22 SOA Researchers & 20 From KIIT-DU Among Top 2% World Scientists

Bhubaneswar: A total of 22 researchers from Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University and 20 from KIIT Deemed to be University are in the world ranking of top 2 per cent scientists for 2023, drawn up by Stanford University of USA on the basis of a subject-wise analysis.

In 2022, SOA had 16 researchers in Stanford University’s list of top 2 per cent scientists while there were 13 in the 2021 list.

Nine SOA researchers have figured in the list every year since 2020. They are — Prof. (Dr) Pradipta Kishore Dash, SOA’s first Vice-Chancellor and Director (Research), Prof. (Dr) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, eminent neurosurgeon, former Vice-Chancellor and presently SOA’s principal advisor (Health Sciences), Prof. Kulamani Parida, Prof. Lala Behari Sukla, Prof. RNP Choudhary, Prof. Goutam Rath, Prof. Niharbala Devi, Dr Manoj Kumar Nayak and Dr Satya Ranjan Mishra.

Those who were in 2022 list and have been named again this year are — Prof. Rajashree Dash, Dr Manohar Mishra, Dr Sulagna Patnaik, Prof. Binod Kumar Sahu and Dr Dipti Prava Sahoo.

Eight other SOA researchers have found place in the list for the first time this year. They are Prof. Renu Sharma, Prof. Saurav Panda, Dr. Subhashree Choudhury, Dr. S.K.Parida, Dr. Seshadev Sahoo, Dr. Mrutyunjay Sahani, Dr. Vinit Kumar Rai and Dr. Satyabrata Subudhi.

The 10 names from KIIT are Padma Awardee Dr Subrat Kumar Acharya, Dr Yogesh Chawla and eminent gastroenterologist Dr Anil C Anand from School of Medicine.

The others in the famed list from KIIT and its constituent units are — Suresh Chandra Satapathy, Siddharth Swarup Rautray, Sushruta Mishra, Tarasankar Pal, Swarup Kumar Nayak, Purna Chandra Mishra, Vikas Hassija, Kshirod K Jena, Hrudaya Kumar Tripathy, Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Dindyal Mandal, Trupti Mayee Behera, Bhargav Appasani, Rabindra K Barik, Mona Pathak, Ashish Singh and Chandan Mohanty.