Indian scientific fraternity has once again come under fire as reports have emerged of plagiarism on the part of a couple of eminent scientists, including Professor CNR Rao, the scientific adviser to the prime minister. Scientists Rao and SB Krupanidhi...

Rao and SB Krupanidhi (chairman, Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science), and students Basant Chitara (IISc) and LS Panchakarla (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) are said to have plagiarised parts of a paper...

"The corresponding authors regret the reproduction of text from an article that appeared in Applied Physics Letters in their paper," Rao and Krupanidhi said. The apology was published in the online edition on November 29 last year and was carried in the...

"The corresponding authors sincerely apologise to the readers, reviewers, and editors for this oversight and for any miscommunication," Rao and his co-author S B Krupanidhi said in an apology to 'Advanced Materials', a peer-reviewed journal covering...

This is not the first time, people - reputed (and talented) people that is - have been caught doing such things. Often people - the kind-hearted ones - say imitation is actually the sincerest form of flattery. But the truth is, not many people find it...

"The corresponding authors sincerely apologise to the readers, reviewers, and editors for this oversight and for any miscommunication," Rao and his co-author S B Krupanidhi said in an apology to 'Advanced Materials', a peer-reviewed journal covering...