Shiv Visvanathan is currently Professor at Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat and Director, Centre for the Study of Knowledge Systems, O.P Jindal Global University.  He is a trained social anthropologist with a PhD from the University of Delhi. He holds an Adjunct Professorship at the National Institute of Advanced Study (NIAS). He is an Indian public intellectual and social scientist best known for his contributions to Science and Technology Studies, and for the concept of cognitive justice a term he coined. He is author of Organizing for Science, A Carnival for Science, Theatres of Democracy  and has co-edited Foulplay: Chronicles of Corruption.