Srinagar, Sept 24: Dr Manzoor Ahmad Mir, from the Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir, has once again earned a spot in Stanford University’s prestigious list of the world’s top two percent scientists in the field of Clinical Medicine and Cancer. This is the third consecutive year that the cancer researcher working on Breast Cancer Drug Repurposing and Development from Kashmir has received the recognition.
Specialising in triple negative breast cancer, Dr Mir is regarded as one of the valley’s leading scientific minds. He completed his Ph.D. in Cancer Immunology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) through IMTECH-CSIR before topping the J&K Public Service Commission’s list for Assistant Professors in 2009. He went on to serve as the first nodal officer of Kashmir University’s Kupwara campus in 2011. The following year, he joined the Department of Bioresources, becoming Coordinator in 2019 and Head of Department in 2024.
Over the past decade, Dr Mir has built an impressive academic record. He has authored 22 international books, contributed 85 book chapters, and published more than 85 peer reviewed research papers in leading scientific Journals, with a combined impact factor exceeding 500. His work has earned him an h-index of 33, an i-10 index of 104, and more than 3800 citations in the last five years alone. He has also guided over seven Ph.D. scholars and 50 postgraduate students for their thesis. Besides he has developed four MOOC Courses for SWAYAM Ministry of Education which have more than 10000 enrolments in the last five years. He has successfully completed 5 research projects with crores of funding from external agencies.
Beyond research, Dr Mir has played a vital role in raising awareness about breast cancer and promoting scientific literacy in the region. He has organised numerous workshops, faculty development programmes, seminars and breast cancer awareness camps. Most recently, he held the DST-INSPIRE Science Camp for school and college students across Kashmir. He successfully organised the first JK International Conference on Breast Cancer at the University of Kashmir in october 2024, along with a large-scale breast cancer screening camp by bringing cancer experts from all across the country.
His contributions have been recognised with several awards, including the Teachers Associate Research Excellence Fellowship (TARE) from SERB-DST and the Summer Research Fellowship (2019) from the Indian Academy of Sciences. Significantly, Dr Mir was also screened for the National Teachers Award 2025 by the AICTE, Ministry of Education, Government of India, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to academics research and teaching.
Dr Mir is also a member of some of the world’s leading scientific organisations, including the American Association of Cancer Research, American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society of Medical Oncology, and the Indian Immunology society, Indian Cancer Society and Immuno-oncology Societies.
At the Department, Dr Mir now envisions transforming Bioresources into a multidisciplinary hub for applied life sciences. His focus is on building collaborations with leading national and international institutions to create research that directly benefits society.
For Kashmir, his recognition is not only a personal achievement but also a reminder of the valley’s growing contribution to global science. Recognition from Stanford for third year in a row with improved overall global ranking of 600 is therefore more than just an academic honour and it signals that a scientist’s work is being noticed and valued on a global scale, placing them among the elite whose research influences the future of knowledge and innovation
