According to sources students of IIT Bombay are pointing fingers towards QSworld rankings, they are claiming that QS world rankings are not accurate, at least for their institute – Indian institute of technology, Bombay.
They said, that on the bais three major parameters, IIT Bombay is ahead of IIT Delhi but in QS ranking IIT Delhi is at better position than IIT Delhi. IIT Bombay students analyzed QS world ranking 2012 data and found that agency awards 40% weightage to academic reputation and 10% to employer reputation. According to IIT Bombay students when it comes to academic and employer reputation, IIT Bombay is better than IIT Delhi, but QS world ranking shows opposite result
Academic reputation score by QS world ranking
IIT Delhi – 183
IIT Bombay – 215
IIT Delhi – 183
IIT Bombay – 215
Employer reputation score by QS world ranking
IIT Delhi – 65
IIT Bombay – 75
IIT Delhi – 65
IIT Bombay – 75
“With a lot of media attention to the QS World Rankings, we were very interested in the exact parameters that QS uses for the rankings.However, when we dug up and analyzed the data, we found a lot of inconsistencies, even among the relative ranking of IITs. Our message is that when people use these rankings, they should do so with a pinch of salt,” said Nivvedan, editor of InSight.
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