J.C. Bose in a historical perspective (2005)
Paper read at the workshop on “J.C. Bose and Today”at the 28th General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science, New Delhi,23 October 2005 The pioneering scientist who would…
Category: Blogs (Articles)
papers, lecture texts, book reviews, press reports , etc., mostly on science and education policy , history of science, ancient history
Lucio Russo :The Forgotten Revolution, reviewed by Rajesh Kochhar (2006)
Book Review The Forgotten Revolution: How Science was Born in 300 BC and How it had to be Reborn By Lucio Russo (trans. by Silvio Levy) Springer $99. ISBN 3-540-20088-1…
Reflections and insights
A nation becomes what it celebrates.-Rajesh Kochhar Any thing that needs to be proven is not worth proving.-Rajesh Kochhar A stupid person is one who does not know what you…
A tale of two databases: India’s R&D dilemma(2005)
A tale of two databases: India’s R&D dilemma Rajesh Kochhar 13 June 2005 Source: SciDev.Net Without reliable long-term data in a uniform format, it…
Rajesh Kochhar : The Vedic People, reviewed by S. Muralidharan (2000)
Volume 17 – Issue 25, Dec. 9 – 22, 2000 India’s National Magazine from the publishers of THE HINDU BOOKS Questions about the Aryan identity 200) SUKUMAR MURALIDHARAN …
Chandrayaan-I (2008)
Power Politics, New Delhi, November 2008 Chandrayaan – I Rajesh Kochhar On 22 October 2008 India successfully launched its first unmanned spacecraft, Chandrayaan-I, into space. As a first step the…
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (2008)
India TodayCover StoryStory The catalyst Rajesh Kochhar April 10, 2008 S.S. BHATNAGAR — SCIENTIST, 1894-1955 During the Second World War, in view of the snapping of communication lines, the…