Post-Independence Science Policy and Science Funding in India

The present article traces the course of science policy formulation and science funding in India. While in the pre-independence period the private trusts and endowments played a pioneering role in encouraging higher studies and research in science, it is the Government which has been the major fund provider since independence. The article further highlights the thrust areas in various science and technology policy resolutions adopted since independence. While underlining the mechanism of state funding of science research in our country, it has drawn an analogy with the same in the United States.