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Chemistry research in India

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranks first in India for Chemistry research in 2022-now (#62 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata.

India's world rank
#5
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
38k
Top-10% rate
7.8%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Chemistry in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #6242.412.0%339
2Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #12532.77.2%455
3Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataKolkata #13331.88.2%270
4Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #14230.97.7%204
5Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #14830.39.9%346
6Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #18727.05.9%458
7Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #21425.18.0%357
8Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #22024.87.0%1,256
9Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #24923.05.0%424
10Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram #27121.97.5%158
11Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #28221.38.0%302
12Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #29520.76.2%760
13Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchBengaluru #29820.510.7%75
14Indian Association for the Cultivation of ScienceKolkata #30320.36.3%197
15Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #30420.311.1%277
16University of DelhiNew Delhi #31619.77.5%504
17Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #31719.78.0%473
18Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #35218.27.1%352
19Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #37017.58.4%123
20Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #38417.07.6%212
21Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #41415.95.1%409
22Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #42515.66.1%79
23Indian Institute of Science Education and Research PunePune #44814.95.9%138
24SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #48313.89.1%432
25Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #51313.09.0%74
26Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #52112.79.9%330
27Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #56511.613.4%91
28Visva-Bharati UniversityShānti Niketan #57711.39.1%134
29Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #57811.39.1%150
30Jain UniversityBengaluru #60910.69.9%165
31Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #6419.910.6%588
32Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MohaliMohali #6429.84.5%178
33National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - AhmedabadAhmedabad #6619.411.8%162
34University of HyderabadHyderabad #6639.45.3%213
35Saveetha UniversityChennai #6669.316.2%367
36Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, TirupatiTirupati #6759.18.6%85
37Panjab UniversityChandigarh #7058.58.8%259
38Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #7238.214.1%192
39National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #7318.012.7%111
40Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #7367.97.0%83
41Amity UniversityNoida #7407.88.3%171
42Presidency UniversityKolkata #7547.67.4%101
43University of KashmirSrinagar #7757.29.6%73
44Pondicherry UniversityPuducherry #7996.87.2%106
45University of RajasthanJaipur #8016.71.7%492
46Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #8056.76.3%132
47University of MadrasChennai #8076.64.7%159
48Central University of RajasthanAjmer #8136.50.8%414
49University of CalcuttaKolkata #8156.54.5%209
50Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & ResearchGuntur #8166.56.6%89
51Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #8286.34.1%92
52Central University of GujaratGandhinagar #8346.214.4%67
53Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratSurat #8436.07.4%114
54Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur UniversityNagpur #8476.09.7%61
55Department of Atomic EnergyMumbai #8495.93.6%351
56Guru Nanak Dev UniversityAmritsar #8505.910.5%97
57National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #8515.920.4%82
58University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #8535.912.2%64
59Bharathidasan UniversityTiruchchirappalli #8595.86.1%209
60National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #8795.46.3%77

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

Who are the top Chemistry researchers in India?

Debabrata Maiti, Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju and Akkattu T. Biju rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Chemistry that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Debabrata Maiti#43,842 worldwide overall112.3 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju#37,412 worldwide overall101.8 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Akkattu T. Biju#83,847 worldwide overall66.0 of 235 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Alakananda Hajra#173,958 worldwide overall65.9 of 271 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Rahul Banerjee#9,255 worldwide overall43.8 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy#49,533 worldwide overall44.9 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Ashwini Kumar Nangia#161,188 worldwide overall49.9 of 216 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Sujit K. Ghosh#32,609 worldwide overall37.1 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Nitin T. Patil#203,434 worldwide overall46.9 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall39.7 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Partha Sarathi Mukherjee#75,847 worldwide overall35.3 of 110 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Vivek Polshettiwar#40,386 worldwide overall32.5 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Vinod Kumar Gupta#371,774 worldwide overall70.8 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Masilamani Jeganmohan#272,444 worldwide overall44.0 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Basker Sundararaju#149,779 worldwide overall29.7 of 88 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Chemistry 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 Chemistry

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What are the best universities for chemistry in India?

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranks first in India for Chemistry research in 2022-now (#62 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata.

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