Responsibility of Government in Research

The principle is that both public and private educational institutions should be funded by Govt. for researchers. The availability of funds should be ensured under public funding, and there should be no dependency on private sources in any way. The responsibility should lie directly with the central government. It should be effectively utilized so that it can bring significant changes in both higher education and scientific research. But which research should be funded?

Only scientists working in the same field can decide whether a proposal is worthy of funding or not. Supervisors monitoring technological progress have long emphasized the relevance or utility in research. Caution should be exercised, between the useful or useless research, and it should be handled with special care. When someone is researching something else, many unexpected results come to light. In this context, promoting research based on relevance is a kind of diversion.

An effective research policy will open up many possibilities, and it can encourage private sectors to benefit from it. Diversity should be encouraged in research scopes. This has also been observed in many major discoveries.

The path of technological and scientific progress is uncertain and full of ups and downs. Allowing researchers to complete their intellectual journey can lead to possibilities. They may not reach their intended goals, but where they reach, the world becomes better than when they started trying to make it better.

Heavy investments in instruments are usually required for scientific research at a large scale. Large-scale scientific research plays a significant role in advancing the field of science globally. Economic prosperity also increases with advancements in the field of science. India can also become part of this effort. We are capable of conducting extensive research in the field of science.

With technological and scientific experimentation various options are created. The market chooses the best option. Capitalism gains the ability to innovate from many options. Options in the research may not prove useful. But in reality, this is what makes the process powerful because the market selects the most suitable option among many. The government prioritizes the capacity for innovation, so it becomes weak. Wherever market chooses the best and useful option.

The government should be limited in allocating the fund and not for deciding what and whom to fund, and it should not focus only on some major sectors.

Companies should be left free to take advantage of the results of public research. After that, the industry should be given the opportunity to focus on its specific form and compete in the services and products that people want to buy.