Description
Key Features:
Comprehensive coverage of all major areas of science and technology today
Balances global and national focus
Scientific basis of key topics explained concisely
Takes an integrated multidimensional approach to technology including political, economic and ethical issues
Emerging areas like wireless communication, latest generation of WMD’s, NANO technologies etc covered
Provides guidance on the topic for all stages of the civil services examination from the preliminary to the interview
Comprehensive lists of key terminologies
Table of Content:
PART I: GENERAL ASPECT
1. Role of Science and Technology in India
2. Science and Technology in India
3. Institutional Structure for Science and Technology in India
4. Science and Technology Education and Research in India
PART II: ENERGY
5. Energy Sector and Policy
6. Fossil Energy Resources
7. Electric Power
8. Non-Conventional Sources of Energy
9. Energy Conservation
PART III: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
10.Nuclear Energy
11.Nuclear Fusion
12.Non-Energy Aspects of Nuclear Technology
13.India’s Nuclear Program
PART IV: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
14.Computer Technologies
15.Computer Software
16.Computer Networks
17.Security Issues in IT
18.Supercomputer Technology
19.Recent Advances in IT
20.IT Industry in India
21.IT and Government in India
22.Communication Technology
23.Wireless Communication
24.Telecommunications in India
25.Television and Entertainment Technologies
PART VI: SPACE
26.Space Technology
27.Space Programme in India
PART VII: MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
28.Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies
29.Superconductivity
30.Laser and Photonics
PART VIII: ENVIRONMENT
31.Global Environmental Issues
32.Environment and India
33.Earth Sciences in India
34.Meteorological Science
PART IX: DEFENCE
35.Nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction
36.Defence Technology in India
PART X: BIOTECHNOLOGY
37.Biotechnology
38.Applications of Biotechnology
39.Biotechnology in India
APPENDIX 1: Science Policy Resolution
APPENDIX 2: Glossary of IT Terms
APPENDIX 3: Glossary of Biotechnology Terms
APPENDIX 4: Glossary of Concepts in Environment
APPENDIX 5: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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