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9 Feb 2012

The rot in India's scientific establishment

In a recently concluded and published report from the expert panel setup by the PM Manmohan Singh, former Isro chief Madhavan Nair was suspended from holding any critical posts in the scientific establishment, primarily due to alleged favouritism in the Antrix-Devas deal...


In the wake of such a scandal, Parsa Venkateshwar Rao analyses the entire scientific scenario of this country...

"The Antrix-Devas deal is not about corruption alone. The loss due to the favouritism shown to Devas, a company floated by a former Isro scientist to use the S-band spectrum and the commitment by Isro to build two satellites for dedicated use by Devas, is estimated at Rs2lakh crore, higher than the estimated Rs1.76 lakh crore in the 2G spectrum allocation."

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