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Article Breathing Under the Water…..of Life?? published in the New Indian Express on 16th April 2021.

Article Family & Home in Lockdown the Only Stay? published in the New Indian Express on 23rd May 2020.

Article “Fight Covid-19 with Japanese Ikigai…..!! published in Thrive Global on 19th May 2020.

Article Ikigai: Japanese Secret to Stay Positive published in the New Indian Express on 7th Apr 2020.

Article Coronavirus Outbreak: Staying Happy and Healthy during Trying Times” published in the New Indian Express on 23rd Mar 2020.

Article Soft Infrastructure for Making in India” published in the New Indian Express on 23rd Dec 2017.

Article “Care Givers or “Scare” Givers…??” published in the September 2014 issue of the magazine “Dignity Dialogue”, a publication of the Dignity Foundation.

Article on CSR titled “Do Boond for Society”, published in “The Financial Express” and “The Indian Express” on December 31, 2013.

Column: “The Business with a Silver Lining” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises magazine SME WORLD on August 30, 2013 (July-September-2013 issue)

Article “A “Guru +” for your Connectivity with God” published in Focus Global Reporter, June 2012 issue

Article “The “Black Forest”….. Within” published in Focus Global Reporter, February- 2012 issue

Article “Need a Plumber……..for Happiness !!” published in Focus Global Reporter, December-2011 issue

Article “Your Eiffel Tower” published in “The Hindustan Times” Inner Voice column as “How to Look at Life” on July 25, 2011.

Article “Countering Negatives for Spiritual Bliss” published in Focus Global Reporter, November-2010 issue.

Article “Happiness: Stepping Stone to Spiritual Bliss” published in Focus Global Reporter, September-2010 issue

Article “That’s Life’s Happiness!” published in “The Hindustan Times” Inner Voice column as Life’s gains, Misses” on March 15, 2010

Article “Be Happy” published in “The Times of India” supplement “Wellness Times” on November 6, 2009

Article “Culture Capital Lacks Culture” published in the Tabloid “METRO NOW” (New Delhi), on May 14, 2008

Opinion on “Who is Most Influential in the World?published on TIME magazine website in “TIME talk back- on TIME-100 list, on May 2, 2008

Article “Closed Emotions Open Page”published in “The Hindu” Open Page column as Closed Emotions” on March 9, 2008

Hindi poetry “Intezaar”published in an organizational magazine in Bombay, 1998

Ideas on “Making Bombay Better” (Contest), published in “THE METROPOLIS” (Anniversary issue) Newspaper, Bombay, dated February 5-6, 1994

Article “GIFT for the Nation” published in the FEMINA magazine “Soap Box” column, as “Why Make A Baby When you can Take One?”, on July 23, 1993

Column : “The Business with a Silver Lining” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises magazine SME WORLD on August 30, 2013 (July-September-2013 issue)

Column : “Emerging Country of Women” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises magazine SME WORLD on November 27, 2012 (October-December-2012 issue)

Column : “Entrepreneurship…BBB Style” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises supplement magazine SME WORLD on January 6, 2012 (Nov-Dec-2011-January-2012 issue)

Column : “Business Responsibility for MSMEs” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises supplement SME WORLD on October 13, 2011 (Aug-Oct-2011 issue)

Column : “New Paradigms” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises supplement SME WORLD on June 2011 (May-July-2011 issue)

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “The BBB Model of Entrepreneurship -II” published in June- 2011

Column : “The Second Last Word” in SME World magazine. “The BBB Model of Entrepreneurship- I” published in May- 2011

Article “IP Rights…………..and Wrongs” published in the Legal magazine “Lex Witness”, April-2011 issue

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “The Imperfect Haiku” published in April- 2011

Article “Learn to Identify Your Intangible Assets” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises supplement SME WORLD on March 31, 2011 (Feb-Apr-2011 issue)

Article “India’s Intellectual Capital” published in “Focus Global Reporter”, March-2011 issue

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “Rural Poor vis-a-vis Urban Poor” published in March 2011

Article “Bharat……..Highly Inflammable…?” published in “Focus Global Reporter”, February-2011 issue

Column :“The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “EntrepreneurSHIP For India….??” published in February 2011

Article “Science, Technology and Human Values” published in “Focus Global Reporter”, January-2011 issue

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “Resolutions For Breaking….??” published in January 2011

Article “IPRs & Branding for Artisanal Clusters” published in “The Financial Express” Small & Medium Enterprises supplement SME WORLD on December 10,2010 (in the Nov-2010-Jan-2011 issue)

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “Branding For Dilution….??” published in December 2010

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “Gendered For Injustice….??” published in November 2010

Article “Need For Going Green” published in “Focus Global Reporter”, October-2010

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “Selling For Winning” published in October 2010

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “Skilling the Bottom of the SME Pyramid” published in the 2nd Anniversary issue, September 2010

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “Leadership For SMEs” published in August 2010

Column : “The Second Last Word” in “SME World” magazine. “C”SR For Happiness” published in July 2010

Article KAIZEN Is The Way…….Gambatte Ne!” published in “SME World’, April 2010

Paper “IPR Strategy for Energy Solutions” accepted for presentation at the “International Conference on Applied Energy” ICAE-2010, held at Singapore on 21-23 April, 2010

Article “Empowering Handicrafts Artisans and Entrepreneurs through Education & Training” published in “SME World” in January 2010

Article “ IPRs: The Lifeline of the SME World Today” published in the 1st Anniversary issue of “SME World”, in September 2009

Article “Harnessing Intellectual Property for Inclusive Development” published in Ch. Charan Singh University (Meerut) Intellectual Property Souvenir 2009, in April-2009

Reviewed & edited the chapter on “Geographical Indications”, of a book on “Cluster Development”

Been invited to write a chapter on “Geographical Indications” for a book on IPR

Article “Role of Geographical Indications in an Evolving Global Trading System”, published in the ITC – Geneva, Business Brief, June-23, 2008

Article “IPRs in Artisanal Clusters” published in the national daily -“Business Standard” on May 16, 2008. This article is carried by a number of other sites too

Article “Brand Strategy in Artisanal Clusters” published in the daily “Central Chronicle” on May 8, 2008

Article “Geographical Indicators-Wake-up call !” published in an IP publication, November 2007

Paper “Culture, Creativity and Intellectual Property Rights” published in an IP publication, September 2005

Article “Geographical Indicators-Wake-up call !” published in the “Craft Revival Trust” online news-letter, vol LXXII- Issue-8, Sept-2005

Article “IPR Strategies for the Indian Fashion Industry” published in the reputed fashion Journal “Fashion-Next”, July-2005 issue

Article “Rajasthan’s Wealth of Intellectual Capital” published in the national daily – “The Hindu” on May-31,2005. This article is also carried by the “The Gene Campaign” news bulletin and ‘What is India” site

Article “SMEs are in urgent need of an IPR and Patenting Infrastructure” published in the national daily – “The Financial Express”, on Feb.18, 2005. This article is also carried by “Business Asia Network” website

Article “Patent Injustice” published in the magazine “Down To Earth”, October-31, 2004 issue. This article was also carried in the editorial of “The Central Chronicle” on Oct-20, 2004 and “The Kashmir Times” of Nov-20, 2004

Paper “Intellectual Property Rights and Visual Artists : New Dimensions” accepted for presentation at the “ 3rd Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities”, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2005

Paper “Preservation And Enhancement of Indigenous Knowledge” accepted for presentation at the International Conference “Impact of Globalization, Regionalism and Nationalism on Minority People In South East Asia” of Chiang Mai University , Thailand, November 2004

Paper “Traditional Knowledge, Creativity And Intellectual Property In Artisanal Clusters : Role of Social Entrepreneurship” accepted for presentation at the 4th IEF (International Entrepreneurship Forum) International Conference, jointly organized by the OECD-LEED programme, University of Essex and University of Paris Dauphine, held in Paris (France), in Sept. 2004

Paper “IPR, Traditional Knowledge and Artisanal Production” published in an IP publication, Sept. 2004

Article “No Free Lunches” published in “The Humanscape Magazine”, Aug-2004 issue

Paper “Paramparagat Gyan Ka Baudhik Sampada Prabandhan Avam Sanrakshan: Gram Vikas Avam Jan Sadharan Ke Kalyan Hetu” accepted for presentation at the “Third Hindi National Science Congress” held in New Delhi in February -2004

Paper “Intellectual Property protection Of Traditional Knowledge In Artisanal Clusters” accepted for presentation at the “National Conference on Traditional Knowledge systems in India” held at IIT, Kharagpur in January-2004

Report “Community Ownership of Brand And Protection of Traditional Knowledge In Artisanal Clusters”, study conducted for UNIDO Cluster Development Programme-India, published in 2004