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Basic Blunder
16 Jun, 2007 l 0056 hrs IST
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the country's premier laboratory for defence research, is reportedly facing a crisis of talent. The number of applicants for positions at DRDO is dropping while that of scientists opting out of the organisation is rising annually.
The high rate of attrition, almost 70 per cent, is attributed to dissatisfaction over remuneration, lack of professional challenge, better prospects in other establishments - especially those abroad - and excessive bureaucracy. This is an indictment of the administration responsible for DRDO's functioning, given that it is among the most well-funded research establishments in India.
The state of affairs at DRDO merely reflects a greater reality. Government-controlled research institutes in India are generally in bad shape. Crippled by bureaucracy and cash-strapped, they stifle rather than nurture talent. This is true not just of smaller organisations but premier institutes such as the much-vaunted Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). IISc, for instance, attracts some of the brightest brains and is endowed with substantial funds. However, research fellows are paid a pittance and the labs are woefully ill-equipped to facilitate projects. Often, unable to complete their work, fellows leave mid-way to seek greener pastures in laboratories abroad.
The story is not different at various central universities or in the IITs. There is very little original work that comes out which is recognised by peers globally. The number of papers published in widely respected journals and patents received by professors and research fellows in these institutes are negligible in comparison to the credits earned by their counterparts abroad. The truth is that IITs merely nurture professionals to feed the needs of industry elsewhere. The glory story begins and ends with the hoopla over hefty pay packets that graduates are offered during campus placements.
India's claim to being a big player in the global economy rests heavily on its ability to come good in the knowledge and services sector. Considerable progress has been made in the realm of biotechnology and biogenetics but what has been achieved is just the tip of an iceberg. Along with IT, biotechnology has the potential to lend muscle to the Indian growth story. Unless the country's research establishments turn into centres of excellence that regularly produce cutting-edge innovations, the story might just come to a desultory end
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=8801
16 Jun, 2007 l 0056 hrs IST
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the country's premier laboratory for defence research, is reportedly facing a crisis of talent. The number of applicants for positions at DRDO is dropping while that of scientists opting out of the organisation is rising annually.
The high rate of attrition, almost 70 per cent, is attributed to dissatisfaction over remuneration, lack of professional challenge, better prospects in other establishments - especially those abroad - and excessive bureaucracy. This is an indictment of the administration responsible for DRDO's functioning, given that it is among the most well-funded research establishments in India.
The state of affairs at DRDO merely reflects a greater reality. Government-controlled research institutes in India are generally in bad shape. Crippled by bureaucracy and cash-strapped, they stifle rather than nurture talent. This is true not just of smaller organisations but premier institutes such as the much-vaunted Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). IISc, for instance, attracts some of the brightest brains and is endowed with substantial funds. However, research fellows are paid a pittance and the labs are woefully ill-equipped to facilitate projects. Often, unable to complete their work, fellows leave mid-way to seek greener pastures in laboratories abroad.
The story is not different at various central universities or in the IITs. There is very little original work that comes out which is recognised by peers globally. The number of papers published in widely respected journals and patents received by professors and research fellows in these institutes are negligible in comparison to the credits earned by their counterparts abroad. The truth is that IITs merely nurture professionals to feed the needs of industry elsewhere. The glory story begins and ends with the hoopla over hefty pay packets that graduates are offered during campus placements.
India's claim to being a big player in the global economy rests heavily on its ability to come good in the knowledge and services sector. Considerable progress has been made in the realm of biotechnology and biogenetics but what has been achieved is just the tip of an iceberg. Along with IT, biotechnology has the potential to lend muscle to the Indian growth story. Unless the country's research establishments turn into centres of excellence that regularly produce cutting-edge innovations, the story might just come to a desultory end
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=8801
