The economic liberalisation of 1991 and the subsequent opening up of the domestic market to foreign direct investment (FDI) catapulted India on a path of economic...
Author - Ipsita Roy
Dr. Ipsita Roy is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela. She is also a member of the Expert Committee for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020, O/o Principal Scientific Advisor and DST, Government of India. Prior to this, she was working as a Science, Technology and Innovation Policy postdoctoral fellow at DST-Centre for Policy Research at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Dr. Roy pursued her Ph.D. in Innovation Economics from the DFG Research Training Group 1411 “The Economics of Innovative Change” at the Friedrich Schiller University and (former) Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena, Germany and thereafter continued her post-doctoral research for six months. Her research interests lie in economics of innovation, knowledge dynamics, R&D and innovation policy. She has presented her work in a number of conferences and workshops globally and her research papers have been published in several international and national peer-reviewed journals. Given her expertise and experience, Dr. Roy is seeking an active participation in evidence-based policymaking along with teaching and research.