In the year 2009, I was having dinner with two distinguished academics, directors of top-ranked centres of scientific research. This was unprecedented; they were far more familiar with Indian scientists leaving for jobs overseas. In 2009, the year that I had that conversation in Bengaluru, the Indian scientific ecosystem looked more promising than it had in recent times. But without a solid infrastructure of scientific research, no economy or nation can ever enjoy sustained progress. Indian science could now draw as much on domestically trained talent as on people returning from overseas.

Source: The Telegraph May 04, 2024 18:13 UTC