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BACKGROUND: Medical colleges should be the engines of medical research in India however sadly it is far from that. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Articles published in English literature from 1990's were reviewed along with personal experience of more than 30 years of interacting with various medical institutions of India. RESULTS: Six to ten medical colleges publish more than 60% of research papers in indexed journals out of existing 450 medical colleges in India. There are many reasons why there is very little or poor quality research in medical colleges in India. Poor mentorship, severe patients load, lack of research interest, lack of funding and lack of multicentric co-ordinates research activity, lack of incentive for research, are some of the reasons. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Many of the reasons cited above for good quality research needs are correction. However generous funding should be available as a research fund to the medical colleges both by state and by central government. Both undergraduate and postgraduate curricula needs to be modified to reflect that good medical research is part of good medical practice.