New Delhi, July 29 -- The vision of National Education Policy 2020 is rapidly becoming a reality and India is poised to break new records to become the second-best represented country in the world, behind the United States, in the 2026 edition of Times Higher Education ranking (THE), a senior Times Higher Education official has said.

"In the 2026 edition of the world rankings, to be published at the World Academic Summit on 8 October this year, India will break new records to become the second best represented nation in the world, behind only the US," Phil Baty, chief global affairs officer, Times Higher Education, said .

"In 2019, the year before NEP 2020, India had a respectable 49 universities in the rankings - a share of around 4 pe...