KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has topped the list of Indian universities in the Stanford University database on top scientists based on their career-long publication.
The list published on October 19 has JU with 29 scientists in the top bracket, ahead of Benaras Hindu University with 24 scientists, University of Hyderabad with 22 scientists and Delhi University with 18 scientists. The leading institute from India is IISc Bangalore with 114 leading scientists on its rolls.
JU VC Suranjan Das said, “I am really feeling proud that my colleagues have got international recognition. They have made not only made Jadavpur University proud, but Bengal as well. I hope after this recognition, UGC will reconsider the appeal of bringing back the status of Institution of Eminence.”
The tag of IoE makes an institution eligible for a grant of Rs 1,000 crore from the Centre over five years.
Apart from JU, the UGC had denied the status to Ashoka University in Sonepat, Azim Premji University and Indian Institute for Human Settlements in Bengaluru, KREA University in Andhra Pradesh and the Indian Institute of Public Health in Gandhinagar. Aligarh Muslim University and Tezpur University also did not make the cut.
The state had written to UGC to reconsider its decision.
State education department sources said JU’s name had been removed as the state had declined to share the burden of funding the IoE status. JU submitted a revised scheme of Rs 606 crore to UGC last year, of which it sought Rs 454 crore from the Centre and proposed to raise the remainder.
