JNU Cost Benefit Analysis

JNU issue - there are a total of ~8000 students at JNU. Of this, the lion’s share of 57% students is of social sciences, language, literature & arts (4578 students) & International studies 15% ( 1210 students). Almost 55% of the total i.e. 4359 students are doing M.Phil. or Ph.D

Cost of running such University: Just how much does government spends on JNU? Look at the Profit & Loss account of JNU for 2018. This is hidden somewhere in the middle of an 600 page annual report. It should be the first section on annual reports.

So JNU spends about Rs 556 crores per year on its functioning.So what is the cost per student at JNU ? We can calculate. Rs 556 crore / 8000 students gives us Rs 6.95 lac per student annually.

Research, publications & patents at JNU: Assumption is that such high subsidy on "good talent" would be producing great research outcomes, right? Well, hardly.  There are no concrete claims on research & publications, no names of journals or publications worth mentioning.

You’ll find some mention of research in the placement brochure (yes they have one, although very superficial & doesn’t disclose any statistics about past placements). Here is what you’ll see in the name of research at JNU:

With 4360 students in M.Phil. & Ph.D. courses, there are hardly 1000 research “articles” published in Journals. The university doesn’t name any notable journals while making such claims. This implies that there is just ONE “article” published for every 4.5 students each year.

There is huge participation in international conferences. So about 2000 international conferences are attended every year. Again, not sure what materializes in those conferences. Certainly not the research papers or patents.

But there should be some patents at-least ? All that we find for patents is 4 names of Mr. Bhatnagar, Ms. Dixit, Mr Kar & Mr. Mukherjee. No patents by any other faculty. Number of patents by students ???

Education is the foundation of any progressive society

Professors are intellectuals who are supposed to do research and help in solving issues related to society and make make life easier. 

CSR of corporate cannot be equated with productivity of education.

We need educated people to guide the rest of the people. It's a sacred exercise

Research in sociology, philosophy, public administration, literature, economics can change and shape the society and give ease of living.

Our educational institutions should make a goal towards giving and producing  such prathbreaking research whichbis much needed in our current environment

We have to copy and paste from outside and everything is not suitable for our local needs. Hence we face problems

We require local solutions for local problems