World of tech-savvy Ganesha
6 April 2007 TREASURE TROVE World of tech-savvy Ganesha Smriti Sharma In Rajesh Kochhar’s house, Lord Ganesha reads a book and has a telephonic conversation Lord Ganesha operating the…
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International Year of Astronomy
The Tribune, chandigarh, Friday, 2008 January 4 Rajesh Kochhar THE United Nations has declared the year 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) to commemorate…
Recommended role model: A wise old monkey
Any body can react after the event. If you are, or want to be, in a leadership position, you must anticipate. There was a wise old monkey who addressed the…
Cultivation of Science in the 19th Century Bengal(2008)
Indian Journal of Physics, 82(7):1003-1082 (2008) Cultivation of Science in the 19th Century Bengal Rajesh Kochhar National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector 67, Mohali (Punjab) [email protected] Abstract…
Denationalised middle class: Global escape from Mandal (2004)
Economic and Political Weekly, 3 January 2004 Denationalised middle class: Global escape from Mandal Rajesh Kochhar Globalisation has prevented Indian upper castes from accepting a diminished role and status consistent…
Seductive orientalism:English education and modern science in colonial India(2008)
Social Scientist, 36:45-63, 2008 Prof. S.C. Mishra Memorial Lecture , 68th Indian History Congress, Delhi, 28 Dec. 2007 Seductive orientalism: \English education and modern science in colonial India Rajesh Kochhar Professor of Pharmaceutical…
Sucker of the year award(1999)
, January 16, 1999 The Sucker of the Year Award By Rajesh Kochhar RECENTLY All India Radio carried an item in its national news that a former Union Minister…