Posts Tagged ‘cut and paste science’

When senior scientists in India condone “cut and paste”…

March 9, 2012

Two articles appear in The Hindu today.

Rahul Siddharthan has an opinion piece about the CNR Rao and SB Krupanidhi plagiarism case and brings out the issues involved and the responsibility of senior scientists. Their responsibility in determining and establishing the atmosphere in which research is carried out is obvious. But what is more disturbing is a news article where Professor Krupanidhi is quoted extensively. He continues to trivialise the acts of plagiarism and refuses to take any responsibility for the papers published under his supervision.

No science in ‘cut and paste’

More instances of plagiarism come to light

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