Posted by: bhikhaari July 9, 2009
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1. where did you get the data that 20% of nepali population is involved in academics in research? i can bet that not even 1% is involved in true research. can you show me a single, worth mentioning literature published by a nepali researcher from nepal in the past 5 years. so much for your 20%..waiiyaat.
2. what do you mean by 'testing of product'? mechanical tools? these can be tested without any difficulty i suppose. do you mean GMOs by 'product'? if so, then dream on buddy. GMOs are fireside issues for all nations in the world - mostly in Europe, developed Asia and US. even the commercial farming of BT-Cotton is harshly criticized in many nations including India, given the fact that it is a non-consumable.
3. chemical/reagents? on my recent visit to a university lab in nepal, i saw that most of the chemicals were made in india. since indian currency ain't so strong compared to ours, i think that conducting experiments will not be hindered by the lack of any reagent. indeed, it would be great to have industries set up in our own country but until then, india is a good sub.
4. i do not mean to humiliate the level of nepali education but the quality of biotech education being fed to students in nepali institutions is poorly pathetic. the labs are okay, they have the means to do some okay level research, the theory being taught in the class is not bad but there is no creativity at all. the final year projects of some of my friends were extracting DNA from some wild weed and doing random PCR. now that's a shame because the same students are learning about SNPs and annotation tools in the theory classes.
i agree that govt needs to pour in more money in the research field. however, why do the colleges teach biotech when they know that they can't even bite off an end of the whole scenario? why not wait for 10 more years, accumulate machines, ideas, teachers, and then start something in a determination to produce some good results. it's never gonna happen tho...at least not within next 12-15 yrs.
2. what do you mean by 'testing of product'? mechanical tools? these can be tested without any difficulty i suppose. do you mean GMOs by 'product'? if so, then dream on buddy. GMOs are fireside issues for all nations in the world - mostly in Europe, developed Asia and US. even the commercial farming of BT-Cotton is harshly criticized in many nations including India, given the fact that it is a non-consumable.
3. chemical/reagents? on my recent visit to a university lab in nepal, i saw that most of the chemicals were made in india. since indian currency ain't so strong compared to ours, i think that conducting experiments will not be hindered by the lack of any reagent. indeed, it would be great to have industries set up in our own country but until then, india is a good sub.
4. i do not mean to humiliate the level of nepali education but the quality of biotech education being fed to students in nepali institutions is poorly pathetic. the labs are okay, they have the means to do some okay level research, the theory being taught in the class is not bad but there is no creativity at all. the final year projects of some of my friends were extracting DNA from some wild weed and doing random PCR. now that's a shame because the same students are learning about SNPs and annotation tools in the theory classes.
i agree that govt needs to pour in more money in the research field. however, why do the colleges teach biotech when they know that they can't even bite off an end of the whole scenario? why not wait for 10 more years, accumulate machines, ideas, teachers, and then start something in a determination to produce some good results. it's never gonna happen tho...at least not within next 12-15 yrs.