India has a rich history of scientific accomplishments. In the fifth century nearly one millennium before Copernicus the Indian astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata theorized that the earth spins on its axis. Likewise in the twentieth century physicist Meghnad Saha's ionization equation opened the door to stellar astrophysics. But India's scientific achievements have occurred as flashes of brilliance rather than as a clear trajectory of progress. So how did India with its historic university s