The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, emerged as India's highest-ranked university in the Times Higher Education's (THE) Asia University Rankings 2023.In the full list which university has gained the top spot?

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The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, emerged as India's highest-ranked university in the Times Higher Education's (THE) Asia University Rankings 2023. In the full rankings, it stood at 48th place. It was the only Indian university in the top 50.   In India, IISc was followed by JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Bengaluru, which ranked 68th in Asia. Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan, ranked 77th in Asia and third in the country.    India had four universities in the top 100 and 18 universities in the top 200. Kottayam's Mahatma Gandhi University was the only other Indian university in the top 100. It stood at the 95th spot.     In the full list, China's Tsinghua University retained the top spot for the fourth year in a row. In second place was another Chinese university, Peking University, which also retained the spot for the fourth year in a row.    The third place went to the National University of Singapore, which also maintained its position for the fourth consecutive year.   The other two universities in the top five rankings were the University of Hong Kong and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.     Most universities in the rankings came from Japan (117), followed by China (95), India (75), Iran (65) and Turkey (61). India showed a year-on-year increase in participation, with 71 universities in the rankings in 2022 and 63 in 2021.