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R.V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar was Member of the Indian Administrative Service (1966–2003) and Secretary to Government of India in the Ministries of Culture (1997–2001) and Human Resource Development (2001–2003). After superannuation from the government, he took to teaching policy praxis at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, as Visiting Professor (2003–2009). He has rich and varied experience in policy and program development and implementation, particularly in the areas of education and culture, has several policy and program innovations to his credit, has extensive experience of dealing with a variety of international organizations and has negotiated many agreements in a number of fields. He has extensively explored the interface of law, education, culture, technology and economics. He led the Indian delegation to the historic WIPO Diplomatic Conference (1996) which concluded the Internet Treaties; he was also Chairman of the Drafting Committee of that conference. Over the years, apart from authoring several articles in reputed journals, he is Author of four books: Public Policymaking in India published (2009), The Holy Grail: India’s Quest for Universal Elementary Education (2016), History of Education Policymaking in India, 1947–2016 (2017) and Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties, 1996 (2021). 

Chapter 1. Overview.- Chapter 2. The Making of the Internet Treaties.- Chapter 3. Making of DMCA (U.S. Implementation Legislation).- Chapter 4. New Technologies Unleash Creative Destruction.- Chapter 5. The Making of EUCD and Its Transposition into National Laws of Member States.- Chapter 6. The Making of Canadian Implementation Legislation.- Chapter 7. Making of the Indian Implementation Legislation.- Chapter 8. The Romance of the Public Domain.- Chapter 9. Social Production and Distribution of Content.- Chapter 10. User Generated Content and Users’ Rights.- Chapter 11. New Intermediaries and Their Regulation.- Chapter 12. WIPO’s Policy Environment and Performance (1997-2021).