tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post885728305853219903..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Manmohan Singh on the state of R&D in IndiaAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-41326284270576389122006-10-12T18:11:00.000+05:302006-10-12T18:11:00.000+05:30Kumar: Yes, science -- particularly academic scien...Kumar: Yes, science -- particularly academic science -- needs more attention and money. Lots of it, and at the earliest!<br /><br />Sunil: Check out 'Current Science' from the early nineties, for the reasons why we have three science academies.<br /><br />Vishnu: Thanks for that link. Yes, the Hindu's report is not all that well written. <br /><br />Vishnu, Swarup: I agree that teaching is heavily discounted in our elite institutions. While the IITs place a great deal of value on it, teaching will not get you a place in any of our top institutions. Our funding structure is such that research is seen as far more important even if it is at the expense of teaching.<br /><br />Swarup: Thanks for that link to the article in Cell.Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-57100988917594960092006-10-09T13:31:00.000+05:302006-10-09T13:31:00.000+05:30I just got this article from a friend:
http://www....I just got this article from a friend:<br />http://www.cell.com/content/article/fulltext?uid=PIIS009286740601213X<br />I have not read it completely but it may be of interest to others.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-18822751369868177332006-10-09T11:56:00.000+05:302006-10-09T11:56:00.000+05:30My impressions are similar to Vishnu's remark 3) a...My impressions are similar to Vishnu's remark 3) above. School teachers need training and a degree in teaching and there seems to be nothing similar for university teachers. In USA, teaching assistantships and evaluations from that stage help. I do not think that there is a similar system in India. I myself found that without any training it took me several years and a lot of trial and error before I felt comfortable teaching (Even simple things like turning to the students instead of board while talking took time). Perhaps a crash course in teaching at the beginning of the career and appraisals and advice during the first year or so may help.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-15615895037281143952006-10-09T00:56:00.000+05:302006-10-09T00:56:00.000+05:301. The Hindu link is broken. You perhaps wanted
...1. The Hindu link is broken. You perhaps wanted <br /><br />http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/07/stories/2006100706341200.htm<br /><br />2. I am being picky here, but the "unable to mobilise adequate financial and intellectual resources to support creative research and development" in the article is directly lifted off from Singh's speech (full text available at his website) without quotes! <br /><br />3. I agree with Manmohan's concerns. One of my friends visited IISc this summer for a possible job opportunity. He told me that they did not care if someone was a bad teacher; they wanted a good researcher. Similar story at IITB. The school of Mathematics at TIFR says that "teaching is voluntary." Where are good researchers going to come from, if there are no good teachers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-71188435521342145802006-10-08T21:39:00.000+05:302006-10-08T21:39:00.000+05:30question for you.....why does India, with its hand...question for you.....why does India, with its handful of scientists, have THREE national science academies, while most countries (including the US, with its many thousands of scientists) have one?Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-8143355862640040442006-10-08T08:37:00.000+05:302006-10-08T08:37:00.000+05:30Hopefully, we should see somethings tangible soon....Hopefully, we should see somethings tangible soon. This is an area which needs tremendous acceleration!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com