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Rajesh Kochhar

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

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Patently Unfair: Third World Should Uphold Traditional Knowledge (2004)

Rajesh Kochhar 09/12/2008 No Comments

THE LEADER ARTICLE: Patently Unfair: Third World Should Uphold Traditional Knowledge  Rajesh Kochhar  Times of India 27 Nov 2004   The Indian government’s success some years ago in the revocation of a 1995 patenton turmeric is significant not so much for what it accomplished as for what it drew attention to. The revoked ( continue reading… )

Towards a global perspective on globalisation (2003)

Rajesh Kochhar 01/12/2008 No Comments

  The Hindu,16 December 2003  Towards a global perspective on globalisation RAJESH KOCHHAR   Director, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi     GLOBALISATION IS a process of denationalisation of production and consumption; capital flow and services; as well as of laws and politics. What makes ( continue reading… )

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