India News | Asst Prof Imran Pancha Placed Among Top 2 Pc Scientists in World by Stanford University

Amaravati, Nov 21 (PTI): Assistant Professor Imran Pancha of SRM University-AP here has been placed among the top two per cent scientists and researchers in the world in biotechnology by the prestigious Stanford University.

Pancha found a place in PLOS Biology, published by Stanford University Researchers, among highly-cited researchers in 22 different fields across the globe.

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He was one among the 1,074 scientists in biotechnology, a release from SRM here said.

From India, 77 scientists and faculty members were recognised in different faculties.

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Overall, of the top 1,60,000 scientists from different fields of Science and Technology in the world, India has 2,313.

Pancha obtained his doctoral degree from CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, after graduating from Bhavnagar University.

He has also worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Japanese Society for Promotion of Science, Japan, before joining SRM University-AP.

The university release said Pancha's primary research focus was to produce renewable energy from microalgae.

His team is trying to develop integrated microalgal bio- refinery to produce high-value compounds like phycobiliproteins, carotenoids along with biofuel and bio- fertilisers from microalgae.

SRM president P Sathyanarayanan, Pro-Vice Chancellor D Narayana Rao and Vice-Chancellor V S Rao felicitated Pancha for the recognition.

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