Three Times When India Trumped Western Countries for being Denied Technology E01
On last 28th February I wrote a piece on how India undertook a process that is Sciencization. This is a three part article series throwing light on three stories of grit, perseverance and passion that helped India build technologies that were denied to it. Chronologically going, the first story is of the denial of the supercomputers. The then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi in 1987 was of the view that India should start leaving its footprints on supercomputing. USA had developed its first supercomputer called Cray and it was performing very well in the markets. The then Minister of Science had went to settle the deal with the Americans but they were apprehennsive of selling the technology to Indians for the reason that it could be used by India for non-civil purposes. India tried assuring the Americans but still, they refused. In India however the scientific community was divided into two schools of thought- the one that supported importin...