Prabir Purkayastha

Prabir Purkayastha
Prabir Purkayastha is an engineer and a science activist in the power, telecom and software sectors. He is a founding member of the Delhi Science Forum. He is the author of Knowledge as Commons: Towards Inclusive Science and Technology (LeftWord 2023) and co-author, along with Vijay Prashad, of Enron Blowout: Corporate Capitalism and Theft of the Global Commons (LeftWord 2002), and along with Ninan Koshy, M.K. Bhadrakumar, of Uncle Sam’s Nuclear Cabin (LeftWord 2007). He is co-editor with Indranil and Richa Chintan of Political Journeys in Health: Essays by and for Amit Sengupta (LeftWord 2021). He is the founder of Newsclick.in.
- Keeping Up the Good FightINR 425
September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...
- Keeping Up the Good FightINR 300
September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...
- Knowledge as CommonsINR 335
Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Knowledge as Commons ...
- आगे और लड़ाई हैINR 450
‘प्रबीर एक अद्वितीय और प्रतिबद्ध इंसान हैं’ — एडमिरल रामदास (पूर्व नौसेना ...
- Enron BlowoutINR 175
Power expert Prabir Purkayastha and commentator Vijay prashad investigate Enron in India, as well as Entron's global adventures. The authors show privatization to be what it really is: theft of the...
- Uncle Sam's Nuclear CabinINR 195
The India-US nuclear deal polarized the country in an unprecedented manner. Proponents hail the deal as the outstanding achievement of the UPA government. Opponents argue that if operationalized, i...
- Red OctoberINR 250
The first socialist state in history lasted only seventy years. This is a very small period of time in the scope of world history. Its achievements have been pilloried – its demise being the ...
- Political Journeys in HealthINR 495
Amit Sengupta (1958–2018) believed the job of a doctor was not simply to treat a sick individual, but to build a society in which health is a fundamental right of all citizens. In these times of ...
- Knowledge as CommonsINR 395
Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Knowledge as Commons ...

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