7 Researchers From Bhubaneswar-Based SOA Figure In Stanford List Of Top World Scientists

Bhubaneswar: Seven eminent researchers from SOA Deemed to be University here have been named among top two per cent scientists in the world, drawn up on the basis of a subject-wise analysis conducted by the Stanford University, USA.

The researchers are Prof (Dr) Pradipta Kishore Dash, Prof Kulamani Parida, Prof Lala Behari Sukla, Prof (Dr) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, Prof RNP Choudhary, Prof J C Misra and Dr Nihar Bala Devi.

The subject-wise analysis was conducted by Stanford involving one lakh top scientists of the world on the basis of standardized citation indicators such as information on citations, H-index, co-authorship and a composite indicator. The database was published recently.

While Prof Dash is an eminent figure among researchers in the field of energy, Prof Parida and Prof Sukla are from the area of Physical Chemistry and Mining and Metallurgy respectively. Prof (Dr) Mahapatra, an eminent neuro-surgeon, is the present Vice-Chancellor of SOA while Prof Choudhury is from the field of Applied Physics. Prof Misra, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of SOA and Adjunct Professor, is from the realm of mathematics while Dr Devi is currently engaged in research in the area of Mining and Metallurgy.

Prof Dash, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, was also the first Vice-Chancellor of SOA. At present, he is SOA’s Emeritus Professor and heads the Multidisciplinary Research Cell. His area of expertise includes renewable energy, signal processing, power systems, data mining, artificial and computational intelligence, distributed generation and micro and smart grid.

SOA has 13 research centres and 42 research labs. Investigators are provided extensive facilities to conduct research in the university.

President of SOA Prof (Dr) Manojranjan Nayak has congratulated the researchers for winning laurels for the university.