A Brief History of Identification in India
Research by Isha Malaviya
Edited & Presented by Sumit Krishna Yadav
The politics of identity has long plagued the globe and India is no exception to...
How the Economic Costs of Surveillance Impact India Inc.
With India yet to pass a citizen-centric data protection law, could this cost our trade ties with privacy-centric economies?
Technically Speaking, Can You Predict Crime? (Ep. 1)
Researched by Bharath Pottekkat
Edited by Malavika VN
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
With technology rapidly evolving, police forces across the world have been searching for solutions that...
Making a Case for a ‘Goldilocks’ Regulation of the Ed-Tech Sector
As per a 2020 report by the Omidyar Network, the K-12 ed-tech-addressable market in India is projected to be worth $1.7 billion (USD) by...
Customers Are Central to the Gig Economy. Will We Use Our Voice to Fight...
It is all-too-convenient to ignore the fact that the little brightly-coloured delivery executive icon riding through the map on our mobile screens is actually a human being who deserves respectable working conditions, at the very least.
The Laws of the Land of Social Media
While the 2021 IT Rules attempt to regulate the harms of social media, they will also place disproportionate regulatory power in the government's hands.
Technically Speaking, How Can Technology Facilitate Better Administration & Development Efforts?
Interviewed by Sourya Reddy; Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal.
One of the less-spoken about impacts that technology can have is on our public administration systems. But...
Building (Anti)trust: Can Competition Law Protect Us From Big Tech’s Harms?
Competition law has been in the news recently. After over a year-long investigation, the US Justice Department finally filed a much-anticipated lawsuit against Google...
Technically Speaking, Why Does Technology Adoption Need to Be Made More Transparent?
Hosted by Swagam Dasgupta
Edited by Malavika VN
Technology systems, when adopted by the state, come with a host of concerns, that range from individual data...
DIKSHA: The Long-Awaited Antidote to India’s Education Crisis?
Written by Aparna Ramanujam
It’s a blistering afternoon in Tamil Nadu, in July 2019. Inside a school in central Chennai, students run amok-the heat is...