The visionaries who led the growth tot science and technology (S&T) In India were convinced that could play an important role In transforming India in to a modern. Industrialized society. Experience and results show that this confidence was well placed. Science.
Technology. And innovation are even more relevant today. Scientific knowledge and expertise, innovation. High technology. Industrial infrastructure and skilled workforce are the currencies of this new era. 8.
2.The investments made in Research and Development (R&D) by the developed countries reveals that the comparative strength of India in unfledged sectors would be seriously disadvantaged in competition to other nations with similar or even smaller sizes of economy relative to India if adequate investments are not made in this domain, As per R&D statistics for 2004- 05, India invests around 0. 8% of GNP in R&D compared to more than 2% by the developed countries. India currently ranks 13th among the top 38 countries in terms of number of publications in SIC journals; China ranks ninth.This requires (I) an education system which nurtures creativity: (10 an culture and value system which supports both basic and applied research and technology development; Oil) an industry culture which is keen to Interact with the academia; a bureaucracy which is supportive; (v) a policy remark which encourages young people to enter Into scientific careers and (vi) an ability to scan scientific developments ;n the world and use technology tortoises to select critical technologies in a national perspective.It is with this conviction that the Eleventh Five Year Plan approach to has emphasized the following: ; Setting up a national;level mechanism for evolve.
Eng policies and providing direction to basic research: ; Enlarging the pool of scientific manpower and strengthening the S&T by
