69 Faculty Members from NIT Rourkela Featured in SciRank Global's World's Top 5% Scientists List
- SciRank evaluated around 10 million researchers and nearly 50 million scholarly publications globally
- This recognition highlights the institute’s strong research ecosystem across engineering, sciences, and humanities
Rourkela, 22 nd June 2026: Achieving a major global recognition, 67 faculty members of National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) have been featured in the prestigious SciRank Global World's Top 5% Scientists List.
Published annually by the Global Institute of Scientometrics, this Top 5% Scientists List recognises researchers from around the globe who have created outstanding scientific impact with their work. The latest edition of this list has covered more than 10 million active researcher profiles and assessed 50 million (approx.) scholarly publications worldwide.
Congratulating NIT Rourkela community on this achievement, Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao, Director, NIT Rourkela, said, "This recognition is a matter of immense pride for the entire NIT Rourkela community. Having 67 of our faculty members featured among the world's top scientists is a testament to their unwavering commitment to research excellence, innovation, and the pursuit of knowledge. It reflects the strength of our research ecosystem, the interdisciplinary collaborations fostered at the institute, and our collective efforts to address real-world challenges through science and technology. I congratulate all the faculty members on this remarkable achievement and am confident that their contributions will continue to advance knowledge and create meaningful societal impact in the years to come."
A unique factor of this evaluation is that it is not based on surveys or editorial panels. Rather, researchers are verified through field-normalised bibliometric data sourced from OpenAlex, the world's largest open research database. This makes the evaluation transparent and away from any institutional biases.
From NIT Rourkela, researchers from the Department of Chemistry accounted for the highest number of entries in the list. This is followed by researchers from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Life Science, and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. This feature list highlights the Institute’s robust research capabilities across both core and emerging disciplines.
| Department | Faculty Members |
|---|---|
| Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering |
Prof. Kunal Pal Prof. Subhankar Paul Prof. Mukesh Kumar Gupta |
| Department of Ceramic Engineering |
Prof. Ritwik Sarkar Prof. Partha Saha |
| Department of Chemical Engineering |
Prof. Santanu Paria Prof. Soumya Sanjeeb Mohapatra |
| Department of Chemistry |
Prof. Bimalendu Adhikari Prof. Braja Gopal Mishra Prof. Garudadhwaj Hota Prof. Harekrushna Sahoo Prof. Niranjan Panda Prof. Priyabrat Dash Prof. Sabita Patel Prof. Sasmita Mohapatra Prof. Rupam Dinda Prof. Rajeev R |
| Department of Civil Engineering | Prof. Suresh Prasad Singh |
| Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
Prof. Ashok Kumar Turuk Prof. Bibhudatta Sahoo Prof. Banshidhar Majhi Prof. Durga Prasad Mohapatra Prof. Pabitra Mohan Khilar Prof. Ratnakar Dash Prof. Sambit Bakshi Prof. Arun Kumar |
| Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
Prof. Krishna Kishore Osuri Prof. Bhishma Tyagi |
| Department of Electrical Engineering |
Prof. Anup Kumar Panda Prof. Pravat Kumar Ray Prof. Kanungo Barada Mohanty Prof. Prasanna Kumar Sahu Prof. Arnab Ghosh |
| Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering |
Prof. Kamalakanta Mahapatra Prof. Sukadev Meher Prof. Umesh Chandra Pati Prof. Santanu Kumar Behera Prof. Samit Ari Prof. Poonam Singh |
| Department of Food Process Engineering |
Prof. Sabyasachi Mishra Prof. Rama Chandra Pradhan Prof. Preetam Sarkar Prof. Winny Routray Prof. Mohd Khalid Gul |
| Department of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Prof. Jalandhar Pradhan Prof. Narayan Sethi |
| Department of Life Science |
Prof. Rohan Dhiman Prof. Samir Kumar Patra Prof. Sujit Kumar Bhutia Prof. Bibekanand Mallick Prof. Suman Jha Prof. Monalisa Mishra Prof. Bismita Nayak |
| Department of Mathematics | Prof. Snehashish Chakraverty |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Prof. Alok Satapathy Prof. Subrata Kumar Panda Prof. Sandhyarani Biswas Prof. Manoj Masanta Prof. Kalipada Maity Prof. Dayal Ramakrushna Parhi |
| Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering |
Prof. Bankim Chandra Ray Prof. Syed Nasimul Alam Prof. Rajesh Kumar Prusty Prof. Ajit Behera Prof. Debasis Chaira |
| Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Prof. Jyoti Prakash Kar Prof. Pawan Kumar Prof. Bharat Kumar |