PRORITIES OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA

INVOLVEMENT OF ACADEMIC SCIENTISTS IN TEACHING

Description: Subset of data derived from the database: Profile and productivity of academic scientists in India. The subset includes the following items:

Time spent by scientists in academic institutions in India on teaching recoded into four categories:

1. = Low

2. = Average

3. = Above Average

4. = High

Professional Rank (3 categories: Professor, Reader, Lecturer)

Extramural funding of research

Type of institution (4 categories depending on their research competence

Research field ( Reclassified into two categories: natural sciences, applied sciences)

Respondents

Faculty members of science, engineering, medicine and agriculture departments of 20 universities in India.

Sample size: 1073

Source: NAGPAUL, P.S. Profile and productivity of academic scientists in India, National Institute of Science, Technology and Society, New Delhi (India).,