2021 tables: Institutions - academic

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share* 2019–2020
1 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India 84.82 76.59 192 -12.9%
2 Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), India 59.03 57.59 206 -5.9%
3 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India 50.41 52.05 124 -0.4%
4 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata), India 35.05 41.05 62 12.9%
5 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India 21.14 37.28 59 70.0%
6 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), India 30.44 33.36 68 5.7%
7 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune), India 25.53 30.04 101 13.5%
8 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), India 34.48 28.11 48 -21.4%
9 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India 42.62 27.06 133 -38.8%
10 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), India 23.76 22.80 36 -7.5%
11 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal), India 22.85 20.55 29 -13.3%
12 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), India 23.08 19.66 64 -17.8%
13 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), India 17.12 18.98 36 6.9%
14 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM), India 11.52 17.20 27 44.0%
15 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India 12.64 15.46 34 17.9%
16 University of Hyderabad (UoH), India 18.24 14.23 54 -24.8%
17 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar), India 9.61 13.72 35 37.6%
18 Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore), India 10.36 12.24 47 13.9%
19 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), India 12.89 11.91 17 -10.9%
20 University of Delhi (DU), India 14.84 11.71 77 -23.9%
21 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), India 3.48 11.20 38 210.0%
22 Jadavpur University (JU), India 13.37 10.18 14 -26.6%
23 University of Calcutta (CU), India 5.24 9.80 17 80.3%
24 Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), India 4.66 8.57 12 77.4%
25 Visva-Bharati University, India 5.25 6.48 40 19.1%
26 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar), India 4.81 5.83 9 16.7%
27 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati (IISER Tirupati), India 0.41 5.72 14 1240.2%
28 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani), India 7.53 5.21 10 -33.3%
29 Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), India 1.47 4.77 9 212.4%
30 Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India 3.11 4.35 21 35.1%
31 SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India 7.75 4.19 17 -47.8%
32 Indian Institute of Technology - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (IIT-ISM), India 1.21 4.17 6 230.9%
33 Siksha O Anusandhan University (SOA), India 4.83 3.87 5 -22.8%
34 Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (IIT BHU), India 1.58 3.82 11 133.5%
35 Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India 2.30 3.54 21 48.7%
36 Cotton University, India 0.13 3.45 5 2561.2%
37 Panjab University (PU), India 2.86 3.33 96 12.1%
38 Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), India 2.22 3.06 5 32.6%
39 Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna), India 3.33 3.01 6 -12.8%
40 Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), India 3.51 3.00 12 -17.6%
41 Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT-BBS), India 1.20 3.00 48 142.1%
42 Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ), India 1.71 2.79 4 57.6%
43 University of Madras, India 1.25 2.74 4 111.6%
44 University of Burdwan, India 3.00 2.70 3 -13.2%
45 Tezpur University, India 5.49 2.60 6 -54.3%
46 National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NITR), India 4.86 2.43 6 -51.9%
47 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India 3.65 2.42 9 -36.1%
48 Pondicherry University, India 2.02 2.34 6 11.8%
49 Presidency University, India 1.50 2.29 9 47.2%
50 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT University), India 0.35 2.28 4 527.5%
51 Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India 1.09 2.11 3 85.9%
52 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (NIT Kurukshetra), India 0.80 2.00 2 141.1%
53 Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), India 1.19 1.96 4 58.7%
54 Shiv Nadar University (SNU), India 5.42 1.91 6 -66.0%
55 Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), India 0.53 1.80 4 227.0%
56 Amity University, India 2.44 1.74 8 -31.4%
57 Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT PKD), India 0.56 1.63 5 178.9%
58 Gauhati University, India 3.27 1.61 24 -52.4%
59 Utkal University, India 0.00 1.59 6 60944.0%
60 National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), India 1.58 3 N/A
61 University of Kalyani, India 0.83 1.52 4 75.5%
62 Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), India 1.05 1.51 4 39.0%
63 All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India 0.14 1.51 6 914.7%
64 Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP), India 1.50 2 N/A
65 Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IIT Jodhpur), India 3.05 1.39 8 -56.1%
66 SASTRA University, India 1.27 1.34 8 1.9%
67 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), India 1.32 1.32 5 -3.8%
68 Vidyasagar University, India 1.00 1.31 4 26.7%
69 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), India 4.22 1.25 4 -71.3%
70 Delhi Technological University (DTU), India 0.08 1.05 4 1109.5%
71 University of Lucknow, India 1.00 2 N/A
72 Dibrugarh University, India 0.25 1.00 1 285.7%
72 Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI), India 0.33 1.00 1 189.3%
72 Government General Degree College, India 1.67 1.00 1 -42.1%
72 Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT Tirupati), India 1.88 1.00 2 -48.7%
72 Ajmal College of Arts and Science, India 3.33 1.00 1 -71.1%
72 Government College Daman, India 1.00 1 N/A
72 Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India 1.00 1 N/A
72 Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), India 1.00 1 N/A
72 Gandhigram Rural Institute, India 1.00 1 N/A
72 Sikkim University, India 1.00 2 N/A
72 Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar (CIPET Bhubaneswar), India 1.00 1 N/A
73 National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), India 0.91 1 N/A
74 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB), India 0.02 0.88 3 3443.5%
75 Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), India 1.93 0.86 2 -56.9%
76 Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), India 1.42 0.86 3 -41.8%
77 Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), India 0.04 0.83 2 1828.4%
78 Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, India 3.75 0.75 4 -80.6%
79 GLA University, India 0.50 0.75 2 44.6%
79 Bharathidasan University (BDU), India 1.38 0.75 1 -47.4%
80 National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India 0.65 0.70 3 3.8%
81 Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), India 1.35 0.69 7 -50.9%
82 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University), India 0.72 0.68 5 -9.0%
83 National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (NITDGP), India 0.04 0.67 1 1699.9%
83 Jain University (JU), India 0.74 0.67 2 -13.3%
83 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram (IIITDM Kancheepuram), India 0.67 1 N/A
84 North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), India 3.22 0.63 2 -81.3%
85 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur), India 5.47 0.61 2 -89.2%
86 National Institute of Technology Sikkim (NIT Sikkim), India 0.38 0.60 1 52.0%
86 KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET), India 0.60 1 N/A
86 Osmania University, India 0.05 0.60 2 1049.7%
87 Christ University, India 0.99 0.60 2 -41.5%
88 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India 0.14 0.59 24 302.9%
89 Sardar Patel University (SPU), India 0.57 1 N/A
90 University of Mumbai, India 0.83 0.50 1 -42.1%
90 Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), India 0.50 1 N/A
90 Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), India 0.50 1 N/A
91 University of Rajasthan, India 0.61 0.49 25 -21.8%
92 Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India 0.02 0.48 3 1931.1%
93 Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai (IIT Bhilai), India 0.63 0.47 3 -28.2%
94 Mahatma Gandhi University (MG University), India 1.11 0.47 3 -59.2%
95 University of Jammu, India 0.57 0.45 27 -25.0%
96 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy), India 0.49 0.43 1 -15.6%
97 TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), India 1.13 0.42 2 -64.3%
98 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), India 0.06 0.40 1 517.1%
98 Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU), India 0.40 1 N/A
99 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (NITJ), India 1.33 0.38 2 -72.6%
100 Rani Rashmoni Green University, India 0.35 3 N/A
101 Indian Institute of Technology Jammu (IIT Jammu), India 0.33 2 N/A
101 PRIST University, India 0.33 1 N/A
101 Carbonatite Research Centre, India 0.33 1 N/A
102 Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), India 0.67 0.32 2 -53.9%
103 Ashoka University, India 0.77 0.29 3 -63.4%
104 Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (MNIT Jaipur), India 2.03 0.29 7 -86.3%
105 Patna University, India 0.20 0.28 2 33.9%
106 Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, India 0.07 0.27 2 268.9%
107 Anna University (AU), India 0.36 0.27 2 -27.7%
108 Kazi Nazrul University, India 0.26 2 N/A
109 Ramanarain Ruia Autonomous College, India 0.05 0.25 1 430.3%
109 The LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT), India 0.25 0.25 1 -3.6%
109 Bengal Engineering College Model School, India 0.25 1 N/A
109 National Institute of Technology Meghalaya (NIT Meghalaya), India 0.25 1 N/A
109 Government Polytechnic, Panaji (GPP), India 0.25 1 N/A
109 Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement, Bhubaneswar (GITA), India 0.25 1 N/A
109 Gujarat University, India 0.25 1 N/A
109 Government General Degree College, Muragachha (Muragachha GOVT College), India 0.25 1 N/A
110 Yenepoya University, India 0.24 2 N/A
111 Tripura University, India 0.23 2 N/A
112 Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), India 0.22 1 N/A
112 West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS), India 0.22 1 N/A
112 Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, India 0.22 1 N/A
112 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), India 0.22 1 N/A
112 Sidho Kanho Birsha University (SKBU), India 0.22 1 N/A
113 The University of Trans-disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), India 0.07 0.22 5 191.9%
114 Maharishi Markandeshwar University (MMU), India 0.11 0.20 1 73.6%
114 Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), India 0.17 0.20 1 15.7%
114 Bhupal Nobles' University (BNU), India 0.42 0.20 1 -53.7%
114 Indian Institute of Technology Goa (IIT Goa), India 0.30 0.20 1 -35.7%
114 Darjeeling Polytechnic College, India 0.20 0.20 1 -3.6%
114 Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), India 0.20 0.20 1 -3.6%
114 Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), India 0.20 1 N/A
114 International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad), India 0.20 1 N/A
114 Punjabi University, India 0.20 1 N/A
114 Banasthali University, India 0.20 1 N/A
114 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), India 0.20 1 N/A
114 Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), India 0.20 1 N/A
114 Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), India 0.20 1 N/A
114 University of Calicut, India 0.20 1 N/A
114 Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women (RBCCW), India 0.20 1 N/A
115 Mizoram University, India 0.20 2 N/A
116 National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh (NIT-AP), India 0.19 3 N/A
117 Dr. Harisingh Gour University (Sagar University), India 0.02 0.19 2 855.6%
117 University of Allahabad, India 0.25 0.19 1 -27.7%
118 National Institute of Technology Warangal (NITW), India 0.10 0.17 1 60.7%
118 Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University (SGBAU), India 0.14 0.17 1 12.5%
118 Women's College, Calcutta, India 0.20 0.17 1 -19.6%
118 Bishop Heber College, India 0.29 0.17 1 -43.8%
118 Goa University, India 0.44 0.17 1 -63.8%
118 Ram Chandra Uniyal Government Post Graduate College, India 0.40 0.17 1 -59.8%
118 Central University of Jammu, India 0.53 0.17 1 -69.4%
118 University of Kashmir, India 1.33 0.17 1 -87.9%
118 DAV College Chandigarh, India 0.17 1 N/A
118 Senate of Serampore College (University), India 0.17 1 N/A
118 Karimpur Pannadevi College, India 0.17 1 N/A
118 Thiagarajar College, India 0.17 1 N/A
118 Arya Vidyapeeth College, India 0.17 1 N/A
118 Chandernagore College, India 0.17 1 N/A
119 ICFAI University, Tripura (ICFAI Tripura), India 0.08 0.15 2 73.6%
120 Sarguja University, India 0.14 1 N/A
120 Krishna University, India 0.14 1 N/A
120 Soniya Education Trust's College of Pharmacy, India 0.14 1 N/A
121 Symbiosis International University (SIU), India 0.00 0.13 1 10409.9%
121 Acharya Institute of Technology (AIT), India 0.10 0.13 1 20.5%
121 Central University of Punjab Bathinda (CUPB), India 0.11 0.13 1 8.5%
121 Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology (GCECT), India 0.20 0.13 1 -39.7%
121 Kumaun University, India 0.88 0.13 1 -86.2%
121 J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, India 0.13 1 N/A
122 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), India 0.59 0.12 4 -79.8%
123 JES College, India 0.12 1 N/A
124 JIS University, India 0.21 0.12 2 -46.9%
125 Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMC Vellore), India 0.07 0.12 3 58.9%
126 Dayananda Sagar Institutions (DSI), India 0.00 0.11 1 9242.1%
126 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), India 0.11 1 N/A
126 Guntur Medical College, India 0.11 1 N/A
126 Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU), India 0.11 1 N/A
126 NSS College Pandalam, India 0.11 1 N/A
126 Government Medical College Kadapa, India 0.11 1 N/A
127 Teerthanker Mahaveer University (TMU), India 0.10 1 N/A
127 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-Allahabad), India 0.10 1 N/A
127 Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, India 0.10 1 N/A
128 MJP Rohilkhand University, India 0.09 1 N/A
128 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, India 0.09 1 N/A
128 Cooch Behar Government Engineering College (CGEC), India 0.09 1 N/A
129 St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, India 0.08 0.08 1 -3.6%
129 University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), India 0.06 0.08 1 26.6%
129 University of North Bengal (NBU), India 2.10 0.08 1 -96.2%
129 Annamalai University, India 0.08 1 N/A
129 Sir Parashurambhau College, India 0.08 1 N/A
129 Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU), India 0.08 1 N/A
130 Jiwaji University, India 0.08 1 N/A
131 Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), India 0.23 0.07 2 -69.1%
132 Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), India 0.00 0.07 1 3750.0%
132 Ahmedabad University (AU), India 0.07 1 N/A
132 Midnapore College, India 0.07 1 N/A
132 Mahatma Phule Arts, Science and Commerce College, India 0.07 1 N/A
133 Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), India 0.07 1 N/A
134 School of Historical Studies, University of Madras, India 0.06 1 N/A
135 Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India 0.06 1 N/A
136 Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), India 0.10 0.06 1 -46.4%
136 Mangalore University, India 0.01 0.06 1 307.1%
136 Central Agricultural University (CAU), India 0.06 1 N/A
137 Central University of Kerala (CUK), India 0.12 0.05 2 -55.3%
138 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur (IISER Berhampur), India 0.25 0.05 4 -80.5%
139 Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), India 0.05 2 N/A
140 Victoria Institution, India 0.05 1 N/A
140 Government General Degree College at Pedong, India 0.05 1 N/A
141 Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad (IIT Dharwad), India 0.04 0.05 1 14.0%
142 Techno India Group (TIG), India 0.04 1 N/A
143 Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), India 0.04 1 N/A
144 KL Deemed to be University (KL University), India 0.04 2 N/A
145 Yogi Vemana University (YVU), India 0.04 1 N/A
146 Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, India 0.04 0.03 32 -21.7%
147 Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), India 0.09 0.03 8 -66.3%
148 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Guwahati (NIPER-Guwahati), India 0.03 1 N/A
149 Goverment College Nedumangad (GCN), India 0.03 1 N/A
150 Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), India 0.03 1 N/A
151 Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, India 0.03 1 N/A
152 Central University of Haryana (CUH), India 0.06 0.02 1 -63.3%
153 Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ), India 0.00 0.02 1 791.9%
154 Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), India 0.02 0.02 2 -18.0%
155 Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), India 0.07 0.01 1 -81.5%
156 International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), India 0.01 0.01 1 -61.7%
157 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET), India 0.01 0.01 1 -3.6%
158 Suraj Eye Institute, India 0.01 0.00 2 -24.1%
159 JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, India 0.00 0.00 2 -11.8%
159 Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMSDU), India 0.00 2 N/A
160 Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DMIMS), India 0.00 1 N/A
161 Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal (GMC), India 0.00 0.00 2 -11.8%
161 School of Preventive Oncology, India 0.00 0.00 2 -48.7%
161 Global Institute of Public Health (GIPH), AHRI, India 0.00 0.00 2 37.7%
162 Government Institute of Forensic Science, Nagpur (IFSc Nagpur), India 0.00 1 N/A
163 G.H.G. Khalsa College, India 0.00 10 N/A
164 Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar (IIPHG), India 0.00 1 N/A
165 IIHMR University, India 0.00 0.00 1 16.0%
165 Grant Government Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals Mumbai (GGMCJJH Mumbai), India 0.00 1 N/A
165 Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences, India 0.00 1 N/A
165 Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore (FMMC), India 0.00 1 N/A
166 Indian Institute of Advanced Research (IIAR), India 1.01 0.00 1 -99.9%
167 Rajasthan University for Health Sciences (RUHS), India 0.00 0.00 1 -67.4%
167 Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences Technology (MGUMST), India 0.00 0.00 1 -67.4%
167 Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GBPH), India 0.00 1 N/A
167 SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, India 0.00 1 N/A
167 Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical College (RDGMC), India 0.00 1 N/A
167 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), India 0.00 1 N/A
168 Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), India 0.06 0.00 1 -99.2%

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