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General Studies III · Topic

Indian achievements and technology capability

Official syllabus

Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.

UPSC CSE 2026 notification

What this covers

Indian science and technology capability includes research, engineering, production, deployment and learning.

Key ideas

  • Achievements
  • Indigenization
  • New technology
  • Innovation ecosystems

Subtopics 4

  1. 01Achievements of Indians in science and technologyAn achievement may be a discovery, device, process, mission or public service.
  2. 02Indigenization of technologyIndigenization builds domestic ability to design, adapt, produce or maintain technology.
  3. 03Development of new technologyDeveloping technology turns an idea into a reproducible system that works outside a laboratory.
  4. 04Research and innovation ecosystemsAn innovation ecosystem links universities, laboratories, firms, funders, public agencies and users.

Official wording is from UPSC's Civil Services Examination 2026 notification, the current baseline for CSE 2027 preparation. Always check the latest notification at upsc.gov.in. Scopes and key ideas are CSE One's study map and are being expanded.