Pankaj Sekhsaria

Pankaj Sekhsaria is Associate Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA) and Associate Faculty, Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), IIT-Bombay, with research interests that lie at the intersection of technology, society, science and the environment. He has a PhD in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, where he worked on the ‘Cultures of Innovation’ in nanoscience and technology research in India.

He is also a member of the environmental action group, Kalpavriksh, and author, The Last Wave (HarperCollins India, 2014), Islands in Flux – the Andaman and Nicobar Story (Harper Litmus India 2017, 2019) and most recently Instrumental Lives – An Intimate Biography of an Indian Laboratory (Routledge, 2019).