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Materials Science research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ranks first in India for Materials Science research in 2022-now (#193 worldwide), followed by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

India's world rank
#14
of 87 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
71k
Top-10% rate
7.2%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Materials Science in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #19331.97.2%703
2Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchBengaluru #23129.614.4%194
3Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #24828.77.9%1,720
4Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #25428.49.4%863
5Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #28426.96.2%887
6Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #33424.88.5%840
7Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #35923.95.5%821
8Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #36123.87.4%608
9Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #36523.75.6%848
10Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #42121.87.2%905
11Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #43321.56.9%1,020
12Indian Association for the Cultivation of ScienceKolkata #44721.15.1%316
13Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #47320.38.0%242
14Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataKolkata #48819.96.7%193
15Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #53118.89.5%226
16SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #53318.86.8%1,222
17Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram #55318.35.1%152
18Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #56618.04.3%754
19Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #57717.87.8%273
20Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #58617.56.6%558
21Saveetha UniversityChennai #59517.415.8%1,390
22Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #60617.16.3%460
23Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #61417.05.0%433
24Indian Institute of Science Education and Research PunePune #67615.78.6%144
25National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #68315.68.8%484
26Indian Institute of Technology JammuJammu #68715.59.6%85
27Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #69115.46.0%165
28Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MohaliMohali #70715.15.0%153
29Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal UniversitySrīnagar #70915.16.4%69
30Shoolini UniversitySolan #75414.322.2%130
31Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #76014.27.3%398
32National Institute of Technology NagalandDimāpur #80013.56.3%98
33KPR Institute of Engineering and TechnologyCoimbatore #80813.410.6%164
34Sathyabama Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #81213.37.8%217
35National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #81713.211.0%244
36Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #82613.16.6%809
37Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #84812.86.1%202
38Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University AnantapurAnantapur #86612.53.6%80
39Maharshi Dayanand UniversityRohtak #87112.418.6%249
40Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #89012.17.6%262
41Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #89912.06.7%172
42National Institute of Technology Andhra PradeshTādepallegūdem #96011.27.5%85
43Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #97610.97.8%347
44Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #99010.89.0%1,254
45Madan Mohan Malaviya University of TechnologyGorakhpur #99610.77.3%124
46University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #1,00010.613.3%272
47National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #1,02210.46.7%265
48University of HyderabadHyderabad #1,02910.34.2%234
49Department of Atomic EnergyMumbai #1,03710.24.3%1,051
50Mangalore UniversityMangaluru #1,04310.14.8%118
51S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic SciencesKolkata #1,04610.16.4%112
52Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityGandhinagar #1,0779.711.4%130
53University of DelhiNew Delhi #1,0799.76.0%694
54Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyNagpur #1,1009.45.5%184
55Jain UniversityBengaluru #1,1069.310.9%290
56Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #1,1259.110.2%226
57National Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #1,1558.83.5%172
58Marwadi UniversityRajkot #1,1568.812.3%76
59Indian Institute of Technology TirupatiTirupati #1,1808.54.2%83
60KIIT UniversityBhubaneswar #1,1868.46.6%229

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

Who are the top Materials Science researchers in India?

C. N. R. Rao, Kulamani M. Parida and Pardeep Singh rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Materials Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1C. N. R. Rao#115,300 worldwide overall163.9 of 734 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Kulamani M. Parida#26,352 worldwide overall80.0 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Pardeep Singh#6,261 worldwide overall54.1 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall66.0 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Rahul Banerjee#9,255 worldwide overall48.2 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Kanishka Biswas#28,605 worldwide overall55.1 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Umesh Vasudeo Waghmare#136,081 worldwide overall59.4 of 253 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Murali Sastry#144,639 worldwide overall49.5 of 157 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Thalappil Pradeep#215,287 worldwide overall63.2 of 306 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Prashant Kesharwani#35,480 worldwide overall55.6 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Sabu Thomas#1,312,439 worldwide overall161.9 of 848 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Achutharao Govindaraj#27,579 worldwide overall41.0 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Pankaj Raizada#22,452 worldwide overall42.8 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Subi Jacob George#29,481 worldwide overall37.0 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Asim Bhaumik#122,933 worldwide overall49.0 of 215 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Materials Science 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 Materials Science