Dr. C Shambu Prasad is a Professor of General Management (Strategy and Policy) at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand(IRMA). At IRMA he coordinates the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises (CSEE) and the Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence (VKCOE). He has been involved in promoting social entrepreneurship and instrumental in setting up IRMA’s incubator, ISEED (Incubator for Social Enterprises and Entrepreneurs for Development).His expertise is in science and innovation policy and his education has been multidisciplinary with a basic training in mechanical engineering, a Masters in Industrial Management with specialisation in science policy (both at IIT Madras) and a doctorate in science, technology and society studies from IIT Delhi. Dr Shambu Prasad was awarded the Villgro-CSIE award for ‘Academic Contribution to the Field of Social Entrepreneurship’ in April 2013 and was the Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellow attached to Cornell University pursuing a long term study on the System of Rice Intensification or SRI. His work seeks to create innovation spaces and learning alliances to foster knowledge dialogues between practitioners, academics and policy makers. He has been a member of a Sub Group on Upscaling Innovative Technologies in agriculture for the 12th Five Year Plan. He has taught courses on social entrepreneurship, managing collectives, ecosystem and sustainability management, public policies and public systems management, innovation management and rural livelihoods.