RTMNU Janrao Dhoble, Head and Senior Professor of Physics at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), has featured in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists list for seven consecutive years since 2020. Three of his PhD students have also been included in the 2026 list. They are Dr Govind Nair, Assistant Professor (Research) at KIET, Ghaziabad; Dr Yatish Paroha, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Ramdeobaba University, Nagpur; and Dr Abhijit Kadam, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at CSMSS Chh Shahu College of Engineering, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. RTMNU Vice-Chancellor Dr Manali Kshirsagar congratulated the researchers. 

 

Three faculty members of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Nagpur -- Dr Prashant P Joshi, Executive Director and CEO; Dr Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Additional Professor; and Dr Aravind P Gandhi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine -- have featured in the prestigious list. 

 

 

Nine scientists associated with CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) have also featured in the prestigious list. The scientists are Dr P V Nidheesh, Dr Sunil Kumar, Dr Shalini Dhyani and Dr Amit Bafana, all Scientists-F; Dr Tanvir Arfin, Scientist-E; Dr Hemant J Purohit and Dr Sadhana S Rayalu, former Chief Scientists; Dr Sukumar Devotta, former Director; and Dr S Venkata Mohan, Director.