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Neuroscience research in India

Manipal Academy of Higher Education ranks first in India for Neuroscience research in 2022–2025 (#300 worldwide), followed by National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences and Saveetha University.

India's world rank
#9
of 74 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
19k
Top-10% rate
11.8%
Ranked institutions
56

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

What is the best university for Neuroscience in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #30019.216.7%213
2National Institute of Mental Health and NeurosciencesBengaluru #40415.09.4%230
3Saveetha UniversityChennai #43613.915.2%430
4Chitkara UniversityChandigarh #48312.515.7%258
5Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #50811.816.4%130
6All India Institute of Medical SciencesNew Delhi #52311.45.9%332
7Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #57110.120.1%389
8Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #6189.024.5%61
9SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #6727.810.1%422
10University of DelhiNew Delhi #6897.515.1%93
11Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #7107.113.2%156
12Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwāra #7745.814.8%118
13Chandigarh UniversityMohali #8035.311.6%198
14Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarh #8304.89.2%110
15Institute of Medical SciencesVaranasi #8644.36.4%124
16Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchWardha #9203.46.3%93
17Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeAjmer #9532.915.1%62
18Amity UniversityNoida #1,0052.113.8%92
19Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #1,0182.017.2%63
20Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #1,0281.837.5%62
21King George's Medical UniversityLucknow #1,0381.77.7%66
22Graphic Era UniversityDehradun #1,054145.012.6%118
23Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #1,057141.011.9%100
24Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #1,060137.015.5%95
25Sharda UniversityGreater Noida #1,063133.08.9%63
26Sathyabama Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #1,064132.013.0%104
27Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #1,066129.017.1%215
28Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and ResearchPorur #1,068127.07.2%82
29SRM UniversitySonīpat #1,073120.021.2%74
30Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #1,076116.024.7%67
31Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #1,077115.014.7%63
32Delhi Technological UniversityNew Delhi #1,085104.020.5%94
33Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityPune #1,09493.08.1%102
34Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityPune #1,10282.08.1%81
35Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and HearingBengaluru #1,10381.02.9%165
36KIIT UniversityBhubaneswar #1,10480.018.2%91
37GITAM UniversityVisakhapatnam #1,10579.014.3%76
38Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #1,11862.08.9%81
39Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityBhubaneswar #1,12356.010.7%85
40Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #1,12553.010.0%87
41Symbiosis International UniversityPune #1,12751.018.5%84
42Galgotias UniversityGreater Noida #1,13047.010.3%90
43Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationVijayawada #1,13442.013.0%149
44Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchPuducherry #1,13541.04.4%62
45Jain UniversityBengaluru #1,14034.04.8%94
46Kalasalingam Academy of Research and EducationSrivilliputhur #1,14133.09.9%100
47Christ UniversityBengaluru #1,14331.014.7%122
48Karpagam Academy of Higher EducationCoimbatore #1,14824.07.6%88
49Karunya UniversityCoimbatore #1,15121.07.2%108
50Anna University, ChennaiChennai #1,15417.013.9%96
51Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #1,15615.011.4%122
52National Institute of Technology RaipurRaipur #1,15713.019.1%63
53Annamalai UniversityChidambaram #1,1619.010.5%63
54Bharath UniversityChennai #1,1636.03.0%61
55Siddhartha Medical CollegeVijayawada #1,1654.05.6%92
56Vels UniversityChennai #1,1662.04.8%80

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Neuroscience, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Neuroscience researchers in India?

Ram Bilas Pachori, Pramod Kumar Pal and Amit Konar rank highest among researchers based in India.

  1. 1Ram Bilas Pachori#21,110 worldwide overall920 citations · 37 works
  2. 2Pramod Kumar Pal#112,750 worldwide overall368 citations · 18 works
  3. 3Amit Konar#180,653 worldwide overall965 citations · 35 works
  4. 4Tapan Kumar Gandhi#203,732 worldwide overall267 citations · 30 works
  5. 5Ganesan Venkatasubramanian#339,366 worldwide overall210 citations · 30 works
  6. 6Aurobinda Routray#570,652 worldwide overall284 citations · 21 works
  7. 7Omar Farooq#643,414 worldwide overall193 citations · 21 works
  8. 8Narayanan Srinivasan#820,234 worldwide overall124 citations · 20 works
  9. 9Vinaya Manchaiah#891,377 worldwide overall83 citations · 30 works
  10. 10Dipak Ghosh#941,469 worldwide overall120 citations · 20 works
  11. 11Harikumar Rajaguru#944,056 worldwide overall92 citations · 19 works
  12. 12Velayudhan Mohan Kumar#950,466 worldwide overall52 citations · 18 works
  13. 13Bipin G. Nair#1,111,070 worldwide overall50 citations · 20 works
  14. 14Shyam Diwakar#1,214,398 worldwide overall36 citations · 21 works
  15. 15Anirban Roychowdhury#1,255,931 worldwide overall54 citations · 24 works

How India compares with other countries in Neuroscience