Ten Point Agenda of Indian National Knowledge Commission to improve the quality and quantity of Ph.D. students in the country. 1. Launch a national publicity campaign to attract the best young minds for careers in teaching at all levels, and also academic research 2. Initiate major academic reforms in universities 3. Implement administrative reforms in universities 4. Enable research environments in universities 5. Set up more quality undergraduate teaching institutions across disciplines 6. Increase funding for education at all levels and for R&D 7. Rejuvenate doctoral programmes across disciplines 8. Ensure quality of doctoral work and academic research in institutions 9. Enable vigorous Industry-Academia interaction 10. Foster a global outlook in research We hope, LIS researchers will be more vocal for early implementation of this recommendation. Source: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/recommendations/MoreQualityPhDLe... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.