Prof. Venni V. Krishna is a Professor in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has a PhD in Sociology of Science from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. With over 23 years of research and teaching experience in the areas of sociology of science and technology including management of R&D; and science, technology policy and innovation studies, he has published over 30 research papers and five books. He is the founder-editor of Science, Technology and Society (Sage publications - Thousand Oaks, New Delhi, London and Singapore), an international journal devoted to Science and Technology studies.

Prof. Venni V. Krishna was a consultant to UNESCO, Paris, for its programmes on electronic publishing in developing countries and the publication of the World Science Report 1998 and UNESCO Science Report 2005, and to the ILO in 2001 for its programme on the informal sector.