Category Archives: Science and Technology

Bibliometric study of India’s Scientific Publication outputs during 2001-10: Evidence for Changing Trends

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Sivakumar

by Department of Science and Technology Government of India Global landscape of Science, Technology and Innovation is changing. Indian Science Sector is also undergoing significant changes. Some efforts have been made to map changes in the landscape of Indian Science, … Continue reading →

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Science communication in India: current situation, history and future developments

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Librarian

by Marzia Mazzonetto/20 October, 2010 Nowadays, India is experiencing a widespread diffusion of science communication activities. Publicinstitutions, non-governmental organisations and a number of associations are busy spreading scientificknowledge not only via traditional media but also through specific forms of interaction … Continue reading →

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Science and Technology for Inclusive Social Development in 12th Five Year Plan

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Anil K Gupta IIMA Working Paper no. 2012-06-03, June 2012 India has used science and technology for social development right from the beginning of planned development. The first time when television programmes were beamed through satellite, it was for … Continue reading →

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES: EXPLORING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Ben R Martin; Paul Nightingale and Alfredo Yegros-Yegros Centre for Business Research , Cambridge University WP no.427, September 2011 Science and Technology Studies (STS) is one of a number of new research fields to emerge over the last four … Continue reading →

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A framework for assessing innovation collaboration partners and its application to India

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Daniel Nepelski and Guiditta De Prato MPRA Paper No.39284, May 2012 We develop a framework for assessing innovation collaboration partners. Based on the evidence from existing empirical studies, we identify four elements relevant as drivers of innovation collaboration. These … Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY IN HISTORY:AN OVERVIEW

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Jayaprakash Raghaviah CSES Working Paper No.27, January 2012 This paper is an attempt to historicize and contextualize the role of technology in history. Technology has always been the determinant part of every culture and civilization. But in no other … Continue reading →

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Applying a Gender Lens to science,Technology and Innovation

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Gopakumar

Published bY UNCTAD, 2011 UNCTAD Cirrent Studies on Science,Technology and Innovation No.5 Science, technology and innovation (STI) can play a crucial role in meeting internationally agreed development goals. However, they cannot effectively facilitate equitable and sustainable development unless the aims, … Continue reading →

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Arab Regional Systems of Innovation: Characteristics and Implications

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Gopakumar

By Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour UNU_MERIT WP No. 2011-058 This paper employs both the descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the definition of systems of innovation used in the literature to discuss the systems of innovation in the Arab … Continue reading →

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On India’s plunge into Nanotechnology:What are good ways to catch‐up?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Gopakumar

By Shyama V. Ramani, Nupur Chowdhury, Roger Coronini and Susan Reid UNU_MERIT WP-2011-020 The present paper examines how a developing country like India is competing in the nanotechnology race. Our study shows that both upstream scientific and technological capabilities and … Continue reading →

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Measuring the Impacts of Information and Communication Technology for Development

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Gopakumar

Edited by Lucy Annette Deleze-Black. UNCTAD  Current Studies on Science,Technology and Innovation No.3 This paper explores why measuring the impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) is important for development – and why it is statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in … Continue reading →

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