I am the Director of the Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy (CRISP), an independent policy research centre located at Hyderabad, India, since April 2006. Previously I worked with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research at its National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi from 1993-2006. My main areas of research include agricultural extension policy and application of innovations systems framework in agriculture. I am also part of several national, regional and international policy forums related to reforming agricultural extension and advisory systems.