Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), which has been winning the chancellor’s award for best university, has been cited as the top among the nine major universities in Kerala.
According to the QS world university rankings 2021, Cusat has 111 scientists having more than 500 citations. Of these, 50 have been included in the top list of the university, with all of them having an H index of more than 13 and 39 faculty has an Hindex of more than 15.
Interestingly, a good number of these ratings are by young and middle-level faculty who are largely assistant professors. In terms of the number of scientists in the faculty, Kerala University has 37, Calicut has 33 and MG university has 21. The numbers are comparatively less among the newer universities like Kufos, KVASU and Kalam technical university.