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Kya yeh sab chhote mote colleges ke thread mein naam le rahe ho. How do you know the ranking methodology of a particular ranking system is flawed? When The Great Holy Law School does not sit at the top.
Quote: On the contrary. Ashoka has fewer partners and is choosy about which university to partner with and which students to send abroad. Ashoka's partners are King’s College London, Harvard, Sciences Po, HEC Paris and University of Melbourne, according to their website. Jindal has 10 times more partners and exchange programmes. The same ones as Ashoka, but also many random colleges.
Quote: On the contrary. Ashoka has fewer partners and is choosy about which university to partner with and which students to send abroad. Ashoka's partners are King’s College London, Harvard, Sciences Po, HEC Paris and University of Melbourne, according to their website. Jindal has 10 times more partners and exchange programmes. The same ones as Ashoka, but also many random colleges.
On a larger scale, you could compare Jindal and Ashoka to China and Japan. Jindal is arguably "bigger" owing to its massive expansionist approach. Opening new schools each year, aggressive marketing campaigns, and wildly recruiting faculty who just graduated with an LLM albeit from good universities. But Ashoka has always focused on quality and it never tried to expand beyond what it aimed to do. It instead made sure that it is known for what it does and it indeed is. As a Jindal student, I had never doubted the fact that Ashoka is better. My friends from Ashoka got placed in Microsoft and Google, a feat that Jindal is yet to achieve so I highly doubt the "employability" rankings as well.
What Jindal is doing is also impressive but there is little or no quality control. In my opinion, Jindal should scout for 30 talented students in each of its courses who have won olympiads etc and scored 99+ in LSATs and then pay not just their academic fees but also residential fees and other expenses. Maybe pay a little stipend too. This would incentivise talent to give up other options and join Jindal. Moreover there should be a focus on improving existing courses rather than opening a new one. Also I think Ashoka ranks not at 239 but somewhere around 160-170, only someone who knows Ashoka in and out and is already a part of a "globally ranked university" knows who good Ashoka actually is doing. This reminds me of one more criticism, owing to small batch sizes, the alumni relations of Ashoka are much better than Jindal.
- In top 100: Big 5 IITs (Del, Bom, Mad, Kharagpur, Kanpur) + IISC + DU
- Jindal in 251-260 band, tied with AMU, IIT Ropar, IIT Bhubaneswhar and IIT-ISM Dhanbad.
- BUT Ashoka debuts at 239, overtaking Jindal.
Ashoka is smaller than Jindal and teaches only liberal arts at the undergrad level, yet overtook Jindal, which is creditable.
https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2022
https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2022
https://www.ndtv.com/education/qs-asia-rankings-2022-18-indian-institutes-in-top-200-iit-bombay-leads-42nd-rank