<Hiring out CSIR laboratories to MNCs --- the Mashelkar paradigm ---= may help the CSIR generate some cash; in the long term it is helping MNCs de=velop their next generation of products for the global market. It will no= t help the Indian economy or the Indian industry, the primary purpose for = which CSIR was set up.>
The author rejects market forces in the development of technology but places touching faith in the state for this purpose (or at least in establishing the scientific infrastructure)! Let's get real!
