I had a conversation with a friend recently, on why under grad students do not do much research, and how we in the industry can tap into them.
I think there is one critical reason why the academia is so far from industry in many ways, and why they will never really come together. The academia thrives on the fundamental activity of publishing papers and participating in conferences, and the industry, of course, thrives on secrecy, IP and getting out to the market first. Can these two ever really co-exist together? I do not think so...
Monday, July 28, 2008
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I'm not sure I agree with the reasoning behind this.. I firmly believe that often, under graduate schools tend to nurture theoretical knowledge rather than practical. A lot of the times, students come out of colleges almost feeling that they do not know enough.. So, on one hand, we have bright young minds, wanting to explore and on the other we have a country like India that needs to invest in research, as a step towards becoming more self sufficient.. I think the scene right now, is absolutely conducive to letting the two come together.. As far as the argument here is concerned - that's what Patenting is all about right? Your IP, your Product.. But that doesn't stop you from writihg papers about it. In fact you need to do that to make your discovery more popular, in some sense..
The point I am making is, most industries have no motivation to really talk about what they are doing... and academicians want only to talk about what they are doing. These are fundamentally opposite intentions.
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