In June 2024, The Economist ran a cover story entitled China has become a scientific super power It observed that China is now at the cutting edge from plant biology to super conductor.
This was achieved by careful promotion of high quality research and punishing the fraudsters.
In 2016, China’s Ministry of Education issued Measures for the Prevention and Punishment of Academic Misconduct in educational and research institutions.
China’s Ministry of Science and Technology hands over punitive sanctions to erring scientists including bans from government supported research activities and having their names added to an academic dishonesty database.
In China, courts are empowered to investigate and address all kinds of corruption and fraud in research, including falsified and fake research data.
The contrast is happening over here in Indian research organisations and universities.Rampant data fabrication, collusion, absence of accountability and ostrich mentality keep our research, a resource waste in many of them.
It’s time to ask tough questions.
Here is a case study 👇🏻