Department of
Science Education

Prof. G. Nagarjuna joined IISER Pune as a visiting faculty in August 2022. He superannuated as Professor-H from HBCSE, TIFR and was a faculty member at HBCSE between 1997 and 2021. He has a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur working on the role of Inversion in the genesis, development and the structure of scientific knowledge.

Research and Development Areas

• Biological and Cultural roots of Cognition
• Structure and Dynamics of Knowledge (Modeling Knowledge as a Network)
• Information and Communication Technology for Collaborative Social Cognition and Learning
• Constructionist STEM Education
• Design and Development of Technologies for Resource Constrained Environments (NROER, DOER and CLix School Server)
• History and Philosophy of STEM and STEM education
• Policy and Advocacy of Free and Open Source Software and Creative Commons for Distributed and Decentralized Infrastructure