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.
Rajesh Kochhar For more 1953 Kumbh pictures see http://time.com/3640172/gathering-of-the-faithful-life-at-indias-colossal-kumbh-mela-1953/ UNESCO has announced its decision to include the Kumbh Mela in its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage…
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/rajputs-their-women–muslim-rulers/524111.html A casteist outfit, the Rajasthan-based Sri Rajput Karni Sena’s objection to the movie ‘Padmavati’ is somewhat surprising because the Rajputs acquitted themselves honorably in this period. The Delhi Sultanate…
As a gimmick, Google temporarily amends its logo to commemorate events, anniversaries, and the like. It calls the altered image a doodle, Google must have a research team at…
This is an enlarged version of the Book Review published in TheTribune(Spectrum) 22 October 2017 http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/books-reviews/making-of-an-institution/485000.html BOOK REVIEW Khalid Aftab (2017) Against All Odds: Institute Building in the Real World…
The Tribune Edit page 27-July-1999 INDIA-BORN US ASTROPHYSICIST Chandra observatory: tribute to a legend by Rajesh Kochhar The recent X-ray observatory launched into space by the USA has been named…
Prof Yash Pal Memorial Meeting Panjab University Chandigarh 10 Aug 2017 Remarks Rajesh Kochhar Panjab University Mathematics Department [email protected] Prof Yash Pal passed MSc Honours School in Physics in 1949…
Rajesh Kochhar If pandits have enjoyed pre-eminent position in the Hindu society for centuries, there is reason for it. Pandits have not tried to act as a moral force. Rather…