Dr Yatish R Parauha, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, has been recognised among the top 2% scientists in Physics and Astronomy in the 2026 global researcher rankings associated with Stanford University and Elsevier. He has also received the Young Researcher Award 2026 from the AadGrow Foundation and secured World Rank 187 in Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies by Scholarly Index for the 2021–2025 impact window.