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A study by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has shown that business school research in India is lacking, and looks at methods to improve the situation amongst business schools in India.

"India’s 4,000 plus b-schools published altogether 36 papers in journals tracked by UT Dallas between 2009 and 2012," points out the report.

The IIM-A study, Academic Research Productivity: What may be “reining” in the Indian B-School? by Professor Arindam Banerjee, aimed to look at "some historic reasons for poor productivity in research [in India], including unproductive competition among institutions due to a false sense of self sufficiency, lack of adequate research infrastructure at the institution level and, the long standing government policy in India that has considered teaching to be the core activity in [the Indian] university system."

Improving Research at Business Schools in India

Looking at ways to improve the research levels at business schools in India, Banerjee suggests that academic leaders and the Indian government could do more to improve the situation, through better management and stronger encouragement.

"What is required at the moment is that, beyond macro level policies regarding fund allocation and revising mandates, academic leadership in the country must come together to put in place the necessary pillars for a collaborative and healthy research environment. For all the well intentioned policy on the part of the government, lackadaisical implementation and imperfect detailing can wash out all the promise of a healthier research culture in no time."

Further, the requirements amongst many business schools in India for all of their academics to contribute to teaching is not harmonious to research production, according to the report.

"The days of the 'superstar' professor who happens to be an excellent teacher and is also a prolific writer of thought-provoking papers in his domain, and routinely attends meetings on academic administration are long gone," concludes Banerjee's report on Indian business school research.

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