Bio
Mahendra Shahare is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His research and teaching span Science and Technology Studies (STS), sociology of science, history of science and technology, and science and technology policy. He examines historical and contemporary sociopolitics of science and technology in India, with attention to public health, life sciences, and emerging technoscientific infrastructures. Before joining IIT Bombay in 2021, he undertook doctoral research at IIT Delhi, where he taught and held an early-career fellowship. He was a visiting fellow at Technische Universität Berlin and taught engineering in Pune. His work explores how scientific institutions, knowledge, and technologies shape society, and how political forces shape scientific practice.