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Mathematics research in India

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranks first in India for Mathematics research in 2022-now (#163 worldwide), followed by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

India's world rank
#17
of 80 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
17k
Top-10% rate
9.0%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Mathematics in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #16326.810.1%264
2Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #21922.59.8%190
3Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #24720.811.7%168
4Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #29618.210.4%135
5Indian Institute of Science Education and Research PunePune #30417.89.4%96
6Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #33216.66.6%201
7Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #34616.013.6%304
8Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #41313.417.0%159
9Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #42413.18.3%192
10Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #43112.811.6%272
11Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MohaliMohali #47111.57.4%77
12University of KashmirSrinagar #51210.39.9%145
13Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #52110.13.3%219
14Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarGandhinagar #5309.812.2%70
15Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #5399.614.6%313
16Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #5439.519.8%429
17Indian Statistical InstituteKolkata #5469.45.2%344
18Institute of Mathematical SciencesChennai #5479.44.3%77
19Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #5549.217.5%60
20University of DelhiNew Delhi #5648.98.3%352
21Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #5798.69.0%142
22SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #5808.511.6%260
23Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #5848.410.1%194
24Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #5878.48.0%81
25Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #5968.115.1%94
26Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #6177.710.2%124
27National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #6566.813.1%164
28University of CalcuttaKolkata #6606.711.8%102
29Chennai Mathematical InstituteChennai #6646.66.1%101
30Netaji Subhas University of TechnologyNew Delhi #7335.225.2%60
31Indian Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #7694.518.2%65
32Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #7734.414.6%68
33Central University of HaryanaMahendragarh #8183.620.8%61
34Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, ShibpurHowrah #8333.318.9%68
35Saveetha UniversityChennai #8373.318.8%119
36Amity UniversityNoida #8572.99.7%62
37Tezpur UniversityTezpur #8682.83.5%60
38Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratSurat #8782.610.6%94
39Chandigarh UniversityMohali #8842.512.0%110
40Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyNagpur #8892.413.5%65
41University of MadrasChennai #8902.45.4%61
42Presidency UniversityKolkata #9022.26.8%66
43Panjab UniversityChandigarh #9181.95.6%75
44National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #9231.96.3%61
45Jamia Millia IslamiaNew Delhi #9351.78.0%81
46Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyPatiāla #9411.612.5%89
47Tripura UniversityAgartala #952142.08.3%64
48Delhi Technological UniversityNew Delhi #953141.09.8%74
49Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityPune #954139.06.2%68
50Bharathidasan UniversityTiruchchirappalli #964124.02.1%108
51Bangalore UniversityBengaluru #974109.016.8%67
52National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliTiruchchirappalli #1,00663.07.7%65
53Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #1,00860.05.6%133
54Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwāra #1,00959.04.0%113
55National Institute of Technology SrinagarSrinagar #1,01057.04.6%74
56Gauhati UniversityGuwahati #1,01452.06.5%114
57University of LucknowLucknow #1,01649.07.1%70
58Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #1,01846.010.4%89
59Cochin University of Science and TechnologyErnakulam #1,02240.05.3%80
60University of KalyaniKalyani #1,02339.06.6%97

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

Who are the top Mathematics researchers in India?

Velusamy Vijayakumar, Jagdev Singh and Anurag Shukla rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Mathematics that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Velusamy Vijayakumar#654,513 worldwide overall81.4 of 160 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Jagdev Singh#1,084,935 worldwide overall58.1 of 165 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Anurag Shukla#173,607 worldwide overall33.4 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Sunil Kumar#413,851 worldwide overall45.5 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Harish Garg#41,614 worldwide overall34.1 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Pratibhamoy Das#79,208 worldwide overall20.5 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Saminathan Ponnusamy#813,623 worldwide overall46.5 of 310 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Pintu Bhunia#339,733 worldwide overall28.0 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9P. Veeresha#414,370 worldwide overall39.0 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Varsha Daftardar‐Gejji#221,560 worldwide overall24.5 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11R. Udhayakumar#912,860 worldwide overall39.3 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12M. S. Narasimhan#364,883 worldwide overall16.7 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Muslim Malik#494,463 worldwide overall21.8 of 85 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14C. S. Seshadri#130,984 worldwide overall14.3 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Chokkalingam Ravichandran#1,046,132 worldwide overall41.3 of 81 papers here in the top 10%

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