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Recently, one of my colleagues found out major errors in a paper written by him and published in a reputed journal after peer review. He wants to retract the whole paper and resubmit afresh after...
02 February 2016 8,421 3 View
It is very difficult to assess the impact of a published paper immediately. It takes time, sometimes even decade for work to be noticed and recognized.
12 December 2015 1,113 2 View
It is reported that Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), a repute institute, has expelled 73 students due to their poor performance at the end of First Year of 4 year B.E Degree program....
07 July 2015 1,377 0 View
In most of the institutions, there is no provision for imparting training to young faculty members who are new to teaching profession. Right from day one, they are allotted subjects (irrespective...
11 November 2014 1,439 10 View
A very small percentage of population either knows or understands 'Academic Scams'. There are many types of 'Academic Scams', such as bogus degrees, bogus publications, bogus awards, etc. It is...
10 October 2014 5,197 0 View
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What are the long term effects of 'Academic Scams' compared to 'Financial Scams' in the growth and development of a Nation? Edit A very small percentage of population either knows or understands...
10 October 2014 5,286 0 View
Research is mostly funded by tax payers money. However, it is observed that researchers are unable to explain their work in simple language to general public. Does this mean that modern research...
01 January 2014 2,094 29 View
One of the important criteria for a scientist to get research funding / awards / honors etc. is to be 'Visible'.
01 January 2014 646 6 View
Normally, senior most teachers shall take classes for freshers. This practice is followed in many US Universities where senior most Professors or even Nobel Laurette teach freshers. But it is...
12 December 2013 7,479 10 View
Heads of Departments are often put in a critical position viz-a -viz allotment of subjects to staff. There are some subjects which nobody wants to teach. On the other hand, there are subjects...
12 December 2013 5,384 36 View
The profile of present day student has changed considerably. They are more confident and less fearful. They may not have sound knowledge of fundamentals but they are very comfortable and familiar...
10 October 2013 8,518 14 View
One of the parameters for faculty assessment is 'Results'. If students gets poor grade or fail grade, then teacher is held responsible. There are certain subjects like Mathematics, Mechanics, etc,...
10 October 2013 2,950 9 View
Recently a survey was conducted to find out how many students wish to pursue higher education and choose teaching profession as a career. Less than 5% students showed any interest to pursue higher...
09 September 2013 6,644 29 View
The academic schedule in Semester System is very tight. Teachers are in a hurry to complete the syllabus. Students are occupied with tests / assignments / examinations etc. The semester break is...
09 September 2013 9,197 7 View
It is an important decision whether to do Ph.D or not. Getting a good supervisor, identifying the right topic for research, computational / experimental facilities available, 3/4 or even more...
09 September 2013 3,398 47 View
The Campus Placement season starts from the end of 6th Semester. The performance of student in 'Aptitude Test', 'Communication Skills', 'Group Discussions', etc play a major role compared to his /...
09 September 2013 1,144 6 View
The attention and efforts of teachers is mostly directed at low performing, average and weak students. Rarely attention is paid to high performing students. Are we by ignoring high performing...
08 August 2013 7,175 12 View
Present day teachers are encouraged and in fact required to use modern teaching aids. But has it really made class room teaching any better. Students appear not to have the art of simple...
08 August 2013 5,208 32 View
Many times after the paper is published, the authors note that a major flaw has taken place in published work. . The flaw can either be in formulating the problem or in the methodology or...
07 July 2013 1,442 4 View
Nowadays organizing 'National' and 'International Conferences' has become a routine affair for almost all educational institutes. Most of these Conferences are poorly organized and are poorly...
07 July 2013 247 8 View
Taking 'Student Feedback' is routinized in most of the educational institutes. Many times students without realizing the importance of "Student Feedback' just tick the columns. All category of...
07 July 2013 9,065 20 View
Should it be alphabetically, seniority wise or by amount of contribution? Where should the research supervisor's name come - first or last?
06 June 2013 9,395 31 View
The 'Reviewer' can be given an option to decide if his / her name can be disclosed or not. When one of the 'Reviewer' strongly recommends a paper for publication, whereas the other 'Reviewer'...
06 June 2013 5,720 19 View
Do Research Supervisors have one of the students as a favorite student?
06 June 2013 7,302 10 View
