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Mechanics of Materials research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee ranks first in India for Mechanics of Materials research in 2022–2025 (#70 worldwide), followed by Saveetha University and Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad.

India's world rank
#3
of 64 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
9k
Top-10% rate
12.7%
Ranked institutions
26

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

What is the best university for Mechanics of Materials in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #7030.723.5%210
2Saveetha UniversityChennai #9226.225.5%111
3Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #9625.517.3%213
4Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #9825.219.5%182
5Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #10124.712.0%228
6Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #11023.312.1%275
7Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #12720.914.2%185
8Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #15517.722.9%64
9Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #17016.215.7%141
10Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #17915.311.8%210
11Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #18315.020.8%71
12National Institute of Technology SrinagarSrinagar #19713.820.2%62
13Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwāra #20912.819.0%98
14National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #2619.211.0%125
15Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #2758.312.6%120
16Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #2808.010.5%102
17Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #2927.313.7%94
18Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #3225.812.9%68
19Chandigarh UniversityMohali #3285.414.8%70
20SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #3325.28.2%96
21National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #3653.710.6%78
22National Institute of Technology WarangalWarangal #3803.013.3%60
23National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliTiruchchirappalli #3823.010.6%62
24Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #3952.410.9%69
25Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #3972.36.5%78
26Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #421137.07.4%62

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

Who are the top Mechanics of Materials researchers in India?

Y. V. R. K. Prasad, Baldev Raj and S. Gopalakrishnan rank highest among researchers based in India.

  1. 1Y. V. R. K. Prasad#26,527 worldwide overall633 citations · 18 works
  2. 2Baldev Raj#45,964 worldwide overall658 citations · 17 works
  3. 3S. Gopalakrishnan#61,291 worldwide overall558 citations · 30 works
  4. 4B.N. Singh#95,079 worldwide overall330 citations · 20 works
  5. 5Jitendra S. Sangwai#111,471 worldwide overall430 citations · 14 works
  6. 6S.K. Maiti#131,897 worldwide overall200 citations · 17 works
  7. 7N.K. Gupta#166,178 worldwide overall522 citations · 25 works
  8. 8Prasanta Sahoo#183,829 worldwide overall378 citations · 15 works
  9. 9Anil K. Bhowmick#193,601 worldwide overall629 citations · 18 works
  10. 10Tarun Kant#194,875 worldwide overall260 citations · 16 works
  11. 11N.K. Naik#204,455 worldwide overall281 citations · 23 works
  12. 12P. A. Naik#204,525 worldwide overall374 citations · 15 works
  13. 13N. Ganesan#212,187 worldwide overall340 citations · 29 works
  14. 14Sabu Thomas#216,588 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 20 works
  15. 15M. Kanoria#229,968 worldwide overall145 citations · 17 works

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