GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGING SOCIAL
CONTRACT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND
SOCIETY: SOME IMPLICATIONS
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
12:00 noon
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh
For more information please contact: Dianne Dakis: 412-648-7367, dakis@pitt.edu
V.V. Krishna is a Professor in Science Policy and the Chairperson of the Centre for Studies in Science
Policy at Jawharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. He has a Ph.D. in Sociology of Science from
the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He has 20 years of research experience in
the areas of sociology of science, science and technology policy studies and social history of science.
He has published 30 research papers and four books. He is the founder-editor of Science, Technology
and Society – An International Journal devoted to the Developing World, published through Sage
Publications. Prof. Krishna was a consultant to UNESCO, Paris, for its programmes on electronic
publishing in the developing countries and the publication of the World Science Report 1998; UNESCO
Science Report 2000-2001; and 2004-2005.
A COLLOQUIUM BY
V.V. KRISHNA
PROFESSOR IN SCIENCE POLICY &
CHAIRPERSON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SCIENCE POLICY
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
JAWHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI, INDIA
