This knid of problem is with all the PSU companies. One of my friend was in B. E. L. (BHARAT ELECTRONIS lTD.). He got extremely frustrated thr. He was very very good . But his senior manager there used to give him copies to get xeroxed like a peon. Pathetic. He used to say that what they did there was assembling job. All the parts used to be IMPORTED then BEL used to (sometimes Successfully) assemlbe them and put a tag of BEL...see how funny. He quit and now in ST Microelectronics.
Other of my college friends (rather toppers) joined DRDO just to prepare for CIVIL SERVICES. So do you think these toppers will work there???
I personally dont think so.
So the Situation is self evedent. As most of the (so called) scientists are rather FAKE.
Just to let you know here that none of them (toppers) made it to IAS till now ..even after 3 years. So will a frustrated scientist make inventions?
As of me , i was also selected once for BSNL. I went to submit my papers. The Chief officer told me that why i was going to waste my life ... (as I was alredy working for one of the finest Software Firm..Now in USA).