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India’s innovation quagmire

India’s innovation quagmire

Latha Jishnu
5 min read
While government goads the reluctant corporate sector to hike R&D investments, its own flagship scheme to boost innovation is faltering

Interviews

‘Give each major Indian written language the chance to shine as a way of expressing new ideas, especially in science and tech’

‘Give each major Indian written language the chance to shine as a way of expressing new ideas, especially in science and tech’

By
Ashutosh Kumar Thakur
Sujata with a calf at her plantation in Coorg, Karnataka, where she tries to ensure the interdependence of species.

‘Rethinking language biases would enable us to look more holistically at agroecological practices’

By
Preetha Banerjee
“We saw a state apparatus completely subordinated to corporate interests”

“We saw a state apparatus completely subordinated to corporate interests”

By
Rosali Rüsberg
The question is not whether technology will expand, but whether the frameworks around labour, dignity, and protection will evolve alongside it: Aranya Sahay

The question is not whether technology will expand, but whether the frameworks around labour, dignity, and protection will evolve alongside it: Aranya Sahay

By
Ashutosh Kumar Thakur
Barren Island volcano’s activity is purely due to magmatic processes: Hetu Sheth

Barren Island volcano’s activity is purely due to magmatic processes: Hetu Sheth

By
Rajat Ghai
Immanuel Louis (L) and Suyash Bafna

‘We are trying to revolutionise aerospace in the way automakers once revolutionised cars’

By
Rohini Krishnamurthy
'Biggest problem with India's rooftop solar industry is lack of quality guaranteed by local installer'

‘Biggest problem with India’s rooftop solar industry is lack of quality guarantee on end-to-end product by local installer’

By
Rohini Krishnamurthy
Screengrab of a brush fire in LA.

Scale of LA fires is unusual compared to emissions from California fires for January over the last 20 years: Mark Parrington

By
Rohini Krishnamurthy
‘India a laboratory for seismologists’

‘India a laboratory for seismologists’

By
Rohini Krishnamurthy
The current Digital Data Protection Act is excessively vague: Apar Gupta

Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 will only be a nominal checkbox: Apar Gupta

By
Rohini Krishnamurthy
‘Story of human origin is still not figured out or over’

‘Story of human origin is still not figured out or over’

By
Mike Herd
‘Space profoundly alters microbes’

‘Space profoundly alters microbes’

By
Aditya Misra
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