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“The number of projects sanctioned by the UGC has dropped in the last two years. Not just this, the UGC has also approved funds under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) scheme and Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences. We cannot say that Telangana is in the lowest rung in research as there are other schemes through which we get sufficient funding. “Over 900 teaching posts lie vacant in state universities. Few of them are proportionate to the impact that our research papers have had in the society,” said Ramachandram, adding that MRPS is just one component of a larger picture.However, several faculty members in the state have blamed the shortage of teachers in universities and colleges to lack of research in Telangana..