• Professional Career

Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (February 1, 2016-
Professor, Planning Commission Chair in Development Economics, CDS, September 2005- January 2016 (on leave)
Professor, CDS, September 2004- August 2005
Research Fellow and Head of Graduate Studies, United Nations University-Institute for New Technologies (now known as MERIT), September 1998-September 2004
Lecturer, CDS, 1995-September 1998
Visiting Research Fellow, Queen Elizabeth House and Visiting Scholar, Green College, University of Oxford, January 1994-December 1994
Assistant Professor, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), March 1991-December 1993
Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad , February 1986-March 1991

• Books

Mani, Sunil, Franco Malerba and Pamela Adams (eds.), Rise to market leadership, Evidence from Automotive, Pharmaceutical and ICT industries from emerging countries, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, Mass: USA: Edward Elgar, 2016 (*forthcoming )*
Mani, Sunil and Richard Nelson (eds., 2013), TRIPS Compliance, National Patent Regimes and Innovation, Evidence and Experience from Developing Countries, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, Mass, USA.
Malerba, Franco and Sunill Mani (eds., 2009) Sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries, Actors, Structure and Evolution,Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009 .
Mani, Sunil, Anjali Kochar and Arun Kumar (eds., 2006) Kerala’s economy, Crouching Tiger, Sacred Cows, Kottayam: D C Books.
Mani, Sunil and Henny Romijn (eds. 2004), Innovation, Learning and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries,Tokyo, United Nations University Press, 2004,
Bartzokas, Anthony and Sunil Mani (2004), Financial Systems, Corporate Investments in Innovation and Venture Capital, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004.
Mani, Sunil (2002) Government, Innovation and Technology Policy, An International Comparative Analysis, New Horizons in Economics of Innovation Series Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing: Edward Elgar.

• Chapters in books

Mani, Sunil (2015) India’ in UNESCO Science Report 2015, Paris: UNESCO, pp. 599-619.

Mani, Sunil (2014) ‘Economic liberalization and the performance of public sector enterprises in India’ in Terence Gomez, Francois Bafoil, and Kee-Cheok Cheong (eds.), Government-linked companies and sustainable, equitable development, London: Routledge, pp.18-38

Mani, Sunil (2014), ‘Innovation: The World’s Most Generous Tax Regime’ in Bimal Jalan and Pulapre Balakrishnan (eds.), Politics Trumps Economics, The Interface of Economics andPolitics in Contemporary India , New Delhi: Rupa, pp. 155-169.
Mani, Sunil (2014)National governments and the promotion of innovations’, in Grosclaude, Jean-Yves, Rajendra Pachauri, Laurence Tubiana, Damien Demailly, Raphael Jozan and Sanjivi Sundar (eds), Innovation for Sustainable Development, New Delhi: TERI Press, , pp. 257-262.
Mani, Sunil (2013) ‘India”: in Kahn Michael, Luiz Martins de Melo, Marcelo G. Pessoa de Matos, Financing Innovation, BRICS National Systems of Innovation , Delhi: Routledge India ? 2013, pp.134-162.
Mani, Sunil (2012) ‘Have China and India become more innovative since the onset of reforms in the two countries?’, in Amiya Kumar Bagchi and Anthony P.D’Costa (eds.), Transformation and Development, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 273-300.
Mani, Sunil (2012) ‘High skilled migration and remittances: India’s experience since economic liberalization’, in K. Pushpangadan and V N Balasubramanyam (eds.), Growth, Development and Diversity, India’s Record since Liberalization, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012 pp. 181-209.
Mani, Sunil (2012) ‘Explaining divergent stories of catch-up in the telecommunications equipment industry in Brazil, China, India and Korea’ in Franco Malerba and Richard Nelson (eds.), Economic Development as a learning Process, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar, 2012, pp. 21-71.
Mani, Sunil (2010) ‘India” in UNESCO Science Report 2010, Paris: UNESCO, pp. 363-377.
Mani, Sunil (2011) ‘Promoting knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship in India’, in Szirmai, Eddy, Wim Naude and Micheline Goedhuys (eds.), Entreprenurship and Innovation in Developing Countries, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 194-227, 2011
Mani, Sunil (2011) ‘The performance of India’s telecommunications industry, 1991-2009’, Dev, Mahendra (ed.) , India Development Report 2010, Delhi: Oxford University Press, Chapter 10, 2011
Mani, Sunil (2011) ‘High Skilled Migration from India, An analysis of its economic implications’, in S.Irudayarajan (ed), Migration, Identity and Conflict, India Migration Report 2011, London: Routledge, pp. 309-330.
Mani, Sunil (2010) ‘ Industrial sector in India and economic liberalizatiion’, in B A Prakash (ed), The Indian Economy since 1991, Economic Reforms and Performance, Delhi: Pearson Education, pp. 416-431.
Mani, Sunil (2009)‘Why is the Indian pharmaceutical industry more innovative than its telecommunications equipment industry ?’, in Malerba, Franco and Sunil Mani (eds.), 2009, Sectoral Systems of Innovastion and Production in Developing Countries: Actors, Structure and Evolution, Cheltenham, UK and Nothampton, Mass., USA: Edward Elgar, pp. 27-56.
Mani, Sunil (2007) ‘Government Support for a Knowledge-based economy, An examination of India’s Technology Policy Initiatives, 1990-2005′, in A.Vaidyanathan and K L Krishna (eds.), Institutions and Markets in India’s Development, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 137-164.

Mani, Sunil (2007) ‘Keeping pace with globaliosation: Innovation Capability in Korea’s Telecommunications Industry’, in Jorg Mahlich and Werner Pascha (eds.), Innovation and Technology in Korea, Newy York: Physica-Verlag, 2007. pp. 254-286.
Mani, Sunil (2005) ‘Innovation capability in India’s Telecommunications equipment industry’ in A.Saith and M. Vijayabaskar (eds), ICT’s and Indian Economic Development, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2005, pp. 265-322.
Mani, Sunil (2005) ‘Epistemic communities and informed policy making for promoting innovations: the case of Singapore’, in Box, Louk and Rutger Engelhard (eds), Sience and Technology Policy for Development, Dialogues at the Interface, London: Anthem Press, pp.73-87.
Mani, Sunil (2003)) ‘Role of Government in shaping the national systems of innovation, The South African Experience since 1994′, in Mammo Muchie, Peter Gammeltoft, and Bengt-’ke Lundvall (Eds.) Putting Africa First:The Making of African Innovation Systems, Aalborg: Aalborg University Press

• Journal Articles

Mani, Sunil and V.Sridhar (2015), ‘Diffusion of broadband internet in India’, *Economic and Political Weekly*, Vo.50, No: 51, pp. 54-62.
Mani, Sunil (2014), ‘Industrial investments in Kerala, Trends, constraints and future prospects’, The *Journal of Industrial Statistics*, Vol. 3, No: 2, pp. 169-198.
Mani, Sunil (2014), ‘Emergence of India as the World Leader in Computer and Information Services’, *Economic and Political Weekly*, Vol 49, No. 49, pp. 51-61
Mani, Sunil (2014), ‘Doesn’t India Already Have an IPR Policy?’, *Economic and Political Weekly,*Vol 49, No. 47, pp. 10-13
‘Guide to data on Foreign Direct Investments to India’, International Journal of Development and Social Research, Vol, 1, Issue No: II, 2014, pp. 55- 66.‘
Mani, Sunil (2014)Evidence-based policy making, What can we learn from India’s R&D Statistics? ‘, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 49, No: 10, 2014, pp. 13-16. (jointly with Anant Kamath)
Mani, Sunil (2014) ‘Late industrial revolution in India, Democratisation of entrepreneurship’ (Review of the book, Sumit K Majumdar, India’s late late industrial revolution, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 48, pp. 25-28.
Mani, Sunil (2013) ‘Outward foreign direct investment from India and knowledge flows, the case of three automotive firms’, Asian Journal of Technology and Innovation, Volume 21, Special Issue 1, 2013, pp. 25-38.
Mani, Sunil (2013) ‘Evolution of the sectoral system of innovation of India’s aeronautical industry’, International Journal of Technology and Globalization, Vol. 7, Nos: 1 and 2, 2013, pp. 92-117.
Mani, Sunil (2012) ‘The Mobile Communications Services Industry in India: Has it Led to India Becoming a Manufacturing Hub for Telecommunication Equipment?‘, Pacific Affairs, Vo.85, No: 3, September, 2012, pp. 511-530.
Mani, Sunil (2012) ‘Liberalisation of technical education in Kerala, Has higher enrolment led to a larger supply of engineers?’, E conomic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLVII, No: 21 , pp.63-73 (with M. Arun)
‘ Mani, Sunil (2011)ridging the digital divide:The Indian experience in increasing the access to telecommunication services’, International Journal of Technological, Learning, Innovation and Development, 2011, pp. 184-203.
Mani Sunil and V.Santhakumar(2011) ‘Diffusion of new technologies and productivity growth in India agriculture, Natural Rubber vs Coconuts ’, (with V. Santhakumar), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLVI, No: 6, pp. 58-63.
Mani, Sunil (2010) Guest edited a special issue of International Journal of Technology and Globalization, Vol. 5, Nos: 1&2.
Mani, Sunil (2010)Are innovations on the rise in India since the onset of reforms of 1991? Analysis of its evidence and some disquieting features’, International Journal of Technology and Globalization, Vol. 5, Nos: 1 and 2, pp. 5-42 ;
Mani, Sunil (2010) ‘Financing of industrial innovations in India: How effective are tax incentives for R&D’, International Journal Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Vol.3, No: 2, 2010, pp. 109-131
Mani, Sunil (2009) ‘Is India becoming more innovative since 1991?’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 44, No: 46,2009, pp. 41-51
‘Growth of India’s telecom services (1991-2007): Can It Lead to Emergence of a Manufacturing Hub?’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLIII, No: 3, January 19, 2008, pp. 37-46.
‘Growth of new technology-based industries in India, the contrasting experiences of Biotechnology and Information Technology Industries’, International Journal of Technology and Globalization, Vol.2, Nos: 1 and 2, 2006, pp. 200-216.
‘The Dragon vs. the Elephant: Comparative Analysis of Innovation Capability in the Telecom Industry of China and India’, Economic and Political Weekly, 40 (39), 2005, pp. 4271-83.
‘How Governments Can Boost Business R&D’, Science and Development Network , 2005.
‘Financing of innovation-A Survey of various institutional mechanisms in Malaysia and Singapore’, Journal of Technology and Innovation, Vol. 12, No: 2, 2004, pp. 185-208.
‘Institutional support for investment in new technologies, An analysis of the role of government in India’, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 71, 2004, pp. 855-863.

• Website

http://cds.edu/people/dr-sunil-mani/qualification.html

• Other notable activities and achievements

Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan (February-July, 2016)
Visiting Professor, University of Toulouse Le Mirail, Tolouse, France (March 2013, March 2014, March 2015)
Visiting Research Professor (Long Term), Department of Management and Technology, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy(October-December 2012, October-December 2013)
Member, Advisory Steering Committee, Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII), Human Sciences Research Council, Republic of South Africa (2011-2013)
Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, PGPM and PGPEX (2009-).
Honorary Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana (2009-2014)
Honorary Research Associate, Institute for Japanese-European Technology Studies , University of Edinburgh, UK (2008-).
San-Ei Gen Visiting Faculty at University of Edinburgh Management School, Scotland, UK (January 2008).
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Researc h Policy, (Elsevier Science).
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Technology and Globalization, (Inderscience).
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Technology, Learning and Development, Inderscience.
Visiting Faculty, PGP-PMP, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Joint Co-ordinator, DEIP Training Programme India, 2009.
Member, Steering group on Foreign R&D Centres, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (2009-)
Member, Expert Committee on Innovation Surveys, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2004-2008).
Instructor, Globelics Academy, ISEG and Lisbon Technical University (2006-), TaSTI, University of Tampere (2008).
Member, Organizing/Scientific Committee, Globelics 2010 at Kuala Lumpur, Globelics 2009 at Dakkar, Senegal Globelics 2008 at Mexico City, Mexico, Globelics 2007 at Saratov, Russia and Globelics 2006 at Trivandrum, India.
Member, Program Committee, Atlanta Conference and Science and Innovation Policy, Georgia Tech, (2009).
Academic co-ordinator , Stanford Centre for International Development-Kerala Global Support Network- Asian School of Business Seminar Series on Kerala in the Global Economy (2005-).
Member, Topic Advisory Panel, SciDev.Net (2004-)