News & Views item - February 2007

 

 

Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, Has Called for India's Scientists to Raise Their Game in Return for Increased Funding -- Here is a Proposed 5-point Plan. (February 1, 2007)

    Plant geneticist U. C. Lavania in response to the call for a turn around of the decline in Indian science notes the main problems that need to be rectified. Certain of his point have validity for the problems facing Australian science.

 

Below is a copy of the letter from Dr Lavania published in today's Nature.