1. Brain drain and Scientific Communities in Collaboration with NISTADS, New Delhi (Co-PI) - CSIR
2. Status of S&T Manpower in AP GOI (Co-PI) - The DST
3. Rice Biotechnology Research Community India (PI) - The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
4. Research and Development (R& D) in Sociology and Social Anthropology - The DST, GOI
5. Ethics in Science and Technological Responsibility - European Commission, Science in Society, 7th Framework Programme, collaborative project with 8 partners spread across Europe, Kenya and India
6. Systems of Innovations for Inclusive Development: Lessons from Rural China and India - IDRC, Canada. Collaborative project with Chinese researchers. The project seeks identify innovations in agriculture and non-agricultural domains that provide employment to rural population in India and China.
Research Interests
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Awards & Fellowships
Invited to the University of Iowa, Iowa city, USA as a visiting professor to the International Programmes and Global Health Studies programme for a period of one month during the years 2005, 2007 and 2008
1990-91 - CSIR Visiting Associate: affiliated to National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi
Memberships
Life Member - Indian Sociological Society
Life Member - Indian Academy of Social Sciences
Life Member - Indian Political Economy Association
Life Member - Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru
Life Member - Indian Anthropological Association
2008 to date - Editorial collaborator - Science and Culture, published by Indian Science News Association
2012 to date - Member, Editorial Advisory Board - Journal of Rural Development, published by National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad
2007 - 2012 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board - Science Technology and Society, published by Sage, New Delhi
2010 - 2013 - Member Scientific Committee of Innovation and Development, published by Francis Taylor
