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'''Shiv Visvanathan''' is an Indian academic best known for his contributions to developing the field of [[science and technology studies]] (STS), and for the concept of [[cognitive justice]], a term he coined. He is currently Professor at [[O. P. Jindal Global University|O P Jindal Global University]], Sonepat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jgu.edu.in/jgls/faculty/dr-shiv-visvanathan/|title = Prof. (Dr.) Shiv Visvanathan &#124;|date = 16 October 2018}}</ref> He was Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology ([[DA-IICT]]), [[Gandhinagar]], [[India]] and has held the position of Senior fellow Center for the Study of Developing Societies ([[CSDS]]) in [[Delhi]] He has also taught at the [[Delhi School of Economics]]. He has held visiting professorships at [[Smith College]], [[Stanford]], [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths]], [[Arizona State University]] and [[Maastricht University]], Harvard University & Oxford 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.<br />
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As a public intellectual, he is a regular columnist to newspapers like ''The Hindu'', ''The New Indian Express'', ''Indian Express'', ''The Deccan Chronicle'' and ''The Asian Age''. He also contributes to popular magazines like ''Outlook'', ''India Today'', ''Governance Today'' and ''Tehelka''. His popular writings touch topics as wide as science, cricket, anthropology, development, intellectual history, and walking.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cspo.org/people/visvanathan-shiv/ |title=Visvanathan, Shiv {{!}} CSPO |website=Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes |accessdate=2021-12-03}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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* 1976–80 Research Associate, Department of Sociology, [[Delhi School of Economics]]<br />
* 1980–82 [[ICSSR]] Young Scientist Fellow, Department of Sociology, Delhi University<br />
* 1982–85 Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, Delhi<br />
* 1983–85 Visiting Fellow, Ford Foundation Faculty Expansion Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies<br />
* 1985 Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies<br />
* 1994 Senior Fellow, [[CSDS]], 1994<br />
* 2004– Professor, DA-IICT<br />
* 2012– Professor, School of Government and Public Policy, [[O. P. Jindal Global University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ces.fe.uc.pt/emancipa/cv/gen/shiv.html|title=CURRICULUM VITAE|last=Visvanathan|first=Shiv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124071502/http://www.ces.fe.uc.pt:80/emancipa/cv/gen/shiv.html|archive-date=2015-11-24|url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-little-dramas-in-gujarat/article19934224.ece|title=The little dramas in Gujarat|last=Visvanathan|first=Shiv|date=2017-10-28|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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Visvanathan is member of Board of Management of [[Center for Environmental Planning and Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cept.ac.in/main.php?pageid=24&LPO=1 |title=Cept University |accessdate=2010-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405015859/http://www.cept.ac.in/main.php?pageid=24&LPO=1 |archivedate=2010-04-05 }}</ref><br />
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==Academic interests==<br />
His interests center on cultures of knowledge, [[cognitive justice]] (a term he coined), 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.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
Shiv is a regular columnist in all leading newspapers of India. His views generally tend to criticise right-wing politics.<br />
* ''Organizing for Science: The Making of an Industrial Research Laboratory'' (1985)<br />
* ''A Carnival for Science: Essays on Science, Technology and Development'' (1997)<br />
* ''Foul Play: Chronicles of Corruption in India'' (1999)<br />
* ''Theatres of Democracy: Between the Epic and the Everyday: Selected Essays'', ed. Chandan Gowda (2016)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Science and technology studies in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/three-speeches-three-futures/article7130917.ece?homepage=true Three speeches, three futures (2015), Published in "The Hindu"]<br />
*[http://sites.google.com/a/ximb.ac.in/icdcm2010/awards Best Paper Awards (International Conference on Demography, Culture, and Marketing (2010))]<br />
*[http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/280/5360/42 Essays on Science and Society: A Celebration of Difference: Science and Democracy in India (sciencemag.org)]<br />
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