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Sunday, August 09, 2009 11:52 AM

IISc is India's top ranking engg/tech institute

...Among the 67 engineering and technological institutes which have a publishing record. Comparing this record between 1999 and 2008, Gangan Prathap and BM Gupta report in Aug 10 issue of Current Science that IISc ranks No. 1, followed by some IITs. ...
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Monday, April 13, 2009 10:43 AM

Missing Nehruvian romance for science

Two big events are lined up for the nation: the 15 th Lok Sabha election and the Joint Entrance Examination for 15 IITs where some 360,000 students are slugging it out for 7500 odd seats. There maybe no apparent common thread between the election and...
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Friday, January 09, 2009 12:57 PM

Indian science: memoirs & biographies, or lack of them?

If there's one aspect of Indian science that has disappointed many science lovers, it is a lack of brilliant accounts by scientists themselves - books that can give the adrenaline thrill of research to the readers. Medicine Nobel prize winner Peter...
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Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:17 PM

How should IISc play its second innings?

As the Indian Institute of Science kicked off its centenary celebrations today, it once again reminded us what can ONE visionary man do for the future of a nation. Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, scientist CNR Rao, ex-ISRO chairman K Kasturirangan and...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:14 PM

Is P+C+M= B?

"Using physics, chemistry and mathematics to understand biology", is the title of the first monthly lecture which National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, is starting under a community outreach program for students from September 28. The idea is...
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