India's Top Universities See Dip in Research Scholars, Academics Blame Centralised Entrance Tests
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 03 September 2024 | The Telegraph
The number of research scholars enrolled in premier universities in the country is on the decline, with academics blaming the imposition of uniform admission rules and disruption in the academic calendar because of centralised entrance tests.
According to data provided by the universities to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a ranking methodology released annually by the education ministry, the number of enrolled students in full-time PhD courses declined between 2016-17 and 2022-23 in top-ranked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Central University of Hyderabad, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Jadavpur University (JU)…