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What Does the ‘Statue of Unity’ Have That Scientists and Research Don’t?

Debajyoti Sengupta and Dibya Sankar Das 06/12/2018

In the statue’s aftermath, two students of science hope...

Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, researchers, GERD, R&D, IIT Madras, Indian Institute of Science, IISER, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, research scholars, PhD, research grants, junior research fellowship, senior research fellowship, MHRD, Prakash Javadekar, University Grants Commission, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, K. VijayRaghavan,

Research Scholars Forced to Leave Labs and Hit the Streets Again for Funds

T.V. Padma 23/11/2018

The Prime Minister's Research Fellowship pays a high stipend...

Academic Performance Indicators, fake journals, graded autonomy, higher education, impact factor, Institutes of Eminence, MHRD, Prakash Javadekar, predatory publishing, prestige economy, University Grants Commission, university rankings

The Spectre of Rankings Haunts the Higher Education Sector in India

Pramod K. Nayar 08/10/2018

Unless teaching becomes central to evaluative and ranking processes,...

University Grants Commission. Credit: UGC

A Surgical Strike at the UGC’s Independence?

Gautam I. Menon 25/09/2018

Education should serve society and all those who belong...

research misconduct, plagiarism, PhD, PhD dissertation, PhD thesis, University Grants Commission, MHRD, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, fake journals, predatory publishing, research fraud, All India Survey of Higher Education,

Fraction of PhD Students Has Been Mostly Constant, and Low, in Last Decade

Pushkar 20/09/2018

A relatively low number of PhDs will hurt the...

The University of Hyderabad (HCU). Credit: University of Hyderabad

Seeking More Funds, University of Hyderabad Charges Students for Lab Water

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/09/2018

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be the primary victims...

The University Grants Commission has adopted new rules against academic plagiarism. Credit: pixabay

UGC’s Anti-Plagiarism Rules Don’t Make Room for Realities of Indian Academia

Pushkar 06/09/2018

It is difficult to imagine that people in positions...