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A Brief History of Pharmaceutical Product Patents in India

How did India, which had previously allowed only process patents for pharmaceuticals, come to introduce product patents from 2005 onwards?

Jayashree Watal

February 19, 2026

A plain brown background with a red vertical strip on the right. There is the text of the left saying: Interview series Scholars in Conversation - Bringing academic insights to bear on public discourse

Stanley Yeo, Nikita Ahalyan

January 16, 2026

Scholars in Conversation: Stanley Yeo with Nikita Ahalyan

The ‘Scholars in Conversation’ series features interviews with academics across diverse disciplines and geographies. Anchored by faculty members of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, these conversations explore the work of leading voices in their fields in order to bring academic insights to bear on public discourse. Professor Stanley Yeo joined the […]

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Abhishek Punetha

January 9, 2026

Micro-Dilutions and Administrative Resistance to RTI: An Analysis of Procedural Subversion

A plain brown background with a red vertical strip on the right. There is the text of the left saying: Interview series Scholars in Conversation - Bringing academic insights to bear on public discourse

Chan Wing Cheong, Siddharth Narrain

December 23, 2025

Scholars in Conversation: Chan Wing Cheong with Siddharth Narrain

Atreyee Majumder

December 14, 2025

T(t)ime, the Ultimate Mysterium: A Journey in Ethnography

Harisankar K Sathyapalan, Lucy Reed

November 10, 2025

Scholars in Conversation: Lucy Reed with Harisankar K Sathyapalan

Kanika Gauba

October 10, 2025

Haemopolitics: Blood and the Question of Community

Mitra Sharafi, Kunal Ambasta

July 30, 2025

Scholars in Conversation l Mitra Sharafi with Kunal Ambasta

Rahul Hemrajani, Riddhi Alok Puranik, Shristy Chhaparia, Tvisha Vasudevan

July 14, 2025

A New Ranking System for Indian Legal Journals

Gitanjali Surendran, Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav

July 3, 2025

Scholars in Conversation l Gitanjali Surendran with Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav

Ronjini Ray

May 21, 2025

Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Talks: Shift from Multilateralism to Bilateralism

S. Muralidhar, Radhika Chitkara, Pranav Verma

May 6, 2025

Scholars in Conversation l Justice (Dr.) S. Muralidhar with Radhika Chitkara and Pranav Verma

Rajeev Bhargava, Atreyee Majumder

April 11, 2025

Scholars in Conversation l Rajeev Bhargava with Atreyee Majumder

Sherley H. Dokiburra

January 13, 2025

The Global Plastics Treaty: A Smokescreen to Produce More Oil?