China had six of the top 10 places, followed by Brazil with two institutes and Russia and South Africa with one each.
IIT Delhi made it to the 13th place, followed by IIT Bombay at 15th place and IIT Kanpur at the 17th place. IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee were placed at 17th, 20th and 37th place respectively.
Modi emphasised the need for India to evolve an independent 'India Ranking' metric for universities as the existing systems are skewed towards the western nations, said a government statement. Such ranking metric can also involve the SAARC nations, the PM suggested.
The first copy of the 'QS University Rankings: BRICS 2014' featuring the top 200 varsities was presented to the PM by HRD Minister Smriti Irani, in which six institutes of China figured among the top 10. The top slot was occupied by Tsinghua University of China.
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