In a commendable achievement, 24 researchers hailing from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) have earned recognition in Stanford University’s esteemed list of the world’s top scientists. This marks the fourth consecutive year that researchers from Amrita have secured a position within the top 2% globally, according to the rankings released by the prestigious US-based institution. The selection process is based on a thorough evaluation of research papers published and the cumulative years devoted to research endeavours.
For the year 2023, Stanford University has unveiled two separate lists. The first one is formulated considering both the volume of research papers published and the years spent in research pursuits. The second list, on the other hand, spotlights excellence in research achieved over the past year.
The first list includes eight researchers with Amrita:
- Dr. P Venkat Rangan, Vice-Chancellor of Amrita University
- Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh, Provost, Amrita University
- Dr. Jayakumar Rangasamy, Professor, Amrita School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Kochi
- Prof. Shantikumar Nair, Dean & HoS, School of Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine, Kochi
- Dr. R. Krishnakumar, HoD, Professor, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi
- Dr. Radhika N., Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
- Dr. Bijo Mathew, Professor & HoD, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Kochi
- Dr. Madhav Datta, Professor Emeritus, Amrita School of Engineering
Among the scientists mentioned above, the following are also in the list based upon the past year’s research:
- Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh, Provost, Amrita University
- Dr. Jayakumar Rangasamy, Professor, Amrita School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Kochi
- Prof. Shantikumar Nair, Dean & HoS, School of Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine, Kochi
- Dr. R. Krishnakumar, HoD, Professor, Dept of Paediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi
- Dr. Radhika N., Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
- Dr. Bijo Mathew, Professor & HoD, Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Kochi
The list then went on to include the following researchers with Amrita for their achievements this past year:
- Dr. Soman K.P, Dean, School of Artificial Intelligence | HoD, Computational Engineering and Networking, Coimbatore
- Dr. Sanjay Pandey, Head, Neurology and Stroke Medicine, Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad
- Dr. Pratibha Singhi, Head of Paediatric Neurology, Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad
- Dr. Sunit Chandra Singhi, Head of Paediatrics, Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad
- Dr. Aravind Madhavan, Research Scientist, School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri
- Dr. Vinod V.T Padil, Professor, School for Sustainable Futures, Amritapuri
- Dr. R. Krishankumar, School of Computing, Coimbatore
- Dr. Adityakumar Sahu, Associate Professor, School of Computing, Amaravati
- Dr. Senthilkumar Bhaskar, Assistant Professor, Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Kochi
- Dr. Sudip Kumar Batabyal, Professor, Dept of Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, Coimbatore
- Dr. J.K Madhukesh, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Dr. Manu Raj, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Kochi
- Dr. Sunil Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept of Mathematics, Chennai
- Dr. Shantanu Mandal, PhD. & Research – Chair Amrita School of Business, Amaravati
- Dr. Naveen Kumar – Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Dr. Varun Kumar – Post-doctoral student, Computational Science Lab (CSL), Bengaluru
