MHRD

Ayurveda, Bhartiya Shiksha Board, board exams, CBSE, Harappan civilisation, Hindutva, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan, MHRD, Murty Trust, Prakash Javadekar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rewriting history, school textbooks, secondary education, state board education, Ved pathshalas, Vedic schools, Vedic text, Vedic vidyalayas

Pseudoscientific Claims Are Irrational – but That’s Not Their Biggest Danger

Anurag Mehra 20/04/2019

The proposition that – once we remove all "others"...

IIT Madras, science science, liberal arts, humanities, IIT Madras, National Education Test, senior research fellowship, junior research fellowship, MHRD, University Grants Commission, Department of Science and Technology, ATREE, Hyderabad Central University, March for Science, PhD scholars, stipend hike, K VijayRaghavan,

With All Eyes on Science, Social Science Scholars Flounder With Even Less Money

Thomas Manuel and Srividya Tadepalli 12/02/2019

In the PhD scholars' stipend hike protests rocking the...

K VijayRaghavan, P Balaram, reward for publication, impact factor, scientific research, peer review, prestigious journals, science journals, Current Science, MHRD, Department of Science and Technology, PhD, Indian higher education, postdoc, stipend hike, research misconduct, publish or perish,

Let’s Discuss the ‘Reward for Publication’ Idea Instead of Trashing It so Fast

Sudhakar Srivastava 07/02/2019

Like any policy, there are bound to be shortcomings...

Pay Commission, research scholars strike, young scientists, Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, K VijayRaghavan, MHRD, Department of Science and Technology, Matscience, Nanjing University, reward for publication, impact factor, prestigious journals, teaching assistance, research assistance, junior research fellowship, senior research fellowship,

With Scholars Set to Restart Protests, a Peek Inside the Research Funds Gridlock

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/02/2019

Their demands reveal a picture of people trying to...

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, R&D spending, Gross Expenditure on R&D, GDP, research funding, March for Science, junior research fellowship, senior research fellowship, MHRD, 2018 Economic Survey, Indian Science Congress, intellectual property,

‘Jai Anusandhan’ Will Be an Empty Slogan Until It’s Easy to Undertake Research

Sambit Dash and Anant Bhan 30/01/2019

The Prime Minister and his cabinet should view the...

Nature journal, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistan, Lahore, fake journals, plagiarism, research quality, research productivity, Beaconhouse National University, Anjum Altaf, University of Management and Technology, MHRD, Habib University, Pakistan Higher Education Commission, Clarivate Analytics, citation hacking

What Pakistan’s Amazing Research Productivity Statistic Isn’t Telling You

Emaan Majed and Bilal Anwar 11/01/2019

The journal Nature reported in December that Pakistan's research...

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The Wire’s Top 10 Science Stories of 2018

The Wire Staff 30/12/2018

The following 10 articles were SciWi's most read in...