Criticism of copyright,or anti-copyright sentiment,is a dissenting view of the current state of copyright law or copyright as a concept. Critics often discuss philosophical,economical,or social rationales of such laws and the laws' implementations,the benefits of which they claim do not justify the policy's costs to society. They advocate for changing the current system,though different groups have different ideas of what that change should be. Some call for remission of the policies to a previous state—copyright once covered few categories of things and had shorter term limits—or they may seek to expand concepts like fair use that allow permissionless copying. Others seek the abolition of copyright itself.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi,India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru,India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and research emphasis on social sciences and applied sciences.
Sukhadeo Thorat an Indian economist,educationist,professor and writer. He is the former chairman of the University Grants Commission. He is professor emeritus in Centre for the Study of Regional Development,Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is an expert on B. R. Ambedkar.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi,formerly Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi and Ambedkar University Delhi,and simply AUD,is a state university established by the Government of the NCT of Delhi through an Act of the Delhi Legislature. The university began functioning in August 2008. It is a Unitary non-affiliating University whose main focus is on undergraduate and postgraduate studies and on research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences. It is completely funded by the State Government of the NCT of Delhi. The university is now declared eligible to receive Central Government Assistance. The university has been graded 'A' by National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It is named after the polymath B. R. Ambedkar,the architect of the Indian Constitution and one of the founding fathers of India.
Mahendra P. Lama is an Indian professor and a development economist who was the pro-vice chancellor of IGNOU and the founding vice chancellor of Sikkim University in India. At the age of 45,he became the youngest vice chancellor of a National Central University in India. He is presently a senior Professor in the School of International Studies,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi;Chief Economic Adviser in the Government of Sikkim and Member of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations appointed by the Prime Ministers of India and Nepal.
Dipankar Gupta is an Indian sociologist and public intellectual. He was formerly Professor in the Centre for the Study of Social Systems,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi. For a brief period from 1993 to 1994,he was also associated with the Delhi School of Economics as Professor in the Department of Sociology. His current research interests include rural-urban transformation,labour laws in the informal sector,modernity,ethnicity,caste and stratification. He is a regular columnist with The Times of India,The Hindu and occasionally in The Indian Express and Anandbazar Patrika in Bengali. He serves on the board of institutions like the Reserve Bank of India,the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) and Max India.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union or JNUSU is a students' union at Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi.
Asis Datta is an Indian biochemist,molecular biologist and genetic engineer,known for his research on genetically modified foods and food nutritional security. He was the founding Director of the National Institute of Plant Genome Research and is credited with the discovery of genes that assist in extended preservation of fruits and vegetables. He is a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award,the highest Indian award and in the Science category,and was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri,by the Government of India,in 1999. In 2008,he was included again in the Republic Day Honours list for the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.
Shehla Rashid Shora is an Indian human rights activist who has pursued her Ph.D. at Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was vice-president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) in 2015–16 and was a member of the All India Students Association (AISA). She rose to prominence whilst leading the student agitation calling for the release for Kanhaiya Kumar,Umar Khalid and others who were arrested on charges of sedition in February 2016 for participating and organizing sloganeering in JNU.
Valerian Rodrigues is an Indian political scientist. He is known for his influential work on Babasaheb Ambedkar,and for his formulations of themes in Modern Indian Political Thought. Rodrigues has made substantial contributions to the debate on the working of the Indian Parliament,constitutionalism in India,and agrarian politics in India. As a Professor at the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),New Delhi,he was popular for his lectures on Indian Political Thought and Intellectual History,and critically reading the same through political concepts of modernity,secularism and nationalism. Before joining JNU,Rodrigues taught at the Department of Political Science at Mangalore University,Karnataka,India.
Nandu Ram is an Indian sociologist and retired professor. He is the former dean of school of social sciences at the Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi,and was one of the founding professors of the Dr. Ambedkar Chair in Sociology at JNU.
Ayesha Kidwai is an Indian theoretical linguist. She is a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi,and an awardee of the Infosys Prize for Humanities in 2013.
Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association (BAPSA) is a student organization formed on 15 November 2014 at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Birsa Munda's birth anniversary. It claims to work for student rights and the issues affecting SCs,STs,OBCs and other minority groups. BAPSA says it stands for assertion,follows Ambedkarite ideology and is critical of both Left- and Right-wing forces on campus. BAPSA is also active in Central University of Gujarat.
The Centre for Studies in Science Policy (CSSP) at Jawaharlal Nehru University is one of India's oldest and top ranked university affiliated think tanks focusing on science and technology studies in India. First established in 1972 as Center for Interaction of Science and Society (CISS),it was closed in the late 1970s by the state,finding it too critical of the nuclear energy/weaponry policies of the Indira Gandhi regime. In 1996 the centre was revived as the Centre for Studies in Science Policy. It has been regularly ranked 11th worldwide in the "Top Science and Technology Think Tanks" category of Global Think Tank Index Report.
Heeraman Tiwari is a Professor of Centre for Historical Studies,School of Social Sciences, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi and his core areas of study include Sanskrit Language,Literature,Intellectual History and Philosophy.
Fraternity Movement is a student-youth party in India working for strengthening democracy,social justice and fraternity. It is a growing student organization in many regions of India especially in West Bengal,Kerala and Delhi.
Amita Singh is an Indian political scientist,currently serving as a professor of law and governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University,in Delhi,India. She is also a member of the Indian Council of Social Science Research. She is the recipient of numerous awards,and has published widely on public administration in India. Singh has been criticized for controversial statements made regarding Dalits,Muslims,and Jammu and Kashmir.
Pratiksha Baxi is an Indian sociologist and feminist legal scholar,whose research has focused on courtroom procedures,ethnography and sexual violence against women. She is currently a member of the faculty in Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for the Study of Law and Governance.
V. K. Ahuja is a senior professor at the Faculty of Law,University of Delhi,India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University and Judicial Academy,Assam (NLUJAA),India. He has been a legal academic in the field of Intellectual Property Rights and International Law.
