By Office of Communications and Public Affairs
7 January 2026 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been ranked #5 in Thailand in the ScholarGPS Academic Institutional Ranking – National Overall (all fields) under the Lifetime Impact category. ScholarGPS, a U.S.-based scholarly analytics platform, also recognised six AIT faculty members among its top-ranked scholars in their respective specialities, based on indicators including publications, citations, and h-index.
The ranking places AIT among Thailand’s leading academic institutions for lifetime scholarly impact. The following AIT faculty members are listed in the ScholarGPS 2025 Ranking under the Top Scholars by Institution category (Top 0.05% globally in their respective specialty):
All Fields (Lifetime Impact)
- Prof. Sangam Shrestha – #3 in Climate change scenario
- Emeritus Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan – #37 in Waste management
- Prof. Phan Minh Dung – #85 in Artificial intelligence
- Distinguished Prof. Mukand S. Babel – #104 in River
- Emeritus Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh – #116 in Environment (systems)
All Fields (Prior 5 Years)
- Assoc. Prof. Djoen San Santoso – #2 in Occupational stress
- Prof. Sangam Shrestha – #30 in Climate change and #30 in River
In addition to the faculty listed above, several other AIT faculty members are also ranked among the top 0.50% globally in their respective specialties:
- Prof. Avishek Datta – (Lifetime Impact) Weed control; Crop protection / (Prior 5 Years) Drought tolerance; Adaptation
- Prof. Shobhakar Dhakal – (Lifetime Impact) Energy
- Prof. Yuosre F. Badir – (Lifetime Impact) Work behavior
- Prof. Jai Govind Singh – (Lifetime Impact) Energy / (Prior 5 Years) Energy
- Prof. Kunnawee Kanitpong – (Lifetime Impact) Accident
- Prof. Thammarat Koottatep – (Lifetime Impact) Sanitation; Wetlands; Constructed wetlands / (Prior 5 Years) Septic tanks
- Prof. Anil Kumar Anal – (Lifetime Impact) Food processing; Probiotics; Resistant starch / (Prior 5 Years) Protein
- Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe – (Lifetime Impact) Thailand
- Prof. Mokbul Morshed Ahmed – (Prior 5 Years) Livelihood
- Prof. Weerakorn Ongsakul – (Lifetime Impact) Energy systems; Electric power systems; Mathematical optimization; Economic dispatch; Particle swarm optimization; Hopfield networks
- Prof. Manukid Parnichkun – (Lifetime Impact) Robotics
- Prof. Rajendra Prasad Shrestha – (Lifetime Impact) Land degradation
- Dr. Indrajit Pal – (Lifetime Impact) Disaster risk reduction
- Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen – (Prior 5 Years) Sustainable development
- Dr. Malay Kumar Pramanik – (Prior 5 Years) Sustainable development
- Dr. Muhammad Junaid- (Prior 5 Years) Brand Love
About ScholarGPS and the rankings
ScholarGPS ranks scholars across 14 fields, 177 disciplines, and over 350,000 specialties, and highlights top scholars by institution whose records place them among the top 0.05% globally in a given area, based on lifetime impact and performance over the past five years.
