Science and technology policies: The case of India

C.N.R. Rao

Technology in Society, 2008, vol. 30, issue 3, 242-247

Abstract: During the years preceding India's independence on August 15, 1947, the Indian National Congress focused considerable attention on the importance of science and technology, including scientific planning in an independent country. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, held the portfolio for science and technology, as have most of his successors. Nehru was largely responsible for Parliament's adoption of the 1958 Science Policy Resolution. In 1971, the governments of Indira Gandhi and her son, Rajiv Gandhi, took important steps to integrate scientific planning with economic planning. During these years, significant new government institutions were created. The current government of Manmohan Singh, which maintains an active national science advisory committee, has made significant changes in the Indian government's science and technology structure and is creating new institutions for science, technology, and higher education.

Keywords: India; Nehru; Gandhi; Singh; Technology; Research and development expenditures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2008.04.005

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