SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

The last post 'indian aeronautics ............' was a write up which I did in July 2008 and sent to a few friends of mine who I thought would share my views. I thought it best that I post it in my blog for reading by interested. Since that write up, I came accross a couple of reports that appeared in the Times of India, Bangalore edition on the subject. The first report talked of an observation by the Comprtoller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) on the activities of the National Aerospace Laboratories, with particular reference to the SARAS (civil transport aircraft) and the second one was an interview given by the Director of the Laboratory to a Reporter of the same newspaper in response to the CAG observation. I had since then gone through the CAG report on their web site which tlked about several other activities of the Aerospace Laboratory also which essentially idicates that all is not well with the reputed research laboratory. CAG report is expected to be authentic since their evaluation is from a financial angle about which one cannot argue. I however noticed that my views are not too far away from the findings of CAG. I thought I should share this with my readers and hence this brief blog.