Improving quality of PhD students

In a recent office memo, DST has announced an inter-ministerial committee which will suggest how to implement the Murmu committee recommendations on improving the quality of doctoral students. We seek your opinion on this matter

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* 1. Will a monetary reward upon publication or patenting, motivate you to improve the quality of research you are doing? Please pick just one option

Yes

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* 2. What do you think gets a manuscript accepted in a "reputable" international journal? Please pick just one option for each parameter

	not likely	likely	very likely
novel research	novel research not likely	novel research likely	novel research very likely
new technology	new technology not likely	new technology likely	new technology very likely
supervisors's reputation	supervisors's reputation not likely	supervisors's reputation likely	supervisors's reputation very likely
how hard-working you are	how hard-working you are not likely	how hard-working you are likely	how hard-working you are very likely
english-writing skills	english-writing skills not likely	english-writing skills likely	english-writing skills very likely
luck	luck not likely	luck likely	luck very likely

Other (please specify)

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* 3. For SRFs, how many papers (do not include reviews) did you publish as a JRF in a research journal?

1-2

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* 4. If you have experience publishing a research article/s (any level of authorship), on average, how long did it take for data you generated to make it into a finally accepted manuscript?

< 6 months

6-12 months

1 yr

2 yrs

3 yrs

>4 yrs

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* 5. If you have already published a research paper (any level of authorship), what was your status when the manuscript was finally accepted?

I was still a JRF/SRF

I moved on to a postdoc

I quit bench science

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* 6. Did you/ or do you think you'll have a publication, 6months before your Fellowship ends?

Yes

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* 7. What do you think indicates "quality" in a doctoral student? For e.g., good publications? the ability to ask questions at talks? expertise with a particular advanced technology? good communication skills? If simpler, please share qualities of a research scholar who you think did research of "high-quality".