... development to benefit those whose need is the greatest. In some cases it may be too small, but in the generality of cases today it is too large.... If the purpose of development s to bring help to those who need it most, each "region" or "district" within the country needs its own development." (Schumacher, 1973). The Appropriate technology movement in India involves a very large number of Non Government Organisations (NGOs), government departments and educational institutions and some overseas agencies. Some are good and have done well; others are more mediocre in their results and have not much to show. A small group at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, home to high-tech industries such as aeronautics, telecommunications, machine tools and computers, has been looking at ways in which science and technology can be bought to bear on the lives of India's poor. Working in the midst of molecular biologists, ...

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