Dear All
my friend worked in a research project in the capacity of Research assistant, porject was sponsored by ICMR Govt of India. in the final report of project , that was also published in international journal, the name of my friend was not included.
however he contributed to entire research project. his work was to assess the Patient and do regular follow up assessment, he did the quantitative rating, which was the back bone of all data and that ultimatley converted in to big article.
My friend was deprived of being co-author, despite of his intensive technical contribution, whether such exclusion is lawful according to intellectual property right act?
please give proper legal reference with your response.
warm regards
