International watchdogs are flagging India as a top producer of ‘low-quality and fraudulent’ research. Last year, India ranked behind only China and the US.
Scientists at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) in India discovered a new strain of lactic acid bacteria while investigating the genetic makeup of a different strain of S. thermophilus.
Former Director General of CSIR and a retired professor at IIA, Bengaluru, respond to the statement issued by more than 300 scientists criticising the Surya Tilak project for Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Suresh was awarded National Medal of Science, and Gadgil the National Medal of Technology & Innovation for 'advancing scientific research that helped communities worldwide'.
Youtubers like Gareeb Scientist, Science is Dope and PhD holders and CERN employees, science communicators community is growing. “It dilutes findings”, say researchers.
52 Indian scientists are in the world's top 2% according to the Alper Dodger Scientific Index for 2023, released Monday. Here’s a look at the top 25 and their work.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
I know Dr. Ashok Pandey. He was a paper King. I think he has over 1500 publications. But according to me he was not an exta ordinary scientist but with high skills in P.R.O jobs. Earlier also he was named for plagmerism. But unfortunately in India no body want listen truth. Falsehood and favourism works.
Do you know what’s the biggest loss from such scams to the country? It’s brain drain or even worse, students interested in research will be forced to give up on taking up a career in research. The bigger issue, which this article is silent about is that, most of such research crime is actually endorsed by the academic institution managements & local political groups.
Elsevier and Springer are publishing companies, not journals
I know Dr. Ashok Pandey. He was a paper King. I think he has over 1500 publications. But according to me he was not an exta ordinary scientist but with high skills in P.R.O jobs. Earlier also he was named for plagmerism. But unfortunately in India no body want listen truth. Falsehood and favourism works.
Do you know what’s the biggest loss from such scams to the country? It’s brain drain or even worse, students interested in research will be forced to give up on taking up a career in research. The bigger issue, which this article is silent about is that, most of such research crime is actually endorsed by the academic institution managements & local political groups.