Personal Information

Dr. WAIROKPAM PREMI DEVI

Assistant Professor
Department of Society - Technology Interface

PDF (NTU, Singapore), PDF (Centre for Policy Research-EDII, DST), PhD and MPhil (CSSTIP Central University of Gujarat), M.A. (Sociology, MSU).

wairokpam@curaj.ac.in
  • Specialization
    Science, Technology and Society Studies, Innovation Studies, Informal Sector
    Innovations, Philosophy of Science and Technology, Actor Network, Gender,
    Technology and Science, Research Methodology in Social Science, Socio
    Technological Imaginaries with focus on Genome projects and Precision medicine.

PDF- NTU Singapore                2019-2021

PDF- DST GoI                              2017-2019

PhD- CSSTIP, CUG                      2012-2017

MPhil- CSSTIP, CUG                   2010-2021

M.A Sociology, MSU Baroda     2008-2010

 

1. Ongoing Research Project sponsored by National Commission for Women (NCW) 

Mapping the Customary Practice of Nata Pratha amongst Tribal Communities of Rajasthan

2. Post Doctoral Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2019-2020)

Co-Principal Investigator

Research Projects- 

• Imaginaries of Genomic Innovation: Precision Medicine and National Development in Singapore.

• GenomeAsia100K: Singapore Builds National Science with Asian DNA

3. Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2017-2019)

Research Project- 

• Role of Innovation in Making MSMEs Globally Competitive.

                      

S. No. Authors Title of Article Journal/Conference Details Journal/Conference Publication Year
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1. Vimal, M., Devi, Wairokpam Premi, & McGonigle, I. (2021), Generational Medicine in Singapore: A National Biobank for a Greying Nation. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal, 1-17. 

2. Vimal, M., Devi, Wairokpam Premi, & McGonigle, I. (2021), GenomeAsia100K: Singapore Builds National Science with Asian DNA. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal, 15(2), 238-259. 

3. S Badrinarayan, Sheth BP, Pal K, Lakshman K, Sinu PA, K Sri Manjari, Nagaleekar VK, Devi, Wairokpam Premi. “Overhauling the communicational inconsistencies in Indian Science”. Current Science. 116, (1) (2019):20-21 

4. Devi, Wairokpam Premi. “Actor-Network Theory and Informal Sector Innovations: Findings from Value-Added Products of Rice in the Food Processing Industry, Manipur.” In Analytical Frameworks, Applications, and Impacts of ICT and Actor-Network Theory, pp. 191-215. IGI Global, 2019.

5. Devi, Wairokpam Premi, and Hemant Kumar. “Frugal Innovations and Actor–Network Theory: A Case of Bamboo Shoots Processing in Manipur, India.” The European Journal of Development Research 30, no. 1 (2018): 66-83. 

6. Rana, Suman, and Devi, Wairokpam Premi. “A Review on Educational Status of Scheduled Tribes of Rajasthan”. Journal of Indian Education (XLIII), no 3. (2017): 49-68 

7. Devi, Wairokpam Premi, and Thounaojam Somokanta. “Gender, Technology, and Work: Case of Women Employees in Selected Food Processing Industries in Manipur.” Gender, Technology and Development 20, no. 1 (2016): 81-104. 

8. Devi, Wairokpam Premi, and Hemant Kumar. “Innovation processes of Cymbopogon citratus Tea in Manipur, India: An Actor network theory perspective.” International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI)8, no. 3 (2016): 10-25.

  1. Mapping the Customary Practice of Nata Pratha amongst Tribal Communities of Rajasthan (Ongoing) Sponsored by National Commission for Women (NCW) Project amount- Rs. 14,05,800/- Dr. Wairokpam Premi Devi, Co-PI.

Attended

1. Presented a paper titled, “Imaginaries of Genomic Innovation: Precision Medicine and National Development Plans in Singapore” at the 8th STS Italia Conference - Dis/Entangling Technoscience: Vulnerability, Responsibility and Justice Organised by STS Italia – The Italian Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology on June 17 - 19, 2021. 

2. Participated in the virtual conference on the Changing Nature of Innovation, held from May 26-29, 2021, by Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER), Ahmedabad University.

3. Presented a paper titled, from idea to commercialization: The Network and Diffusion of Cymbopogon citratus Tea in Manipur, India, at The Fourth International Conference on Creativity and Innovation from Grassroots organised by Honeybee Network from 28-30th January 2019.

4. Presented a paper titled, Informal Innovation and Actor-Network Theory: A Case of Value-Added Products of Rice, India, at 4S organized by the Society for Social Studies of Science, Sydney, Australia, from 29th August-1st September 2018. 

Faculty Development Programmes/ Training Programs

1. Participated in the Four Weeks Online Induction Training Program for Faculty Members of HEIs under the Ministry of Education-sponsored by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), organized by Central University of Rajasthan (20 January-16 February 2021).

2. Participated in the Four Weeks Online Orientation Programme for Faculty in Universities/ Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education, organized by Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (20th January – 18th February, 2023).

Organized