Mysuru: Dr. B. Suresha, Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru,  has been featured in the recent list of world’s Top 2 percent Scientists prepared by Stanford University, USA and Elsevier BV, a Netherlands-based publishing company.

This recognition places NIE in the global map of excellence in Engineering research. In a single year impact, Dr. Suresha is ranked 1,77,855th among 76,58,440 scientists in the world and 2,145th in India overall.

Dr. Suresha, a BE graduate from NIE, did his Master’s at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. He completed his doctoral studies from Anna University, Chennai. Research specialisation areas of Dr. Suresha include Material Science, Polymer Composite Materials, Tribology of Polymer Composites, Light Weight Polymer Composites, Natural Fibre Composites and Design with Composites. He heads the Centre for Composite Materials Research (CCMR).

With many awards to his credit, he is also conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine, Coimbatore – 2021.