Mysuru: “The country should strengthen its research capabilities to build a strong nation as India stands third behind United States and China in higher education in the world,” said General President of Indian Science Congress Association and former University of Mysore Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa.
He was speaking after inaugurating the seven-day National Workshop on ‘Scientific Equipment: Application and Data Analysis in Advanced Research’ organised by Institution of Excellence and University of Mysore at the Vijnana Bhavan premises, in Manasagangothri, here recently. “India is a country with 1.3 billion population, but there are only 216 researchers per million, whereas China has 1,200 researchers per million, while France and United States have 4,300 per million population,” he said and added, “There are about 1,61,412 students enrolled in Ph.D programmes in 2018. This is less than 0.5 per cent of the total enrolment in higher education in the country.”
