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Dr. Vasudev K. Aatre reached the highest position in the Defence Research and Development Organisation due to his outstanding contributions in many spheres of defence technologies. Hailing from a family of high traditions and values, he was brought up in an atmosphere conducive for his holistic development. He had a brilliant academic record and meritorious career in India and abroad. He had the opportunity to have his research orientation in premier institutes like Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore as well as NovaScotia at Halifax, Canada. He made outstanding R&D contributions in his capacity as Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri for five years. During this period, he gave new...
India’s Nuclear Bomb and National Security gives an analytic account of the dynamics of India's nuclear build up. It puts forward a new comprehensive model, which goes beyond the classic strategic model of accepting motives of arming behaviour, and incorporates the dynamics in India’s nuclear programme. The core argument of the book surrounds the question about India's security considerations and their impact on India's nuclear policy development. Karsten Frey explores this analytic model by including explanatory variables on the unit-level, where interests are generally related to symbolic, less strategic values attributed to nuclear weapons. These play a significant role within India's...
Today, Fuzzy Set Theory is the core discipline of so-called ‘soft’ computing, and provides new impetus for research in the field of artificial intelligence. In this fascinating book, the history of Fuzzy Set Theory and the ways it was first used are incorporated into the history of 20th century science and technology. Influences from philosophy, system theory and cybernetics stemming from the earliest part of the 20th century are considered alongside those of communication and control theory from mid-century.
This book is an English translation of the Tamil book ‘Ninaivugalukku Maranamillai’. Written by two people closest to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam—his niece Dr. Nazema Maraikayar and the distinguished ISRO scientist Dr. Y.S. Rajan; who was a close confidante of Kalam —this book gives a holistic and honest revelation of the life of Dr. Kalam from his early childhood till he breathed his last. This is the story of how a small-town boy from Rameswaram ascended to the highest echelons of the Indian political world. This book comprehensively covers the beautiful history of Indian rocketry; precursors to today’s Science and Technology; the workings of the Indian political and administrative Dr. A....
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