The
two day National Conference on emerging
trends in Arts and Science, concluded at Nesamony Memorial Christian College,
Marthandam on 08 October 2011. During the Valedictory session, Dr. A.
Meenakshi Sundararajan, the Acting Vice Chancellor of MS University,
Tirunelveli, addressed the audience.
The
following are excerpts from his speech:
65%
of Indian population is in the age group
of 25 and 35. But the research articles produced with quality at the international level is only 0.1%.
Our youngsters seem to have
developed a downloading, cut and paste culture. Gone are the days when researchers
used to spend years collecting
data from varied sources.
We
may march ahead in Information Technology but we are hopelessly dependent on
foreign countries in drawing ideas for
disciplines such as Economics, Science and Social Science.
Developing a research culture is possible only if the
prime focus is on the Basic Sciences offered at the Under Graduate level.
Unfortunately, the brighter ones join courses such as Engineering and Medicine.
Only the dregs join the UG programme and ideas rarely get percolated to these
students. Until and unless the quality of the students undergoing the UG
programme changes quality research
programmes will never be born.
Blaming
students is not a panacea. Teachers should vow
to become researchers. For, to write a quality research paper, the teacher
will have to read at least fifteen books. The information which the teacher
gains will automatically flow to students who become inspired to do serious
work.
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