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doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.316; Published online 27 October 2009

Interview

Move aside plastics

K. Anantha Padmanabhan, Mercator Professor of DFG (German Research Foundation) at the Institute of Materials Physics, University of Muenster, Germany and a former director of IIT Kanpur speaks to Mohit Kumar Jolly on 'superplastics', science education and doing science in India.

Q: How do you rate the growth of R & D sector in India?

A: The growth of R&D sector, especially in engineering, has not been so great. Indian industries lack confidence.

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