India Science Report - Science Education, Human Resources and Public Attitude towards Science and Technology

The present report focuses on science education, human resources in science & technology and public understanding of science. A custom-designed survey, the India Science Survey 2004, funded by INSA, was conducted by the NCAER to provide accurate, consistent data on these important issues. This is the first such survey conducted in a developing country; in the industrial countries such surveys have been conducted for several decades. The report concentrates on the three major issues, namely, status of science and engineering education, utilisation pattern of human resource and “public” attitude towards S&T through an altogether new approach i.e., primary survey based approach never before attempted in the country.