Dear Students,
LAST WEEK WE ASKED: Do you think it will be a good idea to offer an annual package of Rs 55 lakh to foreign faculty with Indian origin for science institutes? Would this leave Indian faculty happy?
BEST RESPONSE
It is a well regarded fact that Indian institutes are facing an acute shortage of good quality faculty members. Getting foreign faculty of Indian origin would definitely aid in knowledge sharing and adoption of best practices prevalent abroad. However paying astronomical salaries to foreign faculties at a time when the Indian academicians are feeling underpaid would amount to creating a divide within the academic world. Salaries as big as Rs 55 lakh should be paid only to ‘highly distinguished’ faculty in terms of research and learning otherwise it would create a sense of dissatisfaction among Indian faculty.
OTHER RESPONSES:
The money must be invested more in purchasing equipment. As per the desires of science institutes,foreign faculty members may be hired as Indian faculty members may learn about the recent developments in science from foreign faculty members.We might get opportunities to learn the methodologies used abroad.
With India already facing a dearth of quality education staff and research quality, foreign faculties with Indian origin would help Indian faculty with quality global practices. Not only this, they would also help in mentoring educational institutions to attain global standards in terms of teaching methods, research models and industrial orientations. The Indian faculty should know that the American, European and even Asian counterparts pay four times more salary in order to attract foreign faculty.So, this policy of brain gain can act as a positive stride for India, becoming an eminent place for education and research.
It would not at all be advisable to offer an annual package of Rs 55 lakh to a foreign faculty member of Indian origin for two reasons. First and foremost, it implies categorically a greater importance to faculty having foreign experience which in turn would provoke current faculty members to go for the same. It will indirectly promote the present faculty to opt for offshore teaching experience leading to further decline in their strength rather than sufficing the lack of them. Secondly, the huge amount of package to foreign faculty will serve as a differentiator thereby depressing the Indian faculty.
India needs to prioritize key issues in order to improve the quality of education. Right now, the focus should be on developing world class infrastructure that supports Research & Development (R&D). Since without it, the high profile scientists won’t be able to contribute significantly. China, which lacked India in terms of higher education in 1990’s, has surpassed India by building world class infrastructures. Besides India has a pool of talented faculties that not only needs to be provided infrastructure facilities but also motivated by provided proper funding for their projects and appreciation for their work.
The most noble profession which is least paid in India is Teaching. In another country teachers are highly paid jobs with a lot of respect. In India Teaching is viewed as a secondary profession and one takes it if he does not get any other good opportunity. All these problems will get aggravated if different faculty with the same qualification are being given a different salary for the same job and this will also violate the principal of equal pay for equal work. But the need of an the hour is to give due credit which teaching deserves.
Your responses should reach us at edu@business-standard.com by Monday evening every week. Please ensure that your responses do not exceed 100 words. Avoid attachments and email your full name, institute's name, batch and complete mailing address. The student who gives the 'Best Response' will be awarded Rs 500.
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: Do you think UGC and AICTE should have gone beyond issuing notices and taken some action against IIPM?
LAST WEEK WE ASKED: Do you think it will be a good idea to offer an annual package of Rs 55 lakh to foreign faculty with Indian origin for science institutes? Would this leave Indian faculty happy?
BEST RESPONSE
It is a well regarded fact that Indian institutes are facing an acute shortage of good quality faculty members. Getting foreign faculty of Indian origin would definitely aid in knowledge sharing and adoption of best practices prevalent abroad. However paying astronomical salaries to foreign faculties at a time when the Indian academicians are feeling underpaid would amount to creating a divide within the academic world. Salaries as big as Rs 55 lakh should be paid only to ‘highly distinguished’ faculty in terms of research and learning otherwise it would create a sense of dissatisfaction among Indian faculty.
- Shivang Ganatra, IIM Ranchi.
OTHER RESPONSES:
The money must be invested more in purchasing equipment. As per the desires of science institutes,foreign faculty members may be hired as Indian faculty members may learn about the recent developments in science from foreign faculty members.We might get opportunities to learn the methodologies used abroad.
- Rituparna Saha Ray, Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai.
With India already facing a dearth of quality education staff and research quality, foreign faculties with Indian origin would help Indian faculty with quality global practices. Not only this, they would also help in mentoring educational institutions to attain global standards in terms of teaching methods, research models and industrial orientations. The Indian faculty should know that the American, European and even Asian counterparts pay four times more salary in order to attract foreign faculty.So, this policy of brain gain can act as a positive stride for India, becoming an eminent place for education and research.
- Debayan Daw, ITM University, Gurgaon.
It would not at all be advisable to offer an annual package of Rs 55 lakh to a foreign faculty member of Indian origin for two reasons. First and foremost, it implies categorically a greater importance to faculty having foreign experience which in turn would provoke current faculty members to go for the same. It will indirectly promote the present faculty to opt for offshore teaching experience leading to further decline in their strength rather than sufficing the lack of them. Secondly, the huge amount of package to foreign faculty will serve as a differentiator thereby depressing the Indian faculty.
- Shivam Chhabra, Integral University, Lucknow.
India needs to prioritize key issues in order to improve the quality of education. Right now, the focus should be on developing world class infrastructure that supports Research & Development (R&D). Since without it, the high profile scientists won’t be able to contribute significantly. China, which lacked India in terms of higher education in 1990’s, has surpassed India by building world class infrastructures. Besides India has a pool of talented faculties that not only needs to be provided infrastructure facilities but also motivated by provided proper funding for their projects and appreciation for their work.
- Rahul Khosla, Naresee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
The most noble profession which is least paid in India is Teaching. In another country teachers are highly paid jobs with a lot of respect. In India Teaching is viewed as a secondary profession and one takes it if he does not get any other good opportunity. All these problems will get aggravated if different faculty with the same qualification are being given a different salary for the same job and this will also violate the principal of equal pay for equal work. But the need of an the hour is to give due credit which teaching deserves.
- Nilaya Mitash Shanker, IIT Roorkee.
Your responses should reach us at edu@business-standard.com by Monday evening every week. Please ensure that your responses do not exceed 100 words. Avoid attachments and email your full name, institute's name, batch and complete mailing address. The student who gives the 'Best Response' will be awarded Rs 500.
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: Do you think UGC and AICTE should have gone beyond issuing notices and taken some action against IIPM?