Seven SOA researchers figure among Stanford list of top world scientists
BHUBANESWAR: Seven researchers from SOA Deemed to be University have been named in the world ranking of top two per cent scientists, drawn up on the basis of a subject wise analysis conducted by Stanford University, USA.
The researchers are Prof Pradipta Kishore Dash, Prof. Kulamani Parida, Prof Lala Behari Sukla, Prof Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, Prof RNP Choudhary, Prof JC 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.
Prof Manojranjan Nayak, President of SOA, has congratulated the researchers for winning laurels for the university and the state at large.
Prof Dash is an eminent figure among researchers in the field of energy, while Prof Parida and Prof. Sukla are from the area of Physical Chemistry and Mining and Metallurgy respectively.
Prof Mahapatra is an eminent neuro-surgeon and the current VC of SOA while Prof Choudhury is from the field of Applied Physics. Prof Misra is from mathematics while Dr Devi is currently engaged in research in the area of Mining and Metallurgy.