PU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Renu Vig Meets Leading PU Scientists
Motivates Them to Expand Global Recognition in Stanford–Elsevier Top 2% List
City Air News
Sep 29, 2025 07:08
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Chandigarh, September 29, 2025: Panjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Renu Vig today interacted with PU scientists whose names have been featured in the Stanford–Elsevier Global Top 2% Scientists list. 51 such PU Scientists and Researchers were called for the meeting.
Prof. Vig congratulated the PU faculty and Researchers on their achievement and motivated them to further increase PU’s presence in this global ranking. During the interaction, she assured the scientists of all possible institutional support to strengthen research impact, collaborations, and innovation.
Prof. Vig encouraged the faculty to build upon this milestone, noting that while PU already figures prominently in the list, “we must collectively work towards increasing the number of our faculty in the top 2% in the coming years.” She also emphasised that this achievement is an opportunity to showcase PU’s research leadership at both national and international levels.
Prof. Vig noted that the University has been consistently performing on all platforms — from global rankings to research visibility — and this latest honour reaffirms our faculty’s hard work, dedication, and excellence. We are proud that our university is among those with the leading number of scientists at the national level in this list.
The latest Stanford–Elsevier database featured 51 PU faculty members in the world’s top 2% scientists for 2025, with 48 of them for the current year while, 28 were also included in the career-wise rankings. These recognitions are based on a composite citation score evaluating career-long and recent research contributions.
The distinguished scientists represents a wide cross-section of disciplines, including Pharmaceutical Sciences, Forensic Science, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Botany, Physics, UICET, UIET, Biotechnology, Microbiology, and Biophysics.
