Inclusive Innovation

Rajeswari S. Raina is a Professor at Shiv Nadar University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, and Associate Director of the University’s Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT). With a background in the agricultural sciences and the social sciences (Ph.D., Economics from Kerala University, through the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum), her research explores the complex relationships between development policy and knowledge—formal scientific and diverse informal knowledge systems. Her research questions have been mainly in the social studies of science, innovation systems and policies and institutional learning capacities, specifically in the agricultural and rural sectors, and the environment in India and Asia. Individually and in collaboration with networks of actors in the government, civil society and environmental organizations, farming communities and international agencies, her current research focuses on the knowledge politics of and institutional reform for (a) poverty relevant science, technology and innovation, (b) ecological and bio-economic wellbeing, and (c) sustainable agriculture–environment–nutrition interfaces and state nutrition programmes. Well published in internationally refereed journals, edited and co-authored books, several domestic and international task force and working group reports, her edited books are Science, Technology and Development in India: Encountering Values (Orient BlackSwan 2015), and (co-edited with Julien-Francois Gerber) Post-growth Thinking in India (Orient BlackSwan, 2018).  Keshab Das is a Professor at the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India. He holds M.Phil. (Applied Economics) and Ph.D. (Economics) degrees from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (through the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum). He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. He is a recipient of the VKRV Rao Prize in Social Sciences (Economics) and had been empanelled as an Indian Council for Cultural Relations Chair Professor in Economics. He has been a visiting research fellow/faculty at the NKC Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar, Odisha; Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab; Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa; University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; InternationalInstitute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, the Netherlands; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba, Japan; Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi; CNRS-REGARDS, Bordeaux, France; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH), Paris, France; and Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK. Published extensively, his research focuses on issues in local and regional development; industrialisation strategies; informal sector; micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), clusters and globalisation; innovation; labour; basic infrastructure; and politics of development. Among others, his two published books with Springer are Globalization and Standards: Issues and Challenges in Indian Business (ed., 2014), and Manufacturing Exports from Indian States: Determinants and Policy Imperatives (co-authored with Jaya Prakash Pradhan, 2016).

Part I: The Problem.- Chapter 1. Inclusion and Innovation in India’s Rural Development Agenda (Keshab Das).- Chapter 2. Inclusive Innovation Systems: Exploring Spatial, Organizational and Institutional Exclusion (Rajeswari S. Raina).- Part II: The Evidence: Inclusive Innovation in Formal Organized Spaces.- Chapter 3. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Inclusive Innovation in Indian Agriculture (E. Haribabu).- Chapter 4. Gender and Inclusion: Demands for Innovation and Resistance in the Agricultural Science Curriculum (Geethakutty P).- Chapter 5. Commodity Markets, Computers and Inclusive Development: A Study of Marketing and Price Formation of Cardamom under e-auction (K. J. Joseph).- Chapter 6. Turnaround in Maternal and Child Healthcare of India: Role of Institutional Innovation and ASHA (Amarendra Das).- Chapter 7. Learning from China: S&T and Innovation Policy Responsiveness (G. D. Sandhya).- Part III: The Evidence: Inclusive Innovation in Informal Spaces and Systems.- Chapter 8.Exploring Challenges for Innovation in Handloom Clusters of Assam: Lessons for Policy (Priyatam Anurag).- Chapter 9. Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India: Nurturing the Institutional sine qua non for the Informal Sector.- Chapter 10. Enabling Inclusive Innovation: The Role of Informal Knowledge Networks in Rural Low-tech Clusters (Anant Kamath).- Chapter 11. Factors Determining Innovation in Micro Enterprise in Clusters in India (Tamal Sarkar).- Chapter 12. Integrating Innovation into Rural Development: Persistent Exclusions as Entry Points (Keshab Das).