Dear Sir/Madam, There was an interesting editorial piece appeared in The Hindu on Indian higher education system and current quantitative measures for assessing the research productivity of academia in Indian Universities by Pulapre Balakrishnan of Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram on 4th February 2012. Excerpts of article: India must rank among the world's oldest centres of ideas. Going by the texts and the inventions that have emerged from India, there must have been a time when it had an effective system of learning and instruction. However, somewhere along the way from a hoary past to a stagnant present, an institutional arrangement has emerged that is completely out of synch with the requirements of India's economy and the aspirations of its people..... Full text of the article can be accessed here: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2858027.ece   ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N   ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.