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…
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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…
Science policy in India in the globalization era (2007)
Lecture delivered at Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore, 29 August 2007 The term science policy does not command immediate recognition the way foreign policy and economic policy do. This is…
Rise and decline of modern science in India (2008)
National Academy Science Letters (Allahabad), 31 (5&6) , 171-174, 2008 Prof. R.C. Gupta Endowment Award Lecture of National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad, delivered at Panjab University, Chandigarh, 18 Jan.2008 Friends, It is a matter…
Colonial use of science and the native responses
Lecture delivered at Istanbul University, 20 October 2008 Colonial use of science and the native responses Rajesh Kochhar Org Secy IAU Commission 41 “History of Astronomy” Former Director, NISTADS,…
Challenges for creative minds (2008)
Chandigarh ( Education) 10 June 2008 Challenges for creative minds Rajesh Kochhar Human beings are endowed with intellect and imagination. Our social and intellectual leadership is also constantly exhorting young…