Modeling Doctoral Population Growth in Premier Technology Institutions in India

The present study utilizes the basic reproductive number ‘R0’ to make sense of the Indian Institute of Technologies' (IITs) doctoral population growth. The analysis shows that the R0 for seven IITs under study, and for the engineering disciplines in these IITs, has increased over time. The esti...

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Published in:Systems research and behavioral science 2018-11, Vol.35 (6), p.738-745
Main Authors: Menon, Balagopal G., Kumar Ghatak, Supriya, Mahanty, Biswajit, Sahadev, Sunil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College faculty
Employment
Engineering
Graduate studies
IIT engineering disciplines
IIT faculty
IIT PhD graduates
Kakodkar committee report
Population growth
Productivity
Technology
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Summary:The present study utilizes the basic reproductive number ‘R0’ to make sense of the Indian Institute of Technologies' (IITs) doctoral population growth. The analysis shows that the R0 for seven IITs under study, and for the engineering disciplines in these IITs, has increased over time. The estimation shows that for the seven IITs, every faculty member, on average, graduates 12.81 PhD students during their entire career. For the engineering disciplines, this rate is 11.3 PhD graduates per faculty. This implies that in a steady state, only 7.8% of PhD graduates can secure faculty positions in IITs. This, further, shows that the remaining IIT PhD graduates need to find employment outside IIT academia. Moreover, engineering disciplines with a high R0 show higher research productivity compared with those with a low R0 that gives scope for the latter to make improvements in their future research activities. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1092-7026
1099-1743
DOI:10.1002/sres.2515