Admission to an Indian Institute of Technology is the prize every Indian school-leaver dreams of. But does the scramble for places prepare students well for higher study? Are the institutes¡¯ curricula fit for purpose? And what will internationalisation mean for their future? Pola Lem reports
By creating one large, centralised research funder, Indian government is ¡®pouring old wine into new bottle¡¯, say academics, who doubt it will be able to solve the plethora of issues facing science in the country