3rd Chris Freeman Lecture: by Smita Srinivas | 5th Nov, 16:30 ─ 18:30 | JNU CC

3rd Chris Freeman Lecture: 

Smita Srinivas: Evolution from the Economics of Innovation to Economic Development Plans

Chair: Prajit Basu

5th November 2017 | 16:30 ─ 18:30 | JNU Convention Centre

You are cordially invited.

Paper "Public Understandings of E-waste and its Disposal in Urban India: From a Review towards a Conceptual Framework" | by A Borthakur & M Govind

Public Understandings of E-waste and its Disposal in Urban India: From a Review towards a Conceptual Framework

by Anwesha Borthakur, Madhav Govind, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.218

Highlights: Presented an in-depth review on important E-waste associated concerns. Urban India's intricate E-waste experiences are assessed. Households' electronics purchase and E-waste disposal behaviours are evaluated. A new conceptual framework has been proposed in the context of urban India. The new framework is tested against a primary field study in Bangalore.

Abstract: Responsible management of electronic waste (E-waste) is a major apprehension in contemporary urban India. As a toxic waste stream, E-waste calls for conscientious management practices in order to avoid possible human health and environmental consequences. Publics' consumption, disposal behaviour and awareness/perception are central to any successful E-waste management initiative. This paper is a journey from a review of existing literatures on some significant aspects of E-waste (including some widely used conceptual frameworks for waste management studies) towards a new conceptual framework of 'public understandings of E-waste and its disposal' in urban India. Accordingly, the paper is divided into two parts: 1) In-depth literature review on a few important aspects of E-waste and 2) Review of publics' perceptions of E-waste and the determinants of their consumption and disposal intention with the help of specific theoretical underpinnings. The concluding conceptual framework underlying our work uses elements that stem from the ideas of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and conspicuous consumption. Further, a case study carried out in the city of Bangalore is considered to validate the relevance of the new conceptual framework. Thus, the paper is an attempt not to restrict ourselves to the review of the existing literatures alone, but also to test the new conceptual framework formulated through the literature review against a primary field study.

Keywords: E-Waste; Theory of planned behaviour; Conspicuous consumption; Public understandings of E-waste; Urban India

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CfPs: 2-day International Conference on ‘Strategic Competency Mapping for Talent Management and Retention’ | at Chandigarh, 18-19 January

University Business School (UBS), Panjab University, Chandigarh is organizing two days International Conference on 'Strategic Competency Mapping for Talent Management and Retention' on 18-19 January, 2018.

 

 Detailed Information and the Conference Brochure

    

Conference Chairs

Professor Deepak Kapur, Chairman (+91 9416006837)

Dr. Luxmi, Associate Professor (+91 9463888038) D

Dr. Kulwinder Singh, Assistant Professor (+91 9855900379)

E: jatindercds@gmail.com

New Book | A Biography of Innovations: From Birth to Maturity | by R. Gopalakrishnan

A Biography of Innovations: From Birth to Maturity

by R. Gopalakrishnan, Penguin India, 2017, ISBN 9780670089895.

Overview

R. Gopalakrishnan, the bestselling author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager, explores how concepts turn into ideas, which then become prototypes, models and products. Defining thought as the ancestor of innovation; as without thought, there could be no innovation, he explores the impending questions such as - What happens next? How can you take on challenges and keep your ideas relevant? The Biography of Innovation is the definitive book on the life cycle of new ideas and transformations.

About the Author

R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty-two years. He has a wealth of practical managerial experience, initially in Unilever and more recently in Tata. He has lived and worked in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia, and has travelled extensively all over the world. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics in Kolkata and electronic engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He worked initially in computer software, later in marketing, before moving to general management. During his Unilever career, he was based in Jeddah as chairman of the Arabian subsidiary; later, he was managing director, Brooke Bond Lipton India and then vice chairman of Hindustan Lever. He has been president of the All India Management Association. Currently, he is executive director, Tata Sons, based in Mumbai. He also serves on the boards of other companies. He is married with three children. 

Further Details

Download "State of Open Data 2017" Report

Check out the latest State of Open Data Report from figshare. 

- Report - State of Open Data 2017 Happy Open Access Week! As part of the annual celebration of open research we have released our State of Open Data report. Some of the key findings include: - Respondents have become more aware of open data sets (82% up from 73%) than in 2016 - Age does not appear to be a major factor in this trend - 74% of researchers are curating their data for sharing - Willingness of researchers to reuse open data sets in their own research has grown, a 10% increase to 80%, with the increase replicated across age groups - Researchers who routinely share their data has also grown since 2016, although by a smaller amount, from 57% to 60% - The proportion of researchers who have never made a data set openly available has reduced in the last year - Looking deeper we can see further promise for the future of open data, as 70% of these researchers are now willing to reuse open data sets in their own research (up from 65%) Check out the report and let us know what you think! Thanks Team figshare figshare · c/o Digital Science · 4 Crinan Street · London, Eng N1 9XW · United Kingdom  Copyright © 2017 figshare, All rights reserved.

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Centre for Studies in Science Policy 
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University 
New Delhi - 110067, India

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CfPs: Science and Technology Indicators conference | Leiden, 12-14 September 2018

The 2018 Science and Technology Indicators conference will be held 12-14 September 2018 in Leiden (The Netherlands) in collaboration with the European Network of Indicator Developers (ENID), and will be hosted by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. This edition will have a special focus on the discussion of "indicators in transition" as a driving force for more comprehensive, broader and socially oriented forms of Science, Technology and Innovation indicators and evaluations.

 

The website of the conference is already available (http://sti2018.cwts.nl) and it will be regularly updated with new information about the conference.

 

We invite you to submit proposals for thematic tracks (abstracts of 250 words) before January 15^th 2018. We welcome proposals for tracks dedicated to established or emerging topics, such as bibliometrics and/in social sciences and humanities, open science, responsible metrics, altmetrics and social media studies. We especially welcome transdisciplinary streams and international collaborations.

 

Selected tracks will be included in the call for papers and track organizers are asked to take place in the scientific committee of STI 2018 and assist in the peer review process of contributions submitted to their track. Thematic tracks might take a multitude of forms. Ranging from (one or more) paper sessions, roundtables, short provocations or other means of engagement. Thematic tracks will typically try to achieve more coherence throughout the track than the average paper session can provide.

 

For questions about possible thematic tracks and submissions of special tracks email us at sti2018@cwts.leidenuniv.nl.

 

Do you want to receive updates in your e-mail regarding the next STI2018? (e.g. call for papers, etc.), then send us an e-mail to sti2018@cwts.leidenuniv.nl with the subject 'Updates STI2018'.

 

Rodrigo Costas, Thomas Franssen and Alfredo Yegros.

 

STI2018 organising committee

 

Centre for Science & Technology Studies (CWTS)

University Leiden

PO Box 905

2300 AX LEIDEN

 

Visiting Address

Willem Einthoven Building

Kolffpad 1

2333 BN Leiden

The Netherlands

e. STI2018@cwts.leidenuniv.nl

Capacity Building Workshop on SDGs | at Development Alternatives, New Delhi | 28th October

Dear Sir / Madam, Greeting from Development Alternatives! Abhishek Dubey Development Alternatives B-32, Tara Crescent, Qutub Institutional Area New Delhi - 110016 Ph: +91-11-2654-4100, 2654-4200, Fax: +91-11-2685-1158 karora[@]devalt.org www.devalt.org