With the setting up of a dedicated public research program in nanotechnology (through the nano mission) in May 2007, the state support for nanotechnology R amp; D in India has become institutionalized. This has enabled nanotechnology to assume a privileged position within the public policy...

The nanotechnology regulatory regime in India, in concomitance with the technology itself, is fast emerging and is marked by new discoveries and their applications across disciplinary fields. Although both are emerging, this dynamism is not a two-way phenomenon; the technological developments...