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Hemant Kumar

Assistant Professor & Programme Coordinator M.A. in Social Work

Centre for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy/School of Social Sciences

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Qualifications

  • PhD .

Areas of Interest/Specialization

  • Science, Technology and Society Studies, Innovation Studies, Informal Sector Innovations, Philosophy of Science and Technology.

Experience

  • 5 Years 8 Months

Awards & Honours

  • Not Available

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Sharma, Gautam and Kumar, Hemant (2018). Intellectual property rights and informal sector innovations: exploring grassroots innovations in India. The Journal of World Intellectual Property. 21:123-139. DOI: 10.1111/jwip.12097
  • Devi, Wairokpam Premi and Kumar, Hemant (2018). Frugal Innovations and Actor-Network Theory: A Case of Bamboo Shoots Processing in Manipur, India. European Journal of Development Research. 30 (1).66-83. DOI:10.1057/s41287-017-0116-1.
  • Kumar, Hemant (2014). Dynamic networks of grassroot innovators in India. (2014). African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. 6(3). 193-201. DOI:10.1080/20421338.2014.940170 (Also published as Hemant Kumar. Dynamic Networks of Grassroots Innovators in India. In Mammo Muchie, Saradindu Bhaduri, Angathevar Baskaran and Fayaz Ahmad Shiekh (Eds.). Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from the Global South. Routledge: London; 2016. pp. 104-112.)
  • Kumar, Hemant and Bhaduri, Saradindu (2014). Jugaad to grassroot innovations: Understanding the landscape of the informal sector innovations in India. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. 6(1). 13-22. DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2014.895481. (Also published as Hemant Kumar and Saradindu Bhaduri. Jugaad to Grassroots innovations: Understanding the landscape of the informal sector innovations in India. In Mammo Muchie, Saradindu Bhaduri, Angathevar Baskaran and Fayaz Ahmad Shiekh (Eds.). Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from the Global South. Routledge: London; 2016. pp. 113-122.)
  • Bhaduri, Saradindu and Kumar, Hemant (2011). Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations to innovate: tracing the motivation of 'grassroot' innovators in India, 2011. Mind & Society 10(1), pp. 27-55 (DOI: 10.1007/s11299-010-0081-2)

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

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International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Patents (If any)

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