Tag: AISHE

By Vishal Narayan, New Delhi : The latest trends in higher education reveal more instances of women dropping out from hard sciences -- after completing their post-graduation (PG) and not pursuing a doctorate -- than men, while more men did their doctorate even in courses where they were outnumbered by women at the PG level. According to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2016-17 report, released by the Human Resource Development Ministry last week, a total of 6,786 students enrolled themselves for a Ph.D in chemistry, of whom 4,203...