By Niladry Sarkar The Indian scientific community finds itself in a precarious position these days. The century-old Indian Science Congress, recognized as the country’s most extensive annual assembly of premier scientific minds along with young students, was postponed this year, reportedly amid an unexpected tussle between the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), an autonomous body that organizes the event, and the Indian government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST), the event’s main funder. The meeting, regularly attended by Nobel laureates, has been the largest and premier …