Panjab University beats IITs in global rankings

Panjab University is the highest ranked Indian institution clubbed in the group of universities ranked between 226-250 ranks.

According to THE, this is India's best performance so far with five institutions making it to the top 400. The other Indian institutions featuring in the list are four Indian Institutes of Technology from Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Roorkee, all clubbed in the group of institutions between 351-400.

Meanwhile, the California Institute of Technology retains its place at the top of the rankings for the third consecutive year, while Harvard University regaining the second place (up from fourth in 2012-13), a position shared with the UK's University of Oxford. Stanford University slips from joint second to fourth.