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No paper, no PhD? India rethinks graduate student policy
13 June 2019
Gayathri Vaidyanathan
A committee has recommended scrapping a rule that requires PhD students to publish articles.
Indian translation pipeline in patent need of overhaul
31 July 2018
Virat Markandeya
Report recommends removing obstacles to the conversion of scientific research into products and services.
India’s pick of institutions for prestige list draws fire
18 July 2018
T.V. Padma
One of them does not yet exist.
India struggles to select 20 elite universities
3 July 2018
T.V. Padma
Two years since the Institutions of Eminence project was announced, none have been selected.
India picks up the pace against emerging economies
10 May 2018
Nature Index
In just a year, the number of Indian institutions in the Times Higher Education ranking has risen by 15 to 42.
Indian university rankings inherently inconsistent
9 April 2018
Thomas Manuel
Anomalies in the third national assessment of Indian institutions intensify criticisms of linking the exercise to funding.
India's misfire on predatory publishing hits open access
5 December 2017
T.V. Padma
In trying to thwart predators, the government is penalizing researchers who publish in genuine open-access journals.
China leads BRICS university rankings
23 November 2017
7 out of the top 10 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2018 are in the east-Asian nation.
