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India can boast of having made some great scientific strides over the last few years with its flourishing space programme and bio-tech industry. But despite these successes, when comparing India to other BRIC nations like China, its scientific output looks less healthy. Science historian Jahnavi Phalkey explores the state of Indian science. (Photo caption: Indian scientists and engineers of Indian Space Research Organization monitor the Mars Orbiter Mission at the tracking centre, ISTRAC, which controls the Mars Orbiter Mission in Bangalore on November 27, 2013, credit: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)