Media Engagement

Invited Opinion Pieces/ Op-Eds & Essays

"Secret Book #1" by Randy Cox is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Interviews, Panel Discussions & Quotes

NASA, ESA, Sarajedini (University of Florida) and Judy Schmidt, Hubble Telescope

Invited Opinion Pieces & Essays

Courts must take a holistic view of the economy, Hindustan Times, 03 August 2022

TRIPS waiver paradox & the COVID19 vaccine race? Financial Express, 04 June 2021

New FCRA rules strike NGOs at a critical time, Indian Express, 15 December 2020

Why the abrogation of labor laws is problematic, Indian Express, 17 June 2020

Challenges before India, once COVID-19 pandemic is over, The Week, 06 April 2020

Our economy and the courts, Mail Today. 24 October 2019

Today's incentives for tomorrow's cures in India, The Guardian, 15 October 2019

Why a trade war with the US is bad news for India, First Post, 21 September 2019

RIP, Private cryptocurrency, Mail Today, 07 August 2019

The next patent frontier beckons, Mail Today, 10 July 2019

Delhi's mounting waste problem, Mail Today, 26 June 2019

The 5G battle is heating up, Mail Today, 12 June 2019

Brace for the next big technology battle, Mail Today, 22 May 2019

A new framework for IP Policy needed, Mail Today, 8 May 2019

Let's rethink our steel policy, Mail Today, 24 April 2019

A Blockchain makeover, Mail Today, 10 April 2019

Two decades of the mighty 3GPP, Economic Times, 01 April 2019

Technology solutions for bank NPAs, Mail Today, 28 March 2019

Fintech needs a strong identity, Mail Today, 14 March 2019

Blockchain tech comes of age, Mail Today, 28 February 2019

Cracking the Fintech code, Mail Today, 13 February 2019

Myopic Vision For Momentary Gains, Business World, 26 December 2018

Enhancing India's competitive edge, Financial Express, 22 October 2018

Empowering existing institutions holds the key to IoEs, Indian Express, 24 August 2018

Trade margin rationalization a game-changer, Financial Express, 29 June 2018

Reward innovation, The Hindu, 13 May 2018

An economic analysis of justice in corruption cases, Live Mint, 09 April 2018

IP market expansion: Need a robust IPR ecosystem, Financial Express, 29 March 2018

Justice cannot be blind to the economy, Hindu Business Line, 27 March 2018

NPPA must balance access with innovation, Live Mint, 20 March 2018

Price control in healthcare is a misguided policy, BioVoiceNews, 27 February 2018

Look for proof in policymaking, The Hindu, 04 February 2018

Ten developments in the communications industry, Economic Times, 18 January 2018

Ill-equipped for a healthy nation, Economic Times, 15 December 2017

Balancing patents and drug prices, Live Mint, 28 November 2017

Evidence suggests we protect IP in India, Financial Express, 02 August 2017

India’s proposed IP Exchange for quality patents, Hindustan Times, 31 July 2017

M2M & GSM for IoT-enabled rural development, Economic Times, 02 June 2017

A robust IPR regime is necessary for growth, Live Mint, 02 May 2017

Who is riding the IoT patent chariot in India? Economic Times, 14 March 2017

Germany’s SEP injunctions: Lessons for India, Economic Times, 21 February 2017

Software Patents and CRI Guidelines, Financial Express, 20 October 2016

Safeguarding confidential info isn’t anti-competitive, Economic Times, 11 August 2016

Is the SEP/FRAND debate a battle of business models? Economic Times, 18 May 2016

Phones that are too smart for the law, Hindu Business Line, 11 April 2016

Time to Pause on IEEE policy and 'Make in India’, Business Standard, 06 April 2016

The Truth Behind Shifting Focus on Education in India, Ideas for India, 05 August 2015, International Growth Centre

IP, Competitiveness & Trade, in Processes and Contributions of IP Systems to Innovation, OECD Innovation Policy Platform, 2015

Combined Uses of Intellectual Property, in Processes and Contributions of IP Systems to Innovation, Innovation Policy Platform, OECD Innovation Policy Platform, 2015  

Quotes in the Media & Interviews

Quoted by Times Now, 7 January 2021, in an article on ‘Coronavirus vaccine: Experts on why India should opt for vaccine portfolio approach'

Quoted by Morung Express, 4 January 2021, in an article on ‘Experts question the emergency use authorization'

Quoted by Live Mint, 7 April 2020, in an article on 'Coronavirus: India struggles to find emerging hotspots’ 

Quoted by Live Mint, 23 March 2020, in an article on 'Janata Curfew: 14 hours self-quarantine turns into a complete lockdown in some states'

Quoted by Live Mint, 3 February 2020, in an article on 'Coronavirus: India may quarantine passengers traveling from China' 

Quoted by The Print, 5 November 2019, in an article on 'This is why the Supreme Court should take some blame for India's economic crisis'

Interviewed by The Education World, November 2019 issue on 'Re-imagined, re- structured commerce education in India’

Quoted by Economic Times, 21 June 2018 on new age universities

Interviewed by the Asia-Europe Foundation, 14 May 2019 on the role of universities in meeting SDG targets.

Quoted by India Today, 13 June 2019, Aspire edition. 11. Invited by NDTV 24x7 as a panelist on a prime-time live show to analyze the Interim Union Budget on 1st February 2019.

One of my articles published in the J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 17: 326 (2018) has been cited in a crucial European Parliament document on ‘Standard Essential Patents and Internet of Things (IoT)’. The document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and commissioned, overseen, and published by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs.

One of my co-edited books 'Multi-dimensional Approaches Towards New Technology: Insights on Innovation, Patents, and Competition' is part of Springer International’s list of top ten new books in law in 2018 and ranked 3 in the ten most downloaded new books in law in 2018 internationally.

As of July 2020, two of my books on technology innovation have been downloaded more than 182,000 times since their release in 2017 and 2018. My chapters have collectively been downloaded more than 40,000 times - a record for Springer in India.  

Interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) in May 2015 for U.S. Senate- India Caucus (Washington DC) and published under the title ‘India’s IP Regime: Renewed Reform Efforts and Ongoing Challenges’