Awantipora: In the 2025 edition of the prestigious Top 2% Global Scientists list compiled by Stanford University, Prof. Shakil A. Romshoo has been featured for the sixth consecutive year.
Prof. Romshoo, an expert in hydrology, glaciology, and climate sciences, has earned several national and international recognitions and is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian Society of Remote Sensing and the Indian Society of Geomatics.
This year’s list also includes several other faculty members from IUST, reflecting the university’s growing research profile. Prof. Shakeel Ahmad from the Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction, Dr. Basharat Nabi Dar from the Department of Food Technology, Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Rather from the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad Macha from the Watson and Crick Centre for Molecular Medicine and Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khanday from the Department of Physics have been recognized among the top 2% of scientists globally.
Congratulating the faculty members on this achievement, Prof. Romshoo stated that IUST’s sustained efforts to strengthen its research ecosystem are yielding tangible outcomes. He noted that the university is transitioning into a research-intensive institution actively engaged in high-impact work across critical areas of science and technology.
Highlighting the importance of academic collaborations, Prof. Romshoo added that partnerships with leading institutions, including the IITs and other institutes of national importance, are instrumental in nurturing talent and expanding research horizons. He remarked that the inclusion of IUST researchers in a globally recognized list is a testament to the university’s growing research output, its quality and the increasing citation impact of its scholarly work.
