Author of The Vedic People (Orient BlackSwan), English Education in India, Sanskrit & British Empire, Science and the British Empire (Routledge) and Astronomy in India (INSA)
Rajesh Kochhar So far four genetic Indians have won the Nobel science prize: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (awarded 1930), Hargobind Khorana (1968), Subramanya Chandrasekhar ( 1983), and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2009). Of…
Rajesh Kochhar There are two annual exercises associated with Nobel peace prize. While Norway announces the winner in October, India bemoans why Mahatma Gandhi did not win the prize. If…
Rajesh Kochhar The award of 2009 Nobel peace prize to Barack Obama is a new experiment. It is like advance payment for goods to be delivered. A science Nobel prize…
Rajesh Kochhar DIMENSIONS of SCIENCE Lecture on 10 June 2003 at India International Centre, New Delhi War and pornography have played a significant role in the development of information and communication technology (ICT).Both…
Rajesh Kochhar Invited talk delivered at XXVII General Assembly of International Astronomical Union Special Session 4: Astronomy Education between Past and Future, Rio de Janeiro 6 August 2009 A man is wise…
Sunday Times of India, 14 July 1991 Rajesh Kochhar [This essay reviews Kameshwar C. Wali’s authorized biography of Subramanya Chandrasekhar, titled Chandra. The review was written when Chandrasekhar was still…
The Tribune , Chandigarh, 7 January 1999 Rajesh Kochhar The name Jantar Mantar, sounding like hocus-pocus, would have pained Raja Sawai Jai Singh. The quaintly shaped buildings at Delhi and…