Monday, July 24, 2006

Nation Of Knowledge

As far as I know we are known as "Nation of knowledge"(relatively cheap) in present world thanks to our workforce. But even in that front also I think we will not be able to keep that tag tucked to ourselves if things continued to progress in a way that they are I dont think it will take long to loose out to other countries. The reason why i think so comes from the fact that "SCIENCE" which is the most important material for the well being of a nation is loosing its value here.
I think lack of organisations working in the field of science and relatively low compensation packages. Most of the research in India is about implementing/updating the known facts instead of looking for new facts.
Top scientists hardly think of working in India.(Dentists gets more than a Scientist I dont intend to compare services but this is just to reflect the worth of a Scientist in India). Here it looks more about reviving history instead of thinking about future. I think R&D is the foundation stone for the progress of a nation.
We deal with forecasting problems but there is no such problems for India as we are safe to say that whatever is happening in US, 10 years down the line same will be the case with in India. So no need to worry about future.
The solution to this problem which my small brain can suggest is improve the education standard at college level and give orthodox science more respect by providing incentives to those who can worship the science at Graduate and Post Graduate level not by giving them a certificate of unemployment.
Dedicated to Kavi, Imran, and Akrur who I think could have been the top scientists of the world.