The Government of India, with a view to accelerating the pace of development and improving the quality of life of people, has enacted national level policy declarations on science and technology. Besides, a number of national policy–statements have been also adopted at the sectoral levels i.e. education, environment, industry, health, housing, textiles, patents etc to have an impact on the pursuit and performance of S&T in the country. The existence of the nature of the policy declarations and Acts can be taken as an indication of the National commitment of the government for the socio-economic development of the country. The world has now seen the impact of these national policies of India during the past 3-4 years. Some of these National Policy Declarations and Acts are compended here, in originals, for the convenience of policy planners, economists, social-scientists, legal experts, patent attorneys, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, R&D and technology management personnel, researchers, students of policy studies etc for making India a strong, modern and vibrant nation in the world. India is a nation on the move by utilizing the combined strength of scientific, technological and socio-economic sectors. The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. The world as a whole is now looking to India to provide global leadership on the multilateral stage in the twenty-first century.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pawan Sikka
Dr. Pawan Sikka is a solid state physicist, science –policy analyst, academicians and science - administrator. He is former Advisor/ Scientist - G, Ministry/department of Science and technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi. He has held various senior positions there during 1974-2004. He was Director (International relations) for science and technology, 1989-1994. As a Principal scientific officer of the DST in 1985-89, he was associated with the then apex Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. He holds Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in Physics. Under the British Council ODA Scholarship, he was a Visiting fellow to the university of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. for Science policy Studies in the academic year 1984-85. He has contributed a number of technical papers, on the Physics of amorphous semi-conducting glasses, as well as on the science - policy related issues concerning the post-independence development of science and technology in India, in national and international journals. He is a life member of the: Oxford and Cambridge Society f India, New Delhi; association of British scholars, British Council, New Delhi; Materials research Society of India, Hyderabad; and Semi-Conductor Society of India, New Delhi. He is widely traveled in India and abroad. He has delivered special lectures on science policy related studies, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, (JNU) New Delhi. His another book, Rajiv Gandhi - His Vision of India of the 21st Century: science, technology and national development, is widely read by scholars and academics the world over.
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