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Niyant Gurwara

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Why Indian Research Belongs in Indian Journals: The Case for Publishing at Home

  • byNiyant Gurwara
  • May 14, 2026
Indian researchers have long defaulted to foreign journals as the gold standard of academic publishing. This piece makes the case for publishing in quality Indian journals: to keep India-funded research accessible to Indian audiences and build a scholarly ecosystem that genuinely serves the country's needs.
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Who Decides What Counts as Good Research in India?

  • byNiyant Gurwara
  • May 1, 2026
The metrics shaping Indian research assessment deserve far more scrutiny than they typically receive — because a system that cannot see quality will, over time, produce less of it.
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Not Indexed Does Not Mean Not Good

  • byNiyant Gurwara
  • April 13, 2026
In this post, we trace how India’s journal quality landscape evolved from informal peer reputation to the UGC…
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