Kolkata Tops India In Scientific Research Excellence

The most well-reputed science journal in the world, Nature, has placed Kolkata at the top among Indian cities in its list of the 200 scientific cities of the world for this year.

Kolkata Tops India In Scientific Research Excellence

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The rankings are based on the number of authors, institutions from the city, and their proportional contribution to papers published in the high quality scientific journals from around the world during the previous year.

Kolkata Metropolitan Area stood at number 84 in this year’s ranking and comes first among the Indian cities, followed by Bengaluru (85) and Mumbai Metropolitan Area (98). After these cities, Delhi was at 124. On the global list for this year, Beijing takes the prize for topping the list, followed by Shanghai and New York.

The Nature Index marking, which is a symbol of remarkably high-quality research output, has preferably made merriment in the scientific and academic circles of Kolkata along with feeling that this will give charge to the work of talented researchers in and around the city. Kolkata's position as reflected in this year's Nature Index is nearly 20 points higher than last year's ranking, having surpassed prime research destinations like Edinburgh, Helsinki, Geneva, and Frankfurt in the scale.

According to the list, Beijing and Shanghai come in first and second, while New York and Boston are next. Nanjing, China, occupies the fifth spot on this listing.

Kolkata is associated with a glorious past and heritage in scientific research. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar founded the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science on 29th July, 1876. Dr Sirkar cured Sree Ramakrishna when he was being treated for cancer. Nobel Prize winner CV Raman worked at the cultivation of science from 1907 to 1933. He is the author of Raman Effect for which the Nobel Prize was awarded in 1930. Professor Satyendra Nath Bose worked with Albert Einstein and produced the Bose Einstein Theory during 1924-25. Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis founded the Indian Statistical Institute on 17 December, 1931. Professor Mahalanobis served Presidency College as teacher for over two decades.

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose had taught at Presidency College and churned out some very eminent scientific scholars such as Snehamay Dutta and Jnanendra Chandra Ghosh, among others.