Grassroots Innovation

Hemant Kumar is Assistant Professor at the Department of Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. He has spent more than a decade in India working on innovations in the informal sector with an emphasis on grassroots innovations. Other areas of interest for him include STS studies, marginalization in STEM, science, technology, and innovation diplomacy, as well as the history and philosophy of science and technology.Gautam Sharma is an early career researcher with a PhD in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Studies from the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India. He has worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the DST-Centre for Policy Research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India. Following this, Gautam joined Lund University, Sweden, within the Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE) and the Division of Innovation, Department of Design Sciences, as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. His research focuses on innovation in informal contexts, particularly addressing the challenges and opportunities in the Global South.

• List of tablesList of figuresAcknowledgementsList of abbreviations and acronyms1 Introduction2 Conceptualizing Innovations: Discourse in the formal and informal sector innovations3 Innovations from the Below: Inverted models of innovation and the Global South4 Grassroots Innovation in India: Philosophy, approaches and policy5 Ideating Grassroots Innovation: Crafting solutions for the everyday problems6 Implementing Grassroots Innovation: The pathways of diffusion7 Concluding RemarksReferencesIndex