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Shivanand Kanavi

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'Nuclear Has To Get Into Achche Din'
Rediff.com20 May 2024

'Chinese are going bang, bang, bang building 30-35 reactors.' 'We should announce a...

'US Can't Take Indians As Guinea Pigs'
Rediff.com20 May 2024

'Why should we disclose classified information to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen...

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?
Rediff.com6 May 2022

'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than...

'Why and how did science in India stagnate?'
Rediff.com15 Dec 2020

'It looked as if India had been a major player in science at that time, raising the...

'For 1,400 years India led the world in science'
Rediff.com15 Dec 2020

'Some Indians take the extreme view that everything was known to our ancients, but...

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global
Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding...

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world
Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli...

Why BECA when we have NavIC?
Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

'The goal seems to be that we do not invest further in our system to make our system...

'Oh, you are Kakodkar!', President Bush exclaimed
Rediff.com30 Nov 2019

Dr Kakodkar's strategic stubbornness ultimately got India what it wanted though the...

Billionaires have always called the shots in India
Rediff.com12 Sep 2018

'James Crabtree ignores the emergence of a nexus between business and politics going...

'Rainfall is one of the hardest things to predict'
Rediff.com16 Jul 2018

'Temperature and wind can be predicted more easily than rainfall.' 'Rainfall, as common...

'We are more interested in the monsoon than anyone else in the world'
Rediff.com16 Jul 2018

'It affects our economy, it is very important in many ways.' 'So we have to be the...

20 years after Pokhran: PMs and India's nuclear ambitions
Rediff.com11 May 2018

20 years ago this day, May 11, 1998, India conducted its second nuclear test at...

TCS@50: Why India must be in eternal debt to F C Kohli
Rediff.com31 Mar 2018

50 years ago, on April 1, 1968, Tata Consultancy Services -- now India's leading IT...

'We want 60 launches in 5 years'
Rediff.com14 Jan 2018

'We are looking at a joint venture between ISRO and a few companies to assemble the...

'If we make proper choices, we'll be a great nation'
Rediff.com7 Jan 2018

'If not, we can become frighteningly chaotic, more chaotic than what we are today.' 'In...

Shining the light on an Era of Darkness
Rediff.com10 Jan 2017

'I would recommend every young Indian reads Shashi Tharoor's book to get a perspective...

How the Internet was born, 25 years ago
Rediff.com13 Nov 2015

November 12 marks 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi...

The Hollywood Star and CDMA
Rediff.com9 Nov 2015

She was a Hollywood star, much sought after. She also helped invented technology which...

The Courageous Professor M M Kalburgi: A Tribute
Rediff.com31 Aug 2015

'In today's India very few would, of course, stand Basavanna's test. This led Professor...