Awards and Fellowships

  Amador, Mónica Awarded the Francisco Jose de Caldas, COLCIENCIAS, Ministry of Education Government of Colombia, Full Scholarship for M.Phil and PhD abroad 2010-2015.  

  Arvind, T.A. CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF). 

  Biswas, Enakshi. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF).

  Dutt, Dwarakeshwar. CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF). 

  Hasija, Kanika. CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF).

  Khalkho, Amita. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF).

  Kipgen, Thangminlen. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF).

  Mane, Rahul Sudhakar. Award of Efforts in the 26th Eisaku Sato Essay Contest from the United Nations University, Japan.

  Mane, Rahul Sudhakar. Rajat Jayanti Vigyan Sancharak Fellowship 2009-10 from the NCSTC, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

  Manonithya, R. Chief Minister’s Internship, Government of Rajasthan, May to August 2008.

  Menon, Manju Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellowship in the field of Environment, 2011-12 (Visiting Assistant in Research, Yale University. More....

  Mongia, Rahul. CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF).

  Pandey, Pooja. UGC Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF).

  Pandey, Poonam. UGC Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF).

  Panigrahi, Srikanta K. ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship.

  Patel, Varsha. UGC Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF).

  Patra, Swapan Kumar Best Papers Award in the Globelics Academy 2011, held at Tamepere, Finland during 16-26 May 2011 for paper titled "Location, Structure, Motivation and Linkages of Foreign ICT and Biotechnology Firms in India and China".

  Patra, Swapan Kumar ICSSR Research Grant for Data Collection Abroad from the People’s Republic of China, 2010.

  Prasad, Shashi Kant. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF).

  Rajesh, K. ICMR Junior Research Fellowship (ICMR-JRF).

  Sahu, Anjan Kumar. UGC Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF).

  Sharma, Aviram (PhD Student). Visiting Research Scholar at Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation (CRESI), Department of Sociology, University of Essex, United Kingdom, June-July 2011.

  Singh, Manish Kumar. CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF).

  Singh, Rajbeer. Chief Minister’s Internship, Government of Rajasthan, May to August 2008.

  Singh, Rajbeer. CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF).

  Sinha, Kunal. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF).

  Swayamprakash, Ramya. International Scholar to the Society for History of Technology (SHOT). (2012-14).

  Swayamprakash, Ramya. UGC Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF).

  Talat, Nazia. UGC Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF).

  Tiwari, Shashank Shekhar. Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship Award in the scheme of "Ethics of Biomedical Research in Developing Countries".

  Yolmo, Nima Lamu. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF).

  CSSP Research Scholars. Received several international travel grants for participating in workshops, summer schools and conferences abroad.

Students’ Enrolment

Scholars who have Completed/Awarded Ph.D. Degree

S.No.	Name	Thesis Title	Supervisor	Remarks
1	Pranav N Desai	Science and Technology in the United Nations System: Role of International Co-Operation in the Development Process	G.S. Bhalla	Awarded
2	V.R. Gummadi	Biotechnology: Western Strategies and Its Implications to the Developing Countries with Specific Reference to India	Sivatosh Mookerjee	Awarded
3	Keshavendra Kumar Govil	Thermal Electricity Generation Technology in India : Policy and Development	R.P. Sengupta	Awarded
4	Debdutta Ray	Developing Techno-Managerial Human Resources for Restructuring the Indian Power Sector: A Policy Framework for Transformation	A. Vasantha	Awarded
5	V.P. Kharbanda	Formation, Growth and Changing Structure of Scientific Communities in India and China	V.V. Krishna	Awarded
6	Seetha I. Wickramasinghe	National Agricultural Research System in India and Sri Lanka : A Study of  Organization, Scientific Communities & their Contribution to Rice Research	V.V. Krishna; Mruthunjaya (NCAPR, New Delhi )	Awarded
7	A.K. Malik	Socio-economic Impact of Information and Communication Technology: A Study of the Indian Banking Sector	P.N. Desai	Awarded
8	Mohini Gulrajani	Technological Change, Innovation and Development: Case Study of Two Indian Industrial Clusters	R. D’Souza, M. Govind	Awarded
9	Nimesh nChandra	Academia-Industry Interface: Modes of Knowledge Production and Transfer at the Indian Institute of Technology	V.V. Krishna	Awarded
10	Pritpal S. Randhawa	From Citizen’s Right to Consumer Choice Delhi’s Transport Revolution (1990-2004)	R. D’Souza	Awarded
11	Praveen Arora	National Biotechnology Innovation System: A Case Study of Health Care Sector	P.N.Desai	Awarded
12	Rajbeer Singh	Role of the National Dairy Research Institute and Central Food Technology Research Institute in Development of the Dairy Industry, Technology Foresight Perspectives.	P.N. Desai	Awarded
13	Abhinandan Saikia	Innovation Dynamics in Shifting Cultivation: The Case of Jhoom in Nagaland	S. Bhaduri	Awarded
14	Nesar Ahmad	Technology, Institution and Gender Discrimination in the Indian Coal Mining Industry: An Evolutionary Perspective	S. Bhaduri	Awarded
15	Kunal Sinha	Vaccine Innovation System in India with a Special Reference to Post-Biotechnology Period (Post 1980s)	P.N. Desai	Submitted

 

Scholars who have Submitted/Awarded M.Phil Degree

S.No.	Name	Dissertation Title	Supervisor	Year of Submission	Remarks
1	Ravinder Kumar	Inland Transport in India: A Study	B.V. Rangarao	1977	Awarded
2	K.K. Govil	Energy Resources and Utilization: Profile of a Village Community	B.V. Rangarao	1977	Awarded
3	C.D. Khurana	Tax Incentives in Scientific Research – A Study	A. Vasantha	1977	Awarded
4	V.R. Gummadi	Technology for Rural Development: A Case Study of Tribal Awangkhul	B.V. Rangarao	1978	Awarded
5	S. Koteswara Rao	Study of Some Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of R&D Performance: A Case Study of RRL Hyderabad	Sivatosh Mookerjee	1979	Awarded
6	Pranav N. Desai	International Cooperation in the Indian Agricultural Research	B.V. Rangarao	1980	Awarded
7	Sunita Raina	Biotechnology, Ecology and Ethics: Implications for Regulations	A. Parthasarathi	2002	Awarded
8	Biswanath Dash	India Meteorological Department, Cyclone Warning Services: A Case Study of Orissa Super Cyclone, 1999	A. Parthasarathi	2002	Awarded
9	Deepak Sardana	Triple Helix: University, Industry & Government  Partnerships: A Case Study of Biotechnology Sector in Delhi Region	V.V. Krishna	2002	Awarded
10	Anup Sam Ninan	State Policies on Technological Modernisation and the Response of Fishing Community in Kerala	V.V. Krishna, P.N. Desai	2002	Awarded
11	Gurshaminder Bajwa	Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policies for Development: Exploring the Recent Policy Initiatives	V.V. Krishna, A. Parthasarathi	2002	Awarded
12	Arpita Subhash	Gender and Science: Mapping of Issues and Perspectives in Indian Context	V.V. Krishna	2003	Awarded
13	Amiya Sankar Naik	Assessment of Technological Choice in Coal Mining: A Case Study of Mahanadi Coal Fields	P.N. Desai	2003	Awarded
14	Ashutosh Samal	Globalization and Biodiversity: A Study of Fauna in India	P.N. Desai	2003	Awarded
15	Rini Srivastava	Agricultural Biodiversity, International Regulations and Implications for India	P.N. Desai	2003	Awarded
16	Nimesh Chandra	Academia-Industry -Interface in Technology Commercialization: A Case of I.I.T. Delhi.	V.V. Krishna, Nasir Tyabji	2003	Awarded
17	P.S. Randhawa	Technology Choice in the Transportation System of Delhi Emerging Policy Issues and Implications in the Post Liberalization Era.	A. Parthasarathi	2003	Awarded
18	B.Mahesh Sarma	India’s National System of Innovation: An Empirical Exploration.	V.V. Krishna,  Nasir Tyabji	2003	Awarded
19	Sangeeta Tyagi	Origin, Evolution and Status of the Medical Biotechnology Industry: Perspectives and Problems for India.	N. Tyabji, A. Parthasarathi	2003	Awarded
20	Sanjay Kumar	Domestic Initiatives in Telecommunications Switching Systems from ITI To C-DOT.	N. Tyabji,  A. Parthasarathi	2003	Awarded
21	B.K. Sahu	Intellectual Property Rights in Medical Biotechnology and Health  Security with Special Reference to India	P.N. Desai	2004	Awarded
22	Rajbeer Singh	Technology and Diversification in Indian Dairy Industry: A Case Study of Gujrat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF) and Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation Ltd. (RCDF)	P.N. Desai	2004	Awarded
23	Manoj Tirkey	Indian Software Industry: Innovation and Growth	A. Parthasarathi	2004	Awarded
24	Sambit Rath	Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)  and Income Inequality: A Survey	P.N. Desai	2004	Awarded
25	Rakshat Hooja	Open Source Software (OSS) Paradigm in the Contemporary Knowledge Society: Mapping the Field, Trends, Policies and Benefits	V.V. Krishna	2004	Awarded
26	Abhilash Babu	Flexible Specialization and Feminization of Labour: A Micro-Level Analysis	A. Parthasarathi	2004	Awarded
27	Lianchawii	Biosafety in India: Issues and Challenges	Nasir Tyabji, R. D’ Souza	2004	Awarded
28	Manu Maharaj	Road and Displacement : Reviewing Aspects of the East West Corridoor Project in Western India	R.D’ Souza	2005	Awarded
29	Srinivas Yerramsetti	Role of Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development: A Case Study of the Rural Seva Project in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.	M. Govind	2005	Awarded
30	Vincent Lakra	R & D in Agricultural Bio technology and Food Security in India	P.N. Desai	2005	Awarded
31	Manish Anand	Technological Capacity Building in the Food Processing Industry	P.N. Desai	2005	Awarded
32	Abhinandan Saikia	Evolution of Vehicular Emission Norms in India	S. Bhaduri, R.D’ Souza	2005	Awarded
33	Bajrang Lal	Agro-Biotechnology, Plant Variety Protection Act, Farmers’ Rights and its Impact on the Indian Seed Sector	P.N. Desai	2005	Awarded
34	Sundan K.N.	Technology, Caste Colonial Difference: Narratives on Materials Production in Thiruvanthakoor	R.D’ Souza	2005	Awarded
35	Suranjan  Kr. Sahoo	Review of Some Aspects of Joint Forest Management and Forest Policies	P.N. Desai	2005	Awarded
36	Muqbil Ahmar	Public Understanding of Scientific Controversies: A Case Study of Bottled Water Controversy	P.N. Desai	2005	Awarded
37	Amit Pokhriyal	Bottling Pesticides: Controversy, Risk & Citizen Science in India.	R. D’Souza	2006	Awarded
38	Debojyoti Das	Structural Vulnerability to Flood and Bank Erosion in Majuli Island: The State Policy on Flood Mitigation in Brahmaputra River Basin.	R. D’Souza	2006	Awarded
39	Deepa Hazrati	From ‘Management’ to ‘Turbulence’: World Bank and Irrigation Technologies in India.	R. D’Souza	2006	Awarded
40	Kunal Sinha	Science, Technology and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: An Analysis of Vaccine Research in India	P.N. Desai	2006	Awarded
41	Madhup Dwivedi	Biofuels, Energy Security and the Emerging Policy Issues in India	P.N. Desai	2006	Awarded
42	Rakesh Kr. Ranjan	Impact of the WTO/TRIPS Agreements on the Indian Agricultural Sector with Specific Reference to Rice Varieties	P.N. Desai	2006	Awarded
43	Ravi Shukla	Technology and Democracy: Exploring the Nuclear Energy Debate in India	R. D’Souza	2006	Awarded
44	Hemant Kumar	Motivation to Innovate: A Study of Grassroot Innovators in India	S. Bhaduri	2007	Awarded
45	Pravin Kumar Kushwaha	Vulnerability and the ‘Paradigm Shift’: Debating India’s Disaster Management Framework	R. D’Souza	2007	Awarded
46	Manish Kumar Shrivastava	Convergence in Climate Change Institutions and Consequences for Developing Countries: A Study  of Supercritical Technology Adoption by NTPC	S. Bhaduri	2007	Awarded
47	Deya Roy	Technology and Urban Water Scarcity: A Case Study of Delhi Jal Board	R. D’Souza	2007	Awarded
48	Samit Ganguly	Methodological Discourse in ‘Future Studies’: A Study of Scenario Planning	M. Govind	2007	Awarded
49	Manish Kumar Singh	Technology Diffusion Under Clean Development Mechanism: A Case Study of Wind Power Generation in India	P.N. Desai	2007	Awarded
50	T. Balasubrahmanyam	Universities in the National Innovation System: A Case Study of Some Selected Central Universities	M. Govind	2007	Awarded
51	Amit Kumar	Nanotechnology Research in India: Challenges and Futures Analaysis	P.N. Desai	2007	Awarded
52	Abhananda Bhoi	Mapping the Indian Telecommunications Sector: Towards A Sectoral System of Innovation	V.V. Krishna	2007	Awarded
53	Shashank Shekhar Tiwari	Sectoral Innovation System of Stem Cell Technology in India	P.N. Desai	2008	Awarded
54	Pratibha G.	Urban Solid Waste Management: Regulations, Technologies and People	M. Govind	2008	Awarded
55	Shashi Kant Prasad	Labour Process and Technology: Trade Union Debates and the Indian Banking Sector (1990-2006)	R.D’ Souza	2009	Awarded
56	Renny T.	Changing Social Contract between Science and Society: Exploring the Case of Biotechnology in India	V.V. Krishna, M.Govind	2009	Awarded
57	Radhika Krishnan	Digging the Earth: Exploring Mining Debates in Independent India	R.D’ Souza	2009	Awarded
58	R Manonithya	Scientific Evidence and the Indian Courts: A Study of Delhi Vehicular Pollution Case	M.Govind,  V.V. Krishna	2009	Awarded
59	Pallavi Singh	Foresight Activities in the Indian Biotechnology Firms	P.N. Desai	2009	Awarded
60	Aviram Sharma	A Study of Bottled Water Quality Standards in India	S. Bhaduri	2009	Awarded
61	Amita Khalkho	Diffusion of Innovation: Grassroots Innovation in Traditional Medicine in Selected Villages of Jharkhand State	P.N. Desai	2009	Awarded
62	A P. Jayanthi	‘Science’ and Wildlife Enumeration: The Tiger Population Estimation Debate in India	R. D’ Souza	2010	Awarded
63	Pooja Pandey	E-Waste Management: Technological, Social and Legal Issues in Indian and China	M. Govind	2010	Awarded
64	Rahul Sudhakar Mane	Science Communication and the Media: A Study of Nuclear Energy in India	R. D’ Souza	2010	Awarded
65	Thangminlen Kipgen	Uranium Mining and Khasi Cultural Perception of Risk: The Case of Meghalaya	S. Bhaduri	2010	Awarded
66	Enakshi Biswas	Risk Perception of Farmers on Agri-Biotechnology: A Study of BT-Brinjal in West Bengal	P.N. Desai	2010	Submitted
67	Rajesh K.	Risk Framing in Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Study on Biomedical Governance in India	P.N. Desai	2010	Awarded
68	Arpana Pandey	Stem Cell Innovation System in India: An Analysis of Collaboration Pattern	P.N. Desai	2010	Awarded
69	Anushree Singh	Understanding the ‘Revival’ of Rainwater Harvesting System in India: the Case of Johad in Alwar, Rajasthan	S. Bhaduri	2011	Submitted
70	Franky Varah	Role of Traditional Knowledge in Forest Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study of Ukhrul District, Manipur State	P.N. Desai	2011	Submitted
71	Khetrimayum Monish Singh	Technology, Networks and Control: A Study of Digital Politics and Social Movements in India	R. D’Souza	2011	Submitted
72	Nima Lamu Yolmo	Technology, Digital Money and the Social: A Study of Malls, Debt-making and Surveillance in New Delhi (India)	R. D’Souza	2011	Submitted
73	Noklenyangla	Perspectives and Polices of Technological Self Reliance in India: Examining the Contributions of Gandhi, Nehru and Tagore	S. Bhaduri	2011	Submitted
74	Poonam Pandey	Public Participation and Agribiotechnology in India	P.N. Desai	2011	Submitted
75	Ramya Swayamprakash	Technology and Hydropolitics: A Study of the Central Water Commission in India	R. D’Souza	2011	Submitted
76	Rayies Altaf	Scientific Controversy and the Indian Print Media: A 77Case Study of BT Brinjal	M. Govind	2011	Submitted
77	Varsha Patel	Gender, Technologies and Dhobi Ghats in Delhi	S. Bhaduri; G. Arunima	2011	Submitted
78	Vidya Lakshmi Subramanian	Cricket, Technology and the Making of a Sporting Platform	R. D’Souza; M. Govind	2011	Submitted

List of Scholars Registered for Ph.D. (after confirmation of synopsis)

S.No.	Name	Thesis Title	Supervisor	Date of Admission into Ph.D.
1	Swapan Kumar Patra	Internationalization of R&D: A Study of Foreign ICT and Biotechnology Firms in India & China	V.V. Krishna, S. Bhattacharya	2007
2	Amit Kumar	Foresight Analysis in Nanotechnology Innovation System in India	P.N. Desai	2007
3	Deya Roy	Technology, Consumer Choice and Commercialization: Urban Drinking Water Supply in Delhi (1999-2010)	R. D’Souza	2007
4	Hemant Kumar	Exploring Motivation, Collaboration and Linkages for Grassroot Innovation Systems in India	S. Bhaduri	2007
5	Manish Kumar Shrivastava	Market-based Approaches in Negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Implications for “Environmental Justice”	S. Bhaduri	2007
6	Manish Kumar Singh	Diffusion of Clean Technologies in a Carbon Constrained World: The Energy Sector in India	P.N. Desai	2007
7	Praveen Kumar Kushwaha	Urban Vulnerability, Technology and Risk: Development and Disasters in Transforming Delhi into a Megacity	R. D’Souza	2007
8	T. Balasubrahmanyam	Role of Indian Central Universities in the National Innovation System: A Study of Select Universities (1990-2008)	M. Govind	2007
9	Pratibha G.	Society, Technology and Urban Solid Waste Management: A Study of Three Municipal Corporations in Kerala	M. Govind	2008
10	Manju Menon	Making Environmental (Non) Knowledge: Public Hearings and Hydro-Electric Projects in North-East India	R. D’Souza	2008
11	Srikanta K. Panigrahi	Multi-lateral Environment Agreements in “Technology Transfer” in India and its Implications on Climate Change and Energy Sector	P.N. Desai	2008

 

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