it may be a matter of funding also. The French govt did not fund the Black hole telescope project and NASA is doing - maybe becos NASA has the funds to take risk with something futuristic. Also like in case of Pig Heart doctor from Assam, the locals may not understand the hi-fi science behind the research and may label it utopian.
Red tape is ofcourse a problem. Some may have seen the heartbreaking movie "Ek doctor ki maut" - A scientist's death - by Pankaj Kapur -- based on a real story of an Indian scientist who commited suicide when his superior took credit for his back breaking and innovation.
The movie showed - ofcourse - a happy ending - the scientist catching a plane to the West to work at a lab . Maybe thats what is happening now - thanks to internet communication.
Umesh
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 2:53 PM +0530 9/1/05, mc mahant wrote:
>In India they first ask you "DO YOU HAVE Past Experience of doing a thing
>like this?"
>Then if you do not show "Past TRACK RECORD" ,and are not properly
>registered--you are SUMMARILY rejected
>mm
**** It is a tricky issue.
Past track record and experience for a PUBLIC project could not be
downplayed or dismissed. It would be entirely different if a PRIVATE
party wishes to take the risks with an unknown entity without a
demonstrable track record, because there might be incentives, such as
cost savings, innovative solution, possibility of getting things done
sooner, or other such reasons.
That luxury does not exist for public servants , who could be held accountable.
HOWEVER, the accountability of public servants in Indian governance
in general, and more specifically in the Assam context, is
non-existent, and the work produced by entities with 'experience' and
'track-record' is dismal.
In that the 'track-record' and 'past-experience' prerequisites are
little more than a smoke-screen for unbridled corruption, most of the
time.
>
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>>Robotdog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?
>>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:41:29 GMT
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>>my new room mate is working on a Robotic Fish for the Navy. Designing the
>>fins right now. Incidently, MIT Museum did show a film that their
>>Artificial Intelligence Lab was working on a big robot fish - and that
>>their lab was initially at Carnegie Mellon and later moved to MIT in 60s.
>>This guy is a robotics grad. of Carnegie M. Another (French) is working on
>>a telescope to view Black Holes -even though they do not emit light. The
>>lens will measure X-rays which are emitted by Black holes. And I thought
>>French were good at Fashion only! The paper for this lens was written by a
>>Frecnhman but their govt didnt fund the research. Is such a thing happening
>>to Indian researchers too?
>>
>>Umesh
>>
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