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In a compiled list 'Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings,'IITs of Delhi and Mumbai are among the top 200 universities of the world. The two institutes are the only one from India to make a mark in the list. While IIT Delhi is ranked highest at 154, a climb from 307 in 2007, IIT Mumbai is ranked at 174 from last year's ranking of 269.
The rising standard of higher education has now started getting recognition world over. However, it is not a happy situation as India is considered a knowledge based economy and only two institutes are making to top 200. Other Asian countries have made better in the list. Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and China all have universities in the top 50.
Australia's ANU (Australia National University) is the highest-ranked university in the Asia-Pacific. The top 5 universities in the list are Harvard University (US), Yale University (US), University of Cambridge (UK), University of Oxford (UK) and Caltech (US)
