Dinesh Abrol is currently the coordinator of SASH&KN, Transdisciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies (TRCSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University. He worked at the Institute of Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) India, and coordinated the ISID-PHFI collaborative research programme on innovation, industry, and public health (2013-18). He was a visiting professor at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy (2014-16) and chief scientist at the CSIR-NISTADS (1982-2013). His research projects include collaborations with scholars contributing to research institutions in Argentina, Brazil, China, South Africa, the UK, and the USA. He is a founding member of Delhi Science Forum and All India Peoples’ Science Network.