Relying on labour-intensive projects make India weak

Tirupati: The two-week capacity building programme on ‘Training Course on Recent Trends in Research Methodology’ sponsored by ICSSR and organised by the Department of Economics, Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati was inaugurated on Thursday.

IIT-Tirupati Director Prof KN Satyanarayana inaugurated the programme and addressed the participants. Speaking on the occasion he opined that technology is going to replace India’s labour force. Interdisciplinary courses were very popular in western countries whereas India is still following traditional subject wise research.

While capital intensive projects were more popular in western countries, but, India still relying on more labour-intensive projects. As a result, India unable to compete with the advanced countries on various fields, he observed.

SVU Rector Prof M Bhaskar said that creativity and curiosity were basic ingredients of research. He warned the scholars that cooking up the data is harmful to them as well as to the Nation. In the world of growing knowledge of internet, plagiarism can be found easily.

He added that social scientists work in library and the scientists work in laboratory. SVU College of Arts Principal Prof G Savaraiah felt that methodology was the heart of research. It is unfortunate that western countries were not recognising our research as they feel lapses in methodology and data.

The Course Director and Head, Department of Economics Prof K Santha Kumari dwelled at length on the objective of conducting the programme. Research is helpful to research scholars, professionals, literary people, analysts and intellectuals, she stated, adding the present endeavour is a sort of formal training, which enables one to understand the new developments in one’s field in a better way and it will help the scholars to choose appropriate methodology for their area of research.

Co-Course Director and UGC Emeritus Fellow Prof A Ranga Reddy chaired the inaugural session. Dr K Radhika welcomed the gathering while Prof R Suneetha presented a vote of thanks. Prof D Krishna Murthy, Prof KM Naidu, Prof MA Hussain, Prof A Padmavathi and others took part.