Shiv Visvanathan

Bio

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"Shiv Visvanathan is Professor at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, India. He was Senior fellow Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in Delhi and has taught at the Delhi School of Economics. He has held visiting professorships at Smith College, Stanford, Goldsmiths, Arizona State University and Maastricht University. He is author of Organizing for Science (OUP, Delhi, 1985), A Carnival for Science (OUP, Delhi, 1997) and has co-edited Foulplay: Chronicles of Corruption (Banyan Books, Delhi, 1999). He has been consultant to the National Council of Churches and Business India. He is a regular columnist to newspapers like The New Indian Express, Indian Express and The Deccan Chronicle and The Asian Age. He also contributes to popular magazines like Outlook, India Today, Governance Today and Tehelka.

ACADEMIC INTERESTS His interests center on cultures of knowledge, popular culture, urban studies,the sociology of corruption, sociology and philosophy of science, history of technology, social movements, globalization, culture and the politics of environmentalism, disaster management and futures

Membership /Other activities : Chairman, LOKAYAN, 1988-90; Editor, IUMDA Newsletter, 1990-93; Member, Editorial Board, Lokayan Bulletin, 1992-95; Member, Editorial Board, Alternatives, Delhi and Colorado, till 1997; Member, Advisory board, Studies in Science Technology and Society, Sage, Delhi (till 2004), Member, Advisory Board, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla,( till 1994) Member of Board of Management of [Center for Environmental Planning and Technology]" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Visvanathan)