Eleven professors associated with Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University) in Dindigul have been included in a global list of the world’s top 2% scientists, based on research impact.
The ranking was prepared by a team led by Stanford University professor John Ioannidis, compiling data on researchers across countries and specialisations. Scientists were classified across 22 broad scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.
According to the report, rankings were determined using criteria including a minimum of five research papers and field- and sub-field-based percentile measures. The list features more than 200,000 researchers worldwide, including over 3,500 from India.
For the 2025 impact list, the named individuals from Gandhigram include retired Chemistry professor Sethuraman, Physics professor Muralidharan, Mathematics professor Balasubramaniyam, Chemistry professor Meenakshi, late Chemistry professor Abraham John, Physics professor Marimuthu, honorary Physics professor Arumugam (former Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Open University), honorary Chemistry professor Ramesh, visiting professor Ashokkumar, visiting professor Malaikozhundhan (Biology), and former research student Krishnamoorthi (Microbiology).
The institution’s faculty had also featured in the global list in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, marking a seventh consecutive inclusion. Vice-Chancellor Panchanatham congratulated the scientists on the recognition.
