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Aerospace Engineering research in India

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranks first in India for Aerospace Engineering research in 2022-now (#129 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

India's world rank
#15
of 64 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
16k
Top-10% rate
5.4%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Aerospace Engineering in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #12927.15.8%241
2Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #13326.66.4%342
3Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #16223.75.0%310
4Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #17522.54.6%260
5Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #23418.27.9%205
6Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #23917.85.4%231
7Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #24017.86.2%121
8Indian Institute of Technology JammuJammu #28015.58.7%62
9Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #29714.68.6%227
10Indian Institute of Technology PalakkadPalakkad #35811.813.1%65
11Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #4249.25.8%199
12Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #4817.35.2%95
13SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #4996.84.7%274
14Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #5036.712.3%99
15Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #5056.66.2%168
16Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #5156.37.6%84
17Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #5166.39.0%144
18Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #5186.211.2%70
19Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #5206.22.6%98
20Department of SpaceBengaluru #5315.92.3%503
21Indian Institute of Space Science and TechnologyTrivandrum #5335.86.2%88
22Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #5595.18.8%103
23Defence Institute of Advanced TechnologyPune #5734.75.1%106
24National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #5814.53.7%132
25National Institute of Technology DurgapurDurgapur #5924.27.1%96
26Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyNagpur #5934.29.0%67
27University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #6004.09.9%78
28National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #6043.94.1%111
29Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #6263.42.8%82
30Department of Atomic EnergyMumbai #6313.32.4%234
31Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #6343.28.6%357
32National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #6453.010.3%88
33Motilal Nehru National Institute of TechnologyPrayagraj #6472.98.1%91
34University of Engineering & ManagementKolkata #6512.82.6%70
35Hindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceChennai #6562.72.3%83
36Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #6622.63.4%120
37National Institute of Technology WarangalWarangal #6632.56.6%142
38Bharat Electronics (India)Bengaluru #6702.40.6%63
39Maulana Azad National Institute of TechnologyBhopal #6722.37.5%72
40KIIT UniversityBhubaneswar #6772.22.9%107
41Anna University, ChennaiChennai #6782.22.4%116
42Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & ResearchGuntur #6822.11.5%61
43Defence Research and Development OrganisationNew Delhi #6842.13.1%381
44Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #6911.911.0%206
45National Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #6931.98.4%90
46University of DelhiNew Delhi #6941.93.0%86
47Birla Institute of Technology, MesraRanchi #6951.84.5%85
48Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #6991.74.9%185
49Saveetha UniversityChennai #7001.78.3%236
50Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationVijayawada #7021.75.8%138
51Siddhartha Medical CollegeVijayawada #7071.62.3%78
52National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliTiruchchirappalli #7091.54.2%109
53Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurJaipur #713144.04.5%77
54Vikram Sarabhai Space CentreThiruvananthapuram #714142.02.3%99
55Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratSurat #716138.04.0%75
56Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyPatiāla #727115.07.9%67
57Amity UniversityNoida #73697.02.0%101
58Chandigarh UniversityMohali #73991.05.8%140
59Galgotias UniversityGreater Noida #74382.06.0%73
60Jain UniversityBengaluru #74480.02.2%68

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

Who are the top Aerospace Engineering researchers in India?

B.S. Murty, Satya Prakash and Upadrasta Ramamurty rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Aerospace Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1B.S. Murty#424,499 worldwide overall39.5 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Satya Prakash#309,017 worldwide overall21.7 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Upadrasta Ramamurty#14,521 worldwide overall17.3 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4A. A. P. Suaide#7,734 worldwide overall17.8 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5A. Bhasin#11,069 worldwide overall17.7 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Bedangadas Mohanty#10,904 worldwide overall17.7 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7P.P. Bhattacharjee#159,835 worldwide overall17.5 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8R. Raniwala#6,353 worldwide overall15.5 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9S. Chattopadhyay#26,557 worldwide overall14.5 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Harpreet Singh#778,915 worldwide overall17.3 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11A. K. Bhati#5,316 worldwide overall12.5 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12D. Das#3,858 worldwide overall11.3 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Rajnish Kumar#73,860 worldwide overall11.7 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14M. M. Aggarwal#12,802 worldwide overall11.7 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15E. Bruna#3,398 worldwide overall10.5 of 15 papers here in the top 10%

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