Modeling Doctoral Population Growth in Premier Technology Institutions in India. (16th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Menon, Balagopal G.; Kumar Ghatak, Supriya; Mahanty, Biswajit; Sahadev, Sunil
• Is Part Of: Systems research and behavioral science. Volume 35:Number 6(2018)
• Page Start: 738
• Page End: 745
• Publication Date: 2018-07-16
• Subjects: IIT PhD graduates -- IIT faculty -- R0 -- Kakodkar committee report -- IIT engineering disciplines; Psychology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; System theory -- Periodicals; 003
• DOI: 10.1002/sres.2515
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1092-7026

Abstract

Abstract : The present study utilizes the basic reproductive number ' R 0 ' to make sense of the Indian Institute of Technologies' (IITs) doctoral population growth. The analysis shows that the R 0 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 R 0 show higher research productivity compared with those with a low R 0 that gives scope for the latter to make improvements in their future research activities. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.