In the  QS world subject rankings 2021, 25 programmes, mostly in engineering offered by Indian education institutions, have made it to the top 100 in the world in their respective subject categories. In total, 12 Indian institutions are in the top 100 positions in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021, an increase of four institutions from last year. Out of 12, three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are in the top 50.

IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi, in the top engineering colleges rankings, stood at 49 and 54 respectively this year, as the former slipped on the rankings this year. In QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020, both the universities were among the top 50 engineering colleges, which was the first for any Indian institute. 

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IIT-Delhi stood at 54th spot for its programme, electrical & electronic engineering, while computer science and mechanical engineering, it is at 70 and 79 rank, respectively.

Meanwhile, IIT-Madras is at 30 number for its petroleum engineering programme. For mineral and mining programme, IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur have ranked 41 and 44 respectively, according to the QS data. 

Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore stands at 78 and 93 number for its programme materials science and chemistry, respectively.

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For petroleum engineering and anthropology, Anna University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have made it to the top 100.

OP Jindal Global University (law) is the only private university that has made it to the top 100 this year.

On the other hand, IIM-Calcutta suffered its worst-ever ranking slipping to 451-500 band this year from 101-150 band last year while IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Bangalore, IIM-Lucknow, and IIM-Kozhikode nearly maintained their rankings in the Business and Management Studies category. 

The QS world rankings, released on Thursday, give the data on the performance of 253 programmes offered at 52 higher education institutions in India across 51 academic disciplines, including engineering (chemical, petroleum, civil, mechanical), law, development studies and arts.