India has made remarkable contributions through numerous inventive minds. This post aims to shed light on the immense impact of Indian inventors by taking a closer look at the Top 50 Indian Inventors.
Note: The patent count was calculated by taking into account all patents in their portfolio that were published between 01-01-2016 and 04-04-2023. In addition to the inventor name, we have included the Patent Count & company that they are associated with.
| Rank | Name | Patents | Associated Company |
| 1 | Anil Agiwal | 1869 | Samsung |
| 2 | Kapil Bhattad | 1650 | Qualcomm |
| 3 | Jaidev Rajnikant Shroff | 1167 | UPL |
| 4 | Vikram Rajnikant Shroff | 1133 | UPL |
| 5 | Venkateswarlu Jasti | 866 | Suven Life Sciences |
| 6 | Ramakrishna Nirogi | 751 | Suven Life Sciences |
| 7 | Anil Karbhari Shinde | 650 | Suven Life Sciences |
| 8 | Rajender Kumar Kamboj | 608 | Lupin |
| 9 | Venkata P Palle | 608 | Lupin |
| 10 | Vijay Bhaskar Ajgaonkar | 554 | Mesbro Technologies Private Limited |
| 11 | Samraj Jabez Dhinagar | 543 | TVS |
| 12 | Arpan Pal | 542 | TCS |
| 13 | Lalith Kumar | 534 | Samsung |
| 14 | Srinivasan Thirumalai Rajan | 519 | MSN Laboratories |
| 15 | Mahesh Kandula | 515 | Cellix Bio Private Limited |
| 16 | Rajavelsamy Rajadurai | 512 | Samsung |
| 17 | Geena Malhotra | 504 | Cipla |
| 18 | Anita Gehlot | 486 | LPU |
| 19 | Srinivasan Selvaganapathy | 467 | Nokia |
| 20 | Mahesh Subramaniyam | 463 | Dorf Ketal Chemicals |
| 21 | Rajesh Singh | 445 | LPU |
| 22 | Sajja Eswaraiah | 444 | MSN Laboratories |
| 23 | Mahesh Vithalbhai Patel | 440 | Wockhardt Limited |
| 24 | Srikant Viswanadha | 423 | Rhizen Pharmaceuticals |
| 25 | Abhimanyu Mahesh Ingale | 420 | – |
| 26 | Muralidhara Ramachandra | 400 | Aurigene Discovery Technologies |
| 27 | Abdul Rasheed Mohammed | 396 | Suven Life Sciences |
| 28 | Pottayil Govindan Nair Sasikumar | 376 | Aurigene Discovery Technologies |
| 29 | Raksh Vir Jasra | 353 | Reliance Industries |
| 30 | Basavaraj Jayawant Pattan | 349 | Samsung |
| 31 | Ananta Narayanan Thyagarajan | 346 | Qualcomm |
| 32 | Seetharamaiah Setty Sudarshan Naremaddepalli | 332 | Aurigene Discovery Technologies |
| 33 | Santosh Shridhar Autkar | 320 | PI Industries |
| 34 | Gautam Shroff | 314 | TCS |
| 35 | Ruchi Garg | 312 | PI Industries |
| 36 | Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar | 308 | Indian Oil Corporation |
| 37 | Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy | 308 | Hetero Research Foundation |
| 38 | Pravjyot Singh Deogun | 308 | Samsung |
| 39 | Anshuman Nigam | 306 | Samsung |
| 40 | Mandeep Singh | 304 | LPU |
| 41 | Kundan Tiwari | 303 | Samsung |
| 42 | Girij Pal Singh | 295 | Lupin |
| 43 | Aniruddha Sinha | 291 | TCS |
| 44 | Rishi Baid | 290 | Poly Medicure |
| 45 | Rajamannar Thennati | 289 | Sun Pharma |
| 46 | Pavitar Parkash Singh | 267 | LPU |
| 47 | Avik Ghose | 265 | TCS |
| 48 | Susanta Samajdar | 249 | Aurigene Discovery Technologies |
| 49 | Biplab Kumar Sarkar | 245 | Apollo |
| 50 | Rathnakar Kura Reddy | 231 | Hetero Labs Limited |
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