CURRICULUM VITAE

Major/Important Publications

‘Para 6 of WTO Doha Declaration: Non-Solution of TRIPS Problem’, Economic and Political Weekly, vol 41, no 4, January 28, 2006, (pp.301-303). ‘Geographical Indications in Indian Context: A Case Study of Darjeeling Tea’, Economic and Political Weekly, vol 40, no 42, October 15, 2005, (pp.4545-4550). ‘Third Amendment to Patents Act: Reflections on a TRIPS-Compliant Law’, Economic and Political Weekly, vol 40, no 15, April 9, 2005, (pp.1500-1502), (with B Dhar). ‘Implications of Intellectual Property Protection on Technological Development, particularly in the field of Information and Communication Technology’, in Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Strengthening institutional capacity to promote investment and transfer of technology with special emphasis on information and communication technology, United Nations, New York, 2004, (pp.99-118), (ST/ESCAP/2340). ‘Third Amendment to 1970 Patent Act: An Analysis’, Economic and Political Weekly, vol 39, no 52, December 25, 2004, (pp.5568-5571), (with B Dhar). ‘Indian Seed System and Plant Variety Protection’, Economic and Political Weekly, vol 39, no 8, February 21, 2004, (pp.845-852). ‘A Case Study of the Pharmaceutical Industry in India’, in United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Transfer of Technology for Successful Integration into the Global Economy, United Nations, New York, 2003, (pp.87-140), (UNCTAD/ITE/IPC/2003/6), (with B Dhar). ‘Patents for Biotechnology Inventions in TRIPs’, Economic and Political Weekly, vol 37, no 22, June 1, 2002, (pp.2126-2129). Institutional Capacity-Building to Deal with the Implications of TRIPS for Industrial and Technological Development: Case Study of India, (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok), United Nations, New York, 2001, (ST/ESCAP/2188), (with B Dhar). ‘Plant Breeders and Farmers in the New Intellectual Property Regime: Conflict of Interests’ in S Shantharam and J F Montgomery (eds), Biotechnology, Biosafety, and Biodiversity: Scientific and Ethical Issues for Sustainable Development, Science Publishers Inc, Enfield NH, 1999, (pp.177-190), (with B Dhar), (published in India by Oxford and IBH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2000). 'Indian Seed Industry and Plant Variety Protection', in R P Singh (ed), Implications of GATT/WTO on Agriculture and Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 1998, (pp.44-55). Plant Variety Protection and Plant Biotechnology Patents: Options for India, Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy (LARGE) Policy Paper No. 29, Allied Publishers Ltd, New Delhi, 1997. Contributed to UNCTAD [1997]: The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries, UN, New York, (UNCTAD/ITE/1). 'Trade Relatedness of Intellectual Property Rights: Finding the Real Connections', Science Communication: An Interdisciplinary Social Science Journal, vol 17, no 3, March 1996, pp.304-325 (with B Dhar) 'The Dunkel Draft on TRIPs: An Assessment' in K R G Nair and A Kumar (eds), Intellectual Property Rights, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1994, (pp.103-115), (with B Dhar). 'Patent System and Pharmaceutical Sector', Economic and Political Weekly, vol 28, no 40, October 2, 1993, (pp.2167-2168), (with B Dhar). 'Dunkel Draft: Critique of Government's Interpretation', Economic and Political Weekly, vol 28, no 35, August 28, 1993, (pp.1791-1792). 'Dunkel Draft on TRIPS: Complete Denial of Developing Countries' Interests', Economic and Political Weekly, vol 27, no 6, February 8, 1992, (pp.275-278), (with B Dhar). 'Recent Developments in International Patent System', Economic and Political Weekly, vol 24, nos 51-52, December 23-30, 1989, (pp.2841-2848). 'Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: Question of Patents', Economic and Political Weekly, vol 24, no 19, May 13, 1989, (pp.1053-1957)