QUALITY RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION: AN INSIGHT IN THE CULTURE OF PUBLISH OR PERISH

Abstract

There is no strait jacket formula to ascertain the credibility of an academician. More so, now when a life of a professor is not limited to going to classes and teaching. However, The Indian government has changed the life cycle of a professor forever. The government norms have shifted the focus on publishing in indexed journals and is regularly churning out new guidelines to ensure quality research by professors. The journals are also classified and publishing only in credible journals is encouraged by the government as well as by the educational institutions. We question this shift and examine the role of a professor as a teacher and a researcher. Although, they are two sides of a same coin, it should be the choice of professors about which side they want to focus on. We critically examine the “publish or perish” theory adopted by the Indian academia and also highlight the grey areas surrounding the same.This paper seeks to throw light on the changing parameters of academic scholarship and question their justifiability with the help of comparisons with other countries.  The researchers analyses this never-ending dilemma which academicians in India go through