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)
HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Publications and texts of (select) invited lectures, etc.
The Tribune Chandigarh ( Science & Technology) 5 April 2013 Punjab’s pioneering scientist Professor Ruchi Ram Sahni is an important figure in the scientific, educational, cultural and political history of…
R. Kochhar (2011) Muslims and English education in colonial Bengal: Calcutta Madrasa and Hooghly Mohsin College in a historical perspective. In: Hooghly College 175, pp. 17-39. (ed: S. K.…
Rajesh Kochhar Journal of Biosciences, 2013, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 201-224 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12038-013-9316-9 Introduction European access to India was a multi-dimensional phenomenon. The merchant-rulers were keen to identify commodities that could…
Rajesh Kochhar For details see the following reference. This Table however does not appear in the paper. http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/dec2012/937.pdf Kochhar R 2012 Early natural history: contributions from the Americas and India. …
The Tribune Chandigarh, Opinion page, 4 November 2012 Excerpts: THIS year’s rankings of world universities spring no surprises as far as India is concerned. India as before is placed very low.…
Rajesh Kochhar (2012) Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 37, No. 6 ( Dec.) pp. 937-947 DOI 10.1007/s12038-012-9272-9 The early success of its oceanic voyages brought contrary pulls to bear on Europe,…
The main aim of technology today is to moronify the society at large. Smaller and smaller number of people are using more and more of their intellect so that the…