Comments on: Post Graduation from India? http://www.criticaltwenties.in/sciencetechnology/post-graduation-from-india Powered by Webshore Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mithun http://www.criticaltwenties.in/sciencetechnology/post-graduation-from-india#comment-2765 Mithun Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:31:02 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=2253#comment-2765 I agree with the views expressed here. But to add on to this, with my experience amongst my classmates/friends , there might be very few elite students who yearn for higher studies/research and go abroad. For the rest of them all more than the knowledge imparted in the Post Graduate Studies it is the DOLLARS that matters. That is their main goal. For people like that(which are in majority in numbers, considering around 95,000 people went to USA for PG in the year 2010), even if you have very good institutions here in India, they would still prefer abroad. An example to substantiate it, many Comp Science undergrads go to US saying, they need more knowledge and would like to work with cutting-edge technology and happening technology, and end up working for some banks or financial institutes or brokerage firms. So just increasing the funding for research in Indian PGs is not a complete soln to this problem I guess, need to increase the number of such institutes without losing the sheen. I consider the competition to get into Indian PG institutes is very tough compared to any abroad counterparts[read IIMs]. Thereby we can gradually bring change in the mindset of the youngsters that Indian PG institutes are good and also considerably easy to get in. I agree with the views expressed here. But to add on to this, with my experience amongst my classmates/friends , there might be very few elite students who yearn for higher studies/research and go abroad. For the rest of them all more than the knowledge imparted in the Post Graduate Studies it is the DOLLARS that matters. That is their main goal. For people like that(which are in majority in numbers, considering around 95,000 people went to USA for PG in the year 2010), even if you have very good institutions here in India, they would still prefer abroad. An example to substantiate it, many Comp Science undergrads go to US saying, they need more knowledge and would like to work with cutting-edge technology and happening technology, and end up working for some banks or financial institutes or brokerage firms.

So just increasing the funding for research in Indian PGs is not a complete soln to this problem I guess, need to increase the number of such institutes without losing the sheen. I consider the competition to get into Indian PG institutes is very tough compared to any abroad counterparts[read IIMs]. Thereby we can gradually bring change in the mindset of the youngsters that Indian PG institutes are good and also considerably easy to get in.

]]> By: Ahish http://www.criticaltwenties.in/sciencetechnology/post-graduation-from-india#comment-2546 Ahish Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:32:43 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=2253#comment-2546 I think you have missed some points: 1. IISc does not have an undergraduate program. They are starting it this year. 2. An important incentive for a student to join grad school (atleast in engg.) is better opportunities in industry. Industry requirements of postgraduates in India with the exception of a few sectors is not very promising. 3. Lack of opportunities to receive adequate research training. Shortage of good faculty at postgrad level. What I do agree is that people in academia are overcoming their status quo bias and even though the modernization is at an excruciatingly slow pace, there are perceptible changes. I think you have missed some points:
1. IISc does not have an undergraduate program. They are starting it this year.
2. An important incentive for a student to join grad school (atleast in engg.) is better opportunities in industry. Industry requirements of postgraduates in India with the exception of a few sectors is not very promising.
3. Lack of opportunities to receive adequate research training. Shortage of good faculty at postgrad level.

What I do agree is that people in academia are overcoming their status quo bias and even though the modernization is at an excruciatingly slow pace, there are perceptible changes.

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