Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Ministry of Human Resource Development, IIT Kharagpur, Meera Nanda, Ram Setu, Adam's bridge, Archaeological Survey of India, Geological Survey of India, ancient knowledge, Vedas, Puranas,

If Scientists Don’t Speak out Today, Who Will Be Left to Defend Science Tomorrow?

Reeteka Sud 14/08/2019

An open letter to Prof Subhasis Chaudhuri, director of...

Union budget 2019, higher education, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Human Resource Development, National Research Foundation, draft National Education Policy, K Kasturirangan, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog, research funding, travel grants,

Why the National Research Foundation Is Part Good News, Part Abeyance

Rahul Siddharthan 09/07/2019

While a body like the National Research Foundation would...

tenure track, tenured faculty, Ministry of Human Resource Development, IISER Pune, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, National Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Bologna, student protests, student representatives, Jayant Udgaonkar,

Why Are Senior Professors in Charge of Universities, Anyway?

Malhar 30/06/2019

As the MHRD mulls bringing in the tenure-track system...

air pollution, Central Universities, Central University of Kerala, kasaragod, Kerala, Ministry of Human Resource Development, national priorities, PhD, Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, water pollution

Let’s Leave Research to the Researchers

Leslee Lazar 20/04/2019

Top-down authoritarian control of science is detrimental for three...

central universities, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, national priorities, PhD, air pollution, water pollution, Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Research Has to Be Nudged Into ‘National Interest’ Areas – Not Sledgehammered

Gautam I. Menon 18/03/2019

The Central University of Kerala's intention to curtail research...

MHRD, Prakash Javadekar, Institutions of Eminence, Azim Premji University, OP Jindal Global University, Empowered Experts Committee, Institutions of Eminence, Jio Institute, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Institute of Public Health Sciences, global university rankings, world university rankings, University Grants Commission - UGC,

Why Institutions of Eminence Should Be Set up at the State-Level

Dheeraj Sanghi 01/08/2018

If 20 states declare five private universities each as...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicating the newly-constructed building of IIT Gandhinagar to the nation, in Gujarat on October 07, 2017. Credit: PIB

PM Research Fellowship Now Open to All Science and Technology Graduates

The Wire Staff 31/07/2018

In the scheme's first year, only 135 fellowships were...