It's always good to see data on our academic institutions' dependence on public funding for research. Here's some for IIT-B in this Indian Express report (figures in crores of rupees; 1 crore = 10 million):
| Financial Year | Government Agencies | Indian Industries | International Organizations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | 56.80 | 13.60 | 2.70 | 73.10 |
| 2008-09 | 52.07 | 14.28 | 6.39 | 72.76 |
| 2009-10 | 81.49 | 13.76 | 6.99 | 102.25 |
| 2010-11 | 154.91 | 15.37 | 9.50 | 179.79 |
| 2011-12 | 162.68 | 18.33 | 8.93 | 189.95 |
The more than 2.5-fold increase in funding is largely due to the sharp increase -- note especially the three-fold jump between 2008 and 2010 -- in government funding, whose share of the overall kitty has gone up from a little under 78 % in 2007-08 to just over 85% in 2011-12.
The increases could be due to a few "big" projects that have been funded. So we need more info to see if there is a trend here, or if these are just "humps". The trend in the other two categories are pretty flat.
ReplyDelete@Gautam Barua: Point taken. On the other hand, the funding levels seem to be holding at the higher level. For example, after reaching 154 crores in 2010-11, it has grown a bit to 162 crores in the following year.
ReplyDeleteAnd I forgot to mention one other thing. The news report talks about the overall R&D funding going up all the way to 250 crores this year.
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