I think excluding some specific areas , mostly wastes of money. What you says..?
Dear Brijmohan
You should not think or say so.Whole country can not be defamed.
Many people suffer because of some wrong persons but we should be proud of our country's achievements in science and other fields as well.
Be brave and fight with social evils who have compelled you to think so.
As being not a physicist, I can only tell you some details about social science. Joined the Indian Sociological Society in 1988 for a life-time; it has now become the 2nd largest professional body in the world, closely after its US counterpart. The scope of the presented research is still very much focused on problems of Indian society, but new comparative models are emerging. One important issue would be to turn to such managerial problems (monetary efficiency/scientific investments), which your question addresses and it carries political implications of the deciding power structure in a country, the ethical spirit included.
India has seen some success in the recent past in their space missions and has earned international acclaim for its ambitious space programme, which includes launch vehicles, communication satellites and one of the world's largest constellation of remote sensing satellites. Also, there has been a surge in the number of Indians who wish to pursue research closer to home, in India, rather than move abroad in spite of state of the art facilities there. According to a survey by Springer Nature, India stands in the second position in the list of countries with the highest increase in their contribution to high-quality scientific research.
[https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/despite-indias-achievement-in-science-there-still-remains-scope-for-further-improvement-in-science-and-research-4268003.html]
Dear Brijmohan Prajapati!
I am not agree with your opinion. Usually, researchers come to this conclusions when they face some adverse situation but such situations are part of life. I researched in India and abroad with the teams of diverse backgrounds and from various countries.
You might not be aware about the worse situations (I prefer not to share the experience of my colleagues and their country name in open domain).
Indian research is mature in many areas as pointed out by @Dr. Mahesh Kumar and India is continuously improving in many other areas. Even in your field there are many world class labs and application oriented work is being conducted by DRDO too.
I think all of us should be little more responsible. Our opinions are being read by researchers from many countries and defaming any particular lab/country may have long sustaining impact.
In general: We should focus more on application oriented research and for doing so we have to start from somewhere. We might be in between these states. Sooner or later it will give fruits.
Dear Brijmohan
No,research is not a sheer waste of money.However,I am of the opinion that research must contribute to the development of country/development of corporate sector/development of agriculture/development of industry etc.....In fact, every thesis must serve some useful purpose.Research,just for the sake of research, by applying complex techniques,and ultimately having nothing new/nothing unique/nothing useful,must be avoided at all cost.Moreover,experts from the related experts must evaluate the research proposal very minutely,and the topics having some worth should be selected.
Regards
Sir, India is a nation full of first class scientists and experts. I am not Indian but I know that India is a real puissance.
Dear Brijmohan
You should not think or say so.Whole country can not be defamed.
Many people suffer because of some wrong persons but we should be proud of our country's achievements in science and other fields as well.
Be brave and fight with social evils who have compelled you to think so.
Not at all. There is enough scope of research in India but might not be at par with highly advanced countries. One should always be optimistic in research works.
The scope of research for a researcher in India is immense and sky is the limit, if he/she has interest and patience.
India has made big jump on research in IT and Biotechnology sector, to my understanding.
Agreed all above...! But most of the project in India has tendency to complete its tenure and earn money. Why we are not getting expected results and its direct benefits to persons or socities or surroundings. I think most of the results lay on the papers only.
@Brijmohan
The value gap between knowledge and application is a basic problem of science; converting knowledge into value is a managerial challenge and a tall social order; the 'positive rationale' (A.Comte) dominates, in terms of 'knowledge accumulation' without advancing professional practice.
No, not at all. Credit should be for India(both government and individual) for the trend we can see so far in research development. You will agree with me that every developed nation starts with "quantities" and latter got promoted to a level of "qualities".
Yes, some researches can be seen as such(wasting money) but considering the population and the competitions in the field one will be wicked to deprive India scholars the honour and credit they deserve.
Think of our satellites and information technology. Benefits are more to the common people; comparatively less number of research publications.
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