Commentary on Ors, and Kochhar

Abstract

"Research is a romance. That is ideal situation. In real life conditions are not conducive to achieve such a high goal in life. The problems posed by Kochhar are very peculiar to India and may be to all developing nations. I do know that there are problems in research institutions that in the well developed Western nations but the sort that Kochhar highlights is ours. There are basic differences between the East and the West, in the approach a student takes when he/she wants to make research as a career. The Indian approach was developed by the British colonial system which is examination centered, conducted at the end of the year. The student memorizes the facts to get through the examinations. What he learns is an open secret. Currently, in some of the universities, American system of Semester pattern and credit based semester examinations is followed. It has it own problems with understaffed departments and lack of central ordination. Under this ambient educational environment, a students mind beckoned by the romance of research is a mutant. It needs lots of enthusiasm on the part of the student and the research guide to activate the ample enthusiasm. There is a starting trouble!"