Speakers

Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh

Place of Birth : Srinagar, India
Position : Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University, China; Adjunct Faculty, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, India
Field of study : Science Policy and Innovation Studies, Innovation Management

Dr. Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad is an Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS) in China. He holds an M.Phil and PhD from the Centre for Studies in Science Policy at Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Zhejiang University. His research interests include Alternative Innovation Models, Digital Frugal Innovations, Regional Development, and China Innovation. He is the co-editor of the book 'Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from Global South' (2015) and has contributed to the 'Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation' (2021) and the 'Handbook on Frugal Innovations' (2023). His work has been published in journals such as Regional Studies, Oxford Development Studies, and Science Technology and Society. He has also moderated several special sessions on 'Alternative Innovation and Development Models from the Global South' at the Science Summit of the United Nations General Assembly and the Academy of Management. In recognition of his work in documenting grassroots innovations in rural Kashmir, Dr. Fayaz received an award from the President of India at the National Innovation Foundation’s annual award ceremony in 2009.

• M.Phil and PhD: Science Policy and Innovation Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
• Postdoc: Innovation Management, Zhejiang University, China

• Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University, China (November 2022–Present)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Zhejiang University, China (September 2019–August 2022)
• Adjunct Faculty (Innovations), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-K), Kashmir, India (September 2022–Present)
• Innovation Consultant, Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Govt. of J&K, India (January 2019–June 2019)
• Coordinator, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR), India (January–June 2013)
• Collaborator, National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India (June 2007–July 2010)

• Alternative Theories of Innovation
• BRICS Innovation Systems (India and China focus)
• Innovation and Regional Development
• History of Innovation