Saturday, February 14, 2009

India’s science and innovation system

The social, economic, political, and technological environment has changed in the last decade. The nature of the science and innovation system has changed considerably in the past few decades; some of the changes are the result of policy decisions and some by virtue of the impeding situation the country had to undergo. Some are the direct result of policy changes in the science and technology area. For e.g.- the expansion of the private professional educational and research institutes.
The system requires a long term view of the place of science and innovation in the social and economic development of India.