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Indian Express
25-06-2025
- Science
- Indian Express
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Education Qualification: A journey from cracking UPSC NDA to MTech from IISc
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Education Qualification: Coming after 41 years, India's Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will visit the International Space Station for 14 days. This day came after a successful space flight by Rakesh Sharma. Many Indian students will now take inspiration from Shubhanshu Shukla and might aim to follow him. After completing his schooling at City Montessori School (CMS), Aliganj Campus, in Lucknow, Shubhanshu Shukla was deeply inspired by the Kargil War in 1998. Without letting his parents know the plan, Shukla prepared and applied for the Union Public Service Commission's NDA and cracked the exam. As mentioned on his school's website, Shubhanshu Shukla completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the National Defence Academy in 2005. He also did flying training at the Indian Air Force Academy, eventually getting commissioned into the fighter stream in 2006. His education journey does not stop at a bachelor's, he went on to pursue MTech in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's space journey began in 2019 when he was selected for India's Gaganyaan Mission. He underwent intensive training at Russia's Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, completing it in 2021. Shukla further honed his skills at the Astronaut Training Facility in Bangalore. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has secured the top position in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Rankings 2025, released on April 23. IISc is ranked 38th in the list. The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2025 reveals Asia's top research universities. In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, IISc Bengaluru has been placed at the top among the best research institutes. Even under the universities category, IISc topped. For the last three consecutive years, IISc has held the spot under the university category. Additionally, in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2025, IISc secured a spot in the world's top 100 institutions offering computer science. For the first time, an Indian institution has secured a place (99th rank) among the elite top 100 universities. In the ranking released last year, IISc led Indian universities by achieving a slot in the 251-300 band.
Indian Express
24-04-2025
- Science
- Indian Express
IISc best in India, Anna University, IIT Indore follow: Times Higher Education Asia Rankings 2025
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has secured the top position in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Rankings 2025, released on April 23. IISc is ranked 38th in the list. The other Indian institutes in the list include Anna University, ranked 111th, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, ranked 131st, and Mahatma Gandhi University, ranked 140th. All the Indian institutes have seen a drop in their rankings as compared to those released in 2024. While IISc, which was ranked 32, is now ranked 38th. Anna University and Mahatma Gandhi University, which now rank at 111 and 140, respectively, in the 2024 edition, were at 119 and 134 positions, respectively. Times Higher Education Asia Rankings 2025: Names of institutions till 200th rank 38: Indian Institute of Science 111: Anna University 131: Indian Institute of Technology Indore 140: Mahatma Gandhi University 146: Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences 149: Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences 161: Jamia Millia Islamia 184: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 184: KIIT University 188: Aligarh Muslim University 188: UPES 191: Indian Institute of Technology Patna 191: National Institute of Technology Rourkela The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2025 reveals Asia's top research universities. This year, as many as 853 universities from 35 countries and territories are ranked. China leads the rankings, retaining first (Tsinghua University) and second place (Peking University) and holding five of the top 10 spots. Singapore's National University of Singapore (3), Nanyang Technological University (4), Japan's The University of Tokyo (5) and Hong Kong's The University of Hong Kong (6) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (9) also feature in the top 10. Four countries rank for the first time – Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Mongolia and Syria. All six of Hong Kong's ranked universities make the top 50 for the first time since 2017.
