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Engineering research in India

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranks first in India for Engineering research in 2022-now (#222 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

India's world rank
#15
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
261k
Top-10% rate
7.0%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Engineering in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #22237.86.3%2,763
2Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #23637.16.5%3,503
3Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #24936.55.9%4,251
4Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #26635.77.6%4,367
5Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #27135.56.6%2,481
6Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #27335.47.1%3,555
7Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #29934.38.9%3,950
8Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #33233.16.3%2,804
9Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #41830.57.4%3,544
10Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #45729.59.1%996
11Indian Institute of Technology JammuJammu #46829.29.7%527
12Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #50328.410.4%2,056
13Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #52427.911.1%1,030
14SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #55127.37.1%5,391
15Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #60026.37.0%1,762
16Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #63925.68.0%2,471
17Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #64425.58.5%1,246
18Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #75023.87.8%746
19National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #75223.77.8%1,891
20Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #76423.511.3%6,257
21Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #78623.28.2%1,310
22University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #83922.512.2%923
23Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #84022.58.8%938
24Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #84822.36.6%1,539
25Saveetha UniversityChennai #85622.212.7%4,122
26National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #87522.06.9%1,638
27Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #91921.49.5%1,006
28Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #92821.38.5%1,702
29Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #93521.25.5%227
30National Institute of Technology KurukshetraKurukshetra #1,03220.18.2%912
31Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and ManagementGwalior #1,04020.012.0%394
32KPR Institute of Engineering and TechnologyCoimbatore #1,05119.97.1%840
33Maulana Azad National Institute of TechnologyBhopal #1,05619.89.1%1,365
34National Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #1,06219.811.4%1,444
35Indian Institute of Technology PalakkadPalakkad #1,09119.45.7%542
36National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #1,11919.18.8%1,725
37Raisoni Group of InstitutionsNagpur #1,14918.85.6%658
38Indian Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #1,15718.810.3%1,073
39Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurJaipur #1,16218.78.6%1,593
40National Institute of Technology DurgapurDurgapur #1,17218.67.4%1,107
41Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchBengaluru #1,18318.59.8%136
42Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyNagpur #1,20818.35.5%1,314
43National Institute of Technology HamirpurMandi #1,21818.28.0%822
44Veer Surendra Sai University of TechnologySambalpur #1,22318.19.7%616
45Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #1,23218.04.2%892
46Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #1,27717.64.7%237
47National Institute of Technology WarangalWarangal #1,29117.58.2%2,198
48Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum TechnologyRaebareli #1,37416.810.3%290
49Marwadi UniversityRajkot #1,39016.614.4%344
50Netaji Subhas University of TechnologyNew Delhi #1,40216.58.5%801
51Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #1,41716.47.4%2,907
52Hindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceChennai #1,41916.45.6%869
53University of Gour BangaMalda #1,42516.445.0%72
54Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityGandhinagar #1,44716.29.2%867
55National Institute of Technology Andhra PradeshTādepallegūdem #1,46116.18.6%646
56Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing JabalpurJabalpur #1,46616.010.2%562
57National Institute of Technology JamshedpurJamshedpur #1,47915.96.1%916
58Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #1,50415.710.1%2,761
59Rajasthan Technical UniversityKota #1,51915.68.5%291
60Graphic Era UniversityDehradun #1,52715.613.0%1,551

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

Who are the top Engineering researchers in India?

Upadrasta Ramamurty, Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi and Rafat Siddique rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Upadrasta Ramamurty#14,521 worldwide overall112.4 of 244 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall106.0 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Rafat Siddique#2,895 worldwide overall83.5 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ashok D. Pandey#14,917 worldwide overall69.3 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5T. Sathish#62,375 worldwide overall82.4 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ballajja Chandrappa Prasannakumara#175,461 worldwide overall120.2 of 229 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7V.V. Tyagi#23,385 worldwide overall58.6 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8B.S. Murty#424,499 worldwide overall92.1 of 281 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Nirmalendu Biswas#115,265 worldwide overall83.9 of 208 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Sundararajan Natarajan#157,365 worldwide overall84.9 of 260 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11R. S. Jangid#94,459 worldwide overall68.7 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Blessen Skariah Thomas#19,764 worldwide overall52.2 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Manoj Kumar Tiwari#52,173 worldwide overall62.4 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Asif Afzal#35,732 worldwide overall60.0 of 181 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Mohit Bajaj#914,107 worldwide overall163.4 of 446 papers here in the top 10%

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

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What are the best universities for engineering in India?

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranks first in India for Engineering research in 2022-now (#222 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

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