Irregularity in research grants


“IRREGULARITY” is a diplomatic way of saying corruption. Choose whichever word you will, it does not make the act any less distasteful, and it is rampant in public universities.

From the perspective of a doctor who has been through the master’s (specialisation) programme in a local public university, there are some things I feel we need to talk about openly.

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