Rasigan Maharajh Curriculum Vitae Version 20100131 Personal Date of Birth 8th November 1969 Details Place of Birth Durban, e’Thekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Nationality South African Race Black Gender Male Civil Status Single, in Domestic Partnership, with one Child Contact Postal Address 34 Pieter Bouwer Street, Riviera, 0084, Tshwane, Gauteng, Details South Africa Mobile Telephone +27 82 8828781 Facsimile +27 86 6791595 Electronic Mail [email protected] or [email protected] 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 Statement and Sustainable Development Õ Theoretical grounding in Evolutionary Economics Õ Extensive experience in managing evidence-based research, strategy facilitation and policy formulation at domestic, regional, continental and international levels Õ Intensive capability in conceptualising, contextualising and generating policies, strategies, scenarios, and programme design Õ Globally networked capacity to develop and assemble monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks 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 Note Policy Group at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) following his deployment as National Coordinator of the Science and Technology Policy Transition Project for South Africa’s first democratic government. During this time he was employed by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).Prior to 1994, he worked in the non- governmental sector concerned with literacy, education and human resource development whilst simultaneously holding elected leadership positions within various student, youth and organised labour structures of the United Democratic Front, Congress of South African Trade Unions and the African National Congress. Rasigan is an active member of the Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-building Systems (GLOBELICS). 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 Engineering, Science and Technology of the University of Manchester (PREST). He is concurrently a doctoral research fellow of the Research Policy Institute (Forskningspolitiska Institutet) of Lund University. His research in the field of evolutionary political economy involves numerous international, continental and regional projects on the form, function and context of knowledge generation, application and diffusion in economic growth, social development and democratic governance. Rasigan Maharajh General and Higher Education 2010 - Lunds Universitets Doctor of Philosophy Candidate at the Forskningspolitiska Institutet, 2007 School of Economics and Management. Doctoral Thesis Working Title: “A Contribution towards a Political Economy of Innovation Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa” Supervised by Claes Brundenius 2001 - Manchester University Masters in Science in Management of Science, Technology and 2000 (Incomplete) Innovation (incomplete) & PhD Candidate Centre for Science and Technology Policy and Management Research (PREST) Doctoral Thesis Draft Title: “The Co-evolution of Science and Technology Institutions in Post-apartheid South Africa: The Making of a National System of Innovation.” Supervised by Stan Metcalfe & Hugh Cameron Withdrew due to personal injury & returned to South Africa during national financial crisis of 2001 1999 - Harvard Business School Senior Executive Programme for Southern Africa 1998 (Alumnus Status) 1994 - University of KwaZulu- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economic History 1993 Natal Dissertation Title: “Conceptualising the Transition in South Africa: 1990 - 1994” Supervised by Bill Freund 1993 Harvard University Education Policy Analysis & Planning Certificate Programme (in collaboration with Harvard Institute for International Development & US Agency for International Development) 1992 - University of KwaZulu- Bachelor of Arts 1988 Natal Majors in Economic History & Sociology 1987 Reservoir Hills Secondary Matriculation with Exemption from University Entrance Requirements School Page 2 of 14 Rasigan Maharajh Advanced Training 2004 Cynefin Centre for Complexity Fundamentals & Certification Course Organisational Complexity Taught by Dave Snowden Participation sponsored by IBM & CSIR 1999 Think Tools AG Basic, Intermediate & Advance Methodology & Application Modules Taught by Albrecht von Müller Participation sponsored by German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and CSIR 1998 Council for Scientific & Industrial Advanced Leadership Programme Research - Certificate of Outstanding Merit 1998 - Global Business Network (GBN) Basic & Advanced Scenario Development & Planning Modules 1997 Taught by Napier Collins, James Ogilvy & Peter Swartz Participation sponsored by Department of Arts, Culture, Science & Technology of South Africa 1993 Development Contact Network Logical Framework Matrix Methodology (DCN) Participation sponsored by the European Commission Directorships Enterprise Name Status and Website Registration1 Current Centre for Policy Studies 1996/003451/08 http://www.cps.org.za EnAfrica Pty Ltd Dormant 2006/011635/07 ... Current Freedom to Innovate South Africa 2006/020829/08 http://ftisa.org.za/ Solarys Media and Technology Ventures Dormant 2007/003881/07 ... South African Node of the Millennium Project Current 2007/025306/08 http://www.sampnode.org.za Current UrbanWiki Foundation http://urbanwiki.info/ Wild Earth Media Limited Current 2006/026155/07 http://www.wildearth.tv Work in Progress South African Team Systems of Innovation & Development Cross-country Study of GLOBELICS Leader Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa (BRICS) Project 1 Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office of the Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa (CIPRO). Page 3 of 14 Rasigan Maharajh Formal Employment 2004 - Chief Director Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), present Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) The Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) is a public-good research agency that 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 intellectuals, knowledge-brokers and research collectives. IERI specialises in matters relevant to the domains of Evolutionary Economics, Systems of Innovation, Science & Technology Studies, Research & Development Metrics, and Public Policy. IERI works along and across the knowledge- generation and diffusion spectrum. 2002 - Corporate Group CSIR Policy Group, 2004 Head Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) 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 correspondent with programme specifications. As a preferred supplier of knowledge-intensive 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. 1999 - Centre Manger & Manufacturing Policy Centre, 2002 Divisional Technology CSIR Investment Manager The Manufacturing Policy Centre (MPC) was established in 1999 and was located in the 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 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 Knowledge Management as programme areas. Besides overall responsibility for the Centre, being 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 to securing this amount, establishing the process to determine its deployment, monitoring and evaluating the output and management of the Intellectual Property generated. 1997 - Programme Manager Policy Studies Unit, 1999 CSIR The role of the Policy Studies Unit was to support and empower the organisation in striving for excellence in the field of innovation by providing intellectual inputs grounded in a thorough understanding of the local, regional, national, sub-regional and global context prevalent in a time- specific milieu. It achieved this through utilising the tools of action-orientated and scholarly research, to contribute towards the formulation of policy, which reflected the realities of South Africa,