UoH ranked No.1 among Indian universities for research output

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been ranked no 1 for the second consecutive year among 122 Indian universities on research output by the Nature Index for 2020-2021, an international indicator of high quality research in the natural and physical sciences (includes chemistry, life sciences, earth and environmental sciences). Overall, the UoH is ranked at 18 among all educational and research institutions as against 15th ranked last year.

The research outputs for UoH published between December 1, 2019 – November 30, 2020, tracked by Nature Index, were considered for the ranking. Chemistry and Physical Sciences were evaluated for output subject wise. UoH received a count of 54 and a share of 14.72, the UoH said on Friday.

“The Nature Index functions as an indicator of high quality research in



Natural and Physical Sciences (includes Chemistry, Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences) and it is indeed a proud moment for the UoH, an Institution of Eminence, to continue to be ranked at number 1 among the Universities in successive years. Although our competition is with established specialised research institutes and the IITs, as a multidisciplinary University we do remarkably well. We need to work hard to better our ranks,” Prof. Appa Rao Podile, Vice-Chancellor, UoH said.

“Receiving additional funding under the IoE mandates that we should have a presence in the top-ranked institutions and therefore we have to benchmark our output with the top 100 performers globally, which is what we are setting out to do, in accordance with the government of India’s clear directives,” he added.