Scientific Development in India after Independence and Its Impact on Society: A Critique on Technological Development for the Public of India

Abstract

India is a developing country with second largest population. Never the less, for a developing country, like India, scientific and technological development is a necessity. Even though India was a pioneer in the field of science and technology 1500 years ago, it had lost its glory by the time of independence. The first prime minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru had aimed for a technologically developed India. There was an appreciable increase in growth rate of scientific development but it is still not up to the mark. We will look into the scientific developments in India after 1947 along with associated concerns. Associated concerns would include brain drain, trade off between research and public science, frivolous research and corruption. We shall discuss about the impact on the world due to technological development in India. Modern scientific culture would put some light on supported and collaborated researches, start-ups, intellectual property acquisition and research exchanges. We shall analyse these developments on the basis of its impact on society. For instance, India is the highest producer of low grade workforce for the world. But, we would see, how prevalent employment crisis in the country can be addressed by improvising the quality of workforce. Finally, we shall also discuss how development of side stream sciences like art, craft, agriculture institutes, etc. can help the society in overall development of the country.