10 per cent of Indians featured in world's top scientists in 2024 from TN: Stanford report
New Indian ExpressTHOOTHUKUDI: Over 10% of the Indian researchers identified by Stanford University in its world's top 2% scientists list in 2024 are from Tamil Nadu universities. Accordingly, the Stanford University ranking list has included 2,23,152 scientists in the top 2% of the world, and among them, 5,351 are from Indian universities which was 4,635 in 2023. An analysis of the list of top scientists reveals that 537 scientists from the universities of Tamil Nadu, which is more than 10% of the number of Indian scientists featured in the list. The top institutes from Tamil Nadu named in the list are 62 scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology- Madras, 59 from Vellore Institute of Technology, 35 from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 26 from Saveetha School of Engineering, 25 from Saveetha Dental College and Hosptials, 19 each from Bharathiyar university, National Institute of Technology Tiruchy, Saveetha Institute of Medical and technical sciences, and 18 from Anna university.