Rajesh Kochhar Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Colonial use of science and the native responses It is an interesting coincidence that the first English East India Company ship reached India the same year (1608) the telescope was invented in The Netherlands. This brings home the important point that modern science and technology has grown hand in hand with maritime trade, colonial expansion, and domination over nature and fellow human beings. We address three issues: i. How was (modern) science and technology used as a colonial tool. ii. How this rule was sought to be legitimized in the eyes of the natives as well as for home consumption iii. How did the natives respond to the above two. In particular how have the Non-West’s differential attitudes towards modern science and technology been fashioned by the colonial experience? Rajesh Kochhar is visiting from India, and will also give other lectures during his brief stay in Copenhagen. NBA Home