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    Ranking and citation rat race is hurting India's academic reputation
    (The Times of India, 2024-01-13) Rao, V. Ramgopal
    The rising obsession of Indian institutions with metrics and rankings is leading to a crisis in academia, with dire consequences for the credibility of research emanating from the country. Academic contributions have been reduced to a numbers game, and institutions are being measured by their publication count or citation scores, not by the originality or real-world impact of their research. In this atmosphere, academic integrity is often the first casualty. Some universities have resorted to dubious practices, including manipulating publication metrics, to climb the Indian and global rankings ladder. A recent article in the journal Science highlights the proliferation of “shoddy commentaries” designed solely to game the metrics system. Researchers demonstrated how some institutions artificially created citation networks to inflate their visibility. The data accompanying the study reveals that some Indian institutions are producing hundreds of low-quality papers annually. This practice not only distorts the true quality of research but also diverts resources and attention away from meaningful academic pursuits.
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    BITS Pilani dikshant samaroh mein 1483 vidyarthiyon ko di degreeyan
    (Dainik Bhaskar, 2024-11-11) Dainik Bhaskar
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    Placements slowing down but colleges can adapt to new normal
    (The Times of India, 2024-03-31) Rao, V. Ramgopal
    Unemployment among our youth is a burning issue for India. While the ILO data on India’s employment scenario is debatable, there is another statistic that we should take note of. According to the department of economic affairs 2024 review, the employable percentage of pre-final and final year students in India stood at 51%. Given this shortfall and the huge middle-class population, it’s no surprise that for students and parents, choice of a college or even the discipline in India is primarily governed by the quality of placements. In the US and other developed countries, the role of career centres in universities is quite different from our training and placement cells. Career centres in these countries provide awareness about options, beef up resume writing skills, organise industrial meets and career fairs as well help with interview preparation. In India, while the good institutions do all of this, they also take on the responsibility of placing students in industries. Our institutions, therefore, vie with each other in improving their placement scenario and compete on the percentage of students placed. Even rankings in India use placements data for comparing institutions.
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    Semiconductor mission’s great but academia can chip in
    (The Times of India, 2024-03-03) Rao, V. Ramgopal
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    BITS kulpathi Prof. Ramgopal Rao ko mila lifetime achivement award
    (Rajasthan Patrika, 2024-01-12) Rajasthan Patrika
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    As Tier 2-3 cities join exodus abroad its time to focus on 'Study in India'
    (The Times of India, 203-11-20) Rao, V. Ramgopal
    Last year, the number of Indian students taking admission abroad exceeded 750,000, marking a remarkable 50% increase from 2021. Notably, more than one-third of these students chose the US, indicating a substantial 35% surge compared to the preceding year. An intriguing observation highlighted by a recent TOI report is that now one in every four international students on US campuses hails from India. While anecdotal data suggests a significant decline in the number of IIT students venturing abroad, the surge is predominantly attributed to students from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Projections indicate that Indian households will spend an estimated $70 billion towards their children’s foreign education by 2025. Given these economic dynamics, it comes as no surprise that international universities are aggressively wooing Indian students with scholarships, newer academic programmes etc. and several countries have strategically improved their student and employment visa policies to attract Indian talent. Notably, geopolitical considerations have contributed to a decline in the number of Chinese students pursuing education abroad, while India is experiencing an exponential growth.
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    BITS mein Rakesh Kapoor innovation center ka udghathan
    (Dainik Bhaskar, 2023-10-09) Dainik Bhaskar