Dheeraj Sanghi, a professor at IIT Kanpur, said: “The scrutiny of research should be left to the individual institution. “A handful among the IITs shared some information; the rest are collecting the data now,” a council member said. Dheeraj Sanghi, a professor at IIT Kanpur, said: “The scrutiny of research should be left to the individual institution. He said the current policy of paying a uniform salary to teachers, irrespective of their research output, left them with no incentive to pursue research. We are saying, how many faculty members have not published anything?

Source: The Telegraph October 17, 2019 22:07 UTC