Articles by Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan

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An egg seller in Delhi. Photo by Pallav.journo/Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] As India faces an egg shortage, can insects be a potential solution for protein and nutrition?

by Femi E. Benny, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan 27 March 2023

India surpassed China as the world's most populous country as of January 17, 2023 - a fact that we were perplexed about whether to celebrate or be concerned. This was…

[Commentary] Access and Benefit Sharing provision of CBD can stifle mitigation of global pandemics

by Prathapan K. Divakaran, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan 20 October 2020

No virus respects national boundaries or sovereign rights of nation states. Yet, citing issues of equity in Virus Sharing Mechanism, Indonesia decided to withhold the virus samples of avian influenza…

[Commentary] CBD obstructs biological research that needs international collaboration

by K. Divakaran Prathapan, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan 17 July 2018

“There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.” - Anton Chekhov A leading taxonomist from one of India’s…