A new book authored by senior IAS officer Dr Raju Narayana Swamy, widely known as Kerala’s anti-corruption crusader and firebrand bureaucrat, is drawing widespread attention in academic and administrative circles.
Titled The Saga of Geographical Indications Across the Globe, the book focuses on the role of Geographical Indications (GI) in fostering social capital and argues for a shift from a state-driven, trader-centric model to a producer-driven bottom-up approach.
The book discusses the international GI regime, legal framework, global case studies and issues related to trans-border Geographical Indications. It was released by Binaya Srikanta Pradhan, Consul General of India, during an event held in New York.
This is the 36th book authored by Dr Swamy. His earlier works include the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning travelogue Shantimanthram Muzhangunna Thazhvarayil and Neelakkurinji: Oru Vyazhavattathile Vasantham, which won the Kerala State Award for Children’s Literature.
Dr Swamy was recently in the news for performing a record 38 assignments as Central Observer for the Election Commission of India, including an international observer assignment during the 2018 Zimbabwe elections.
In 2021, he received the prestigious Leonardo da Vinci Fellowship instituted by the Center for Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy at George Mason University for his contribution to intellectual property law scholarship. He was also awarded the Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award by IIT Kanpur in 2018 for his fight against corruption.
Apart from this, he received the Homi Bhabha Fellowship in cyber law. Dr Swamy has also played an important role in implementation of policies related to rural development, education and health, and is known for promoting transparency, accountability and citizen-centric governance through technology.
A BTech graduate in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Dr Swamy also holds a PhD in Law from Gujarat National Law University. He secured All India Rank 1 in the 1991 IAS batch.
He also earned a PG Diploma from the National Law School, Bangalore as well as an LLM from NLU Delhi – both with gold medals.
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