Free Indian science: As elections begin in India, Mathai Joseph and Andrew Robinson call for an end to the stultifying bureaucracy that has held back the nation's science for decades

Nature

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-38

  Joseph, Mathai ^a,b   Robinson, Andrew ^c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BASIC RESEARCH; BRAZIL; CHINA; ELECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; NATURAL SCIENCE; NOTE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESEARCH STUDENT; RETIREMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCIENTIST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; INDIA; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INDIA; INFORMATICS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SCIENCE;

EID: 84899148024     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/508036a     Document Type: Note

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