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BAHUT SCOPE HAI BHAI..!! Well... the memory trail goes back to 2004 when I first heard about the so called scope of Biotechnology with an excellent stats of placements from different institutions. And as it happened to all my colleagues, the pseudo placement stats made me crazy about this Biotech stuff followed by day dreams of earning 40K immediately after graduation and blah blah....! So I got into this college for B.Sc. and paid a donation as well in the name of development fund while I could have easily gotten into Maharashtra's one of the best Engineering Colleges. Anyways, so my craziness continued as we started learning and went on and on.  The question WHY never peeped into my head as if I was lost in the unfathomable data of genetic code. Finally, the bubble of Bahut Scope Hai bursted and I went into temporary shock which made me crazier and i decided to pursue Masters in Biotechnology. Finally, after a long struggle I gotten into really good institution t

Article 22.1 of TRIPS Agreement refers to the term Geographical Indications as - "...indications which identify a good as originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin." On 15th September, 2015, the Geographical Indications Act, 1999 celebrated its 12th birthday since the day of enforcement, Unfortunately, it is still considered to be in its initial stages. In fact, when I tried to search whether the IPAB or Courts have interpreted the meaning of the term "Producer" defined in Section 2(1)(k) of the Geographical Indications Act, 1999, I could not find a single document throwing light on this issue.  Section 2(1)(k) of GI Act, 1999 defines the term producer as "Producer‟ in relation to goods, means any person who, if such goods are agricultural goods, produces the goods a

WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OF  WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NAIROBI (2015) -CREDIBLE DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES? *Long Post Ahead. The issues of Food security, storage subsidies and peace clause are going heat up the negotiations during the World Trade Organization (WTO) 10 th Ministerial Conference scheduled during 15-18 December 2015, at the KICC in Nairobi, Kenya. India had taken a firm stand on the issues at hand stand during the previous Ministerial Conference held in 2013 at Bali, Indonesia. If India manages to get support during this ministerial conference then it will be considered as one of the major political success. As Joseph Glitz in his book “Globalization and Its Discontents” described, globalization has reduced the sense of isolation felt in much of the developing world and has given many people in the developing countries access to knowledge well beyond the reach of the wealthiest in any country a century ago. Opening up to international trade has helped many countri