‘New Scientist’ and its Special Issue">‘New Scientist’ and its Special Issue
Posted : February 25, 2005 at 8:05 pm [IST]
India: The next knowledge superpower
I could never think that a special issue of a prestigious magazine will agree to my theme entry- The Indian Century. Yesterday, I could manage a copy of the same from Borders, courtesy Anand. I give below the same:
There’s a revolution afoot in India. Unlike any other developing nation, India is using brainpower rather than cheap physical labour or natural resources to leapfrog into the league of technologically advanced nations. Every high tech company, from Intel to Google, is lor coming to India to find innovators. Leading the charge is Infosys, the country’s first publicly listed billion-dollar IT company. But the revolution is not confined to IT. Crop scientists are passionately pursuing GM crops to help feed India’s poor. Some intrepid molecular biologists are pioneering stem-cell cures for blindness, while others have beaten the odds to produce vaccines for pennies. And the country is getting wired up as never before. Mobile phone networks have nearly blanketed the country and the internet is even reaching remote villages. Looking skyward, India’s unique space programme has fought international sanctions to emerge as key player in India’s development. Meanwhile, India’s nuclear industry is boldly building cutting-edge fast-breeder reactors. However, there are dramatic problems of poverty and infrastructure. To transform the nation, Indians will have to change their way of thinking about science and technology, take risks in research, and deal with the issues of education, infrastructure, bureaucracy and corruption.
And if you want to know about one world class company of India, here is one.
Have all these given you a hope and confidence in future of India? It is only the speed of transformation that is to be increased. It is only the innovations that are to be brought about in every area of activity.
- Indra
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