On the chances of Sun turning around Ranbaxy

A short piece on Sun's chances with reviving Ranbaxy. Most analysts I spoke to thought the valuation was too high for a company with so many regulatory problems. http://forbesindia.com/article/big-bet/sun-has-a-better-shot-than-most-at-ranbaxy-turnaround/37664/1

Fund crunch follows talent crunch at OSDD

This month, Forbes India published my article on how a talent crunch is hampering progress for India's open source drug discovery program. Yet, this program is very valuable in the training and exposure it provides to pharmaceutical researchers and the expertise it will create for the drug development industry, going forward. Sadly, soon after my article was published, there were news reports on OSDD running out of funds, because the cabinet did not sanction the earmarked funds in time. Now, OSDD has to wait till the elections are over for the funding cycle to start again. See Business World's report here:  http://www.businessworld.in/news/economy/funds-crunch-hits-india-s-drug-development-project/1319301/page-1.html . A pathetic state of affairs.

My article here: http://forbesindia.com/article/big-bet/the-collateral-benefits-of-indias-open-source-drug-discovery-programme/37514/1

School for Politicians

A civic leadership incubator program attempts to train political aspirants. My story in Open.
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/school-for-politicians

Remembering Paul Erdos

My story for The Caravan where I spoke to Indian mathematicians with an Erdos number of 1
http://caravanmagazine.in/lede/numbers

Changes in the ancient microbiome may be leading to more modern disease

My story in Open

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/our-basic-bug-instinct

Indian ecologists turn to crowdsourcing

My article in Nature India. Free registration needed to view article.
http://www.nature.com/nindia/2013/131120/full/nindia.2013.152.html

Cancer is as natural as ageing

My review of the fascinating book The Cancer Chronicles and an interview with its author, George Johnson.
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/cancer-is-as-natural-as-ageing