New Technologies and Emerging Structures of-Global Dominance

Global Dominance P Purkayastha Whereas the existing global scenario appears to offer little opportunity to countries like India to break out of the present stranglehold of technological monopoly/control by advanced countries and MNCs, the potential exists for evolving alternative technological paradigms based on contemporary advanced knowledge. In other words, the choice is not only between surrendering to a junior partner role or following an autarkic reinvent-the-wheel mode. Even at the present high level of science and technology knowledge India does have the capability in terms of human and financial resources to pursue other options.