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Molecular Biology research in India

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ranks first in India for Molecular Biology research in 2022-now (#481 worldwide), followed by Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.

India's world rank
#20
of 84 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
40k
Top-10% rate
6.4%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Molecular Biology in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #48118.17.2%1,080
2Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #50017.67.9%592
3Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #53616.65.2%362
4Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative MedicineBengaluru #54416.513.3%74
5Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #56815.95.2%190
6Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataKolkata #59615.26.6%123
7Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #60515.06.2%107
8Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MohaliMohali #65614.08.3%88
9Indian Institute of Science Education and Research PunePune #73512.54.8%116
10Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #78611.65.1%253
11Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #79611.45.9%127
12Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #83010.86.9%274
13Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #83710.75.1%179
14National Institute of Plant Genome ResearchNew Delhi #84010.712.4%70
15Indian Association for the Cultivation of ScienceKolkata #85510.45.8%112
16Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchBengaluru #85710.48.5%66
17Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #9009.87.6%290
18Regional Centre for BiotechnologyFaridabad #9209.57.3%89
19Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #9828.68.2%123
20Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #1,0198.17.6%276
21Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #1,0298.06.7%238
22National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #1,0397.99.2%114
23Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #1,0757.44.2%223
24SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #1,0797.46.9%464
25Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #1,0817.37.5%205
26Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #1,0947.27.4%622
27Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #1,0997.112.5%78
28Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #1,1027.15.1%123
29University of HyderabadHyderabad #1,1326.73.8%189
30Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #1,1346.77.4%98
31University of KashmirSrinagar #1,1436.69.9%168
32National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchMohali #1,1686.311.8%61
33Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #1,1766.29.2%459
34Bose InstituteKolkata #1,2355.62.5%109
35Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestrySolan #1,2575.37.7%72
36University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #1,2765.113.0%75
37Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirSrinagar #1,2974.94.3%98
38Central Agricultural UniversityImphal #1,3044.87.2%66
39Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #1,3054.88.0%61
40Indian Council of Medical ResearchNew Delhi #1,3074.87.3%222
41Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknow #1,3114.84.3%73
42Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarGandhinagar #1,3304.67.5%82
43Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi #1,3354.55.4%208
44National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - AhmedabadAhmedabad #1,3744.212.2%163
45Panjab UniversityChandigarh #1,3774.18.7%242
46Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #1,3844.16.1%60
47University of DelhiNew Delhi #1,3854.15.9%528
48Jamia Millia IslamiaNew Delhi #1,3874.08.5%198
49Jain UniversityBengaluru #1,3944.07.9%89
50National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchHyderabad #1,3954.014.6%68
51Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research UniversityNew Delhi #1,3973.98.0%64
52SASTRA UniversityThanjavur #1,3993.96.7%103
53Yenepoya UniversityMangaluru #1,4123.89.3%98
54Institute of Chemical TechnologyMumbai #1,4153.88.2%102
55Saveetha UniversityChennai #1,4243.79.4%609
56Department of Atomic EnergyMumbai #1,4263.74.9%115
57Guru Nanak Dev UniversityAmritsar #1,4313.68.8%97
58Integral UniversityLucknow #1,4403.512.0%81
59Bharathidasan UniversityTiruchchirappalli #1,4433.53.7%119
60Tezpur UniversityTezpur #1,4453.58.4%90

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

Who are the top Molecular Biology researchers in India?

Ashok D. Pandey, Prashant Kesharwani and Somasekar Seshagiri rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Molecular Biology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Ashok D. Pandey#14,917 worldwide overall42.9 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Prashant Kesharwani#35,480 worldwide overall48.2 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Somasekar Seshagiri#13,510 worldwide overall22.5 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Satyajit Mayor#57,392 worldwide overall18.0 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Rajeev Kumar Varshney#14,037 worldwide overall20.5 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Raveendran Sindhu#11,868 worldwide overall17.1 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Arun K. Shukla#88,601 worldwide overall16.4 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Mohit Kumar Jolly#31,029 worldwide overall19.7 of 83 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Molecular Biology 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 Molecular Biology