Centre for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation policy (CSSTIP)
M.Phil Awarded Students List
Sr. Name of the Student and Batch/Year of Topic Year of Name of Supervisor No. Enrollment Number Admission Award
1. Mukesh M. Lakum 2009-10 Technological and Institutional Innovation: Governance Issues in Waste 2012 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2009/01) Management of Coastal Gujarat
2. Pankajkumar Jivabhai 2009-10 Impact of Industrial Development on Rural Community with special 2012 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese Vaghela reference to Tata Motors Nano Project in Gujarat (CUG/2009/0007)
3. Chavda Mehul Kumar 2010-11 Innovation in Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Ahmedabad 2012 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese Dharamsinhbhai (CUG Municipal Corporation /2010/0032)
4. Makwana Hareshbhai 2009-10 Shaping Renewable Energy Sector through Technology and Solar Power 2012 Dr. Haresh N. Pandey Ramjibhai Policy: A Case of Gujarat (CUG/2009/0003)
5. Mansukh R. Zapadiya 2009-10 Impact of Genetically Modified Crops: A Case of Bt Cotton in India 2012 Dr. Haresh N. Pandey (CUG/2009/0005)
6. Ms. Reema J. Trivedi 2009-10 Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Enabling 2012 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2009/0006) Women Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Gujarat
7. Dushyant Joshi 2009-10 Decarbonizing the Development: A Study of Solar Energy in Rajasthan 2012 Dr. Haresh N. Pandey (CUG/2009/0008) 8. Dolly Bajpai 2010-11 The Role of Consumer Organizations in the Process of Standardization 2012 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2010/0025) in India: A Case Study of Packaged Drinking Water
9. Ankit A.Patel 2010-11 Exploring the Impact of Science, Technology and Industrialization: A 2012 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2010/0026) Case Study of Hajira Village in Gujarat
10. Wairokpam Premi Devi 2010-11 Food Processing Industry and the Role of Women in Manipur 2012 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2010/0027)
11. Thounaojam Somokanta 2010-11 Risk and Politics of Large Dams in North East India: A Case Study of 2012 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2010/0028) Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur
12. Dineshbhai R. Chaudhari 2010-11 Technological Innovation in Agriculture: A Study of Mini Tractor in 2012 Dr. Haresh N. Pandey (CUG/2010/0034) Surat, Gujarat
13. Kanika Sharma 2010-11 New Reproductive Technologies and Women: Cesarean and Surrogacy 2013 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2010/0033) in India
14. Azamat Ali 2011-12 Exploring the Challenges and Prospects of Nanotechnology Innovation 2013 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2011/0001) System: A Case of Health Sector in India
15. Manoj Vimal 2011-12 Exploring the ‘Cross-talk’ between Genetic Testing and Indian Society 2013 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2011/0002)
16. Anwesha Borthakur 2011-12 Generation, Management and Policy Implications of Electronic Waste in 2013 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2011/0003) India
17. Vandana Verma 2011-12 Social Shaping of Banking through Technology: A Study of Banking 2013 Dr. Haresh N. Pandey (CUG/2011/0009) Sector in India
18. Priyank Upadhyay (CUG/ 2011-12 Technology and Urban Planning: The Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar 2014 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese 2011/0012) Metrorail Project
19. Lingraj Behera 2011-12 Academic–Industry Collaborations in Gujarat: Present Status and 2014 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2011/0005) Emerging Trends 20. Dharmendra Patel 2011-12 Status and Challenges of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Dairy 2014 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2011/0007) Development in India
21. Vikas Meghraj Waghmare 2012-13 Exploring the Challenges and Prospects of Emerging Irrigation 2014 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2012/0206) Technologies with a special reference to Beed District in Maharashtra
22. Rajiv Kumar 2012-13 Challenges and Prospects of Innovation in Indian Automobile Industry 2014 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2012/0209)
23. Sheeraz A. Alaie 2012-13 Regional Innovation System in Horticulture: A Study of Apple 2014 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2012/0210) Production in Jammu and Kashmir
24. Vikas Kumar 2012-13 Challenges and Prospects of Agriculture Innovation in Bihar with a 2014 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2012/0212) special reference to Rice and Wheat
25. Anurag Pandey 2012-13 New Media Technology and the Changing Patterns of Mass 2015 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2012/0208) Mobilisation: A Case Study of Delhi Gang Rape Case
26. Subair K. 2012-13 Public Deliberation Over Waste: A Case Study of Vilappilsala Solid 2015 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2012/0211) Waste Treatment Plant Controversy, Kerala
27. Abhishek Vikas Lakkad 2012-13 Cultural Images of Science: Exploring Indian Science Fiction Cinema 2015 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2012/0214)
28. Vikram Singh Brijwal 2013-14 Public Engagement with Technological Projects: The Environment 2015 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2013/0666) Impact Assessment Process of the Proposed Hydroelectric Projects on the Goriganga River in Uttarakhand
29. Ranjana Bharati 2012-13 Exploring the Current Status of Research and Development (R&D) on 2015 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2012/0215) Neglected Diseases in India
30. Nitesh Desai 2012-13 Socio-technical System of Carbon Capture and Storage: A Case of 2015 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2012/0216) Gujarat 31. Priyanka Kumari 2012-13 Breast Cancer Care Management in India: R&D, Diagnosis and Policy 2015 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2012/0218) Measures
32. Ratheesh R. 2012-13 Traditional Water Harvesting Technology: A Study of ‘Surangam’ in 2015 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2012/0220) Kasargod, Kerala
33. Kirti Mohanlal Sharma 2013-14 Public Engagement with Online Privacy and Security Issues in 2015 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2013/0667) Cyberspace in India
34. Vinod Kumar Singh 2014-15 Institutionalisation of Agricultural Research in India: Role of Indian 2016 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2014/0811) Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), 1929–1965
35. Anuj Kumar Singh 2014-15 Role of ICT in Indian International Migration: A Case Study of 2016 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2014/01088) Gandhinagar District in Gujarat Centre for Diaspora Studies
36. Anjali C. Lakum 2013-14 Diffusion of Informal Sector Innovations: A Study of Selected 2016 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2013/0664) Grassroots Innovations in India
37. Shiv Mohan Prajapati 2013-14 Challenges and Prospects of Innovation in Traditional Medicine System 2016 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2013/0665) in India
38. Gautam Sharma 2014-15 Intellectual Property Rights and Informal Sector Innovations: A Study of 2016 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2014/0815) Grassroots Innovations in India
39. Solanki Deepak Kumar 2014-15 Emerging Scenario of Software Innovation System in India 2016 Dr. Kunal Sinha Parshottambhai (CUG/2014/0805)
40. Kanchan Lala 2014-15 Role of Innovation in Technological Business Incubation in India 2016 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2014/0807)
41. Astha Kumari Jaiswal 2014-15 Gendered Organisations: Barriers Experienced by Women in Science 2016 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2014/0808) Research Organisations in India 42. Vandana 2014-15 Changing Nutraceuticals Innovation System in India 2016 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2014/0809)
43. Vadhavana Chandni Dipak 2015-16 Women Scientists in Indian Laboratories: An Ethnographic Study on 2017 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2015/1138 ) Gender Relations in an Academic Institution in Gujarat
44. Anupam Mahendrapal 2015-16 Science Education in Gujarat: A Comparative Analysis of Schools in 2017 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese Joshi (CUG/2015/1137) Ahmedabad
45. Rajni Gupta 2014-15 New Museum Theory and Scientific Objects of Display: A Case Study 2017 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2014/0812) of Science City in Gujarat
46. Reena K. Joseph 2014-15 Public Engagement with Genetically Modified Technologies in India: 2017 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2014/0813) Debates on Democratisation and Risk Assessment with reference to Bt. Brinjal
47. Harish M. Goswami 2014-15 Contested Technologies: Social Construction of Cardiac Stents in India 2017 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2014/0814)
48. Abhinav Jha 2015-16 A study of Makhana Innovation System in Mithilanchal Region of Bihar 2017 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2015/1136)
49. Chauhan Nilkamal 2015-16 Role of Practical Knowledge in Science Education: An Ethnographic 2018 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese Anilbhai Study on Zoology Laboratories of Undergraduate Colleges in Gujarat (CUG/2015/1141)
50. Rachan Daimary 2015-16 Public Engagement with Innovations in the Informal Settings: A Study 2018 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2015/1135) of Grassroots Innovations in India
51. Diwakar Kumar 2015-16 Exploring Innovation in Bioinformatics in India: With Special Reference 2018 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer (CUG/2015/1139) to Agriculture in India
52. Maneesh Dubey 2015-16 Challenges and Prospects of ICT in Higher Education in Ranchi District 2017 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2015/1140) in Jharkhand
53. Chandrahash Patel 2016-17 Challenges and Prospects of Indian Electronic System Design and 2018 Dr. Kunal Sinha (16308101) Manufacturing (ESDM) Sector: A Case Study of Electropreneur Park in New Delhi
54. Blesil T.K. 2016-17 Expertise in Ecological Governance: A Case Study of the Proposed 2019 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG16308105) Hydro Electric Power Project in Athirappilly, Kerala
55. Lakhinandan Boruah 2016-17 Video Surveillance and Power Relation: An analysis of Four Selected 2019 Dr. Hemant Kumar (16308103) Bollywood Films
56. Surbhi Singh (16308102) 2016-17 Mapping Energy Landscape of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with 2020 Dr. Parvathi K. Iyer Special Reference to Solar Based Technologies
Ph.D. Awarded Students List
Sr. Name of the Student and Batch/Y Topic Year of Name of Supervisor No. Enrollment Number ear of Award Admissi on
1. Lakum Mukesh Manilal 2009-10 Socio-technical Transition of Urban Mobility: From Diesel and Petrol 2014 Dr. Hemant Kumar CUG/2009/0004 to Compressed Natural Gas Transportation System in Delhi 2. Pankajkumar Jivabhai Vaghela 2009-10 Role of Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs) in Public 2016 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2009/0007) Engagement with the Risk of HIV/AIDS in Gujarat
3. Zapadiya Mansukh Ravjibhai 2009-10 Social Shaping of Renewable Energy Based Technologies in Gujarat: 2016 Dr. Parvathi K Iyer CUG/2009/0005 R&D, Commercialization and Policy Related Challenges 4. Azamat Ali 2011-12 Biomedical Innovation System with a special reference to Health 2016 Dr. Kunal Sinha CUG/2011/0001 Biotechnology in India 5. Thounaojam Somokanta 2010-11 Transition Experiments for Sustainability: “Case of Solar City Projects 2016 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2010/0028) in Gujarat 6. Chavda Mehul Kumar 2010-11 Caste Relations of Technology: The Solid Waste Management System 2017 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese Dharamsinhbhai (CUG in Two Municipal Corporations of Gujarat /2010/0032)
7. Kanika Sharma 2010-11 Biopolitics of the ‘Reconstructed Normal’: Reconstructive Surgery in 2017 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2010/0033) the Context of ‘Acid Attacks’ on Women in India 8. Dolly Bajpai 2010-11 Food Safety Standards in India: Interrogating Negotiations among 2017 Dr. Parvathi K Iyer Different Interest Groups
9. Vikas Kumar 2012-13 Social Innovation in Agriculture: A case of System of Rice 2017 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2012/0212) Intensification (SRI) Technique in Bihar 10. Manoj Vimal 2011-12 Decoding Human Genomics Research in India: Trends, Prospects and 2017 Dr. Parvathi K Iyer CUG/2011/0002 Challenges 11. Wairokpam Premi Devi 2010-11 Actor Network Theory and Innovation Processes in Food Processing 2017 Dr. Hemant Kumar CUG/2010/0027 Industry: Networks and Diffusion of Bamboo Shoots and Cymbopogon citratus Tea in Manipur, India
12. Vikas Meghraj Waghmare 2012-13 Innovation and Development in Grapes Production: A Case Study of 2018 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2012/0206) Nashik District in Maharashtra
13. Vandana Verma 2011-12 Service Innovations in Indian Banking Sector: Exploring the Dynamics 2018 Dr. Hemant Kumar CUG/2011/0009 of Automated Teller Machine and Business Correspondent/Customer Service Point Model 14. Subair K. (CUG/2012/0211) 2012-13 Citizen Participation in Risk Governance: Public Deliberations on 2019 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese Municipal Solid Waste Management in Kerala, India
15. Abhishek Vikas Lakkad 2012-13 Posthuman Imaginations: The Body-Machine Assemblages in Indian 2019 Dr. Shiju Sam Varughese (CUG/2012/0214) Popular Cinema
16. Rajiv Kumar 2012-13 Changing Profile of Automobile Innovation System in India 2019 Dr. Kunal Sinha (CUG/2012/0209) 17. Nitesh Desai 2012-13 Responsible Innovations in Manufacturing: A Study of Additive 2019 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2012/0216) Manufacturing Technology in India 18. Sheeraz A. Alaie 2012-13 Horticultural Innovation Systems: Diversification and Sustainability 2019 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2012/0210) Dynamics in the Kashmir Valley of India
19. Ranjana Bharti 2012-13 Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Medicines and Emerging 2019 Dr. Parvathi K Iyer (CUG/2012/0215) Public-Private Partnerships (PPP): A Study of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) in India 20. Ratheesh R. 2012-13 Social Construction of Water Harvesting Technologies in India: A 2019 Dr. Parvathi K Iyer (CUG/2012/0220) Study of Madaka and Johad
21. Priyanka Kumari 2012-13 Corporate Social Responsibility and Healthcare Services: A Case 2020 Dr Parvathi K Iyer (CUG/2012/0218) Study of Jharkhand, India 22. Gautam Sharma 2014-15 Innovation and Design: Shaping of Grassroots Innovations in India 2021 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2014/0815) 23. Vandana (CUG/2014/0809) 2014-15 Emerging Scenario in Food Industry Innovation: A Case of Milk and 2021 Dr. Kunal Sinha Milk Products Packaging in Gujarat 24. Anjali Chandulal Lakum 2013-14 The sociology of expectation of innovations in the informal sector: 2021 Dr. Hemant Kumar (CUG/2013/0664) ‘Success’ and ‘failure’ of grassroots innovations in India