Sujay Rao Mandavilli: IT professional, Anthropologist, Researcher and Post-colonial thinker.
Institute for the study of the globalisation of science (ISGOS)
Scholars and Intellectuals for Mankind (SCHIMA)
Movement for open, transparent, high-quality and ideology-free science (MOTHIS)
Think tank for the rationalization and modernization of pedagogy (TH-RAMP)
Movement for the re-orientation of economic studies (MORES),
Think tank for accelerating the rate of progress in foundational science (TH-ARPIFS)
Think tank for the reexamination of the role of religion in society (TH-RERORS)
Think tank for the strategizing science communication for the masses (TH-STSCOMM)
Founded by
Sujay Rao Mandavilli
Sujay Rao Mandavilli is an IT professional (Governance Risk and Compliance) (Still practising as of 2025; Served major clients such as Tata Group, Mahindra Group, NECAM, Verizon and BAT, and also previously worked in IBM) and a born-again Anthropologist, researcher, and post-colonial thinker and theorist with major contributions to various fields of Anthropology and Social Sciences. He completed his Masters in Anthropology from the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi, India in 2020 with a first class, and with specializations in ethnography and environmental anthropology. He has made major contributions to Anthropological Economics, the Sociology of Science, theories of socio-cultural change, Identity theory, population studies, Historiography, language dynamics, Indo-European studies, the Aryan Problem, and the identity of the Harappans. He has also contributed greatly to scientific method, and the philosophy of science with a large number of publications on the philosophy of science and scientific method. His hypothesis is that most fields of Social sciences which are based on a study on social and cultural variables, are based on old Eurocentric paradigms, based on the European or American experience, (examples being Europeans studying exotic cultures and consumption-driven economic models) and that better theories can only come from intellectual multipolarity, and Ethnographic data collected from different parts of the world. He believes this will lead to better scientific research, and greatly boost scientific output in different parts of the world that have hitherto lagged behind the West in scientific research. He has also attempted to synthesize Anthropological theory with other fields of Social Sciences such as Economics and Pedagogy, generating several new paradigms as a result.
He strongly believes that the ‘Globalization of Science’, with a particular emphasis on the social sciences, must become one of the major movements of the Twenty-first century. He has called for an “Indian Enlightenment” as well as similar renaissances in the developing world through a horizontal collaboration among developing nations. He has also called for the replacement of old-school intellectualism, with contemporary intellectualism, while keeping religious forces at bay. He has published over one hundred and eighty core research papers, and fifteen books. All papers have again been republished through Social Sciences Research Network or SSRN, some through SocArXiv, and many through other forums such as Mendeley, OSF and Zenodo, and publishers such as Google books, Pothi publishers, Eliva publishers, Notion publishers and Amazon books. All his papers also also indexed in major science repositories. A few papers have been published in some European journals. He is the Founder-Director of the Institute for the Study of the Globalization of Science (ISGOS) (Registered in India as the Globalization of Science Trust) which is has already started empaneling a group of researchers and scientists to plan its next course of action. In 2023, he launched the “Scholars and intellectuals for mankind” (SCHIMA) forum, which is reaching out to scholars and intellectuals from throughout the world to draft a common agenda. In 2024, he launched the “Movement for open, transparent, high-quality and ideology-free science” (MOTHIS), the “Movement for the re-orientation of economic studies (MORES), and the “Think tank for research on rationalizing and modernizing pedagogy” (TH-RAMP) Think tank for the strategizing science communication for the masses (TH-STSCOMM), Think tank for accelerating the rate of progress in foundational science (TH-ARPIFS), and Think tank for the reexamination of the role of religion in society (TH-RERORS) riding piggyback on his large number of publications on scientific method and other topics. In 2024, he also created the blog and the video channel “Abhilasha: This is not Utopia” to discuss burning and pressing issues of the day, particularly in relation to science, knowledge and society. In 2025, he launched the Mandavilli foundation to provide cash-free awards to social science researchers from developing countries who actively engage in globalization of science pursuits. He also launched a scholarship to Ph.D researchers in India whose primary thesis deals with globalization of science in the humanities. He also writes “social and scientific poetry” in order to contribute to the globalization of science movement, albeit humorously. Since 2026, he has also become a contributor for the citizen journalism sites Youth Ki Awaaz and Pratilipi. In 2026, he also launched a series of six children’s book under the “Science for budding and curious young minds” series to promote a scientific temper and science literacy, particularly in India and other developing countries.
Also refer his publications on Researchgate.
Memberships
- Lifetime Member, Indian Science Congress Association (L28080)
- Lifetime Member, Linguistic Association of India (LM-027/2015)
- Affiliate, ARC Centre of Excellence on the Dynamics of Language, Australian Research Council
- Lifetime Member, Dravidian Linguistic Association (1211/2015)
- Member, Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)
- Member, European Association of Social Anthropologists
- Lifetime Member, India Innovators Association
- Member, TRIZ Innovation India
- Honorary Member, Quarterly Franklin Membership (Membership ), London Journals Press
- Lifetime Member, National Population Control Mission of India Also
- Associate Editor, Journal of Educational Sciences Research
- Reviewer and Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT)
- Reviewer, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) ISSN: 2321 – 2705
- Member, Thinkers 360
- Peer reviewer, Academia global and public health
- Reviewer, Current Science
- Member, Editorial Board, Macrothink Institute
- Nominated for Asia’s Who’s who Men and Women of Achievement (Rifacimento International)
- Accepted for Marquis Who’s who, 2018
- Mentor, Science India (www.scienceindia.in)
- Member, Mendeley Advisory Group
- Reviewer, Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society
- Empaneled as reviewer, Pragati journal of Indian economy
- Reviewer in the International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS).
- "Reviewer" for Arthshastra Indian Journal of Economics & Research
- Member, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
- Listed in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovations achievements database 2021 Institute ID:ARI-A-54718 (Institute for the study of the globalization of science)
- Reviewer, Bakhtiniana, Revista de Estudos do Discurso
- Proposal reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (Ambizione grants)
- Assessor, National Skill India Mission, Ref No. Nsim 2563
Awards
India Achievers Award, 2020
India Achievers Forum
InRes Research Excellence Award, 2024
Institute of Researchers, (Institution of Biomedical Engineers (India)), Recognized and accredited by MSME
Best Researcher Award
International organization for academic and scientific development (IOASD)
Best Research Award (2024)
Best researcher awards, 2024, International academic achievements and awards, Arts and humanities
Indian Literature Award, 2026
Indian Literature & Arts Society
For Literature – Scientific Poetry
For Literature – Scientific Poetry
Mission statement
To democratize and universalize frameworks and paradigms particularly in, though not necessarily limited to, various fields in the social sciences, and free them from the shackles or limitations of Eurocentrism and other ideologies, while at the same time laying the groundwork for science, intellectualism and pedagogy particularly in developing countries with the view to maximizing self-fulfillment and social, cultural and economic productivity.
The six pillars of his mission
He had founded the “Institute for the study of the globalization of science” (ISGOS) in 2017, which was registered in India as “The globalization of science trust”. He had also launched the think tank “Scholars and intellectuals for mankind”, (SCHIMA) subsequently, and another think tank called the “Open, transparent and high-quality science movement”. The following are the six pillars of the movement in a nutshell:
01
Revitalizing various fields of the social sciences for the twenty-first century and beyond by moving them beyond colonialism and imperialism: This is the reason why we had published over one hundred core papers, and eight books all of which are online.
02
Creating intellectual revolutions in various parts of the developing world on the lines of the renaissance and enlightenment that took place in Europe a couple of centuries ago. We had published a paper on twenty-first century intellectualism in 2023. In addition refer to our various other papers which contribute to this mission.
03
Rearming pedagogy and education systems for the twenty-first century and beyond. We had published papers on anthropological pedagogy, and the sociology of science, besides a book on rebooting and revitalizing pedagogy for the twenty-first century pedagogy.
04
Modulating the role of religion in the twenty-first century and beyond through better education, social sciences research techniques, and a concerted effort among governments. Refer to our book on the role played by religion in the twenty-first century and beyond.
05
Developing bottom up developing models for the developing world which would contribute to our other objectives as well. Refer to our papers on anthropological economics, and our book on economic development models.
06
Environmental movements must be integrated, holistic, and must also take into account and consideration, the needs and requirements of people in developing countries. We also need to launch the “Low populations for the environment” movement (LOPE movement) as relatively low birth rates can lead to an “Evergreen demographic boon”. We also simultaneously need to launch a “High-quality human resources movement” for better quality human resources.
Mandavilli foundation
Awards and scholarships are given by the Mandavilli foundation as follows
Rules for awards and prizes
- Researchers must be active in any field of the social sciences. This includes anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, political science, historiography, etc. for any clarification, please write to me.
- Must have demonstrated a commitment to freeing social sciences from the shackles of Eurocentrism or laying the foundations of social sciences in the developing countries. This must preferably not be limited to one single country, but to developing countries, and to science as a whole.
- Must be from a developing country in Africa, South America, South Asia, South East Asia, Middle East, Near East and the Philippines. Due to technical and operational challenges, we are not accepting submissions from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Submissions from China are also not accepted. For any clarifications, please write to me.
- Researchers must have carried out research in the aforesaid regions, and must be still residents of those regions at the time of claiming the award.
- Must have had a history of research and research publications at least five years.
- Must have published at least five research papers in peer-reviewed journals.
- Publications must have been in English. In case the original paper was in another language, translation must have also been published in a peer-reviewed journal in English.
- Journal must be reasonably reputed, and must not be classified or categorized as fake or non-genuine.
- Researcher must be associated with a university, reputed research institute, or a think tank.
- Non-affiliated researchers may apply provided they furnish two references or two testimonials from reputed affiliated scholars.
- Researcher must have a valid Masters degree in any field.
- Copies of the papers must be submitted for evaluation.
- No registration charges are applicable at present.
- We will issue a certificate and a testimonial. These will be in soft copies only. There are no cash awards at present.
- Selection will be purely based on merit.
- There are no limits to the number of awards that can be given in a year. Alternatively, no awards may be given in a particular year in the absence of meritorious candidates.
- The main categories of awards are “Global star award for the year …..” (Unlimited), and “Global Best researcher of the year award for ….” (only one)
- Special awards shall also be given for outstanding papers in Economics and Pedagogy for work that boosts economic outcomes in developing countries.
- The form attached must be fully and properly filled in.
- Claims may be referred to a subcommittee if required. The decisions of the judges and the panel shall be binding and final.
Rules for Ph.D scholarship
- This scholarship is applicable to researchers pursuing research in an Indian university.
- The Ph.D program must be approved by the UGC or the University Grants Commission.
- The Ph.D program must be in the humanities.
- The Ph.D program must be centered on the ideals of the globalization of science movement, and must benefit developing countries greatly.
- Letter of admission must be provided from the university.
- Research proposal must have been approved by the university.
- Letter must be provided from the guide.
- We are starting with one scholarship per year. Rs 5,000 consolidated for the course. Program may be expanded at a later date.
- The form attached must be fully and properly filled in.
- Proposals may be referred to a subcommittee if required. The decisions of the panel shall be binding and final.