At the system level, DRDO has been able to develop light compact aircraft Tejas and several types of missiles. The significance of these achievements has to be viewed against the stringent embargo regimes, which we faced over years.
These developments illustrate India’s ability to realise most complex and sophisticated engineering products and in many cases the world’s best like the remote sensing satellites. The engineering efforts in the early phase of India’s development in enterprises like steel, cement, locomotives, power and fertilizers continue to receive latest technology both from indigenous and imported know how.
So also is agriculture, which receives inputs from developments like genetic engineering and precision farming. Developments like Nano Car, an engineering marvel, represent another dimension.
The resultant repository of science and technology knowledge has certainly given India a unique position as an advanced country in the developing world. The sustained economic growth of 9 to 10% coupled with consolidation and expansion of S and amp;T foundations would lead India to be a world leader of 21st century.
Ref: thetimesofindia
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