What is the position of India in Research Field

[DrRajpalSingh]

According to a study India lags behind even Kenya in research.


The country has only four researchers for 10,000 working people while Kenya and Chile have six and seven, respectively, according to Scopus database which is the world's largest abstract and citation database on scientific literature.

Analyzing this data, Nature magazine says Brazil, which has been growing scientifically, has 14 researchers per 10,000 working people, and China has 18. The UK and the US top the table with 79 researchers each followed by Russia with 58.

Nature Magazine, in its May 2015 report, also said: "India's publications generate fewer citations on an average than those of other science-focused nations, including Brazil and China."
It further states that relative to its size, India has very few scientists and many Indian-born researchers leave for positions abroad, while very few foreign scientists settle in India. According to Scopus data analyzed by Nature, there are only 2 lakh fulltime researchers in India with 14% of them being women.

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[drssrana2003]

According to a study India lags behind even Kenya in research.The country has only four researchers for 10,000 working people while Kenya and Chile have six and seven, respectively, according to Scopus database which is the world's largest abstract and citation database on scientific literature.Analyzing this data, Nature magazine says Brazil, which has been growing scientifically, has 14 researchers per 10,000 working people, and China has 18. The UK and the US top the table with 79 researchers each followed by Russia with 58.Nature Magazine, in its May 2015 report, also said: "India's publications generate fewer citations on an average than those of other science-focused nations, including Brazil and China."It further states that relative to its size, India has very few scientists and many Indian-born researchers leave for positions abroad, while very few foreign scientists settle in India. According to Scopus data analyzed by Nature, there are only 2 lakh fulltime researchers in India with 14% of them being women.For full details Link :http://go4g.airtel.in/nd/?pid=355949It is a good pointer awaken the researchers. Partly the issue has been explained by inviting attention to the fact of our top scientists migrating abroad ,ostensibly to utilise the rich infrastructure there. But the fact remains that such migrations lead to an utter dearth of role models across the street.The whole environment looks denuded.However, we can look at the picture another way. Let us put aside the figures showing ratios. Let us see the absolute numbers. Though Chins would seem to beat us, we may find our selves not behind many other countreis. Further, shall we not be allowed to reckon our huge out puts in research in Social Sciences and Humanities. Many countries have not much to offer in these areas by way of research out put. Also we may be allowed to count our state of literacy and education system mired in the politics of caste, region and. religion.

[DrRajpalSingh]

It is a good pointer awaken the researchers. Partly the issue has been explained by inviting attention to the fact of our top scientists migrating abroad ,ostensibly to utilise the rich infrastructure there. But the fact remains that such migrations lead to an utter dearth of role models across the street.The whole environment looks denuded.However, we can look at the picture another way. Let us put aside the figures showing ratios. Let us see the absolute numbers. Though Chins would seem to beat us, we may find our selves not behind many other countreis. Further, shall we not be allowed to reckon our huge out puts in research in Social Sciences and Humanities. Many countries have not much to offer in these areas by way of research out put. Also we may be allowed to count our state of literacy and education system mired in the politics of caste, region and. religion.

Thanks Prof Rana for very candid views .

[drssrana2003]

Thanks Prof Rana for very candid views .My views reflected the long list of the task that hS been passed on we Indians by our very long and rich tradition of research and innovation in the domain of thought in disciplines whose number is almost impossible for many to be imagined. The originality of thought has been our hall mark. The research of the western science is no doubt commendable and humanity at large must be thankful to the pioneers and others who have followed. At the same time the Indians old and new have given and are currently giving to humanity (though not in the depth of the ancients), what can be called a contribution of jts own kind.It is this tradition that has enabled the Indians to prfeserve and the vedas for the benefit of humanity.It is different matter that the man,y or I should say a good lot are attracted to the modern sciences. This combines well, I thought.

[hariyaksh]

To catapult India into the top five scientific nations, the country needs enabling policies that money can't buy.

[rkumar]

Having worked both in India and abroad, I will say that major problem in India is of personality traits. Jealousy factor is too high among Indians working in India. It gets manifested to the level of absurdity. "Chamchagiri" culture hampers original ideas and hampers innovation. I have never seen this culture like what one sees in India. Quality of our science teachers in very poor. They simply don't know how to make things simple and interesting so that young minds can understand and develop interest. I have many friends working in top research institutions in India. I hear their stories daily how they get harassed by their seniors. Only those research institutions are producing any worthwhile work where there is good, mature leader. Overall picture is bad and will remain so till people change their habits.

RK^2