Dr Rugmini Devi

Assistant Professor , Energy Transition, Innovation Studies, Sustainability & Decarbonisation, Social Inclusion, International Political Economy of Technology

PhD in Political Science, University of Kerala, MA in Political Science, University of Kerala, BA in Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad

Thesis: Bilateral Agreements in International Technology Cooperation: A Case Study of Green Technology Collaborations of the US with India and Brazil

Papers Published

• Saha, S. & M. Devi, R. (2026). Leveraging India-led Global Initiatives for India-Africa Partnership. Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit Policy Brief. Research and Information System for Developing Countries.
• M. Devi, R. & Edison, E. (2026). Faltering Foundations of Secularism in India: Subjugation of Religious Minorities. In Biveesh U C & J.T. Mammen (Eds.), India’s Democratic Experience: Perspectives on Federalism, Rights and Social Policy. Institute of Parliamentary Affairs.
• Mazzega, P., Devi, R.M., & Barros-Platiau, A.F. (2025). Where is the “Global South” located in scientific research? Earth System Governance.
• M. Devi, R. & Mammen, J.T. (2024). India–ASEAN Science Diplomacy in Renewable Energy. In India and Southeast Asia in a Changing World. Routledge. (book chapter).
• M. Devi, R. (2024). Can Technology Become a Public Good?: Concerns and Possibilities. In Kerala University Research Students’ Union (Ed.), Envisioning Tomorrow: Translating Knowledge in Science, Technology, Art and Social Science for Progress (pp. 23- 54). Pravda Books.
• M. Devi, R., Mammen, J.T., & Kumar, G.R. (2023). Balancing through Technonationalism: India’s National Innovation System – A Case Study of Techgentsia. Millennial Asia.
• Mammen, J.T., M. Devi, R., & Kumar, G.R. (2022). North-South Digital Divide: Comparative Inequalities in USA and India. African Journal of STI Development.
• M. Devi, R. (2021). A Synthesis of Agrarian Crisis & Microfinance Self Help Group Policy: Exploring the Neoliberal Agenda. Journal of Polity and Society. 13(1). 103-112.
• Devi, R.M. (2020). Creation of Great Power Identity: Exploring the Interests of China in the South China Sea. Journal of Polity and Society. 12(2). 89-100.
• Firdausi, A. & Devi, R.M. (2019). Women in Informality: Narratives from the Global South. In R. Majumder & S.M. Sarkar (Eds.), Development and Exclusion in India (183-200). Segment Books.
• Edison, E., & M. Devi, R. (2019). Tribal Land Alienation, Agricultural Changes and Food Culture Transition in Attappady. South Asia Research.

Testimonial

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Punjab. I hold a PhD in Political Science from the University of Kerala (2025), where my thesis examined bilateral agreements in international technology cooperation, with a case study of US green technology collaborations with India and Brazil. My research sits at the intersection of the international political economy of technology, energy transition, innovation studies, and sustainability, with a focus on Global South perspectives.

Awards and Recognition

• ICSRR Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship
• Member, Earth System Governance, Brasilia Chapter
• Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Kerala Exchange Fellow at Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
• Fellow, Science Policy Institute, University of Kerala