As many as 19 scientists from Odisha are among the Top 2% Scientist World Rank as per the data published by USA-based Stanford University.
They are Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Lala Behari Sukla, Mining and Metallurgy, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Pradipta Kishore Dash, Energy Siksha O Anusandhan University, Dayal R. Padhi, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, National Institute of Technology Rourkela l Subhransu Ranjan Samantaray, Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Santanu Paria, Chemical Physics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Bankim Chandra Ray, Materials, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Raja Kishore Paramguru, Mining and Metallurgy, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Niharbala Devi, Mining and Metallurgy, Siksha O Anusandhan and Pramoda K. Sahoo, Fisheries, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar.
Besides, Sukanta Kumar Nayak, Fisheries, North Orissa University, S Saha Ray, Numerical and Computational Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, VR Pedireddi, Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Snehashish Chakraverty, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rajan Jha, Optoelectronics and Photonics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Kulamani Parida, Physical Chemistry, Siksha O Anusandhan, S Das Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, RNP Choudhary, Applied Physics, Siksha O Anusandhan and Gyana R Rout, Plant Biology Botany, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology are also featured on the list.