Vice President Venkaiah Naidu today expressed sadness over Indian universities failing to make it to the list of top varsities in the world and called for infusing new values and future-oriented thinking. Stressing on the role of Indian languages, he also suggested for making it a medium of basic education in the country.

"Sadly, the world university rankings over the years have not been featuring even a single Indian university in the list of top 200 institutions. "We need to change this dismal scenario and infuse new values and future-oriented thinking in our universities, particularly by learning from best practices of other universities around the world which have leapfrogged in a short duration," he said.