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India urgently needs to increase quality research in Science and Technology. Science and Technology today play a dominant role in determining the power and progress of a nation. This role has become even more critical in the wake of newer challenges like climate change. India needs more innovation in areas like sustainable agriculture, affordable health care and energy security. India’s strength in frugal engineering and extremely affordable innovations is becoming known internationally. Indian scientists and engineers should leverage this strength to play a more prominent role in addressing problems that affect all countries of the world.
To enhance our capabilities our Government has tried to ensure that Science and Technology form strong pillars of our strategic alliances with other countries. The establishment of IIT Kanpur marked the beginning of cooperation between India and the United States in Science and Technology. In the recently held meeting of Indo-US Science & Technology Joint Commission, several important decisions have been taken to take this cooperation rapidly forward.
For high quality research India need world-class institutions more bright students to opt for research and more young women and men acquiring PhD degrees. These needs of country exist not only in Science and Technology but across all areas of higher education. In the last five years higher education facilities on an unprecedented scale are expanded. A number of new IITs, IIMs, and IISERs have been started. More than 300 degree colleges have been opened in selected districts. Government spending on higher education has been enhanced manifold. However, the issue of quality remains. A major constraint is the availability of good faculty. The new IITs are ALSO facing problems in this area. An obvious solution lies in encouraging a larger number of bright students to join academics.
Source: This is based on the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh address at the convocation ceremony of IIT , Kanpur
2 Comments
Degree colleges are mushrooming in various districts and as it is rightly pointed out the quality remains a question mark. When there is no proper recruitment of the faculty, one can not even think of the quality in higher education. Opening colleges without qualified faculty is the real issue to be addressed. The policy frame work has to change to improve quality. Quality not necessarily mean the infrastructure alone, the prime issue is the recruitment of the faculty.
Yes Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan singh, You are right, you have emphasized on bringing Innovations in agriculture,health care, &
climate change, for which my suggestion is that how best you &
your administration can bring co-ordination among teachers,scientists,economists to do this innovations,lot of research papers have been published,but there is no utilization due to no co-ordination, may be due to so many reasons, so innovation is required, so how do you help implementing this, i am ready to join & help this coming true from your office, Thanks & Regards,Yours faithfully,M.R.A.Rao,Bangalore-85.