Dear IIT (BHU) Alumni,
It is our great pleasure to announce that thirteen faculty members from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi have been featured among the top two percent of scientists in a global list compiled by the researchers from prestigious Stanford University. The list includes the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines across the world. In this exhaustive list of 1,59,683 persons, 1,492 exemplary Indians have found a place, with a majority of them being from IITs and IISc and other top institutes, representing fields like physics, material sciences, chemical engineering, plant biology, energy and others.
The list has been prepared by Prof. John Loannidis from Stanford University in which they created a publicly available database of 100,000 top-scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted Hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator. Based on the above information the scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.
The 13 faculty members from IIT BHU include -- Prof. Rajiv Prakash, Dean (Research and Development); Prof. Pralaya Maiti and Prof. Dhananjay Pandey from the School of Material Science and Technology; Prof. Yogesh Chandra Sharma and Prof. PC Pandey from the Chemistry Department; Prof. Brahmeshwar Mishra, Prof. Sanjay Singh, Prof. SK Singh and Prof. MS Muthu from Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology Department; Prof. Devendra Kumar from Ceramic Engineering Department; Prof. Subir Das from Mathematical Sciences Department; Prof. Rakesh Kumar Singh from Physics Department; Prof. Jahar Sarkar from the Mechanical Department.
A brief bio about the research interests and achievement of the professors are given below:
- Prof. B. Mishra, professor, and Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology has published about 247 papers in peer-reviewed international & national journals and has 3 patents, 6111 citations to his credit. Prof. B. Mishra has also contributed to chapters of 15 Books. His most cited publication has been cited more than 250 times. He is also an Editorial Board Member of an International Journal “Scientific Times Journal of Cancer”, published by Scientific Times publishing group, Columbia, USA.
- Prof. Devendra Kumar, professor at the Department of Ceramics Engineering has published 292 papers and has 4564 citations to his credit. He was also a fellow Visiting Scholar at the University of Connecticut, USA. From 2016 to 2019 he had a Memorandum of Agreement for academic and research collaboration with the University of Connecticut USA and CSIR - Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata, India. He has been a recipient of several awards, the most important being the Materials Research Society of India Medal 2002.
- Prof. Dhananjay Pandey, a professor in the School of Materials Science and Technology, has published 199 papers & articles and has 6702 citations to his credit. He is a member of several international committees such as the Commission on Journals of the International Union of Crystallography. He holds the prestigious membership (by-election) of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (2001).
- Prof. Jahar Sarkar, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering has published 107 journal papers, 49 conference papers, 20 invited magazine articles, and has 4858 citations to his credit. His most cited publication has been cited more than 450 times. He received the prestigious IMPRINT research project in 2018. He is the Editorial Board Member of ‘Energy Science and Technology’, ‘American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ and ‘International Journal of Applied Engineering Research.’ His Biography has been included in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2010.
- Prof. M. S. Muthu, professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, completed his Postdoctoral research work from NUS, Singapore, and has a research experience of 16 years during which he has published about 81 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals and 3227 citations to his credit. His most cited publication has been cited more than 400 times. He is a lifetime member of the American Nano Society (USA) and the British Society of Nanomedicine (UK).
- Prof. Rajiv Prakash, professor at School of Material Science and Technology and Dean of Research & Development at the Institute, has published more than 153 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and has 16 patents, 4842 citations to his credit. One of his patent’s technology has also been transferred to a firm in the Netherlands. He has 3 international collaborations in his name with universities in Japan, Germany, and the Republic of Korea and has been elected as an academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials.
- Prof. P. C. Pandey, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at IIT(BHU), did his Post Doctoral research work from Ecole des Mines, Saint Etienne France, and was a Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. He has been a visiting professor at several universities in the USA, Switzerland, and Russia and has published more than 170 papers in peer-reviewed international & national journals and has 45 patents to his credit.
- Prof. Pralaya Maiti, professor at the School of Material Science and Technology has published 180 papers and has 20 patents, 9141 citations to his credit. His most cited publication has been cited more than 750 times. He is an author/co-author of more than 20 books. He is a recipient of the APA Young Scientist Award by the Asian Polymer Association (APA) in 2013.
- Prof. Rakesh Kumar Singh, professor at the Department of Physics, has published about 70 research articles in reputed international & national journals and also has 2 patents, 1002 citations to his credit. He had attended and delivered lectures at various international conferences in Israel, China, Japan, and Denmark. He has completed projects from the Funding Agencies like the Department of Space, GOI, and SERB among others. He is also in international collaboration with several prestigious universities, namely The University of Electro-Communications, Japan, KAIST- South Korea; Huaqiao University, China; Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, and Denmark Technical University.
- Prof. Sanjay Singh, a professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, has a research experience of 26 years during which he has published about 152 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals and has 1 patent to his credit. He is a lifetime member of a number of professional bodies majorly being Indian Pharmaceutical Association and many others. Prof. Sanjay Singh has also presented his work as an author/co-author in more than 90 national and international conferences.
- Prof. S. K. Singh, professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals and 2364 citations to his credit. His most cited publication has been cited more than 340 times. He is a lifetime member of a number of Professional Bodies majorly being named as IPA, APTI, IPGA, ISCB.
- Prof. Subir Das, professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, has published over 185 research articles and 04 articles as book chapter publications and has 1 patent, 2579 citations to his credit. Prof. Subir Das had been an academic visitor to a number of universities viz. NUS, NTU, Tokyo University of Science, University of South Africa, and several more. He has attended and delivered lectures in various international conferences in the USA, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Greece, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and others. He has completed projects from the Funding Agencies like BRNS, BARC, Govt. of India, SERB, Govt. of India, and TCS, India.
- Prof. Y. C. Sharma, professor at the Department of Chemistry, has published over 193 papers in peer-reviewed international & national journals and has 10833 citations to his credit. His most cited publication has been cited more than 1250 times. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), and was honoured with the Hiyoshi Environmental Award in 2016 by Hiyoshi Corporation in 2016 and had been the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Pollution and Solutions.
IIT (BHU) has always been committed to giving back to the nation not only excellent engineers, leaders, and entrepreneurs but also adept and proficient researchers to take the challenges in this ever-growing world head-on. The main people behind this task are our extremely knowledgeable and proficient professors and faculty who themselves are still giving back to the scientific community that once helped them grow. The recognition of hard work and perseverance of these professors in the list by Stanford University proves that success is no accident. One can achieve it even in the darkest of times. It is all about hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, and most of all, love for what one is doing.
Many congratulations to all the professors! IBGAA applaud their spirit and wish them luck for the journey and challenges on the road ahead.
This article has been prepared by Shivanshu BTech Mech 2020, Siddhartha IMD IC 2020, Madhav IDD M&C 2024, Manav IDD CS 2023.
Regards
IBGAA & SAIC