Comments on: Research in a IIT

By: nitesh

nitesh — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:40:20 +0000

Truth word by word….I am telling you abt research scenario at IITB….labs in mechanical deptt are in pathetic state, some still carries 1960’s equipments…professors are more like politicians, they don’t allow research students of other profs to use their labs so as to put any possible spanner in activities like paper publication as it decides a prof’s progress…

By: You cannot do without IITians at Serendipity

You cannot do without IITians at Serendipity — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:23:08 +0000

[...] Anyway so the bottom line is the best brain in the country don’t always make in to the IITs. But that doesn’t mean they don’t make in big in their careers. Its just a matter of time and as the famous proverb goes Jo jeeta wahi sikandar. So to project IITs as something prerequisite for the development of India is not fair. I wrote a post on research in IITs. People talk at length and many flaunt about the prospects of research in IIT. Outsiders often wonder the level of research and the kind of equipments available in an IIT, the premier institute of engineering in the country. I have talked to people and they often express their awe at the facilities available in the labs here. Well the truth of matter is IITs exist because of JEE and not because of the research. IIT is ranked 5th in the world when it comes to Btech but that rank touches 3 figure when it comes to post graduate education. The reasons, well there are many and the most prominent among them is lack of funds. I understand India is still a developing country and to be at par with the world class institutes you need much more than brain power. No doubt Indians have out-performed their counterparts in US universities but with foreign facilities, right? [...]

By: Sharique

Sharique — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:01:00 +0000

Might be but lack of funds is also an important issue. If the facilities are paramount then it encourages the reseacher to carry on. Perhaps we need to increase the stipend awarded to scholars so as to make sure they stay in research field. Research is the key for a nation to progress.

By: Parandhamaiah

Parandhamaiah — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:21:00 +0000

Hi friend,
Whatever u wrote is right.
But, when you come to research that is different from regular B.Tech/M.Tech, because its need a long time to understand the work was done by others and to fix our problem to do. As you told, Indians research for back than some of other countries, I will agree with you,you mentioned in your profile,you are eaggerly waiting to settle in life. In a country like India, people mostly want security, so we can’t obstruct them. The interested ones work, and it is important to motivate them to work, instead of just giving him a problem and asking him to submit in some predetermined years. Hence, lack of motivation, interest and security to these scholars are the main reasons for the downfall of our research.

By: Sharique

Sharique — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:48:00 +0000

i believe that! research in iit is really pathetic

By: Sagaro

Sagaro — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:34:00 +0000

I always knew IIT was tenth rate, when it came to research. In the past 6 years, they havent come out with one marketable patent. Where as Stanford, which IITians compare themselves to, produces 8 marketable patents a week.