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Welcome to Liberty
Institute in New Delhi, India.
We are an independent think tank dedicated to empowering
the people by harnessing the power of the market. We seek to
uphold the four institutional pillars of a free society -Individual
Rights, Rule of Law, Limited Government and Free Market.
Established in 1996 as a non-profit organisation, we undertake
a number of activities, among them research and advocacy on
public policy issues. At present, our core area of interest
include development economics, education, environment, health,
security, and trade.
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Recent Conferences and Seminars
The impact of intellectual property protection on health care in less developed countries. Sunday 21 May 2006 6.30-8.30 PM Hotel Intercontinental, Geneva
The discussion will feature experts on intellectual property, diseases of poverty and economics, who will discuss the findings of a recent publication, the Civil Society Report on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Health and the implications of the World Health Organization’s report, Public health, innovation and intellectual property. The discussion will consider the following:
- Does intellectual property restrict access to medicines in developing countries?
- What are the barriers to the distribution of medicines in developing countries?
- Does improving the protection of intellectual property increase or restrict research and development into diseases of poverty?
For more information and speakers' profile please click here
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Past event Pictures (Please click on thumbnails for larger image)
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Dr Vaclav Klaus, President of Czech Republic, at a lecture hosted by Liberty Institute and PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi on November 8, 2005. Barun Mitra (left)
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Barun Mitra with Johan Norberg of Timbro, Sweden, who delivered the Julian Simon Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, on November 24, 2005
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Barun Mitra (left) and Dr Anil Patel (right) with Nobel laureate economist Professor Vernon Smith at the George Mason University in Virginia, USA, on April 26, 2006. Prof Smith and his wife have been invited to visit India in 2007
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