"Research and development (R & D)” sector of most universities in the developing countries is developing at a slow rate. In this case, what are the most crucial factors to promote the "R & D" sector of the Universities in the developing countries?
Make it a focus and objective of the university.
Benchmarking to get quality and competency up to speed.
Sound performance metrics with rewards.
Select target fields for r&d that will be most practical to show and be able to show results and become relevant.
Universities can start with applied research for example.
Dear Mr. Tun,
In India, research activities are highly dependent on federal agencies as the participation of the private sector in academic/university research is disappointingly minimal. And the most significant constraint that we face in our region is the shortage of funds and sponsorships. However, it's inappropriate to blame the government as there is a considerable demand proportional to the rising population. These circumstances restrain us from transforming our infrastructure facilities comparable with the state-of-the-art facilities available in developed nations. As a result, though we have a good pool of young researchers and research aspirants, a significant portion among them (those who can afford) seek admission in foreign universities and remain there or somewhere for the rest of their life.
Fortunately, the research climate and culture is slowly changing as a result of interventions again from our government that promotes private organizations to invest and support applied research activities in the universities. Also, they persuade the central universities to grab such funded projects as much as they can in a move to grant financial autonomy and independence.
Hope you could note around three of four crucial factors for promoting research from the reality described above.
Regards,
-Vishnu
The statistics related to Universities and Innovation clearly shows that developing countries are not performing well: https://reut.rs/2PBRmqR
I suppose the University R&D activities in a country reflects the general level of R&D activity in the country. The following readings may be of interest:
Drori, G. S. (2010). Globalization and Technology Divides: Bifurcation of Policy between the ‘‘Digital Divide’’ and the ‘‘Innovation Divide’’. Sociological Enquiry, 8(1), 63-91.
Sachs, J. (2003). The Global Innovation Divide. In A. B. Jaffe, J. Lerner, & S. Stern (Eds.), Innovation Policy and the Economy (Vol. 3). USA: MIT Press.
Many thanks for the valuable answers of Prof. Barnard , Prof. Rajan and Prof. Nielsen. I highly appreciate all of your very helpful contributions in promoting "research and development" sector of the Universities in the developing countries
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