13 IIT Patna profs in Stanford varsity’s list of top 2% scientists

The faculty members are from different streams of engineering, science, and humanities. 

As many as 13 faculty members of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna have been featured in the top two per cent of the scientist’s list by Stanford University this year. Every year the Stanford University of US releases data for the top two per cent of researchers across the world based on their research publications which are published by Elsevier’s publisher. 

As per the method, all researchers are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. Field- and subfield-specific percentiles are also provided for all scientists who have published at least five papers. 

“Among some reputed institutes in India, IIT Patna also claims its valuable position in this list. Thirteen (13) faculty members of IIT Patna from different streams of engineering, science and humanities have secured their places in this esteemed database. IIT Patna fraternity extends heartfelt congratulations to all the faculty members for their commendable accomplishments," the institute said in an official notice. 

The 13 faculty members are Manabendra Pathak, Surajit Paul, Anirban Bhattacharya and Karali Patra of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Soumyajyoti Ray and Naveen Kr Nishchal from the Physics Department, Richa Chaudhary from Humanities and Social Sciences, Asif Iqbal and Sriparna Saha from Computer Science and Engineering, Pratibhamoy Das from Mathematics, Udit Satija and Maheshkumar H Kolekar who are faculty members of the Electrical Engineering, and Amarnath Hegde from the Civil and Environmental Engineering department.  

DUK don also make it to list 

Alex P James, Associate Dean (Academics), the Digital University of Kerala (DUK) has been featured in the list of top 2 per cent scientists in the world. Besides, six other members in the DUK Board of Studies (BoS) have been placed in the list of top 2 per cent scientists. On the basis of the single-year impact, the Associate Dean has been ranked 294 gaming 1,05,029 scientists in the world and eighth in India in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.  

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