Consider the case of two of my friends who have obtained the same degree from UICT with almost the same academic record. Both had aim of obtaining a Ph D after the degree and then teaching at an institute and become a professor and then act as a consultant to the chemical industry.
One of the two opted for the option of doing a Ph D at an university in USA and the other opted to do it at UICT, the same college where both had done their under graduation. Needless to say that the second one had the desire to do something for our own country and do research for India and what better place than UICT (the best for chemical engineering in India).
The person who has gone to the USA for research enjoys a scholarship of $ 22,000 per annum.(the normal scholarship for any person putrsuing PhD there). In addition to this, he is offered some teaching assistanceship where he has to teach people simple mathematics which he is quite comfortable.Alongwith that excellent research facilities and the tag of staying in America (parents' pride and all that). The research consists of studing the cell wall of a human cell. Now this kind of research is done with a view of clubbing together research of different students from the same university to create some biological drug by a faculty member of the university. The /final result will be the development of some kind of drug. The benefactor of this research - USA & the drug manufacturing company.
The other guy starts his reserach with the Director of UICT, the highest paid chemical engineeing faculty in India (on consultancy & teaching). For the first two years, he studies multphase reactors & then turns to research in core chemcial engineering, the development of reactors. Alongwith this, he has to do a lot of work on nuclear projects, a result of the Nuclear Deal in India. After 4 years of hardwork, he is offered a post of faculty as a lecturer & he has to teach multi-phase reactors - (a tough subject in chemical engineering) to final year students. In this case, the benefactor of this is India and its people (power generation by the development of new reactors). He is offered only Rs. 22,000 per month.
How fair is it - a person who wants to do research in India and do something for India is offered only Rs 22,000 per month and another who does research in USA earns $ 22,000 per annum (close to Rs. 90,000 per month).
