evidence: Read on as we discover India’s top 10 universities in the Asia University Rankings: [...] Starting our list in 10th place is Jawaharlal Nehru University, a new entry this year to the top 10 universities in India. It scores particularly highly for academic reputation, eighth in India and 65th in Asia, indicating the work that the university does and the high-quality education that its students have access to. [...] Ninth in our top universities in India countdown is the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), one of India’s 26 Institutes of Technology. IITR is the oldest technical institution in Asia, established in 1847 as the College of Civil Engineering at Roorkee and gaining IIT status in 2001. The university ranks highly for several indicators such as papers per faculty, where it’s ranked 10th in India and 16th in Asia, and faculty staff with a PhD, where it ranks 14th in India and 53rd in the world.