Hemant Kumar Author

Hemant Kumar is an Assistant Professor at Centre for Studies in Science,

Technology and Innovation Policy, School of Social Sciences, Central University of

Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. He has spent more than a decade in India working

on innovations in the informal sector with an emphasis on grassroots innovations. Other

areas of interest for him include STS studies, marginalisation in STEM, science,

technology, and innovation diplomacy, as well as the history and philosophy of science

and technology.

Gautam Sharma is an early-career researcher with a PhD in Science, Technology, and

Innovation Policy Studies from the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India. He is

currently working as a postdoctoral researcher (till September 2024) with the Center for

Innovation Research (CIRCLE) and Division of Innovation, Department of Design Sciences

at Lund University, Lund, Sweden, as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. Previously, he

worked as a Postdoctoral Policy Fellow at the DST – Centre for Policy Research at the Indian

Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India. His research focuses on innovations in informal

contexts, specifically in the global south.