External PhD candidate International Institute of Social Studies ISS PhD
- Location
- Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
- Room
- I1-15A
- chakravarty@iss.nl
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Profile
Sanghamitra studies frugal innovations in medical devices from innovative manufacturing firms in South Africa within a context inclusive technological change. She is also part of the Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA) and has been a visiting PhD researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Sanghamitra holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in chemical engineering from India; and more recently did the PG Diploma on Local Economic Development at ISS. Prior to the PhD, she has worked twelve years in multi-stakeholder government science, technology and innovation policy programmes in India (Department of Science & Technology) and Oman (The Research Council).
- Sanghamitra Chakravarty (2022) - A Development Lens to Resource-Constrained Innovation: Exploring frugality in medical device manufacturing in South Africa
- Sanghamitra Chakravarty & Peter Knorringa (2021) - Enabling Inclusive Technological Change through Transformative Policies: Frugal innovations from medical device manufacturing firms in South Africa - [link]
- Sanghamitra Chakravarty (2021) - Resource constrained innovation in a technology intensive sector: Frugal medical devices from manufacturing firms in South Africa - Technovation, 112 - doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102397 - [link]