INDIA:
Missing Generation Leaves Hole in Fabric of Research
Pallava Bagla
NEW DELHI--Top fellowships go begging for worthy candidates and outside hires stir controversy as India wrestles with a shortage of talent for leadership positions, a problem triggered by brain drain to the West and compounded in recent years by talented students bypassing science for better paying fields. The phenomenon has also contributed to a graying at the top of the scientific hierarchy.