Publications

The Institution of Happiness (IOH) 2024 by QS I-GAUGE introduces a framework to evaluate and foster happiness in Indian educational institutions. Through independent surveys, the initiative focuses on student and faculty well-being and aims to cultivate a positive, inclusive educational culture to enhance happiness and productivity. Survey insights reveal a generally positive sentiment among students and faculty but highlight specific areas for improvement.
The IOH survey underscores strong satisfaction across students and faculty while identifying targeted areas to enhance institutional happiness. Addressing inclusivity, mental health, facilities, and career support can help create a more supportive and fulfilling environment in educational institutions.

This comprehensive report explores critical issues facing Indian education today. It features insightful panel and roundtable discussions with leaders from higher education institutions and schools, addressing key topics such as the impact of AI on teaching and learning and the balance between competition and collaboration in Indian higher education.
The report also includes key highlights from addresses by Shri Pushyamitra Bhargav, Hon'ble Mayor of Indore, Prof Renu Jain, Vice Chancellor of Devi Ahilya University, and Er B S Yadav, Founder Chancellor of IES University. Additionally, it features the highly anticipated masterclass by Dr Rajendra Singh, widely known as the Waterman of India, and offers insights from a workshop conducted by the University of Southampton.

Managing student expectations is a crucial aspect of the educational experience. As India aspires to establish itself as a global education hub, higher education institutions are subject to rigorous evaluation based on key quality metrics, including faculty excellence, campus facilities, and graduate employability. This report examines the performance of QS I-GAUGE rated institutions in meeting these expectations and achieving high standards in these critical areas.

The Hall of Fame supplement is a special edition that showcases the achievement of Education Institutions that have taken a major step towards quality and continuous improvement. We are delighted to launch the seventh edition of the Hall of Fame supplement that features rating outcomes of colleges/universities in India. This is our in-house publication that also carries exclusive reports of recent events organised by QS I-GAUGE. We hope you find this edition insightful. Please share your feedback with us at marketing@igauge.in.

QS I-GAUGE School Rating Booklet – 2nd Edition | A Guide to QS I-GAUGE Rated Schools We are delighted to launch the second edition of the QS I-GAUGE School Rating Booklet. This is our in-house publication that features the cohort of QS I-GAUGE Rated Schools and exclusive reports on all the recent events organised by QS I-GAUGE. We hope you find this edition insightful. Please share your feedback with us at hello@igauge.in.

This SDG Handbook for Indian Higher Education, which is developed by the thought leadership team of QS I-GAUGE is customised to work as a ready reckoner to Indian HEIs towards the planning and implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in their campuses and society at large. This Handbook unravels the current global scenario on what is happening on the SDG front, the facts and figures from India on each of the 17 SDGs and lists out recommendations to Indian HEIs to scale up their involvement.
We hope that this Handbook would be useful to you!

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Late Shri Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India known as the missile man of India. QS I-GAUGE ratings is specifically designed to provide insights to educational institutions in India. The objective of ratings is to provide an in-depth analysis on quality parameters as set out in the methodology thereby enabling institutions to achieve excellence.
The Hall of Fame supplement is a special edition that showcases the achievement of institutions that have taken the major step towards quality and continuous improvement. We are delighted to launch the sixth edition of the Hall of Fame supplement that features rating outcomes of colleges/universities and schools in India. This is our in-house publication that also carries an exclusive report on the roundtable series titled ''Vision For My Institution 2025''. We hope you find this edition insightful. Please share your feedback with us at marketing@igauge.in.

Schools are an integral part of the education system and they play a key role in the lives of students.
We are delighted to launch our first booklet exclusively for schools in India. This is our in-house publication that features the first cohort of QS I-GAUGE rated schools in India, exclusive reports on roundtable series titled Building India’s Futuristic School – Vision 2025, and the Fellowship Program for school leaders in India. The booklet also features our upcoming initiative, “The Happiness Project”. We hope you find this edition insightful. Please share your feedback with us at hello@igauge.in.

The pandemic brought the world to a standstill with lockdown imposed for various time periods. While there has always been a mixed response to remote teaching and learning; distance education has been in existence for a significantly long duration. Online modes of learning have rapidly increased and advanced in the past decade. We have always come across various perspectives on online teaching and learning and a popular debate being differences between the learning outcomes in the two modes - online and face to face.

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. Amidst a world-wide lockdown due to COVID-19, the education sector is amongst the many that has taken a strong blow and underlined a need to change drastically. No more are the stakeholders involved in higher education able to function conventionally and the prospect of operating back to the status quo seems quite indefinite. In such a time, the only recourse that universities across the globe are resorting to is that of functioning online. With each day, it only seems that the COVID- 19 crisis is acting as a catalyst to both improve the existing online platforms for learning as well as instil confidence in the users in terms of its utility.

The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to produce pronounced changes in teaching and learning practices for all levels of education. While higher education institutions might adapt sooner or later to the e-learning practices, it might take a relatively longer time to come to terms with the drastic changes in the student mobility for higher education. It is no longer a mystery that global travel is a key factor in the spread of communicable disease. This had led to debates and deliberations on student mobility in times to come. Various findings have come out highlighting the challenges, the higher education community is likely to face in the international context. This study contextualizes the issue of student mobility for Indian students both within the country and abroad through data driven research.

The education sector is amongst the many which has taken a strong blow due to the COVID-19 situation. No more are the stakeholders involved in higher education able to function conventionally and the prospect of operating back to the status quo seems quite uncertain. In such a time, the only recourse that universities and institutions across the globe are resorting to is that of functioning online. The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in a paradigm shift in consumer behaviour to embrace online methods rather than F2F in education sector.

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. Amidst a world-wide lockdown due to COVID-19, the education sector is amongst the many that has taken a strong blow and underlined a need to change drastically. The stakeholders involved in higher education are no more able to function conventionally. The prospect of operating back to the status quo seems quite indefinite. In such a time, the only recourse that universities across the globe is resorting to is that of functioning online.

On 11 March 2020, the WHO declared the novel coronavirus outbreak, a pandemic. The WHO Secretary General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold in two weeks and announced that he was “deeply concerned” by “alarming levels of inaction”. As of 20 March 2020, almost a quarter million cases of COVID-19 have been reported, including 9,885 deaths. It took over three months to reach the first 100,000 confirmed cases and only less than two weeks to reach the next 100,000. This has naturally resulted in one of the toughest lockdowns including quarantine and travel restrictions across countries.