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.
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.
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
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