For the second year in a row, scientists from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham have been ranked in the world’s top 2 per cent list of scientists published by the prestigious US-based Stanford University.
Stanford has created a world ranking of scientists, based on publications and citations. In 2020, four scientists from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham figured in this list, which represents the top 2 per cent of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines. The database created by experts at Stanford University is based on data from Scopus that ranks journals and gives a citation index.
To be ranked among the world’s elite list of scientists for the second year in running is an unbiased recognition of the continued good work done by scientists at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Scientists included in this year’s Stanford list are:
Dr ShantiKumar V Nair, Director, Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Kochi
Dr R JayaKumar, Professor, Nanosciences, Center for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Kochi
Dr Raman Krishna Kumar, Clinical professor and Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, at Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi
Dr Bijo Mathew, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School fo Pharmacy, Kochi
Dr Madhav Dutta, Professor Emeritus, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
Dr K P Soman, Professor and Head, Center for Computational Engineering and Networking, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
Dr Radhika N, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
Dr K I Ramachandran, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
Dr Maneesha V Ramesh, Director, Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita University, Amritapuri
Dr. Santanu Mandal, Associate Professor, Department of Operations and IT, Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore
Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, congratulated the scientists for bringing recognition to the University. “We are very proud of all our scientists, who have made it to this prestigious list for the second time. I congratulate them and admire their dedication and commitment, which has brought world recognition to our University. This list is a testament from a credible external source of the high quality of research published by our scientists. We are happy to be able to call all these eminent scientists as our own. We could not have earned this honor, without the exemplary vision of our Chancellor, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi.”
