What a one-sided view! Measuring out-put will all depend on what the PhD person is hired for; if for education, he is not supposed to publish..if for further research, the publications are judged by the standerd of the journals, and the 'real experts' know it luckily. A good publication speaks for itself, and it is not difficult to spot one - I had a colleague who was not Ph.D. but had published with first authorship in such a journal, she was sent a research proposal of a senior scientist for review (by DBT)! This incidence made my confidence in our national bodies grow. Otherwise, you are not sure if you are judged by a right person, if not, that makes one feel very depressed. We do face situations where we have to explain the importance of our work (which is so self explanatory for a person from the same field)to our 'referee' which would not be the case in the west. Here, administrative bosses play a double role of scientific bosses - whithout ever doubting their abilities, then one is left with no choice but doing that 'naukari' and try to find ways of doing justice to one's field.
