Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph, Pro Vice Chancellor, IIST, has been named among the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier and also listed in the career-long data category for the last 6 consecutive years. Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph has been widely acclaimed for his outstanding research contributions, with more than 250 research papers in leading international journals, nine books and several patents to his credit. He has a notable h-index of 70 and a citation index of more than 19800. 22 doctoral students have achieved their PhD degree under his supervision. We are immensely proud of this outstanding milestone and the inspiring legacy of research.