Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xvii
4. Note on Spelling, Photographs, and Currencies xxi
5. Map of Atomic Energy, Space, and Defense Research Centers in 1974 xxii
6. Atomic Energy, Space, and Defense Research Centers in 1974 xxiii
7. List of Abbreviations xxv
8. ONE. Introduction 1
9. TWO. Building Scientific Careers in the 1920s: Saha and Bhatnagar, from London to Allahabad and Lahore 23
10. THREE. The Bangalore Affair, 1935–38: Scientists and Conflict around C. V. Raman 57
11. FOUR. Imagining a Scientific State: Nehru, Scientists, and Political Planning, 1938–42 79
12. FIVE. Homi Bhabha Confronts Science in India, 1939–44 97
13. SIX. Indian Scientists Engage the Empire: The CSIR and the Idea of Atomic and Industrial Power 107
14. SEVEN. Saha, Bhatnagar, and Bhabha in Contrast, 1944–45 123
15. EIGHT. Restless in Calcutta: Meghnad Saha’s Institution-Building 133
16. NINE. Bhatnagar Builds a Chain of National Laboratories and Steps Upward 149
17. TEN. Bhabha Builds His Institute in Bombay 169
18. ELEVEN. The Politics of the Early Indian Atomic Energy Committee and Commission 183
19. TWELVE. Scientists’ Networks, Nehru, and India’s Defense Research and Development 205
20. THIRTEEN. A Scientist in the Political System: Professor Saha Goes to Parliament, 1952–56 227
21. FOURTEEN. The Indian Cabinet and Scientific Advice in the 1950s and 1960s: Bhabha, Atomic Energy, and Reforming Scientific and Industrial Research 249
22. FIFTEEN. A New Scientific Elite: Sarabhai Builds Another Atomic Energy Network, 1966–71 277
23. SIXTEEN. A Day in the Life of Two Research Institutes in Bombay and Calcutta 291
24. SEVENTEEN. Governance, Management, and Working Conditions in Research Institutes Founded by Saha and Bhabha 311
25. EIGHTEEN. Governance and Influence in the Research Institutes Bhatnagar Built 351
26. NINETEEN. Articulating Science and Technology Policy for Indira Gandhi’s Cabinet 369
27. TWENTY. Building a High-Technology Economy through Atomic Energy, Space, and Electronics 395
28. TWENTY-ONE. Nuclear Expectations and Resistance in India’s Political Economy 427
29. TWENTY-TWO. Scientists in India’s War over Self-Reliance 443
30. TWENTY-THREE. The First Bomb Test: Its Context, Reception, and Consequences in India 479
31. TWENTY-FOUR. The Scientific Community, the State of Emergency, and After, 1975–80 499
32. TWENTY-FIVE. Conclusions 523
33. Chronology of Events 571
34. Biographical Notes 577
35. Notes 591
36. Index of Names 671
37. Index of Names 677