Students often lack exposure to seminars, discussions, & active researchers. Faculty engagement in sustained, high-impact research is limited, especially at the college level.
FM Sitharaman also announced the govt will set up 5 university townships in the vicinity of major industrial logistics centres, and set up or upgrade 4 Telescope Infrastructure.
UGC moves to standardise mental health support in colleges after Supreme Court push, calls for 24x7 helplines, peer support programmes, and crisis protocols.
Proposal was presented during IIT Council meeting, with understanding initiative will be launched soon. It will focus on 14 priority sectors including semiconductors & AI.
The school has been launched by BEST Innovation University in partnership with India Foundation. It as an institution focused on real-world decision-making rather than abstract theory.
Sona Valliappa Group will invest Rs 150 cr into developing the SCALE campus. It will have industry-focused finishing schools, Business School, Techno School, start-up incubation facilities.
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
Unfortunately, education in India has increasingly been influenced by political considerations, while research is often evaluated primarily through numerical indicators. The emphasis on quantity has come at the cost of quality. Faculty members are heavily burdened with administrative and clerical responsibilities due to multiple regulatory bodies and ranking frameworks. This situation is worsening over time and cannot be addressed without strong political will. The challenge is not limited to higher education; even at the school level, teachers are frequently assigned additional duties that reduce the time and focus available for teaching.
Hi Mohan, thanks for the op-ed piece you did with Mamta Aggarwal. I think you’ve done a good job of spotlighting some of the issues afflicting India’s science and research ecosystem.
In addition and most critically, you may want to consider these issues, as well: lack of experiential learning requirements; lack of summer research opportunities (like we have here in the US referred to as SUROP programs funded by NSF, my former agency NIFA, NIH, and others), and entrepreneur bootcamps like we created at NIFA in partnership with NSF, which the Central government in India ought to fund; lack of requirements for internships and externships, including programs like the COOP programs Engineering schools offer in America, which ABET (the engineering accreditor) requires.
Finally, in my mind, what’s critically important is using Student Learning Outcomes to demonstrably measure students are indeed developing the required disciplinary knowledge and skills; and, focus on inculcating what we refer to as core competencies, including critical thinking and problem solving skills, written and oral communication, professionalism and ethics, global competencies, etc., as articulated in the accreditation standards by my former organization (NWCCU) and other accreditors.
Let me know if you and Mamta wish to discuss further.
Socialist India has money only for corruption and vote-generating socialism, no money for science and research. Brainy people go to foreign countries to do research and enjoy capitalism thereby leaving India’s fate to God. I guess even God doesn’t have hopes on Socialist India.
We need to pioneering research in the areas where others have not thought of. to have high impact research. Also, we need to develop technology for industries to cut cost and develop new products. Basically, research is funds gobbling area. The research find budget in the Japan, Western and US is huge. Also, copycat research work should not be funded. We need to pay scientists very well better than private software companies paying to their staff doing only ordinary work for MNCs.
Unfortunately, education in India has increasingly been influenced by political considerations, while research is often evaluated primarily through numerical indicators. The emphasis on quantity has come at the cost of quality. Faculty members are heavily burdened with administrative and clerical responsibilities due to multiple regulatory bodies and ranking frameworks. This situation is worsening over time and cannot be addressed without strong political will. The challenge is not limited to higher education; even at the school level, teachers are frequently assigned additional duties that reduce the time and focus available for teaching.
Hi Mohan, thanks for the op-ed piece you did with Mamta Aggarwal. I think you’ve done a good job of spotlighting some of the issues afflicting India’s science and research ecosystem.
In addition and most critically, you may want to consider these issues, as well: lack of experiential learning requirements; lack of summer research opportunities (like we have here in the US referred to as SUROP programs funded by NSF, my former agency NIFA, NIH, and others), and entrepreneur bootcamps like we created at NIFA in partnership with NSF, which the Central government in India ought to fund; lack of requirements for internships and externships, including programs like the COOP programs Engineering schools offer in America, which ABET (the engineering accreditor) requires.
Finally, in my mind, what’s critically important is using Student Learning Outcomes to demonstrably measure students are indeed developing the required disciplinary knowledge and skills; and, focus on inculcating what we refer to as core competencies, including critical thinking and problem solving skills, written and oral communication, professionalism and ethics, global competencies, etc., as articulated in the accreditation standards by my former organization (NWCCU) and other accreditors.
Let me know if you and Mamta wish to discuss further.
All the best.
Sonny
Socialist India has money only for corruption and vote-generating socialism, no money for science and research. Brainy people go to foreign countries to do research and enjoy capitalism thereby leaving India’s fate to God. I guess even God doesn’t have hopes on Socialist India.
We need to pioneering research in the areas where others have not thought of. to have high impact research. Also, we need to develop technology for industries to cut cost and develop new products. Basically, research is funds gobbling area. The research find budget in the Japan, Western and US is huge. Also, copycat research work should not be funded. We need to pay scientists very well better than private software companies paying to their staff doing only ordinary work for MNCs.