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Mechanical Engineering research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Madras ranks first in India for Mechanical Engineering research in 2022-now (#136 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

India's world rank
#11
of 74 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
32k
Top-10% rate
7.9%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Mechanical Engineering in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #13631.67.4%642
2Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #14131.18.0%472
3Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #15729.68.8%596
4Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #19526.68.7%477
5Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #19726.57.2%361
6Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #21225.47.4%317
7Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #24023.712.8%146
8Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #24523.49.5%508
9Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #27122.015.8%170
10Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #27222.07.9%602
11Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #30620.36.3%321
12Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #35818.111.4%324
13Indian Institute of Technology JammuJammu #44615.112.0%72
14Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #45814.79.7%184
15Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #54012.48.7%217
16SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #54712.28.9%544
17National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #58311.49.5%216
18Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #58511.38.9%218
19Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #60310.98.1%181
20Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #60710.810.2%69
21Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #62710.47.8%298
22Saveetha UniversityChennai #62910.317.6%507
23Maulana Azad National Institute of TechnologyBhopal #6639.611.4%217
24Indian Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #6839.212.3%177
25Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #6939.011.7%842
26Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #7098.68.7%144
27Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #7168.58.9%222
28National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #7218.46.2%285
29KPR Institute of Engineering and TechnologyCoimbatore #7368.111.2%108
30Tata Steel (India)Mumbai #7398.14.8%153
31Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing JabalpurJabalpur #7487.914.0%107
32Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #7497.98.8%131
33University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #7517.812.1%129
34Indian Institute of Technology PalakkadPalakkad #7567.86.1%61
35National Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #7907.19.2%187
36Indian Institute of Technology BhilaiBhilai #7927.18.4%75
37Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyNagpur #7937.17.3%179
38National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #7957.110.0%213
39National Institute of Technology DurgapurDurgapur #8116.87.9%144
40Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityGandhinagar #8216.610.9%157
41Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and TechnologySangrur #8306.411.5%78
42National Institute of Technology HamirpurMandi #8346.48.6%100
43National Institute of Technology SrinagarSrinagar #8586.013.2%165
44PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCHCoimbatore #8635.98.2%220
45Vikram Sarabhai Space CentreThiruvananthapuram #8655.95.8%85
46Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #8695.811.4%323
47National Institute of Technology WarangalWarangal #8725.88.7%304
48Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurJaipur #8765.77.0%179
49Motilal Nehru National Institute of TechnologyPrayagraj #8785.77.1%168
50Raisoni Group of InstitutionsNagpur #8815.69.2%77
51Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratSurat #8885.56.8%213
52Hindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceChennai #8945.47.5%121
53Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology JalandharJalandhar #8975.48.9%178
54Veer Surendra Sai University of TechnologySambalpur #8985.38.0%85
55Indian Institute of Technology TirupatiTirupati #9015.36.6%79
56National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliTiruchchirappalli #9075.26.8%321
57Chandigarh UniversityMohali #9185.010.6%251
58Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #9195.08.8%174
59National Institute of Technology KurukshetraKurukshetra #9225.06.0%122
60Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #9284.93.1%152

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

Who are the top Mechanical Engineering researchers in India?

Upadrasta Ramamurty, V.V. Tyagi and Ramalingam Velraj rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Mechanical Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Upadrasta Ramamurty#14,521 worldwide overall64.4 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2V.V. Tyagi#23,385 worldwide overall41.1 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ramalingam Velraj#81,208 worldwide overall31.8 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4T. Sathish#62,375 worldwide overall35.0 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall30.2 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Chandan Pandey#104,147 worldwide overall36.1 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7B.S. Murty#424,499 worldwide overall46.1 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Jahar Sarkar#157,404 worldwide overall28.7 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ballajja Chandrappa Prasannakumara#175,461 worldwide overall42.4 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10G.D. Janaki Ram#107,854 worldwide overall22.5 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Nirmalendu Biswas#115,265 worldwide overall28.3 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12P. Venkateswara Rao#162,363 worldwide overall20.8 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Navneet Khanna#97,286 worldwide overall24.1 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14S.C. Kaushik#291,299 worldwide overall25.4 of 112 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Jaswinder Singh Saini#230,353 worldwide overall24.2 of 65 papers here in the top 10%

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