What I feel till today about science research in India is that there are no encouragement for any quality research. At the first stage the natural science studies are not at all promoted.. A student who tries to study Science has to face criticism at each level of his life, it is considered that student that are not good at studies only they study natural Science/Arts. Every child in India always cherish a dream to be an Engineer or a doctor. This could also be a probable reason for opening of endless Engineering colleges which produce thousands of Engineers but only for the shake of name. The engineering education in some of the premiere institutes are also not upto the mark now. Somehow I realize that the main is aim is just to join some firm or industry and then spend all life working for others. Job creation level is very low. Well I understand that attaining a job is a way of settlement in life but the basic eduction should not only focus on how to achieve job after completing the degree. What I realize during my bachelors in Mechanical Engineering at HBTI Kanpur is that all the students somehow including me also, are focusing on only the factors that are valuable to get a job. Get a job at the end of third year of the degree and then feel free not to study anymore as the aim of getting a job has been accomplished. This is what that is going on in most of the engineering colleges. So overall in general terms engineers are just responsible workers for the MNCs and other students who focus on knowledge sooner or later realize that they are not at all utilizing their knowledge here in India as nobody cares about their credentials, their are no accolades for their hard work so they move to USA or Europe where they can work independently without any interference with colleagues.
The research in Engineering field is somehow very limited. First their are not much funds and proper equipments. If someone has started a totally new area of study then it take many years to really start a project, this is what I realize during my Fuel cell project at IIT Kanpur. However, all IITs are now collaborating to enhance the quality of research.
Other thing is that most of the time a good or bad researcher both of them are treated in same way in terms of salary, everyone should work independently and each researcher should produce their own funding and their own resources. In this way worthy people will get their motivation to work efficiently.
It can only be changed if all researchers want to change and if we really want to do some quality research, motivation should come from each individual as also discussed in previous postings. We should work for ourselves not for others. Why we Indians do hesitate in taking our own decisions, why do we rely on others. Being young India we should realize our strength and should be able to work independently. We have all the skills as all over the world Indian students are preferred by the leading researcher as they know that we are good at brains and can produce some good results so now we should come forward and work for ourselves. Collaboration is needed to work on global level and compliment each others work for the benefit of the globe.
Here I am just discussing about the general picture.
I look forward for more discussions.
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Yes Neelam...Your are true..Our society just recognize engineering graduates and not science students..The respect given to science education has come down..Everyone feel that engineering degree assures a job right after getting the degree..But no one have realized that it cannot work for long run..For future of India, Science education is more important..
ReplyDeleteYour post is really Great, Neelam...