Environment
A long road ahead
Despite its vast numbers of scientists and research institutes, Indian science has always fared poorly on the global front. Several reasons have been put forward for the dismal performance, but the only fact that emerges is that there can be no consensus on what afflicts Indian science
Western scientists set the trends
RAGHAVENDRA GADAGKAR
Raghavendra Gadagkar is chairperson of the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Research is stifled by bureaucracy
G P TALWAR
G P Talwar is professor of eminence at the National Institute of Immunology.
No social demand for relevant science
MADHAV GADGIL
Universities should be involved more
SHOBHIT MAHAJAN
Shobhit Mahajan teaches physics at Delhi University.