Challenges facing India's bid for science 'superpower' status
India dreams of becoming a scientific powerhouse, but challenges lie ahead, including complex bureaucracy.
Source: Science
27 February 2012 | EN

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India dreams of becoming a scientific powerhouse, but challenges lie ahead, including complex bureaucracy.
Source: Science
27 February 2012 | EN
The InfoClim project, which distributes climate data to local communities, has helped Senegalese farmers adapt to climate change. SciDev.Net investigates.
Philippe Mawoko, the first head of the African science observatory currently under construction in Equatorial Guinea, speaks to SciDev.Net about the new institution.
29 July 2011 | EN
Women from Jordan, Kenya, Pakistan, Peru and the Philippines tell SciDev.Net how they realised their dreams of careers in science.
Mohamed Hassan, outgoing executive director of TWAS, talks to SciDev.Net about 25 years in the job and his hopes for the academy's future.
30 December 2010 | EN
Debate between locals and scientists is all the rage in Uganda — and the discussions are being taken to the next generation too.
Source: AllAfrica.com
20 February 2009 | EN
Twenty-five years after TWAS was set up, Yojana Sharma examines whether it is any nearer to achieving its ambitious goals
Prudence Mutowo, winner of a 2006 L'Oreal UNESCO fellowship, speaks to SciDev.Net about her experiences as a woman in science.
30 April 2008 | EN
Evelyn Kiapi Matsamura reports on efforts made to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa.
Source: Inter Press Service News Agency
11 March 2005 | EN