Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has emerged as the No. 1 private university in India in the latest QS Asia University Rankings 2018. Overall, it was ranked 168 out of 400 universities from Asia that were included in the report. Out of the 35 universities from India that figured in the ranking, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is on 12^th position, behind government-run institutes. “We are happy to emerge ahead of all private universities in India in the QS Asia University Rankings 2018. There are about 11,900 universities in Asia. Our securing 168 rank overall means we are among the top 1.4 percent of Asian universities. I believe we have a good chance of being in the Top 500 world rankings overall in the next 10 years. In fact, Amrita is the only private university from India to have already got into the Top 500 World rankings in the category of health and medical”, said Dr. P Venkat Rangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, which was number one in NIRF ranking explained university's research framework. “Over the years, we have attracted grants from various government and private funding agencies to the tune of over Rs 250 crore for our research projects. These have resulted in over 10,000 papers published in reputed international and Indian journals. We have also filed over 100 patents for our inventions.”