Nanoscience and Technology mission (NSTM)

Link: http://content.msn.co.in/News/National/NationalIndA_051107_1109.htm#top

THis article features the current stature of Nanotechnology in India and the "Five Year National-Mission" as it said planned by the DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DST).The Nano science and technology mission is one of the major steps to get Nanotech one step forward from where it is currently. With bilions of investment and an aim of creating India Global hub for Research and Development(R&D)in NAnoscience and Nanotechnology the mission will kick start at three Nanoinstitutes of India (so far)Banglore, Kolkotta and Mohali.What impressed me the most was the closing paragraph of this entire article, which goes on like this

"Though India may have missed many a 'technology bus' over the decades, we cannot afford to miss the 'nano bus', as it is the future of the world, dominating science and technology in the 21st century," Rao said.