The 7 institutions are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee.
As many as 7 leading IITs declared that they would boycott the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
The institutions revealed that they were not satisfied with the transparency of the process.
The 7 institutions are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee.
A senior official quoted, “The IITs will reconsider the decision next year if Times Higher Education is able to convince about the parameters and transparency in ranking process.”