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Rajesh Kochhar

Author of The Vedic People ( Orient BlackSwan), English Education in India, 1715-1835 (Routledge), (jointly with Jayant Narlikar) of Astronomy in India (INSA), and Sanskrit & British Empire ( Routledge, forthcoming)

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Falsifying scientific data: Blot on Indian science

Rajesh Kochhar 31/12/2014 No Comments

Rajesh Kochhar Scientific frauds take place all over the world. Once the news breaks out, a country which holds science in high esteem takes swift and stern action so that the fraud is seen as an individual aberration and not systemic failure. It is disconcerting to note that the exposure ( continue reading… )

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (2008)

Rajesh Kochhar 09/12/2008 No Comments

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 colonial rulers asked the Indian government to take up the task of “supplying the technical equipment of a modern army”. ( continue reading… )

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar: Life and times

Rajesh Kochhar 29/11/2008 No Comments

R. Kochhar (2004) S.S. Bhatnagar: Life and Times. (Review essay) In New edition, Life & Work of Sir S.S. Bhatnagar (by Norah Richards). (Delhi: NISTADS) first published 1948   Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (1894-1955) was, in a way, a bridge between two cultures and two eras. He came at a time ( continue reading… )

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