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V.V. Krishna

V.V. Krishna

V.V. Krishna
Retired Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Studies in Science Policy,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
232
Off. Phone
011-26704123
Residence
0120-4257361
Email
krishna@mail.jnu.ac.in , vkrishna16@hotmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications
o Ph.D. in Sociology of Science, the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 1987.
o M.Phil in Appropriate Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 1981.
o M.A. in Sociology, Osmania University, 1975.
Areas of Interest/Specialization
Sociology of science; Science and technology policy; National innovation systems in Asia and Pacific; and Social history of science. 
Experience

29+ years 

International Collaboration/Consultancy
o Krishna, V.V. (2010). ERAWATCH Research Inventory Report for India. European Commission.
o Krishna, V.V. (2009). Country Report on Innovation Policies - India 2009. European Union Network InnoPolicy Trendchart, European Commission. 
Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)
o Krishna, V.V. (2010). State and the software: public policies in the shaping of the Indian software sector. The Service Industries Journal, 30(1), 25-42 (with Mahesh Sarma).

o Krishna, V.V. (2010). Social sciences in South Asia. In: World Social Science Report 2010. Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2010, pages 77-81 (with Usha Krishna).

o Krishna, V.V. (2010). Academia-industry links: modes of knowledge transfer at the Indian Institutes of Technology. International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, 9(1-2), 53-76 (with Nimesh Chandra).

o Krishna, V.V. (2009). Knowledge Production and Knowledge Transfer: A Study of Two Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT, Madras and IIT, Bombay). ARI Working Paper Series, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore #WPS 121 (with Nimesh Chandra).

o Krishna, V.V. (2009). Internationalisation of R&D and Global Nature of Innovation: Emerging Trends in India. ARI Working Paper Series, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore #WPS 123 (with Sujit Bhattacharya). 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)
o Krishna, V.V. (2007) (eds). Science, Technology Policy and the Diffusion of Knowledge: Understanding the Dynamics of Innovation Systems in the Asia Pacific. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

o Krishna, V.V. (1997) (eds). Scientific Communities in the Developing World. New Delhi: Sage Publications (with Jacques Gaillard and Roland Waast). 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.