The aim of the study is to analyze the sustainability efforts of Indian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and their impact on the world university rankings. This work aims to analyze the interaction between higher education institutions in India who were ranked in QS Rankings—Both in Sustainability rankings and in World University rankings (WUR). Data were analyzed using correlation and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). It was found that a moderate association existed between the sustainability efforts of higher education institutions and their world rankings, and it would be advisable to include the sustainability factors in the overall world university rankings. This will encourage the HEIs to improve their sustainability efforts and the same will be reflected in their world rankings. An association was observed between the age of institution and the rankings - both WUR and sustainability rankings. It was also observed that there is an association between the type of institution and WUR. The public institutions’ ranks are better than the private institutions.