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India S&T 2008 is a report prepared by National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi which is a constituent lab of CSIR , India. This Report presents several facets of Indian S&T.

Purpose
The long twentieth century in Indian S&T based developmental experiments, in particular at grass roots, has thrown up immense volumes of data, facts and artifacts. In lieu of attempting the development of a set of traditionally known indicators of S&T, the attempt here has been to capture multiple facets of Indian economy and society where S&T makes contributions. With unstated theoretical bases, contributors presented research conclusions in the form of several portrayals. Given the fact that S&T interfacing the economy and society has very large dimensions this Report could take up only a handful. Such a collage offers albeit a picture of where Indian S&T is located.

Structure of the Report
Divided over six broad themes –– human resources, finance, structures and infrastructure, industry, output and rural India –– the presentation might appear to offer a linear approach to S&T and innovation where inputs processed through a black-box offer the desired output. The complex of Indian S&T, however, is not amenable to such simple linear flows. This Report thus is crisscrossed with mentions of resources of skills, for example, at the putative input stage, black-box system phase as also in output phase. Similarly finance or output appears in multiple locations where output becomes an input or output becomes an indicator of capacity and capability.

Earlier Attempts and Future Plan
An earlier attempt was made by the INSA  and was undertaken at the NCAER. The present Report is the first in this series, which plans to bring out similar reports at two year intervals.