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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
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
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).