Shillong, Oct 14: Dr. Sanku Dey, Coordinator for Research, Department of Statistics at St. Anthony’s College has been ranked among the world’s Top 2% scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier for six consecutive years from 2021 to 2026.
His global rank improved to 47,697 in 2026, with a sub-field rank of 240 in Statistics & Probability. He has an H-index of 13, over 333 publications and 7,093 citations.
The Department of Statistics, set up in 1961 as the first statistics department in Meghalaya, said Dey’s work in distribution theory, reliability, Bayesian inference and censoring has brought international visibility to the college and the North-East.
He is ranked 71st among top 1,000 scholars in Statistical Distribution and Estimation (Scholar Index) and 38th in India in Research.com Best Mathematics Scientists ranking. He was also honoured by the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Foundation on September 19, 2026 for his service to society.
The college called it a milestone that strengthens its global academic reputation and research culture.
