Thread by @ganitlabs

reviving indian science 101

govt must:
1. scrap all the scientific #awards immediately, across all subjects.
2. open #director positions of all scientific inst to non-scientists.
3. double the #salary of scientists but make all their jobs contractual. @DrJitendraSingh @PMOIndia

1. awards have effectively destroyed indian science. if we want to encourage science, give special grants to the chosen scientists with no riders on how and where he/she/they can spend. awards have made people work for awards and not to discover/find anything new.

2. one need not to have a science degree to be a good administrator. science inst need scientists as directors is a nonsensical argument. majority of directors do no (zero) science. its better to have a person w acute administrative skills over a lousy scientist with no skills.

3. paying scientists/professors twice with a 5yr renewal contractual term will reward achievers and weed out non-achievers. make peer review fair, transparent, open and consultative.

4. make science minister reachable, without going through the complex bureaucracy/assistants, directly by scientists. minister to meet scientists once a month, open house, anyone can come, to hear the ground reality and not the filtered content.

5. make retirement for scientists mandatory, no riders, no extension, no special consideration, no nothing at 70. beyond 70, no space in their host or any other institution, no perks, no salary and no back door entry (of course pension, if eligible) beyond 70.