In his lecture Prof. Tripathi discussed the tension between the ethical commitments expected from the scientific community and the empirical situation where the world of science is increasingly dominated by the corporate sector and motivated by the blind pursuit of profits. He underscored the fact that there is less freedom for authentic practitioners of science in most universities today which have been taken over by professional managers with little academic sense. He urged that the issue must be vigorously debated in the public sphere so that appropriate policy changes could be facilitated in the long run.