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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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Indian pharmaceutical industry: policies, achievements and challenges

Rajesh Kochhar 24/05/2014 No Comments

  Current Science, 2014, Vol. 106 , No 10, pp. 1345-7 ( 25 May) Throughout history, patent laws have been enacted to protect national interests. Their defence however is couched in universal language to deflect criticism. Even post-TRIPS, India has so far successfully managed to retain a  patent regime that ( continue reading… )

Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights : A historical perspective

Rajesh Kochhar 02/01/2010 No Comments

Presented at Second International Law Conference organized by Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, 15 Nov. 2004. Rajesh Kochhar Indian nationalist leadership of the late 19th century was in a confused state of mind. It could not decide whether it should challenge the colonial empire’s might and incur its ( continue reading… )

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… )

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