‘LED’ spotlight – at the bottom of the pyramid!

Till about 5 years ago, whenever I read the term “LED”, the first thing that came to my mind was a fancy imported television. When I came across this term in the beginning of 2011, the first thing to cross my mind was luxurious rich daddy lighting in a lavish mansion. But when I was

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Charting through India’s waste waters

Recently, I read an interesting quote-”Third world war will take place over water.”  I was really surprised to read it as I always thought that the next war could be over fuel or uranium. But soon after that, when I was working on one of my projects, I studied the concepts of water management, treatment,

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Product Patent Regime in India – the journey from imitation to innovation

When the earth completes a revolution around the sun, it reaches the same place from where it started – but is it exactly the same? Not only has time progressed, it is the beginning of yet another year with countless possibilities and new endeavors. I can say that the Indian pharmaceutical industry has also completed

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End of Press Note 1 (and 18): Boost to foreign direct investment (FDI) in India

India has a reputation for its complex policies, despite a professed liberal attitude. The best example of this has been the protectionist clauses espoused by Press Note 18 (of 1998) and Press Note 1 (2005).

These press notes are not laws passed in Parliament, but merely guidelines. However, they are treated as laws for all practical

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Catching the pulse of the Indian pharma market!!

With global pharmaceutical markets registering sluggish growth (around 4-6%), multinational companies have shifted their attention towards emerging markets like India which grew at the double digit rate of around 13-15% in 2010. Economic growth, increasing healthcare expenditure and the improved Intellectual Property framework has made India an attractive destination. It is currently the third largest market

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