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Life Sciences research in India

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ranks first in India for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#465 worldwide), followed by Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.

India's world rank
#20
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
218k
Top-10% rate
6.5%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #46529.99.6%3,408
2Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #53128.411.1%1,611
3Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #58027.46.8%928
4Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataKolkata #73024.86.8%272
5Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MohaliMohali #73924.68.4%210
6Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #77324.16.2%434
7Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative MedicineBengaluru #83023.314.0%141
8Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #83423.39.9%226
9International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsPatancheru #96521.616.4%266
10National Institute of Plant Genome ResearchNew Delhi #97621.515.7%314
11Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #1,02420.910.9%477
12Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #1,06420.57.3%343
13Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram #1,16519.46.1%142
14Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #1,16619.412.2%854
15Indian Institute of Science Education and Research PunePune #1,19219.24.1%240
16Institute of Molecular MedicineKolkata #1,19419.213.6%67
17National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and ManagementSonīpat #1,20119.119.7%292
18Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchBengaluru #1,23318.88.7%139
19Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #1,23918.75.7%587
20Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #1,28418.38.9%772
21Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #1,30118.28.6%718
22Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #1,36717.610.4%139
23National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #1,37917.513.1%442
24Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestrySolan #1,43217.17.2%849
25Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirSrinagar #1,45116.96.4%1,130
26Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #1,48916.610.5%770
27Central Agricultural UniversityImphal #1,49816.66.8%926
28Shiv Nadar UniversityDadri #1,50016.68.4%162
29Indian Association for the Cultivation of ScienceKolkata #1,50316.56.5%164
30Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #1,52616.47.7%2,824
31Regional Centre for BiotechnologyFaridabad #1,52816.48.5%206
32Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #1,55716.15.2%464
33Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #1,56816.013.8%288
34SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #1,60815.87.2%2,191
35Ministry of Food Processing IndustriesNew Delhi #1,61115.717.9%133
36Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaJabalpur #1,65215.54.3%788
37Indian Institute of Pulses ResearchKanpur #1,70815.110.4%225
38University of KashmirSrinagar #1,73314.99.4%849
39University of HyderabadHyderabad #1,76814.75.6%488
40Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #1,78714.68.3%654
41Institute of Life SciencesBhubaneswar #1,79514.59.4%163
42Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi VishvavidyalayaPālampur #1,81514.44.2%580
43Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaKrishnanagar #1,85514.14.7%656
44Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #1,87814.010.2%1,793
45Birsa Agricultural UniversityRanchi #1,88114.03.4%176
46Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #1,95013.67.0%331
47Barkatullah UniversityBhopal #1,95213.69.0%222
48Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityLudhiana #1,97313.45.1%439
49Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & TechnologyMeerut #1,97813.43.6%365
50Eternal UniversityRājgarh #2,00613.214.6%140
51Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #2,02713.15.3%545
52Islamic University of Science and TechnologyAwantipur #2,03513.119.3%101
53Shoolini UniversitySolan #2,07512.917.5%268
54Department of Animal HusbandryBhopal #2,08212.83.5%197
55Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #2,08412.810.7%211
56Veterinary & Animal HusbandryKohima #2,10812.74.8%132
57Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic ScienceNew Delhi #2,11612.67.5%162
58Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and TechnologyUdaipur #2,13112.65.1%326
59Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah UniversityRajaori #2,13912.515.9%74
60Indian Council of Medical ResearchNew Delhi #2,14112.59.4%910

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in India?

Rajeev Kumar Varshney, Ashok D. Pandey and Mangi Lal Jat rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Rajeev Kumar Varshney#14,037 worldwide overall336.2 of 986 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ashok D. Pandey#14,917 worldwide overall107.9 of 366 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Mangi Lal Jat#14,984 worldwide overall82.9 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Prashant Kesharwani#35,480 worldwide overall94.3 of 249 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Pooran Mal Gaur#87,070 worldwide overall64.0 of 222 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Annapurna Chitikineni#25,391 worldwide overall51.4 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Rupesh Kailasrao Deshmukh#59,153 worldwide overall62.1 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Vincent Vadez#160,356 worldwide overall73.8 of 232 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Riyaz Zafar Sayyed#138,807 worldwide overall76.7 of 201 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Manish Kumar Pandey#100,731 worldwide overall59.4 of 217 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Abhishek Bohra#57,282 worldwide overall50.6 of 136 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Nafees A. Khan#315,509 worldwide overall90.7 of 227 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Mahendar Thudi#50,398 worldwide overall50.3 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall50.1 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Manoj Prasad#184,677 worldwide overall64.1 of 222 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How India compares with other countries in Life Sciences