SciencePhoto: Amar UjalaPharma, Rare Minerals, AI Lead Research in India; UP Ranks Third
India's top research areas are pharma, rare minerals, and AI, with Tamil Nadu leading, Maharashtra second, and Uttar Pradesh third. In fiscal year 2024-25, there were 223,005 research publications and 62,934 patent applications. Universities and technical institutes contributed 196,812 publications, government labs 39,145, and industries 16,521. UP recorded 2,272 AI and cyber system publications and 7,518 in pharma and health. These findings come from the India S&T Scoreboard, launched as a NITI Aayog initiative.
Amar Ujala·


