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COVID-19 has not Affected the EV Push in India

The lockdown period to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in India saw pollution levels dropping to the lowest levels since 2018. No economic activity from March 15-April 30 led to a reduction of 15 per cent in Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels compared to 2....

January 02, 2021 Energy Security , Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India , Climate Change , Policy , Manufacturing , EV , FAME , Battery

Designing a Foundation for Indian Innovative Ecosystem

Praveen Menon Article

Back in 2016, Elon Musk the billionaire Tesla & SpaceX CEO announced that Tesla’s Model 3 would be built in a new fully automated factory. In the most ambitious attempt at automation, Tesla floundered with severe bottlenecks and was plagued with �....

August 28, 2020 Media Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Economics , Education System , AI , innovation , Manufacturing , Science , Research , Technological progress , Ecosystem , Invention , Higher Education , Scientist , Innovator , New Education Policy , Science & Technology , IIT , IIM , Tech companies

Hydroxychloroquine: Pandemic, Parasites and Politics

Radhika Daga Commentary

In this six month long mercurial quest for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, winners are far from declared. Among the various antiviral treatments tested or deployed to inhibit the viral growth, hydroxychloroquine has had an unparalleled....

June 22, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , artificial intelligence , Donald Trump , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Hydroxychloroquine , Vaccines , ICMR , Science

How to Transform Indian Agriculture During COVID-19 Lockdown?

Dr Suhas P. Wani Article

Why Indian Agriculture/ “Annadata” Needs Support, in Measured Terms Bailout Package?

The Corona virus (COVID-19) endemic across the globe has caused substantial human and economic losses and disrupted food system value chain^{1
June 01, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , agriculture , technology , COVID-19 , Annadata , FPOs , Rabi crop , Kharif crop , MNREGA , PMKISAN , mechanization , water management}

COVID-19: Visible Arrows, but Still in the Quiver

Radhika Daga Article

The pandemic outbreak has caught almost the entire global population on the hop. The rare retreat from the regular has sent the world in a tizzy. However, while this indefinite hiatus has put a halt on the “natural” course of actions, the researc....

May 28, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Vaccines , Gene-Engineering , Microbiology

A Lifetime of Moulding Technology and Science Policy in India: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Ashok Parthasarathi, Editor: Sachin Chaturvedi, Academic Foundation, 2017, 128 pp, ISBN: 9789332703551, Price: Rs 795

Radhika Daga

Science and Technology (S&T) has assumed great salience in India’s development and security matrix. In last few years’ policy initiatives like Make-in-India, Start-up-India and Digital India Programme have further given an impetus to this thought....

May 15, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Book Reviews , Self-reliance , Science and Technology Policy , Electronics , National S&T Archive

The Dichotomy of Economic Imperative and Security Dilemma: The Chinese Telecom Companies in India

Rup Narayan Das Article

The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 and Chinese government’s failure to share its timely information to the outside world have raised question mark about the transparency of the communist regime there. Concomitantly, it has also raised the securit....

April 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , Australia , USA , Huawei , ZTE , National Security Council , smartphones , security threats

Experiments & Applications: S&T in Coronavirus Pandemic

Radhika Daga Article

Throughout the history of pandemics, technology has played its role in many ways in proliferating infectious diseases to a wider area. However, it’s the same science and technology (S&T) research and innovations that also provide a way out of such ....

April 25, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , artificial intelligence , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Telemedicine , Antibody Test , Biotechnology , Epidemiology

Discussion on Report on STEM Education in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a seminar to discuss a VIF taskforce report on STEM education in India launched in 2019. The report, titled, “Towards More Effective Education: Emergence of STEM Education in India” was written u....

March 20, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , STEM Education , Association of Indian Universities , R&D , Information Technology , Communications Technologies

Technology, Economics and Geopolitics of 5G Cellular - A Compendium

Dr Kamlesh Bajaj

5G is an investment for the next decade. It is not just a game changer; it is likely emerge as a General Purpose Technology (GPT). 5G mobile will move from being a consumer device to an industrial productivity and efficiency tool, with billions of Io....

February 25, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Smart Cities , 5G , Compendium , Digital economy , 5G Value Chain