The Centre for English Studies (CES) at Jawaharlal Nehru University has once again been adjudged as one of the top 100 English departments in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2013. University of Delhi's English department has also found a place in the top 100 this year.
The University of Oxford tops the list followed by Cambridge, and Harvard University.
JNU and Delhi University feature in the 51-100 rank categories.
"The credit for this ranking goes to the quality of research that students and faculty of this Centre produce and the academically conducive environment that JNU provides to fruitfully do the same," said a official of the university.