The Faculty
Professor Sharma stopped researching.
PhD from IIT Delhi. Three published papers. Five years at a state university. Zero publications since joining — not for lack of ideas, but UGC mandates 40 contact hours per week, two admin committees, and 180 papers to grade every semester. A DST grant proposal took four months and was rejected for an insufficient literature review. India has 16 lakh faculty. Fewer than 4% are actively publishing.