Nasir Tyabji
Biographic Data
| ID | 1469426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nasir Tyabji |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nasir |
| FAMILY NAME | Tyabji |
| SIGNATURE | TYABJI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
N ehru, J awaharlal (1889–1964)
Jawaharlal Nehru was a major figure in the Indian National Movement, which brought independence from British rule in 1947, and was prime minister from 1947 to his death in 1964. His greatest historical achievement lies in his contribution to the creation of the state in modern India, through which he sought to carry the Indian struggle for democracy forward. Its main features were a republican constitution based on universal adult suffrage and a …
Negotiating Nonalignment
This article discusses the processes typically underlying the Indian government's technological choices in the mid 1950s, with a case study of the pharmaceutical industry. It argues that questions of the future development of India's pharmaceutical industry were impacted by debates over placing it in the public or private sector, and over securing finance from the government's own budget, from transnational corporations, or through Soviet aid. A …
Gaining Technical Know-How in an Unequal World
The paper examines the rationale behind the Government of India's decision to initiate the manufacture of penicillin through collaboration with specialized agencies of the United Nations. Initially the expectation had been that collaboration was essential with one of the prominent transnational companies which had proprietory knowledge in penicillin manufacture. This preference for aligning with a proven manufacturer rather than taking the more e…
Learning to Innovate vs. Learning to Manufacture
India's diversified and sophisticated manufacturing base contrasts strongly with the near complete absence of visible innovative capabilities. This article examines the Indian "National System of Innovation" in order to address the question of the evident distinction between the ability to make and the ability to make better.The article examines the historical record of industrialisation and innovation in India, and argues that the distinction be…
Public sector investment and technology choice in the transportation industry in Madras
Political Economy' of Small Industries Policy
Small Enterprises and the Crisis in Indian Development
There was a socio-political as well as economic imperative for the conscious encouragement of small enterprises in India. The high degree of concentration of capital in the Indian economy at the time of Independence led to a serious situation as far as the stability of the existing social order was concerned. Added to this was a situation where the country had achieved independence under the pressure of a mass national movement. Although never se…
Japanese Miracle
Gaining Technical Know-How in an Unequal World
The paper examines the rationale behind the Government of India's decision to initiate the manufacture of penicillin through collaboration with specialized agencies of the United Nations. Initially the expectation had been that collaboration was essential with one of the prominent transnational companies which had proprietory knowledge in penicillin manufacture. This preference for aligning with a proven manufacturer rather than taking the more e…
Negotiating Nonalignment
This article discusses the processes typically underlying the Indian government's technological choices in the mid 1950s, with a case study of the pharmaceutical industry. It argues that questions of the future development of India's pharmaceutical industry were impacted by debates over placing it in the public or private sector, and over securing finance from the government's own budget, from transnational corporations, or through Soviet aid. A …
Small Enterprises and the Crisis in Indian Development
There was a socio-political as well as economic imperative for the conscious encouragement of small enterprises in India. The high degree of concentration of capital in the Indian economy at the time of Independence led to a serious situation as far as the stability of the existing social order was concerned. Added to this was a situation where the country had achieved independence under the pressure of a mass national movement. Although never se…
Japanese Miracle
Political Economy' of Small Industries Policy
Public sector investment and technology choice in the transportation industry in Madras
Learning to Innovate vs. Learning to Manufacture
India's diversified and sophisticated manufacturing base contrasts strongly with the near complete absence of visible innovative capabilities. This article examines the Indian "National System of Innovation" in order to address the question of the evident distinction between the ability to make and the ability to make better.The article examines the historical record of industrialisation and innovation in India, and argues that the distinction be…
Gaining Technical Know-How in an Unequal World
The paper examines the rationale behind the Government of India's decision to initiate the manufacture of penicillin through collaboration with specialized agencies of the United Nations. Initially the expectation had been that collaboration was essential with one of the prominent transnational companies which had proprietory knowledge in penicillin manufacture. This preference for aligning with a proven manufacturer rather than taking the more e…
Negotiating Nonalignment
This article discusses the processes typically underlying the Indian government's technological choices in the mid 1950s, with a case study of the pharmaceutical industry. It argues that questions of the future development of India's pharmaceutical industry were impacted by debates over placing it in the public or private sector, and over securing finance from the government's own budget, from transnational corporations, or through Soviet aid. A …
N ehru, J awaharlal (1889–1964)
Jawaharlal Nehru was a major figure in the Indian National Movement, which brought independence from British rule in 1947, and was prime minister from 1947 to his death in 1964. His greatest historical achievement lies in his contribution to the creation of the state in modern India, through which he sought to carry the Indian struggle for democracy forward. Its main features were a republican constitution based on universal adult suffrage and a …
Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Indian Economic and Social Development (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (3 works) · Democracy (2 works)