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qs IS ACCEPTED STANDARD AMONG THE FOLLOWING 5 OF THE EARTH:
- Times Higher Education World *University Rankings*. ...
- QS World *University Rankings*. ...
- Academic *Ranking* of World *Universities*. ...
- CWTS Leiden *Ranking*. ...
- The Webometrics *Ranking*. All stat lie and it include many
educations to day. I understand but IITs are standard from your time till
date undoubtedly K R IRS
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 10:43, Sithamalli Balasubramanian <
[email protected]> wrote:
> unfortunately the QS is a 'parrocy' (parrot-like) index. Citations can and
> are manipulated and it is no index of originality.
> Originality is not indexable. For example the LEDs were known as early as
> 1910 but their use became common only recently.
> Originality faces severe opposition from entrenched scholars.
> I quote Indira Gandhi,
> "Nine cities claimed him dead,
> Through whose streets the living Homer begged his bread."
> Skb.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 10:22, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> *Respected Sir/s,*
>>
>> * Taksha (the shortened moniker for
>> TakshaShila) Institute was named after “Taksha's Cut-Rock (or 'Stele')
>> City” in ancient northern India, the site of the ancient world's supposed
>> first international university (c. 800 BCE – 550 CE). It was described as
>> the wealthiest city of that time, in India.*
>> Taxila
>> was the capital of Gandhara country in ancient India and a major center of
>> education. The university here is among the oldest universities in the
>> world. It was a center of importance for both Hindus and Buddhists.
>> Chanakya was the teacher here.
>> Historically it was situated at the confluence of
>> three great routes-
>> (1) Uttarapath - The present Grand Trunk Road, which connected Gandhar to
>> Magadha,
>> (2) Northwest Passage - which passed through Kapish and Pushkalavati etc.
>> (3) Indus river route - via Srinagar, Mansera, Haripur valley, used to go
>> to the silk route in the north and the Indian Ocean in the south.
>> At present, Taxila is a tehsil and important archaeological site
>> in Rawalpindi district of Punjab province of Pakistan, located about 32 km
>> northeast of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The Grand Trunk Road goes very
>> close to it. This site has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List
>> since 1970. In a report for the year 2010, the World Heritage Fund has
>> included it among the 12 sites which are on the verge of irreparable
>> damage.
>> Taxila city was famous as a great
>> center of learning and education in Indian history. The worlad's first
>> universitywas established in TAHSHILA or TAXILA; before some last
>> centuries of Vedic period.
>> * VAYU PURANA traces the traces the start of Takshila to Taksha ,the son
>> of Bharatha and is mentioned in Mahabharata, citing Dhaumya as one of the
>> Acharyas.Chinese travelers like Fa Hian and Huien Tsang also speak about
>> TAkshila in their writings.*
>> *But in Buddhism, it was the main field of learning. Although this
>> discussion is not found in the ancient sources of Buddhist literature, but
>> descriptions are filled with the Jatakas. Many things are also known from
>> Tripitaka's commentaries and chronicles. Accordingly, students from
>> far-flung areas of India such as Banaras, Rajgriha, Mithila and Ujjayini
>> used to go there to study and get education from world famous gurus. More
>> than 10,500 from all over the world studied here. There was campus to
>> accommodate students of other countries. Students were supposed to pay for
>> the expenses. But if they are unable to pay they could work for their
>> teachers. Entrance test for admission was very tough only 3 out of 10
>> passed the test. There were 300 Lecture Halls with stone benches and a
>> Massive Library called Dharma Gunj or Mountain of knowledge. TAKSHILA stood
>> as a lighthouse of higher knowledge and pride of India.*
>> * Takshils was listed by UNESCO as one of the World Heritage sites in
>> 1980.*
>> * Takshila was specialised in the study medicine. *
>> * It is known from the Tilmushti Jataka that the discipline there
>> was extremely rigid and that the boys of kings could be beaten if they were
>> repeatedly accused. *
>> The fact that many kings (Brahmadattas) of
>> Varanasi send their sons, other princes and heirs to get education there
>> are known to the Jatakas.
>> Chanakya, the prime minister of the
>> Mauryan Empire and mentor to Chandragupta Maurya (and the third most famous
>> management consultant in India after Krishna and Shakuni) is believed to
>> have composed the Arthashastra (which consists of 15 books) while studying
>> at TakshaShila circa 300 BCE.
>> It is clear that Taxila was the
>> other center of education of politics and archeology. *There were 103
>> princes from different states studying in an arsenal there*. There were
>> special schools of Ayurveda and jurisprudence. The names of some of the
>> most famous men in Indian history are found in the graduates of Taxila.
>> Panini, the best grammarian of Sanskrit literature, was a
>> resident of Shalatur in Gandhar and got education in Taxila.
>> Some famous personalities contemporary to Gautam Buddha had also
>> lived there, the main ones being three classmates Kosalraj Prasenjit,
>> Malla Sardar Bandhul and Lichhavi Mahali.
>> *The chief physician and surgical organist and the Brahmin looter
>> Angulimal. Vinayapitaka gives an account of the immense knowledge and
>> skills of Ayurvedic creatures derived from there.* Chanakya was a
>> graduate and teacher there and Chandragupta Maurya became the most famous
>> among his disciples, who together with his master founded the Maurya Empire.
>>
>> Tekshila was often taught at high-level schools, and the
>> children from far and wide were definitely of adolescence who had already
>> received their early education. Ayurveda, Dhanurveda, Hastividya,
>> Trilogy, Grammar, Philosophy, Mathematics, Astrology, Enumeration,
>> Numeracy, Commerce, Sarpavidya, Tantra, Music, Dance and Painting etc.
>> were the main place in the curriculum there. Mentioned in the Jataka must
>> be appropriate in the three Vedas and 18 vidyas taught there. But for the
>> education of rituals, not Taxila; but Varanasi was more famous. The
>> greatest feature of Taxila was the predominance of cosmic weapons in the
>> scriptures taught there.Under Sutasoma Jataka there were 103 princes from
>> various parts of the country were learning ARCHERY.
>>
>> "When the men of Alexander the great came to Taxila in India in the fourth
>> century BC they found a university there the like of which had not been
>> seen in Greece, a university which taught the three Vedas and the
>> eighteen accomplishments and was still existing when the Chinese pilgrim
>> Fa-Hsien went there about AD 400."
>> When Alexander invaded India, in 326 BC ,Ambhi(Omphis) the ruler of
>> TAshkila , surrendered the city and placed under his disposal.
>>
>> *Now* the P.r..e.sent Status...
>>
>> QS Rankings 2021: The best universities in India
>> As many as 12 universities from India feature in the QS World
>> University Rankings by Subject 2021.
>> 12 institutes from India make it to the top 100 of QS World
>> University Rankings by Subject 2021
>> This year, the global rankings analysed nearly 14,000 individual
>> university programmes from 1,440 universities across 85 locations around
>> the world.
>> *The final rankings were decided based on four
>> major parameters: The institute's reputation among academics, reputation
>> among global employers, the number of research citations the university
>> achieved per paper in that subject, and the 'H-index', which measured the
>> productivity and impact of each published scholar of the university.*
>> Like every year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held
>> the top spot in the rankings.
>>
>> *"Country-wise, six universities from the US featured among the top 15
>> institutes."*
>>
>> " China followed with 13 institutes in the top 200 and 28 institutes in
>> top 400."
>> *Fo*
>> *r the first time, 12 institutes from India featured in the top 100. This
>> includes seven engineering institutes from India that made it to the top
>> 200.*
>> While unveiling the rankings online, Education
>> Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said: *'These institutions have stood
>> on the frontiers and made us proud.'*
>> The top ranking universities from India as per the QS
>> Rankings by Subject 2021 include the Indian Institute of
>> Technology-Bombay, IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras, IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Kharagpur, *the
>> Indian Institute of Science, Anna University, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
>> OP Jindal Global University, Delhi University, Indian Institute of
>> Management-Bangalore and IIM-Ahmedabad.*
>>
>> The top Indian universities by subject
>> IIT-Bombay (41) and IIT-Kharagpur (44) appeared in the top 100 list Under
>> the minerals/mining engineering category.
>> IIT-Bombay stood at rank 70 for chemical engineering.
>> *IIT-Bombay (rank 67) and IIT-Delhi (rank 70) featured in the top 100 for
>> computer science.*
>>
>> IIT-Madras was ranked 30th globally for petroleum engineering.
>> IISc grabbed the 78th spot in the materials sciences category.
>> *IIM-Bangalore (76) and IIM-Ahmedabad (80) were ranked among top 100
>> schools for business and management.*
>> *Delhi University was ranked 50th for its course on development economics*
>> .
>> The Jindal Global Law School at the OP Jindal Global University was
>> ranked 76 for law.
>> The top engineering institutes from India are as follows:
>> IIT-Bombay (Global rank 49)
>> IIT-Delhi (54)
>> IIT-Madras (94)
>> IIT-Kharagpur (101)
>> IISc Bangalore (103)
>> IIT-Kanpur (107)
>> IIT-Roorkee (176)
>> IIT-Guwahati (253)
>> Anna University (388)
>>
>> *Regards*
>> *V.Sridharan*
>> *Trichy*
>>
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