to higher education and move in the direction of internationalization of education standards in India before we lose ground in India's global reputation in educational excellence? This is a point of concern because out of nearly 45 central universities, more than 250 state universities, around 300 private universities and the prestigious technical institutions including IITs and IIMs; none could make to the top 100, only three featured in top 200 and only nine in top 500. In the total ranking of 1000 universities, only 24 are from India. Perhaps the reason for not being able to find a place in the top rankings is the point where we started ­ the objective of higher education. Globally established per-formance indicators need to be embraced with focus on out-come based education which does not limit itself to knowledge dissemination but moves ahead towards skill development, creativity and innovation.The generally accepted parameters for comparing the per-formance of higher education institutions and universities are academic reputation, employers' perception, quality of teach-ing, research output of faculty and international exposure. It is clearly evident that academic reputation would be the resultant of cumulative performance with regard to the other parameters. Employers form a perception based on the employment pre-paredness of the graduates from a university or institute. If the university has been able to enhance the employability quotient of its students by developing them into skilled professionals, which includes the technical as well as soft skills; it would be considered a high performance indicator for the education de-livery at that university. Most of the Indian universities lack on this aspect due to randomness and delays in curriculum revision and mode of education delivery based on classroom lectures rather than hands on training through live projects and practi-cal assignments. The only effective way of developing students An experienced academic head skilled in research, academic administration, curriculum design and educational leadership, Anubhutin has authored six books and various research papers, and successfully completed a research project jointly funded by New York University and National Stock Exchange.Anubhuti Dwivedi
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