Teaching and research are two core functional domains of a teacher in the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). In recent decades, as a strategy to get into the top rankings of the different global rankings, HEIs across the globe have started pursuing quantitative research criteria and have made publications in high-impact factor journals the main criterion for performance evaluation of a faculty, research funding and the ranking of HEIs. Thus, HEIs in the developing world have identified research as a key area where they need to improve if they are to become ‘world-class’ institutions.
Why we must have an Indian Research Consortium
August 04, 2024
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