Turn the page - The Times of India

Turn the page - The Times of India: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's call at the 98th Indian Science Congress to have universities that are free from the shackles of bureaucracy and more open to fostering creativity emphasises the dearth in quality research and innovation at Indian institutions. India produces an average of four lakh engineering graduates and three lakh computer science graduates every year, but only 20,000 master's degree holders and fewer than 1,000 PhDs in the corresponding stream. According to a 2007-08 survey by the University Grants Commission across 47 universities, vacancy levels in research were as high as 51%."