How corruption subverts the system (2002)
The Tribune,Chandigarh, 4 May 2002 How corruption subverts the system It is like the poisoning of the village well Rajesh Kochhar EVERY time a corruption scandal breaks out we exclaim:…
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Protect innocents abroad ( 2007)
The Tribune, Chandigarh, 11 June 2007 Rajesh Kochhar I happened to hear recently a conversation between the paanwallah and an obviously regular customer. The customer was proudly narrating the success story…
Globalisation and Indian universities (2008)
The Tribune, Chandigarh,4 March 2008 Rajesh Kochhar GLOBALISATION has accentuated the divide between ‘Lower India’ and ‘Upper India’, with all benefits of liberalised economy falling in the lap of the…
Integrating IT into mainstream industry (2001)
The Tribune,Chandigarh, 7 June 2001 IT into mainstream industry by Rajesh Kochhar SOME years ago, when the Internet was still predominantly an American phenomenon, an American astronomer at an international…
Pesticide threat (2005)
The Tribune, Chandigarh,24 June 2005 Rajesh Kochhar IN the recent Green Revolution decades, Punjab has created very many new folk songs celebrating the tubewell and the tractor. No sad songs…
Panjab University at crossroads (2008)
The Tribune Chandigarh (Education) 26 August 20 Panjab University at crossroads Rajesh Kochhar THE status of Panjab University is being animatedly discussed in official correspondences and newspaper columns.…
Delusions of Science (2007)
Times of India Editorial 31 January 2007 Delusions on science Rajesh Kochhar Addressing a scientific meeting in IIT Mumbai, prime minister Manmohan Singh very rightly expressed his concern “about the…