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Can Science Predict What It Will Discover?
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Science can set ambitious goals and justify public investment, but the most important discoveries are often the ones no research proposal could have predicted.
Voyager 1 had a defined mission,...
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A Scientist’s Hierarchy of Needs
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We often ask whether a scientist has enough funding, equipment, students and laboratory space. We rarely ask whether the scientist has enough security, belonging, recognition, freedom and purpose. Yet the...
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Let Scientists Do Science: Unshackling India’s Research Potential
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India cannot become a scientific power by funding laboratories while burdening scientists with the very bureaucracy that prevents them from using them effectively.
Indian science presents a curious paradox. We...
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The New Independence
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During the global semiconductor shortage, production of cars worth lakhs of rupees was disrupted because manufacturers could not obtain tiny chips costing a fraction of the vehicle's...
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The Invisible Campus
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Walk into the faculty room of any university during a tea break and listen carefully. The conversations are rarely about ideas. They revolve around delayed promotions, committee...
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How Scientists Should Publish
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Every profession has its own measure of success. A lawyer wins a case. An entrepreneur builds a company. An athlete breaks a record. A scientist, however, succeeds...
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Where Scientists Publish
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In 1924, Satyendra Nath Bose sent his groundbreaking paper on quantum statistics directly to Albert Einstein. Recognising its significance, Einstein translated it into German and secured its publication, laying the...
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Why Scientists Publish
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Science was not created to produce papers. Papers were created to advance science.
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Scientific publishing occupies a central place in modern research. Publications influence careers, funding decisions,...
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Engineering Begins Where Jugaad Ends
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India’s journey from a developing nation to a developed one will depend on building institutions that deliver reliability, precision and scale.
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The title may sound unfair to...
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Indian Science Funding Comes Full Circle
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ANRF reconnects modern India with an ancient tradition which posits that the pursuit of knowledge is a responsibility shared by the entire nation.
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The Anusandhan National Research...
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World Environment, Day-to-Day
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For a greener future, environmental concern must become a daily practice rather than a symbolic annual ritual.
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Every year on June 5, the world observes ‘World Environment...
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India Cannot Run on ‘Indian Time’
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From late meetings to delayed projects, India’s casual attitude to punctuality carries an invisible national cost.
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My earlier article on the W2K problem argued that our working...
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