A total of 6,239 Indian faculty have earned a coveted spot in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists list for 2024, reflecting the country’s growing footprint in global research. The recognition, compiled in collaboration with Elsevier, celebrates both single-year achievements and career-long contributions, with 3,372 Indian researchers acknowledged in the career-long category alone.

Leading the charge is the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), which contributes 80 researchers to the elite list, including 56 from AIIMS New Delhi. Among engineering institutions, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) dominate with 755 faculty members, followed by over 330 from the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and 117 from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

Beyond India’s premier public institutions, the list also highlights contributions from private and state universities: Chitkara University in Punjab has 59 faculty members featured, Jadavpur University 50, Banaras Hindu University 51, Aligarh Muslim University 46, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) approximately 88.

This remarkable achievement underscores India’s emergence as a hub of high-impact research, spanning fields from medicine and engineering to environmental science and technology. The inclusion of thousands of Indian scholars in this prestigious global ranking reflects both the depth and diversity of India’s academic talent and its growing influence on the international scientific stage.