My research interests fall under Work, Industry & Society with a special focus on information technology (IT) / information and communication technologies (ICTs) and India. 

Presently, I am working on the following areas:

• ICTs in urban micro enterprises.
• R&D in Indian ICT sector.
• Labour process in software work.
• Social structuring of software workforce.
• Small software firms.
• Electronic governance.

In addition to my own research, I am supervising three doctoral students:-

• Mr. Malish C.M (malishchirakkal@gmail.com) – Knowledge Economy and ICT Sector in India: Negotiating Cultural Capital by Dalit Engineering Students in Kerala.
• Ms. Shelly Tara - Role Conflict and Social Support among Unmarried Working Women: A Study of Call Centers in India. 
• Mr. Sreejith Alathur (a.sreejith@gmail.com) - A Study of Citizens Participation in E-Democracy in Indian Context. (Jointly with Prof. M. P. Gupta)
  

I am trained in sociology and follow multidisciplinary approaches. I am comfortable with quantitative & qualitative methods and tools (SPSS, Spread sheet, and QDA). 

I am open for academic research collaborations and industry consulting. Please feel free to contact me {vignesh [a] hss.iitd.ac.in}. My publication record is here.

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