Dhirendra Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dhirendra Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dhirendra |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Science and Industrial Policy Research (Asian), New Delhi, India |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-1073-6609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Threads of Memory, Knots of Continuity
Textiles have been produced in India since ancient times. The creation and development of Indian textiles have a prehistoric origin. Although the tie and dye technique is age-old and struggling to
Sacred Clothing, Everyday Ritual
This research aims to explore the role of the ritual dressing of Laddu Gopal (a child-like figure) who represents the Hindu deity Krishna, as a sacred daily ritual in Hindu families, and how this ritual is embodied in terms of the devotional care and emotional closeness that is expressed through the choice of colors, fabrics, and symbolic forms. There is a lack of academic literature on the cultural and devotional aspects of Laddu Gopal’s dressin…
Framing Heritage Through Slow Design
Human Development Index—Revisited
In the present article, the concept of Human Development Index (HDI) has been revisited so as to integrate the human values using the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) measured by Transparency International, for different countries, as a simple generalization within the framework of existing Anand and Sen’s (1994) and Haq’s (1990) prescription. In this framework, a geometrical average of three indices corresponding to three dimensions, namely, th…
Science, Culture and Conflict in India
Science and technology have been a vector of social change, but for the nonwestern (Third World) people, modern technoscience advancement has been associated with western domination. For this reason, the evolution of technoglobalization is viewed with suspicion. The Critical Science Movement (CSM) emerged during the decades after the Second World War and led to ecofriendly scientific movements; the new scientific culture assessed science and tech…
The anti‐nuclear campaign on the Ganges
India's Nuclear Estate
Policy Studies and Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
An increasing number of anthropologists are involved in policy studies, studies which aim to change or to affect decision making with respect to important public issues. Characteristics of these studies are highlighted in contrast to traditional research assumptions given in the anthropological literature. It is the author's contention that research using traditional anthropological methods and techniques must be changed to accommodate policy stu…
Asia
General
Modern Logic--Its Relevance to Philosophy
The Negative Dialectics of India
The Differentiation Theory of Meaning in Indian Logic
Buddhist Theory of Meaning (Apoha) and Negative Statements
Epistemological negative dialectics of Indian logic ? abh?va versus anupalabdhi
Epistemological negative dialectics of Indian logic — abhāva versus anupalabdhi
Policy Studies and Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
An increasing number of anthropologists are involved in policy studies, studies which aim to change or to affect decision making with respect to important public issues. Characteristics of these studies are highlighted in contrast to traditional research assumptions given in the anthropological literature. It is the author's contention that research using traditional anthropological methods and techniques must be changed to accommodate policy stu…
Epistemological negative dialectics of Indian logic — abhāva versus anupalabdhi
Science, Culture and Conflict in India
Science and technology have been a vector of social change, but for the nonwestern (Third World) people, modern technoscience advancement has been associated with western domination. For this reason, the evolution of technoglobalization is viewed with suspicion. The Critical Science Movement (CSM) emerged during the decades after the Second World War and led to ecofriendly scientific movements; the new scientific culture assessed science and tech…
Epistemological negative dialectics of Indian logic ? abh?va versus anupalabdhi
Epistemological negative dialectics of Indian logic — abhāva versus anupalabdhi
Buddhist Theory of Meaning (Apoha) and Negative Statements
The Differentiation Theory of Meaning in Indian Logic
General
Modern Logic--Its Relevance to Philosophy
The Negative Dialectics of India
Asia
Policy Studies and Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
An increasing number of anthropologists are involved in policy studies, studies which aim to change or to affect decision making with respect to important public issues. Characteristics of these studies are highlighted in contrast to traditional research assumptions given in the anthropological literature. It is the author's contention that research using traditional anthropological methods and techniques must be changed to accommodate policy stu…
India's Nuclear Estate
The anti‐nuclear campaign on the Ganges
Science, Culture and Conflict in India
Science and technology have been a vector of social change, but for the nonwestern (Third World) people, modern technoscience advancement has been associated with western domination. For this reason, the evolution of technoglobalization is viewed with suspicion. The Critical Science Movement (CSM) emerged during the decades after the Second World War and led to ecofriendly scientific movements; the new scientific culture assessed science and tech…
Human Development Index—Revisited
In the present article, the concept of Human Development Index (HDI) has been revisited so as to integrate the human values using the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) measured by Transparency International, for different countries, as a simple generalization within the framework of existing Anand and Sen’s (1994) and Haq’s (1990) prescription. In this framework, a geometrical average of three indices corresponding to three dimensions, namely, th…
Threads of Memory, Knots of Continuity
Textiles have been produced in India since ancient times. The creation and development of Indian textiles have a prehistoric origin. Although the tie and dye technique is age-old and struggling to
Sacred Clothing, Everyday Ritual
This research aims to explore the role of the ritual dressing of Laddu Gopal (a child-like figure) who represents the Hindu deity Krishna, as a sacred daily ritual in Hindu families, and how this ritual is embodied in terms of the devotional care and emotional closeness that is expressed through the choice of colors, fabrics, and symbolic forms. There is a lack of academic literature on the cultural and devotional aspects of Laddu Gopal’s dressin…
Framing Heritage Through Slow Design
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Indian History and Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (3 works) · Dialectic (3 works)