Indore city’s prominent expert in anatomy and Emeritus professor of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College (MGMMC) Dr Gaya Pal was featured in the list of top scientists of the world released by Stanford University, USA. Stanford published a list of one lakh top scientists of the world, belonging to all scientific disciplines including anatomy.

The 70-year-old Dr. Pal was among the two experts in anatomy in India featured in the list and he made his mark it to the list through his research on the biomechanics of Human Spine (vertebral column) and Spinal Cord. Dr Pal has made significant contributions to medical science. His original research on the biomechanics of the vertebral column has helped in understanding the etiological cause of many of these diseases associated with the human spine. Dr Pal’s studies on the load transmission through the spine helped to know, for the first time, the complicated route through which load passes through the vertebral column in man. Because of these studies, Dr Pal could evolve a new model for load bearing spine. Dr. Pal expressed gratitude towards MGM Medical College where he studied and also to the universities in Gujarat and in Pennsylvania in USA where he worked.

World-renowned Stanford University has released a report of the top 2 percent scientists in the world in various fields and over 1000 Indian scientists made it to the list. The list of top scientists was created by Stanford experts on the basis of standardized citation indicators like information on citations, h-index, co-authorship, and a composite indicator. Many notable Indian scientists feature on the list. A majority are from the IITs, IISc and other top institutes and come from fields like physics, material sciences, chemical engineering, plant biology, energy, etc.

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