Aviram Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 6278919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aviram Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aviram |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nalanda University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4180-5107 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Re-examining (im)mobility within climate and disaster response policies and practices
Climate policies often fail to capture the complexities of (im)mobile populations and are predominantly biased towards communities that out-migrate. We perform a critical policy analysis of national (India) and subnational (with a focus on Uttarakhand) climate change and disaster response policies to comprehend climate vulnerabilities and their impact on migration. We triangulated the policy texts with the perspectives of various stakeholders, in…
“Delivering” energy democracy in rural India? A case study of the “community-based” solar off-grid
Science, Technology and Innovation for a Post-growth Society
Rethinking Innovation for a Post-growth Society
Innovations are conventionally conceptualised as one of the crucial driving factors fuelling the ‘growth machine’ of capitalism, whereas science and technology are the core of the innovations that facilitate the ‘endless’ economic growth. In the dominant economic paradigm, innovations became imperative for the survival of all forms of organisations—the creative force that brings economic dynamism and greater welfare for the broader common good. H…
Navigating the energy transition
From active collaborators to source of new regulatory politics
In the policy literature, the regulatory intermediary’s role has been analyzed to understand how they help achieve normative regulatory goals, like knowledge sharing, capacity building, and effective coordination. Yet, the “politics of” and “politics by” intermediaries are under-theorized. Drawing from the bottled water regulations debate in India, this article theorizes the complex relationship between regulators, intermediaries, and regulatory …
Opening the ‘Black Box’ of Regulation-making for Bottled Water Quality Standards in India
The paper contributes to the under-researched domain of standard setting for bottled water quality in India. The paper opens-up the ‘black box’ of regulation-making by analysing the mandatory bottled water quality standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The regulation-making exercise is dominated by bureaucrats and technocrats representing government departments, publicly funded institutions and representatives of big industries. I…
Water economies of Bodh Gaya, Bihar
Environmental governance in rural India
Developmental actors are pushing the diffusion of solar powered irrigation technologies using different technology diffusion models in resource-constrained, underdeveloped agrarian regions of the Global South. Among the varied models, the hybrid model of technology diffusion and environmental governance has gained a lot of traction and support among the technology promoters in recent years. In this article, we analyse two cases of hybrid environm…
‘We Do Not Want Fake Energy’
During the last two decades, numerous policy actors have advocated multiple models for the diffusion of solar energy-based technologies in India. In recent years, the social development-based energy business model was promoted by some NGOs, civil society groups and academicians for reaching the poor for meeting their energy needs. Using a case study approach, this article explores the social shaping of a solar micro-grid established in rural Biha…
Aligning regional priorities with global and national goals
To achieve United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 and for domestic reasons, the central government of India and several state governments are promoting aligned policies for universal access to sustainable and improved sanitation facilities. As most sanitation-related cross-sectional studies in India are national, this research examines the case of rural Bihar and identifies critical issues standing in the way of achievement of regio…
Knowledge politics, vulnerability and recognition-based justice
Drinking Water Quality in Indian Water Policies, Laws, and Courtrooms
Drinking water quality has drawn enormous attention from scientific communities, the industrial sector, and the common public in several countries during the last couple of decades. The scholarship in science and technology studies somehow overlooked this crucial domain. This article attempts to contribute to this gray area by exploring how drinking water quality is understood in Indian water policies, laws, and courtrooms. The article argues tha…
NGOs, Controversies, and “Opening Up” of Regulatory Governance of Science in India
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and scientific controversies are often the common denominators in most of the cases that have significantly shaped science and society relationships in the Global South during the past two decades. National and international NGOs and their network have often facilitated the “opening up” of regulatory governance in multiple sectors. This article draws from three cases—the bottled water controversy, the agribiot…
Sustainable and Socially Inclusive Development of Urban Water Provisioning
Over the years, the nature of drinking water supply and associated practices of consumption and regulation has enormously evolved in the cities of the global south. The existing literature on water provisioning in Indian cities is mostly skewed towards the megacities. The million plus cities, which are the new sites of ‘urbanization’, are less studied. In this context, the article analyzes the current scenario of drinking water provisioning in Pa…
Public understanding of participation in regulatory decision-making
“Science-based” standards are an integral part of modern regulatory systems. Studies on “public understanding of science” mostly focus on high technology areas in advanced economies. In contrast, the present study analyses the public understanding of regulation in the context of standard-setting for bottled water quality in India. Using primary data, the econometric models of this paper show that public understanding of participation in regulatio…
Consumption Conundrum of Bottled Water in India
The rapid growth in consumption of bottled water across the globe has drawn attention of policy makers and academicians alike. However, its consumption practices have been examined primarily in the context of industrialized countries. Drawing on studies of Science, Technology and Society, Public Understanding of Science, and institutions, this article explores the nuances of the consumption conundrum of bottled water in India. This mixed method s…
Knowledge politics, vulnerability and recognition-based justice
Water economies of Bodh Gaya, Bihar
Environmental governance in rural India
Developmental actors are pushing the diffusion of solar powered irrigation technologies using different technology diffusion models in resource-constrained, underdeveloped agrarian regions of the Global South. Among the varied models, the hybrid model of technology diffusion and environmental governance has gained a lot of traction and support among the technology promoters in recent years. In this article, we analyse two cases of hybrid environm…
Navigating the energy transition
Aligning regional priorities with global and national goals
To achieve United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 and for domestic reasons, the central government of India and several state governments are promoting aligned policies for universal access to sustainable and improved sanitation facilities. As most sanitation-related cross-sectional studies in India are national, this research examines the case of rural Bihar and identifies critical issues standing in the way of achievement of regio…
Consumption Conundrum of Bottled Water in India
The rapid growth in consumption of bottled water across the globe has drawn attention of policy makers and academicians alike. However, its consumption practices have been examined primarily in the context of industrialized countries. Drawing on studies of Science, Technology and Society, Public Understanding of Science, and institutions, this article explores the nuances of the consumption conundrum of bottled water in India. This mixed method s…
Public understanding of participation in regulatory decision-making
“Science-based” standards are an integral part of modern regulatory systems. Studies on “public understanding of science” mostly focus on high technology areas in advanced economies. In contrast, the present study analyses the public understanding of regulation in the context of standard-setting for bottled water quality in India. Using primary data, the econometric models of this paper show that public understanding of participation in regulatio…
Sustainable and Socially Inclusive Development of Urban Water Provisioning
Over the years, the nature of drinking water supply and associated practices of consumption and regulation has enormously evolved in the cities of the global south. The existing literature on water provisioning in Indian cities is mostly skewed towards the megacities. The million plus cities, which are the new sites of ‘urbanization’, are less studied. In this context, the article analyzes the current scenario of drinking water provisioning in Pa…
Drinking Water Quality in Indian Water Policies, Laws, and Courtrooms
Drinking water quality has drawn enormous attention from scientific communities, the industrial sector, and the common public in several countries during the last couple of decades. The scholarship in science and technology studies somehow overlooked this crucial domain. This article attempts to contribute to this gray area by exploring how drinking water quality is understood in Indian water policies, laws, and courtrooms. The article argues tha…
NGOs, Controversies, and “Opening Up” of Regulatory Governance of Science in India
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and scientific controversies are often the common denominators in most of the cases that have significantly shaped science and society relationships in the Global South during the past two decades. National and international NGOs and their network have often facilitated the “opening up” of regulatory governance in multiple sectors. This article draws from three cases—the bottled water controversy, the agribiot…
‘We Do Not Want Fake Energy’
During the last two decades, numerous policy actors have advocated multiple models for the diffusion of solar energy-based technologies in India. In recent years, the social development-based energy business model was promoted by some NGOs, civil society groups and academicians for reaching the poor for meeting their energy needs. Using a case study approach, this article explores the social shaping of a solar micro-grid established in rural Biha…
Aligning regional priorities with global and national goals
To achieve United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 and for domestic reasons, the central government of India and several state governments are promoting aligned policies for universal access to sustainable and improved sanitation facilities. As most sanitation-related cross-sectional studies in India are national, this research examines the case of rural Bihar and identifies critical issues standing in the way of achievement of regio…
Knowledge politics, vulnerability and recognition-based justice
Environmental governance in rural India
Developmental actors are pushing the diffusion of solar powered irrigation technologies using different technology diffusion models in resource-constrained, underdeveloped agrarian regions of the Global South. Among the varied models, the hybrid model of technology diffusion and environmental governance has gained a lot of traction and support among the technology promoters in recent years. In this article, we analyse two cases of hybrid environm…
Opening the ‘Black Box’ of Regulation-making for Bottled Water Quality Standards in India
The paper contributes to the under-researched domain of standard setting for bottled water quality in India. The paper opens-up the ‘black box’ of regulation-making by analysing the mandatory bottled water quality standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The regulation-making exercise is dominated by bureaucrats and technocrats representing government departments, publicly funded institutions and representatives of big industries. I…
Water economies of Bodh Gaya, Bihar
Science, Technology and Innovation for a Post-growth Society
Rethinking Innovation for a Post-growth Society
Innovations are conventionally conceptualised as one of the crucial driving factors fuelling the ‘growth machine’ of capitalism, whereas science and technology are the core of the innovations that facilitate the ‘endless’ economic growth. In the dominant economic paradigm, innovations became imperative for the survival of all forms of organisations—the creative force that brings economic dynamism and greater welfare for the broader common good. H…
Navigating the energy transition
From active collaborators to source of new regulatory politics
In the policy literature, the regulatory intermediary’s role has been analyzed to understand how they help achieve normative regulatory goals, like knowledge sharing, capacity building, and effective coordination. Yet, the “politics of” and “politics by” intermediaries are under-theorized. Drawing from the bottled water regulations debate in India, this article theorizes the complex relationship between regulators, intermediaries, and regulatory …
Re-examining (im)mobility within climate and disaster response policies and practices
Climate policies often fail to capture the complexities of (im)mobile populations and are predominantly biased towards communities that out-migrate. We perform a critical policy analysis of national (India) and subnational (with a focus on Uttarakhand) climate change and disaster response policies to comprehend climate vulnerabilities and their impact on migration. We triangulated the policy texts with the perspectives of various stakeholders, in…
“Delivering” energy democracy in rural India? A case study of the “community-based” solar off-grid
Political science (12 works) · Economics (9 works) · Engineering (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (5 works) · Environmental planning (5 works)