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Energy research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Madras ranks first in India for Energy research in 2022-now (#186 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

India's world rank
#15
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
17k
Top-10% rate
6.9%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Energy in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #18620.44.4%165
2Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #19819.46.4%195
3Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #20019.28.4%402
4Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #25215.78.5%197
5Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #26215.19.4%214
6Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #26614.96.4%146
7Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #27014.79.0%376
8National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #29013.65.9%73
9National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #30712.715.7%121
10SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #32411.96.9%399
11Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #33811.27.5%288
12Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #34311.08.1%188
13Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #35310.66.0%98
14Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #36010.37.2%115
15Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #36110.29.9%136
16Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #3709.96.0%66
17Shoolini UniversitySolan #3789.520.7%66
18Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #3909.15.3%87
19Saveetha UniversityChennai #4158.115.2%318
20University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #4297.613.6%95
21Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #4347.43.4%90
22National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #4467.011.5%139
23Netaji Subhas University of TechnologyNew Delhi #4506.910.2%72
24Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #4696.35.2%108
25Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #4736.13.2%82
26University of DelhiNew Delhi #4805.97.1%118
27Delhi Technological UniversityNew Delhi #4815.98.3%147
28National Institute of Technology KurukshetraKurukshetra #4825.83.9%62
29Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology JalandharJalandhar #4895.66.0%84
30Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratSurat #5055.17.5%90
31Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurJaipur #5095.06.5%114
32Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #5154.86.6%165
33Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityBhubaneswar #5314.418.1%103
34Graphic Era UniversityDehradun #5384.215.1%99
35Maulana Azad National Institute of TechnologyBhopal #5414.18.6%81
36Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #5424.17.1%61
37Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #5623.56.0%90
38Department of Atomic EnergyMumbai #5633.54.8%88
39Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #5683.37.1%70
40Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyNagpur #5713.35.8%91
41KIIT UniversityBhubaneswar #5723.24.5%82
42Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityGandhinagar #5763.15.2%105
43Karpagam Academy of Higher EducationCoimbatore #5872.85.7%72
44Jain UniversityBengaluru #5882.84.9%100
45Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #5922.710.1%139
46Motilal Nehru National Institute of TechnologyPrayagraj #5962.66.4%73
47Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #6062.36.7%122
48National Institute of Technology SrinagarSrinagar #6102.26.9%81
49Sathyabama Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #6112.26.0%72
50Chandigarh UniversityMohali #6142.28.7%153
51Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyPatiāla #6162.16.0%72
52Jamia Millia IslamiaNew Delhi #6182.016.0%84
53Bharathidasan UniversityTiruchchirappalli #6271.84.1%86
54Chitkara UniversityChandigarh #6291.89.8%66
55Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityPune #6301.84.4%122
56Christ UniversityBengaluru #6381.65.2%78
57Institute of Chemical TechnologyMumbai #6391.53.8%60
58National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliTiruchchirappalli #6401.54.8%130
59Anna University, ChennaiChennai #651126.03.9%108
60Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #654119.06.9%82

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

Who are the top Energy researchers in India?

Kulamani M. Parida, Pardeep Singh and Pankaj Raizada rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Energy that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Kulamani M. Parida#26,352 worldwide overall53.1 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Pardeep Singh#6,261 worldwide overall44.8 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Pankaj Raizada#22,452 worldwide overall36.5 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Van‐Huy Nguyen#41,700 worldwide overall26.8 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall21.3 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6V.V. Tyagi#23,385 worldwide overall25.0 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Anita Sudhaik#26,786 worldwide overall24.8 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Aviral Kumar Tiwari#4,356 worldwide overall21.2 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Pankaj Raizada#9,879 worldwide overall17.1 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Avik Sinha#5,854 worldwide overall13.7 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Gaurav Sharma#72,824 worldwide overall19.6 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Ashok D. Pandey#14,917 worldwide overall12.5 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Puthiya Veetil Nidheesh#13,321 worldwide overall12.4 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Gopal Nath Tiwari#253,921 worldwide overall31.2 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Ravishankar Sathyamurthy#393,622 worldwide overall29.2 of 117 papers here in the top 10%

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