Panel 2: Excellence in Research

Moderator
Dr. Vijay Batra (Formerly P&G)
Panelists
Dr. Anand Kakar (Perryman Company)
Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia (Pennsylvania State University)
Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
Dr. Mrityunjay Singh (Ohio Aerospace Institute/NASA
Glenn Research Center)
(11:45 am 12:45 pm)
Excellence in Research
Agenda (11:45 am 12:45 pm)
Opening Statements (5 minutes each 25 min)
11.45: Vijay Batra Opening and Introduce Panelists
11.50: Anand Kakar
11.55: Akhlesh Lakhtakia
12.00: Pradeep Rohatgi
12.05: Mrityunjay Singh
Audience Participation (25 min.)
12.10: Q & A
Closing Statements (1 min. each 5 min)
12.35: Mrityunjay Singh
12.36: Pradeep Rohatgi
12.37: Akhlesh Lakhtakia
12.38: Anand Kakar
12.39: Vijay Batra
Summary (5 min) Vijay Batra
Excellence in Research
Vijay K. Batra
Excellence in Research
Anand Kakar
Excellence in Research
Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Excellence in Research
Kinds of Researchers

1. Envisioneers
2. Bricklayers
3. General contractors
Excellence in Research
The Indian Scene (as I see it)
Bricklayers

Excellence in Research
The Indian Scene (as I see it)
General Contractors
Bricklayers

Excellence in Research
The Indian Scene (as I see it)
General Contractors
Envisioneers
Bricklayers

Excellence in Research
Transform
General Contractors
(e.g., IIT Directors)
into
Envisioneers
(e.g., Birbal Sahni and Homi Bhabha)

Excellence in Research
Excellence in Research
IIT BHU = IIT + BHU
Excellence in Research
Pradeep K. Rohatgi
Excellence in Research
Mrityunjay Singh
Excellence in Research
Engineering, Ethics, and Excellence in Research
Mrityunjay Singh
From CWRU website
Excellence in Research
Research
Excellence
S/T Merit
Relevance
Impact
(S&T)
Impact
(Society)
Ethics
Originality
No Global Consensus on the Metrics of Research Excellence
Recent Indian Cases of Plagiarism
Recent Cases of Plagiarism and Unethical
Publication Practices in India
Please note that Plagiarismis
a global epidemic. However,
people should be made aware
of the unethical practices and
their consequences.
Ethics in Research and Publications
(From Elsevier)
Excellence in Research
SUMMARY