Dr Manish Anand, Senior Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, is an interdisciplinary policy researcher with more than 17 years of professional experience in science, sustainability, and public policy grounded in interdisciplinary research, project coordination, and management, outreach, and capacity building. Earlier on, he worked as Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and was a guest researcher at the German Development Institute, Bonn. He has worked in diverse areas of food, agriculture, land use, climate change, energy and environment, and emerging technology policy and has provided evidence-based policy advice to government and other stakeholders. His research and policy analysis work currently focuses on generating evidence, strategies, and methodologies based on systems thinking approaches towards sustainable food and land use systems, including sustainable agricultural practices, natural resource use, rural livelihoods, human health and nutrition, and climate change. Besides publishing in peer-reviewed international journals, he has also contributed to the writing of policy briefs, newspaper articles, and blog posts and has two books (co-edited) to his credit. He is academically trained in science policy, innovation studies, developmental studies and agriculture.
Publication:
Anand, M., M. Sehgal and V. Gupta (2023), “Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Diets in India: A Systems Strengthening Perspective”, In K. Kevany and P. Prosperi, Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Diets, pp. 607-622, Oxon and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003174417-58
Anand, M., R. Pandey and S. Kedia (2023), “Mission-Oriented Innovation Systems in the Climate Change Context: The Case of Agriculture and Renewable Energy Sector in India”, In S. Mehta and B.S. Shergill, Innovation Systems, Economic Development and Public Policy, pp. 352-370, Oxon and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003353904-21
Yerramsetti, S., M. Anand and A. Ritz (2022), “Digitalized Welfare for Sustainable Energy Transitions: Examining the Policy Design Aspects of the Cooking Gas Cash Transfers in India”, Sustainability, 14(16), 10117. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610117
Kedia, S. and M. Anand (2021), “Global Biodiversity Regime Complex and Sustainable Development Goals: Implications for India”, Asian Biotechnology Development Review, 23(2): 57-87. Anand, M. (2018), “A Systems Approach to Agricultural Biosecurity”, Health Security, 16(1): 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2017.0035
Anand, M. and N. Deepa (2013), “Understanding Trends and Changes in Media Coverage of Nanotechnology in India”, Journal of Scientometric Research, 2(1): 70-73. https://doi.org/10.4103/2320-0057.115875
Anand, M., N. Srivastava and S.D. Sarma (2012), “Governance and Nanotechnology Developments: A Focus on Health Sector in India”, SCRIPTed – A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 9(1): 7-24. https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.090112.7
Sarma, S.D. and M. Anand (2012), “Status of Nano Science and Technology in India”, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences India Section B: Biological Sciences, Springer India, 82(1): 99-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-012-0077-2
Sahoo, S. and M. Anand (2011), “ Public Engagement with Biotechnology”, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, 13(2): 63-87.
Anand, M., N Srivastava and S.D. Sarma (2011), “Policy and Ethical Concerns in Nanotechnology Safety: Case of Indian Health Sector”, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 7(1): 34-35. https://doi.org/10.1166/jbn.2011.1188
