Nagaland University professors feature among world’s top 2% scientists 

Dimapur: Nagaland University achieved a significant milestone with three of its faculty members - Prof. Ambrish Singh from the chemistry department, Prof. Joginder Singh from the botany department, and Prof. Sujata Dash, professor and head of the information technology department - featuring in this year’s Stanford University rankings list of top 2% scientists in the world. 

Prof. Ambrish Singh found his place in the list for the fifth consecutive year, Prof. Joginder Singh for the second consecutive year and Prof. Sujata Dash’s name featured this year.

“This is a remarkable achievement for Nagaland University, reflecting the perseverance and unwavering dedication of the three faculty members in reaching this significant milestone,” Vice Chancellor of the varsity Prof. JK Patnaik said in a press statement.

The Top 2% Scientists list, published by Elsevier and Stanford University, evaluates the impact and relevance of scientists’ work using various metrics.

Prof. Ambrish Singh completed his PhD from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University (VBSPU), Jaunpur. 

Before joining Nagaland University, he worked as a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Southwest Petroleum University in China’s Chengdu from January 2016 to May 2023.

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He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the same institution from July 2013 to December 2015 and an assistant professor at Lovely Professional University.

Prof. Singh served as a senior research fellow and research assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. He has an H-index of 52, citations over 9500, and research papers over 185 in high impact journals.

He is a Fellow of RSC and ICS and has Sichuan 1000 Talent, Presidents Award, Young Scientist accolades to his credit. He served as a consultant to KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, and as a visiting professor to Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan.

Prof. Joginder Singh did his masters in botany in 2000, specialising in plant-microbe interaction, and completed his PhD on arbuscular mycorrhizal relationships of halophytes in western Rajasthan in 2003.

With over 20 years of research experience, he received a total of Rs 20.18 million in grants, published more than 200 research articles, edited 32 books, and authored or co-authored 150 chapters.

He also served as a research associate at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and participated in numerous national and international conferences.

Prof. Sujata Dash completed her PhD from Berhampur University and a postdoctoral fellowship from Canada’s University of Manitoba.

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She holds an advanced diploma in bioinformatics from USA’s University of Alabama and an M Tech in computer science and engineering.

Prof. Dash was honoured with the prestigious Titular Fellowship from UK’s Association of Commonwealth Universities in 2017.

Her work experience includes serving as a visiting professor at the University of Manitoba, professor at Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanj Deo University, professor and dean of research at Gandhi Institute for Engineering and Technology, professor and head at Orissa Engineering College, and associate professor at Bhubaneswar’s KIIT.

Prof. Dash authored over 200 technical papers published in international journals and conference proceedings and edited book chapters by reputed publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, IEEE, IGI Global USA and Wiley.

She has got 12 patents, two copyrights, a few textbooks, and 25 edited books to her credit.