Five GNDU teachers among top scientists of world: Stanford Study

Five scientists of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) have been listed in the world ranking of top 2 per cent scientists in an independent study conducted by Stanford University. In the study, the scientists of Stanford University created a database of more than 1,00,000 top scientists of the world and made ranking on the basis of standardised citation indicators such as citations, h-index, co-authorship and a composite indicator.

Dr Narpinder Singh, head of the Department of Food Science and Technology, Dr Subodh Kumar from the field of materials science, Dr SS Sekhon (Energy), Dr Tarlok Singh Lobana (inorganic and nuclear chemistry) and Dr Daljit Singh Arora (biotechnology) have been listed in the ranking on the basis of research quality and quantity indicators. Dr Narpinder Singh is the seniormost professor of the university and worked as Director, Research, at GNDU for three years.

He is a Fellow of the Cereal and Grain Association (formerly American Association of Cereal Chemists International) and was awarded by the Research Excellence Award by the Web of Science in Agricultural Sciences in 2019. He holds DST- JC Bose national fellowship and has been given ICAR Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award. He has served as a visiting professor in the US, Japan, UK and China and has published 264 papers.