So am I - my opinions are subjective, but I fear they are somewhat very close to the truth. I'd be happy to be proven wrong on this count.
Cheeni On Nov 12, 2007 11:16 PM, Anish Mohammed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Cheeni, > I could only comment on my experience :-(. > regards > Anish > > > On Nov 12, 2007 5:40 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't made sweeping generalizations - nowhere have I said that all > > Indian research is bogus. However there is a tendency in many > > institutions towards letting plagiarism go unchecked - which affects > > the quality of research produced. > > > > That each of us on this list knows one or two institutions that hold > > themselves to higher standards doesn't mean we don't also know many > > that couldn't care less for integrity in research. I am pretty > > confident that a majority (i.e. mostly) of Indian research is suspect > > of varying degrees of academic dishonesty. > > > > Cheeni > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 12, 2007 11:01 PM, Anish Mohammed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Cheeni, > > > From my experience, I have worked in two in india ( IISc, Indian > > > Stastical Insitute(Cryptology research group)). This might not a be > > > fair statment to make, possibly too much of a generalisation, Indian > > > researchers do produce outstanding work even when they are in India > > > :-). > > > regards > > > Anish > > > > > > > > > On Nov 12, 2007 2:52 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Nothing surprising there - original Indian academic research even in our > > > > greatest universities is a rare phenomenon. I've had to include the > > > > name of > > > > a professor of mine and his friend, a professor at another college as > > > > authors in a college research paper I independently wrote. To my > > > > knowledge > > > > this professor and his friend had no expertise in any of the subjects on > > > > which me or their past students had published papers. > > > > > > > > Indian academia is mostly a cesspool of corruption and dishonesty. > > > > > > > > Cheeni > > > > > > > > On Nov 7, 2007 5:20 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw this blog link from another blog that I read: > > > > > > > > > > http://horadecubitus.blogspot.com/2007/10/great-minds-think-alike.html > > > > > > > > > > If anyone knows Swedish, an approximate translation of this: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=597&a=699836 > > > > > > > > > > will be much appreciated, I'm sure. > > > > > > > > > > Binand > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >