Clik here to view.
Claiming a piece of the future
Rajesh Jain Which areas in digital technology can India lead in? For India to become a global leader, it needs to leverage its domestic market. Companies can build scale targeting users (or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quick to blame IT
Prasanna Vishwanathan This attempt to associate the IT success story with Nehruvian institution-building capabilities can be quickly debunked by pointing out that not many of those who pioneered the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A millennium in science
Christopher King After several consecutive years of minimal increase through the 1980s and 90s, India’s output of scientific papers has risen sharply since 2000. Concurrently, the citation impact of...
View ArticleResearch at the ends of the Earth
More than sixty national organisations, universities and laboratories are associated with India’s Antarctic programme, which is coordinated by National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research located...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Securing the identity
How dependable and accurate is the UID authentication scheme? Photo: Julian Correa Biometric identification has become a core part of national security in many nations around the world,and is expected...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Re-industrial Revolution
The revolutionary Maker movement is upon us. Three-dimensional or 3D printing, for decades a marginalised activity where the crude fabrication devices were confined to tinkerers, hobbyists and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Attributes of scientific temper
The inculcation of Scientific Temper in our society would result in our people becoming rational and objective, thereby generating a climate favouring an egalitarian, democratic, secular and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Make for India, not just in India
The government’s policies have unwittingly tilted the balance in favour of innovating for the world rather than creating conditions that encourage innovations for India’s own needs. With a large...
View Article
