Arvind Upreti
Year of Joining : 2017
Advisor : Dr. V. Sridhar
Research Interests : Societal and labor market impact of technological change, Adoption and implications of artificial intelligence systems.
Education : B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, M.Tech in Software Systems
Work Experience : Principal Consultant- Knowledge Management & Senior Project Manager, Infosys Technologies (16 years) ; Engineer, Tata Motors (1.5 years)
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Email: arvind.upreti@iiitb.org
Kavitha Narayanan
Year of Joining : 2016
Advisor : Bidisha Chaudhuri & Balaji Parthasarathy
Research Interest : Political-economy of technologies; Politics of Development; Gender
Education : Integrated M.A. (Development Studies), Indian Institute of Technology- Madras (IIT-Madras)
Work Experience : Research Associate, CITAPP, IIIT-B (2.5 years); Research Assistant, CBPS (1.5 years)
Publications: Narayanan, K., Hoysala, O., & Srinivasan, J. (2016). The Digital Transformation? A Study of Ola Auto. Presented at the Workshop on Bangalore’s Great Transformation. NIAS, Bangalore.
Narayanan, K., Hoysala, O., & Srinivasan, J. (2016). Ola! Moral Economies of the Digital? Presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics (SASE) on ‘Moral Economies, Economic Moralities’. UC Berkeley. Abstract Download. Presentation Download.
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Oindrila Matilal
Year of Joining : 2016
Advisor : Janaki Srinivasan
Research Interest : Technology and Organizations, Technology and Education
Research Topic : Exploratory study on Remote Workers
Education : B.A (Sociology), Presidency College, Kolkata; M.A (Sociology) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Work Experience : 2 years, Treamis World School; 2 years, Anthroplace Consulting Pvt. Ltd
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Sanjay V. P.
Year of Joining : 2016
Advisor : Amit Prakash
Research Interests : Impacts of ICTs in different sectors of society, agriculture
Research Topic : Applying ICTs to small-sector agriculture
Education : BE, Electronics & Communication, JMIT, University of Mysore; MBA, IGNOU
Work Experience : 9 years in STPI-Bangalore, as Joint Director; 14 years in InKnowTech, as Co-Founder & CEO
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Rajesh Hanbal
Year of Joining : 2015
Advisor(s) : Amit Prakash, Janaki Srinivasan
Research interests : ICTs and rural governance, Public systems delivery
Education : Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering, SJCE, Mysore; Masters in Public Administration, IGNOU.
Work Experience : 1.5 years as Engineer with Mindtree Ltd; 1 year as faculty at SJCE, Mysore; 3 years as Project Associate with IT for Change
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Rajesh Mishra
Year of Joining : 2014
Advisor : Balaji Parthasarathy
Research Interests : Global Innovation networks, Innovation for inclusive growth, Mobile Health, Dynamics of ICT industry, Competency & learning
Education : B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur; M.Tech in Computer Engineering, IIT Kharagpur; PGSEM (MBA) from IIM, Bangalore
Work Experience : 29 years
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Soumyo Das
Year of Joining : 2018
Advisor : Dr. Bidisha Chaudhuri
Research Interests : Automation and Economy, Labour Markets, Data as a Commodity
Education : Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Calcutta.
Work Experience : Client Associate at Tata Consultancy Services, New Delhi. (06 Months)
Publications : Data-fying Anti-Poverty Programmes: Implications for Data Justice. Manuscript under review.
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Email: soumyo.das@iiitb.org
Nandakishore Kanakatte
Year of Joining : 2015
Advisor : V. Sridhar
Research interests : Quality of open systems, Quality management
Education : BE in Mechanical Engineering; PG Diploma in Systems Programming
Work experience : 20+ years in engineering and IT industries
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