Sir — This refers to the article, “India failing on research output” (May 1) by CB Sharma. The writer is spot-on to say that India cannot figure in the global university ranking list unless the entire process of awarding doctoral degrees is revamped.
India’s poor standing in the scientific world is reflective by the fact that no scientific researcher from the country has received a Nobel Prize ever since India became ‘independent’. It is noteworthy that before Independence, there were Indian scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose and Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, who were deserving candidates for the Nobel Prize.