Mega benefits from Mega science
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India spends over $2.5bn on science and technology by participating and contributing towards the so called Mega Projects on the planet. Additionally we produce 5000 science doctorates per year, a vast resource. This would indeed imply a terra firma for harvesting rich rewards. Reminding ourselves that where there is basic science there is industrial growth and where there is industrial growth there is basic science, let's look deeper. What is Mega Science and what are Mega Projects In the early days Mega Science was defined as "big money, big machines" and was used to refer mainly to unique experimental apparatus like particle accelerators, ground or space telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope, and Space Exploration (ESA and ISS). However this definition has evolved since and now applies to complex research where not only very large sums of money, necessitating partnerships between different countries, are a requirement but also....
More about Archana Sharma
Archana Sharma is the only scientist of Indian origin, who’s worked at CERN (also called the Big Bang Experiment), in Geneva for more than fourteen years. She studied in Jhansi, yet rose to the top of international science. She’s now trying to interest Indian students in internships – at the world’s largest science experiment. It is a place that might soon re-invent the laws of Physics.
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