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doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.334; Published online 12 November 2009

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L'Affaire CSIR

India's apex scientific research body is facing flak after questionably hiring and firing an expatriate scientist. Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju ponders over CSIR's policy on such recruitments.

The Indian scientific community is witnessing a very public washing of dirty linen at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).The intimate details of the saga.