Prof. Poonam Pandey is Assistant Professor – Public Policy and she received her Doctorate & MPhil degrees in Science Policy from JNU, New Delhi. She holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Mohanlal Sukhadia University. She has completed BSc from University of Rajasthan.
Prof. Poonam has over four years of work experience and was associated with Technical University Berlin, Germany, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, University of Sussex, UK – JNU India and Toxic Link, Delhi and Institute of Advanced Studies for Science & Technology & Society, Austria and DST-Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Her research lies at the intersection of science and technology studies (STS), policy studies and development studies. Her post-doctoral work at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) India and Maastricht University, Netherlands focused on biofuel policies and innovation system of advanced biofuels (second generation bioethanol and agri-residue based biogas). This research is situated within the political economy of regional concerns around paddy stubble burning in Punjab and air pollution in Delhi, national concerns of energy security and international concerns of low carbon emission and climate change. She has written on diverse issues that include nanotechnology start-ups and academic entrepreneurship, responsible governance of agricultural biotechnology and nanotechnology, biofuel policy, STI policy, vulnerability of agrarian systems (in relation to paddy stubble burning), and recognition-based justice as the basis for public participation in renewable energy transition projects.
For more details and research profile please visit https://sites.google.com/view/poonamiisc/home?authuser=2
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