The Outturn of Highly Qualified S&T Manpower of India

Abstract

The outturn of highly qualified (doctorate) scientific and technical (S&T) manpower from all the Institutions of higher learning of the country during the period 1990-1998 is reported. The introductory issues on the total outturn of doctorates from the faculty of Natural Science, Engineering and Technology, Medicine, Agricultural and Veterinary sciences are presented. The information was collected from UGC, Annual Reports. However, the outturn of doctorates (S&T) from various national Institutions of higher learning has been termed here by the authors as ‘‘The Outturn of Highly Qualified Manpower of India’’. The main emphasis is on the doctorate degree holders in Natural Sciences whose database is being updated by the Human Resource Development Group (DSTP), CSIR at present for a complete report on Sciences at the national level. Based on the database information of CSIR the state-wise estimated distribution of the highly qualified Ph D <i>/</i> D Sc <i>/ </i>D Litt degree holders in Natural Sciences for eight years, i.e., w.e.f. 1990 till 1997 is presented. The last section is confined to the state-wise and subject-wise distribution of sciences of the expected records based on estimated figure that has been obtained for each state in section 2 of the paper. The estimation is as good as the outturn data collected w.e.f. 1990 till 1997.