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Indian Science Is Over-Managed, Over-Awarded and Underperforming

Gangan Prathap 15/10/2022

While the Indian army is helmed by one four-star...

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Assembly Elections: How Does Indelible Ink Work?

Amrit B.L.S. 16/02/2022

The ink was one of the first achievements by...

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Concerns About Images Arise Over Multiple Papers From DRDO, CSIR Labs

Sayantan Datta 15/11/2021

Many of these papers have some of the same...

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The Bhatnagar Prizes Are Courting Irrelevance

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/09/2021

The Bhatnagar Prizes will fall by the wayside if...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 104th Indian Science Congress in Tirupati, 2017. Credit: PTI

Why 2003 Was an Important Year for India’s S&T Policy Resolutions

Itty Abraham 18/05/2021

With STP-2003, a watershed was crossed. Not only would...

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They Decided To Debate Women’s Leadership Skills. Then It Got Worse.

Sayantan Datta 30/12/2020

The moderator of a government-supported debate championed merit, suggested...

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Why Have Govt’s S&T Policy Meetings Skipped Social Science, Humanities Scholars?

Omprasad 14/07/2020

Any science policy consultations must engage with the ideas...