Chandigarh--Panjab University (PU) was ranked between 225-250 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings in 2013-14, the highest rank for any Indian institution, and again emerged at the top along with Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 2014-15, though in the 276-300 bracket.
Recently, the university earned a new laurel. It was named as a leading research institution in India with the highest citation impact by the noted international Science journal, Nature. Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Arun Kumar Grover spoke to Srishti Choudhary recently in the midst of admission season about how the institution has achieved its research output, and what its plans are to keep this going.
INDIAN EXPRESS