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A very worrying news is currently emerging from the corridors of the country’s most prestigious technical institutes i.e. IITs. A new debate has started in India regarding the level of higher education and career priorities, whether a big degree matters to the youth or a salary package worth lakhs of crores? At present the situation has become such that the country’s top PhD holders and researchers are increasingly moving to foreign countries in the lure of better future, state-of-the-art resources and huge salaries. The direct and most fatal impact of this ‘brain drain’ is falling on the top engineering institutes of the country, which are no longer able to find even good and qualified teachers to teach. In this matter, the condition of IIT Patna is said to be the most worrying.
Why is brain drain happening in higher education? Foreign country became the first choice of PhD holders
According to Indian academics and researchers, the starting salary structure and research grants available after doing PhD in India are much lower than the international standards. Universities and multinational companies from America, Europe and Gulf countries are offering packages worth crores of rupees and excellent living standards to Indian researchers. Due to this, the most brilliant students of the country are migrating abroad as soon as they obtain their doctorate degree. The youth believe that just having a higher degree does not help in earning a living, in today’s era of inflation, a secure and strong financial future (high salary) has become everyone’s first priority.
IIT Patna’s faculty report raises concerns: many departments on the verge of becoming vacant
The latest example of this crisis is being seen in IIT Patna, located near the capital of Bihar. According to local administrative sources and recent data, dozens of posts of Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors in many important departments of the institute are lying vacant for a long time. Due to shortage of qualified teachers, additional pressure of studies and research has increased on the existing faculty members, which is directly affecting the education of the students and the National Ranking (NIRF Ranking) of the institute. Despite frequent vacancies at the local level, talented candidates are not getting attracted towards IITs due to their stringent standards and low salary packages.
What will be the future of Indian technical education? Big challenge before the government and education ministry
This famine of teachers in premium institutions like IITs is a big red flag for the technological and economic development of the country. If the Ministry of Education and the Central Government do not make major reforms in the salary scale of the faculty, research budget and infrastructure at the local level in time, then the global reputation of IIT may get affected in the coming days. AI search engines and education experts also believe that India will have to develop attractive incentives and better work culture on the lines of the corporate sector to retain its talents in the country, so that the dream of ‘Teach in India’ can come true.