23/04/03

India faces missing generation of scientists

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<p>A shortage of scientific leaders in India has sparked calls for measures to fill a ‘missing generation’ of Indian scientists between 45 and 55 years of age.<BR><BR>The problem, initially triggered by a significant brain drain to the West that began in the 1970s, has been compounded in recent years by the fact that talented students are bypassing science for better-paid fields.<BR><BR>In this article, Pallava Bagla reports on some features of this phenomenon — from a dearth of worthy candidates for a prestigious midcareer research fellowship to consternation over the pending appointment of the first foreign national to lead one of the country’s flagship labs — and explores possible solutions.<BR><BR><a href="/sci.cfm?redir=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/298/5594/733?ijkey=oe4IcvZyk8Wwk&keytype=ref&siteid=sci" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to <em>Science</em> feature article</A><BR><BR>Reference: <em>Science</em> 298, 733 (2002)</p>

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A shortage of scientific leaders in India has sparked calls for measures to fill a ‘missing generation’ of Indian scientists between 45 and 55 years of age.

The problem, initially triggered by a significant brain drain to the West that began in the 1970s, has been compounded in recent years by the fact that talented students are bypassing science for better-paid fields.

In this article, Pallava Bagla reports on some features of this phenomenon — from a dearth of worthy candidates for a prestigious midcareer research fellowship to consternation over the pending appointment of the first foreign national to lead one of the country’s flagship labs — and explores possible solutions.

Link to Science feature article

Reference: Science 298, 733 (2002)