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By Prabir Purkayastha (Posted Mar 18, 2023) Originally published: Peoples Democracy on March 12, 2023 (more by Peoples Democracy) | I MET Prof Thomas Kailath seven years back in Delhi, where he talked about how India was on par if not leading, with countries like China in science and technology in the 90s but falling rapidly behind China today with its much bigger investments. Kailath, originally from Kerala but settled in the U.S., is one of the foremost names in the world in communications, control and signal processing. I remembered his words while reading the recent startling headlines that China…