Chemistry Nobel laureate’s dept struggles for students

Hindustan Times: An alumnus from Vadodara’s Maharaja Sayajirao University may have given India its latest Nobel laureate, but the department of physics, where V. Ramakrishnan learnt the basics, is struggling to attract students.

“While we are happy that our students has achieved a global honor, the declining interest for basic sciences among students is a cause for worry,” the head of the physics department AC Sharma, head told the Hindustan Times.

Six years back, Sharma said, the department attracted more than 400 applications for 52 seats in MSc Physics. Today, the number has dropped to 150.