Faculty Dr Nishanth K S

Dr Nishanth K S

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Contact Details

nishanth.s@srmap.edu.in

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Education

2024
PhD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy New York
USA
2019
MPhil
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
India
2016
MA
Azim Premji University
India
2011
BTech
Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, University of Calicut
India

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Research Interest

  • Critical drug studies, Critical addiction studies, End of life care, Medical STS, social movements in health.

Memberships

  • Society of the Social Studies of Science (4S)
  • Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology & Computing (CASTAC)(American Anthropological Association)

Publications

  • Complicating opioid access in global health

    Surawy Stepney N., Kunnukattil Shaji N.

    The Lancet Global Health, 2025, DOI Link

  • Grappling with Morphine: A Local History of Painkiller Use in Kerala, India

    Kunnukattil Shaji N.

    Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la medecine, 2021, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    In this article I argue that the scarcity of painkillers in the Global South is driven by a central asymmetry in which the health of developed countries is valued over that of the much poorer countries that comprise the rest of the world. To elucidate this point, I argue that by examining the history of various legal institutions and specific events, like the opioid crisis, that have shaped the global production of opium and production in India, one will be able to see the genealogy of the imbalance and inequality that has always affected care. I turn to the state of Kerala to explore instances in which these legal inflections live within the contemporary guidelines for palliative care, and thus constantly affect the supply and delivery of care. This also ties in with the much longer history of opium control for the growth of the global pharmaceutical industry, within which India has been uniquely placed.

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Interests

  • Exploring the notion of care from multiple vantage points
  • Game Studies
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Science and Technology Studies

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Education
2011
BTech
Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, University of Calicut
India
2016
MA
Azim Premji University
India
2019
MPhil
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
India
2024
PhD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy New York
USA
Experience
Research Interests
  • Critical drug studies, Critical addiction studies, End of life care, Medical STS, social movements in health.
Awards & Fellowships
Memberships
  • Society of the Social Studies of Science (4S)
  • Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology & Computing (CASTAC)(American Anthropological Association)
Publications
  • Complicating opioid access in global health

    Surawy Stepney N., Kunnukattil Shaji N.

    The Lancet Global Health, 2025, DOI Link

  • Grappling with Morphine: A Local History of Painkiller Use in Kerala, India

    Kunnukattil Shaji N.

    Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la medecine, 2021, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    In this article I argue that the scarcity of painkillers in the Global South is driven by a central asymmetry in which the health of developed countries is valued over that of the much poorer countries that comprise the rest of the world. To elucidate this point, I argue that by examining the history of various legal institutions and specific events, like the opioid crisis, that have shaped the global production of opium and production in India, one will be able to see the genealogy of the imbalance and inequality that has always affected care. I turn to the state of Kerala to explore instances in which these legal inflections live within the contemporary guidelines for palliative care, and thus constantly affect the supply and delivery of care. This also ties in with the much longer history of opium control for the growth of the global pharmaceutical industry, within which India has been uniquely placed.
Contact Details

nishanth.s@srmap.edu.in

Scholars
Interests

  • Exploring the notion of care from multiple vantage points
  • Game Studies
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Science and Technology Studies

Education
2011
BTech
Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, University of Calicut
India
2016
MA
Azim Premji University
India
2019
MPhil
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
India
2024
PhD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy New York
USA
Experience
Research Interests
  • Critical drug studies, Critical addiction studies, End of life care, Medical STS, social movements in health.
Awards & Fellowships
Memberships
  • Society of the Social Studies of Science (4S)
  • Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology & Computing (CASTAC)(American Anthropological Association)
Publications
  • Complicating opioid access in global health

    Surawy Stepney N., Kunnukattil Shaji N.

    The Lancet Global Health, 2025, DOI Link

  • Grappling with Morphine: A Local History of Painkiller Use in Kerala, India

    Kunnukattil Shaji N.

    Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la medecine, 2021, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    In this article I argue that the scarcity of painkillers in the Global South is driven by a central asymmetry in which the health of developed countries is valued over that of the much poorer countries that comprise the rest of the world. To elucidate this point, I argue that by examining the history of various legal institutions and specific events, like the opioid crisis, that have shaped the global production of opium and production in India, one will be able to see the genealogy of the imbalance and inequality that has always affected care. I turn to the state of Kerala to explore instances in which these legal inflections live within the contemporary guidelines for palliative care, and thus constantly affect the supply and delivery of care. This also ties in with the much longer history of opium control for the growth of the global pharmaceutical industry, within which India has been uniquely placed.
Contact Details

nishanth.s@srmap.edu.in

Scholars