Jairam: IIT,IIM students world class,not faculty

There is little scope for world class research in the kind of government set-up we have in our scientific institutions, he said while explaining why he felt the need to collaborate with a private industry for setting up the marine biodiversity centre in Jamnagar.

Asked whether his statement held true in the case of IITs and IIMs as well,Ramesh replied in the affirmative. There is hardly any research happening in IITs or IIMs. The faculty in these institutes are not world class. It is the students which are setting the high standards in these institutes, he said.

It is difficult to attract good talent in a governmental set-up. It is even more difficult to retain such talents if you manage to attract them. This is true of the CSIR laboratories as well, he said.

All the leading research institutions in India,whether in pure sciences or social sciences,are in the government domain.