Nature Index 2025 Ranking: Royal Global University placed among the top 100 institutions in India
RGU only private university from the seven-sister states of NE to achieve this Rank for 2025
RGU secures 53rd in Physical Sciences, 89th in overall Rank in the Country
GUWAHATI, February 27, 2026: The Department of Physics at The Assam Royal
Global University (RGU) has been ranked at an unprecedented 53rd position in Physical Sciences by the
prestigious Nature Index-2025, surpassing many premier institutions of the nation in this highly competitive
global research platform. At the same time, the Nature Index database, curated by Springer Nature, has
ranked RGU at an impressive 89th position in terms of overall research outputs. RGU becomes the only private
university among the seven-sister states of NE being ranked among the top 100 institutions in India by
Nature Index 2025.
Expressing his happiness for the recently declared Rankings by Nature Index, Prof AK Buragohain, Vice
Chancellor of RGU said, “The recognition comes as a reward for the institution’s commitment to cutting-edge
research, innovation, and academic excellence. This is just the beginning; we have miles to go improving our
research output.”
Dr. Faizuddin Ahmed, Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Physics, stated that while the
Physics Department has secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 53 in Physical Sciences, RGU has achieved an
overall All India Rank of 89 in Academic outputs with a cumulative credit point of 1.78. “I am pleased to
share that six of my research papers have been published in the European Physical Journal C, a highly
reputed journal in the field of physics, during the assessment period from 1st December 2024 to 30th
November 2025”, he added.
The Nature Index is a global database that tracks high-quality research output in the natural sciences. It
is maintained by Nature Research and measures institutional and country-level performance based on research
publications in 82 prestigious scientific journals covering disciplines such as physics, chemistry, earth
sciences, and life sciences. For more details, please visit
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