Meet Abhay Kumar Pandey, Indian researcher named among world’s top 2% scientists

Dr Abhay Kumar Pandey, a senior mycologist at the Tocklai Tea Research Institute in Jorhat, Assam, has been named among the world’s Top 2% Scientists for the fourth consecutive year. His research focuses on the health of tea plants, including the use of beneficial microorganisms to control fungal diseases that affect tea crops. According to details he shared on Facebook, Pandey is ranked 1,195 among more than 2 lakh researchers worldwide in the field of Plant Biology and Botany. His work is relevant to tea-growing regions such as Assam and North Bengal, where crop diseases can affect plant health and growers’ livelihoods. Reacting to the recognition in a Facebook post, Pandey wrote, “I am deeply honored to be listed for the fourth consecutive year, among the top 2% of the world’s highly-cited researchers, based on criteria determined by Stanford University and Elsevier (USA).