New Delhi: The Government of India has announced that the number of PhDs awarded registered an increase of 49.27 per cent over the last three years.
“As per the data provided by UGC, the number of research degrees awarded has increased from 10,781 in 2008-09 to 16,093 in 2011-12, thus registering a growth of 49.27 per cent over three years,” said Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India.
According to UNESCO’s Institute of Statistics, India’s contribution to the world’s research publications has increased from 26,000 in 2002 to 44,000 in 2007, highlighted Dr Tharoor.
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