New Delhi: Six Indian Universities including the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), University of Delhi (DU) and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) have been ranked among top 100 Universities in Asia in a ranking done by the Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd., which is the world's leading information specialist in the higher education sector.

Top Asian universities have been evaluated in the first regional ranking from QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd (QS), the compilers of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings.

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) has been ranked highest among Indian varsities at No. 30, followed by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) placed closely at No. 34.

All other Indian varsities are ranked at No. 36, 49, 60 and 63 respectively.

"The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers," said Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director QS.

Other Asian Universities that have been ranked among top 100 are University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), University of Tokyo (Japan), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong), Kyoto University (Japan), Osaka University (Japan), KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (South Korea), Seoul National University (South Korea), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), National University of Singapore (NUS- Singapore), Peking University (China).