Academicians welcome O P Jindal Global University's entry in prestigious QS global rankings

Top academics across the world have welcomed the entry of India-based O P Jindal Global University (JGU) into the top 1,000 of the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2020.

QS global rankings 2020, which were released on June 19 in London, had 50 new entrants globally, and the JGU, established in 2009, became the youngest university to break into the rankings, coming in at the 751-800 rank band.

Nine Indian institutions, including IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and IISc-Bangalore and Delhi University, were among the top 500.

Professor Richard Levin, president emeritus of Yale University, expressed his delight, saying he was an early supporter of JGU.

David M Malone, rector of the United Nations University and Under-Secretary-General of the UN, said it was a tribute to the excellent faculty that the university has assembled and the excellent students it has attracted, read a statement by JGU.

Professor C Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor of JGU, said it was ...