Research is a romance.
That is ideal situation. In real life conditions are not conducive to achieve such a high goal in life. The problems posed by Kochhar are very peculiar to India and may be to all developing nations. I do know that there are problems in research institutions that in the well developed Western nations but the sort that Kochhar highlights is ours. The Indian approach was developed by the British colonial system which is examination centered, conducted at the end of the year.