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Rasigan Maharajh Rasigan Maharajh General and Higher Education Curriculum Vitae Version 20100501 2010 - Lunds Universitets Doctor of Philosophy Candidate at the Forskningspolitiska Institutet, School of 2007 Economics and Management. th Personal Date of Birth 8 November 1969 Doctoral Thesis Working Title: “A Contribution towards a Political Economy of Details Innovation Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa” Place of Birth Durban, e’Thekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Supervised by Claes Brundenius & Mats Benner Nationality South African 2001 - Manchester Masters in Science in Management of Science, Technology and Innovation 2000 University (incomplete) & PhD Candidate Race Black (Incomplete) Centre for Science and Technology Policy and Management Research (PREST) Doctoral Thesis Draft Title: “The Co-evolution of Science and Technology Gender Male Institutions in Post-apartheid South Africa: The Making of a National System of Innovation.” Civil Status Single, in Domestic Partnership, with one Child Supervised by Stan Metcalfe & Hugh Cameron Withdrew due to personal injury & returned to South Africa during national Contact Postal Address 34 Pieter Bouwer Street, Riviera, 0084, Tshwane, Gauteng, financial crisis of 2001 Details South Africa 1999 - Harvard Business Senior Executive Programme for Southern Africa Mobile Telephone +27 82 8828781 1998 School (Alumnus Status) Facsimile +27 86 6791595 1994 - University of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economic History Electronic Mail [email protected] or [email protected] 1993 KwaZulu-Natal Dissertation Title: “Conceptualising the Transition in South Africa: 1990 - 1994” Supervised by Bill Freund Core Õ Public Policy Analysis and Strategy Formulation, with emphasis on the Political Competency Economy of Science and Technology, Research and Development, Systems of Innovation 1993 Harvard University Education Policy Analysis & Planning Certificate Programme Statement and Sustainable Development (in collaboration with Harvard Institute for International Development & US Õ Theoretical grounding in Evolutionary Economics Agency for International Development) Õ Extensive experience in managing evidence-based research, strategy facilitation and policy formulation at domestic, regional, continental and international levels 1992 - University of Bachelor of Arts Õ Intensive capability in conceptualising, contextualising and generating policies, 1988 KwaZulu-Natal Majors in Economic History & Sociology strategies, scenarios, and programme design Õ Globally networked capacity to develop and assemble monitoring, evaluation and 1987 Reservoir Hills Matriculation with Exemption from University Entrance Requirements learning frameworks Secondary School Brief Rasigan Maharajh is currently Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation Biographical (IERI) based at the Tshwane University of Technology. He was previously the Head of the Advanced Training Note Policy Group at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) following his 2004 Cynefin Centre for Complexity Fundamentals & Certification Course deployment as National Coordinator of the Science and Technology Policy Transition Project for Organisational Complexity Taught by Dave Snowden South Africa’s first democratic government. During this time he was employed by the Participation sponsored by IBM & CSIR International Development Research Centre (IDRC).Prior to 1994, he worked in the non- governmental sector concerned with literacy, education and human resource development 1999 Think Tools AG Basic, Intermediate & Advance Methodology & Application whilst simultaneously holding elected leadership positions within various student, youth and Modules organised labour structures of the United Democratic Front, Congress of South African Trade Taught by Albrecht von Müller Unions and the African National Congress. Rasigan is an active member of the Global Network Participation sponsored by German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-building Systems (GLOBELICS). and CSIR He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Wits Business School whilst also having been associated with the Institute for Policy Research in 1998 Council for Scientific & Industrial Advanced Leadership Programme Engineering, Science and Technology of the University of Manchester (PREST). He is Research - Certificate of Outstanding Merit concurrently a doctoral research fellow of the Research Policy Institute (Forskningspolitiska Institutet) of Lund University. His research in the field of evolutionary political economy 1998 - Global Business Network (GBN) Basic & Advanced Scenario Development & Planning Modules involves numerous international, continental and regional projects on the form, function and 1997 Taught by Napier Collins, James Ogilvy & Peter Swartz context of knowledge generation, application and diffusion in economic growth, social Participation sponsored by Department of Arts, Culture, Science development and democratic governance. & Technology of South Africa 1993 Development Contact Network Logical Framework Matrix Methodology (DCN) Participation sponsored by the European Commission Page 2 of 14 Rasigan Maharajh Rasigan Maharajh Declaration of Interest Formal Employment Enterprise Name Entity Details or Registration1 Engagement and Status 2004 - Chief Director Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), present Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Current Member of the Board The Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) is a public-good research agency that Centre for Policy Studies 1996/003451/08 http://www.cps.org.za conducts evidence-based policy research, strategy formulation, and implementation monitoring and systemic evaluations. The work of IERI is framed within the disciplinary parameters of evolutionary political economics. IERI is also the hub of a network of experienced and engaged Current Member of the Board Freedom to Innovate South Africa 2006/020829/08 intellectuals, knowledge-brokers and research collectives. IERI specialises in matters relevant to http://ftisa.org.za/ the domains of Evolutionary Economics, Systems of Innovation, Science & Technology Studies, Research & Development Metrics, and Public Policy. IERI works along and across the knowledge- USA-Based Collaboration between NIKE, generation and diffusion spectrum. Incorporated, National Aeronautics and Current Member of the Council LAUNCH Council Space Administration, United States Agency 2002 - Corporate Group CSIR Policy Group, http://launch.org for International Development, and the US 2004 Head Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Department of State. The CSIR Policy Group formed the corporate core of an organisationally distributed research apparatus mainly conducting highly sensitive policy support work, primarily for the Public Sector. It operated, as a virtual centre of excellence capable of constituting specialised teams South African Node of the Millennium Current Member of the Board correspondent with programme specifications. As a preferred supplier of knowledge-intensive Project 2007/025306/08 http://www.sampnode.org.za services, it performed the role of a broker across the different tiers and spheres of the public sector. The CSIR Policy Group networked effectively into the global, continental and local domains of Science and Technology, Political Economy and Socio-economic Development. Current Member of the Board UrbanWiki Foundation 2009/014381/08 http://urbanwiki.info/ 1999 - Centre Manger & Manufacturing Policy Centre, 2002 Divisional Technology CSIR Wild Earth Media Limited Current Member of the Board Investment Manager The Manufacturing Policy Centre (MPC) was established in 1999 and was located in the 2006/026155/07 http://www.wildearth.tv Manufacturing and Materials Division of the CSIR. The aim of this group was to support the South African manufacturing sector to survive, grow and compete globally. The MPC offered its clients integrated policy development and strategy support, through its linkages with the organised EnAfrica Pty Ltd Dormant 2006/011635/07 institutions representing Capital, Labour and the State. The MPC concentrated on assisting ... government in developing policies while working with industrial sectors and labour in the interpretation and implementation of such policies. The Centre included Futures Research and Solarys Media and Technology Ventures Dormant Knowledge Management as programme areas. Besides overall responsibility for the Centre, being 2007/003881/07 ... the Divisional Technology Manager required a competence in managing the allocation of investments from the Parliamentary Grant across the Division. In 1999/00, this represented the largest segment of public funding to the CSIR (ZAR 43 million). My specific responsibilities relate International Scientific to securing this amount, establishing the process to determine its deployment, monitoring and International Association for Science XXV World Conference of the International Committee evaluating the output and management of the Intellectual Property generated. Parks Association for Science Parks, 2008 http://www.iasp.ws/publico/inde x.jsp?enl=5 1997 - Programme Manager Policy Studies Unit, 1999 CSIR Scientific Advisory Committee The role of the Policy Studies Unit was to support and empower the organisation in striving for Georgia Institute for Technology & Atlanta Science and Technology Policy