'We Aren't Security Conscious As A Nation'

'Government officials use Gmail and ordinary phones without basic security consciousness.''Interoperability, especially in joint exercises with countries like the US, worries me.''It often means we......

Why The Americans Were Opposed To Agni

'The heat shield technology for re-entry vehicles was first mastered in DRDO for the Agni missile.''This is why the Americans were so opposed to Agni in the 1980s, unlike other missiles -- it was a......

Indian-American named NASA's associate administrator

A decorated Indian-American Amit Kshatriya has been named as NASA's new 'exploration-focussed' associate administrator, the US space agency announced. IMAGE: Amit Kshatriya has spent more than......

Jayant Narlikar: A Voice That Lit The Cosmos

'When Dr Murli Manohar Joshi wanted to start a course on astrology, Jayant was the first one to have the courage to stand up and say astrology is not science.''That's a very rare quality -- to......

IIT-Bombay student bags Rs 2 crore package from Facebook

Image: Aastha Agrawal. Photograph: Courtesy, Student Media Body of IIT Bombay (www.insightiitb.org).     An IIT-Bombay student has claimed to have received a job offer of Rs 2......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

10 Indians who are heading top tech firms, exciting projects

From being ridiculed by the western world for being a land of snake charmers, Indians have established themselves on the global business stage. Image: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Photograph,......

'My Dream Is To Keep Our Flag Flying High'

'It's a dream that I have achieved.' All photographs: Kind courtesy Anandkumar Velkumar   Anandkumar Velkumar, 22, is the first Indian skater to win a gold medal at a World Championship; he did......

'Winning A Medal For India Meant A Lot'

'It was a tough field, and I was nervous going in.''But once I stepped onto the court, I focused only on giving my best.' IMAGE: Anika Dubey, 15, has been rising in the Indian squash ranks with......

The Teenage Skater Who Won Gold For India

'Winning gold for India was a dream I lived on that rink.' IMAGE: Naisha Mehta's interest in roller skating took root when she was four-and-a-half years old. Photograph: Kind courtesy Naisha Mehta......

Why Bharat Ratna still eludes Major Dhyan Chand?

'If the country's biggest sports award is named after him, the National Stadium is named after him, then why not he is given a Bharat Ratna.' IMAGE: Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya pays......

Sharath Kamal's 11-year plan to win TT Olympic gold

‘It's almost like two and a half Olympic cycles where we can identify talent between the age of 11 to 15 and grow with them and groom them at the same time’ IMAGE: Sharath Kamal acknowledges......