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Is India’s research ecosystem at a crossroads?

In this episode of Saturday Wisdom, Dr S S Mantha (Emeritus Professor – VJTI, Adjunct Professor – NIAS Bengaluru, Former Chairman – AICTE) examines the alarming state of research in India — from low R&D spending to high publishing costs and declining publication quality.

India spends just 0.7% of GDP on research compared to:
• US — 2.8%
• China — 2.1%
• Israel — 4.3%
• South Korea — 4.6%

With most funds going to institutions rather than universities, and with UGC relaxing PhD publication requirements, Dr. Mantha explains the deep structural issues affecting India’s research output.

🔍 In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why India publishes far less research than global peers
• The real cost of publishing (APCs) and who profits
• How major global journals dropped Indian publications for quality concerns
• Why emerging economies struggle with research infrastructure
• How India can build transparent, interoperable, global-standard research repositories
• Why rankings (QS/THE/ARWU) penalize countries with weak research output

🧠 “No research without action, and no action without research.”

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