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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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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… )

A universal history of astronomy as an educational aid

Rajesh Kochhar 31/08/2009 No Comments

Rajesh Kochhar Invited  talk delivered at XXVII General Assembly of International Astronomical Union  Special Session 4: Astronomy Education between Past and Future, Rio de Janeiro 6 August 2009 A man is wise with the wisdom of his age only, and ignorant with its ignorance.    -Henry David Thoreau History is an exercise ( continue reading… )

Knowledge economy: Global or parochial?(2004)

Rajesh Kochhar 01/12/2008 No Comments

Prepared for ‘2004 STEPI International Symposium on Science and Technology Policy’, Seoul, 30 Nov. – 3 Dec. 2004 Knowledge economy: Global or parochial? Rajesh Kochhar NISTADS: National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012 [email protected] Abstract We introduce the concept of “rising” and ( continue reading… )

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