A nation that boasts of the world’s fourth-largest economy has been unable to bag a single Nobel Prize for nearly a decade, and has remained dry of any in sciences since independence.
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We are a mediocrity. In R&D , unlike other spheres excellence is a minimum requirement. Nobel prize work is a result of self drive, quest of knowledge and pursuit of excellence & not any incentive or funding . Funding is never a limitation that cannot be overcome in times of local and world wide philanthropy.
The freebee promotions in academia & degree mills granting PhDs are unlikely to do any good.
It is a shame that in 55 yrs no one in 140 cr could ace Prof CNR Rao ( the highest STEM achiever since Independence).
R& D expenditure as GDP is an elusive cover for non performers. Pl believe that R&D funding is easiest to get in India. Large funds come when ROI are demonstrated. Unfortunately, our research expenditure has no RoI. our patents get monetised rarely. CSIR is not able to recover even Patent legal fees.
We must aim for deliverables & not continue for ever in research promotion mode. 90% researchers are unworthy. There should be no free research grants except for fundamental research. Sponsored research with accountability is what country needs to improve our capabilities. Publications & PhD should be removed from qualification requirements & replaced with quality research & publication in Q1 journals .
Simply because the history has shown that out of all the Noble prizes 1 Literature, 1 Physics), she received and was to be kept in her safekeeping , 50% ( 1 Literature) is lost ( stolen and not recovered till today). So the (Noble) committee thinks that what’s point in giving if they can’t keep it safely.
First things first. As a society, we need to cultivate a generation of minds who are open to inquiry and reasoning. This would enable young students to learn subjects like science and math in a more sustainable manner rather than just flooding oneself with raw information which is what our schools generally expect. Consequently, those who want to make it big in theoretical research are pushed to move abroad. It’s a shame that we’ve come down to this in a matter of the past five decades even though we once had stalwarts like Prof CR Rao, Prof Mahalonibis, Prof Amal Raychaudhuri etc.
What a stupid EFFING question.Who are they gonna give it to in this environment.I can only think of a few names…
modi,amit shah,yogi,mohan bhagwat,nadda,rajnath,jaishankar and sitaraman.They are ALL” deserving candidates.”
We are a mediocrity. In R&D , unlike other spheres excellence is a minimum requirement. Nobel prize work is a result of self drive, quest of knowledge and pursuit of excellence & not any incentive or funding . Funding is never a limitation that cannot be overcome in times of local and world wide philanthropy.
The freebee promotions in academia & degree mills granting PhDs are unlikely to do any good.
It is a shame that in 55 yrs no one in 140 cr could ace Prof CNR Rao ( the highest STEM achiever since Independence).
R& D expenditure as GDP is an elusive cover for non performers. Pl believe that R&D funding is easiest to get in India. Large funds come when ROI are demonstrated. Unfortunately, our research expenditure has no RoI. our patents get monetised rarely. CSIR is not able to recover even Patent legal fees.
We must aim for deliverables & not continue for ever in research promotion mode. 90% researchers are unworthy. There should be no free research grants except for fundamental research. Sponsored research with accountability is what country needs to improve our capabilities. Publications & PhD should be removed from qualification requirements & replaced with quality research & publication in Q1 journals .
Simply because the history has shown that out of all the Noble prizes 1 Literature, 1 Physics), she received and was to be kept in her safekeeping , 50% ( 1 Literature) is lost ( stolen and not recovered till today). So the (Noble) committee thinks that what’s point in giving if they can’t keep it safely.
First things first. As a society, we need to cultivate a generation of minds who are open to inquiry and reasoning. This would enable young students to learn subjects like science and math in a more sustainable manner rather than just flooding oneself with raw information which is what our schools generally expect. Consequently, those who want to make it big in theoretical research are pushed to move abroad. It’s a shame that we’ve come down to this in a matter of the past five decades even though we once had stalwarts like Prof CR Rao, Prof Mahalonibis, Prof Amal Raychaudhuri etc.
What a stupid EFFING question.Who are they gonna give it to in this environment.I can only think of a few names…
modi,amit shah,yogi,mohan bhagwat,nadda,rajnath,jaishankar and sitaraman.They are ALL” deserving candidates.”