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Conference & Invited Talks

Conference Presentations

• 2010. The Economic Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Microenterprises in the Context of Development. ICA 2010, 23 June. International Communication Association, Singapore. (Jointly with Prof. Mark Levy)

• 2010. What I do is not activism! ICTs, Youth & Political engagement in India. 19^th AMIC Annual Conference, Singapore, 21-23 June, Asian Communication and Media Center.

• 2010. ICTs and Economic growth in urban microenterprises. ICTs and Development: An International Workshop for Theory, Practice and Policy. March 11-12, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

• 2009. Open windows of opportunity and local interdependencies: The IT/ITES sector and economic policy at the sub-national level in India. Technology, Public Policy and Development:Shifting Contexts, Transforming Agendas" January 22– 24, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

• 2008. ICT in India: Value added, R&D Expenditure, Personnel & Trade Flows. Workshop on The trends in public and private investments in ICT R&D in China, India and Taiwan and on the globalisation of R&D and the competitiveness of their innovation system in ICT, 29th September, European  Commission's  Institute  for  Prospective  Technological  Studies, Brussels. 

• 2008. High-tech labour and social segmentations: A case of Indian software workforce. XXXII Indian Social Science Congress, 17-22 December, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi.  

• 2007. When we started, nothing was here: Insights on firm location of small software firms in India. International Seminar on IT Industry in India-Prospects, Retrospects and Policies, 1-2 November, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

• 2007. They are cool about it: Parental reactions to daughter's unconventional work hours at the call centers in India. International Seminar on IT Industry in India-Prospects, Retrospects and Policies, 1-2 November, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. (Jointly with Shelly Tara)

• 2007. Social and environmental impact of OOXML in India. 11th Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association, 2-3 November, Amritsar.

• 2007. Small software firms in India and globalization of technology. Science and Technology Policy: China and India. Urban Institute / National Academies of Science, 20-22, September, Washington.

• 2007. Disadvantaged groups in Industrial Training Institutes in India: Problems and Remedial Measures. National Seminar on Enhancing Access and Performance of Disadvantaged Sections of Society in Technical and Vocational Education, March 22-23, Chandigarh.

• 2007. Small software firms at the margins: Some observations. National Conference on Decentralized Innovation: Focus on Rural and Small Urban Enterprises, NISTADS, New Delhi, 16-17, March.

• 2006. Indian software workforce: Inferences for the digital divide. Invited paper for a panel discussion under Research Committee 21, 32^nd National Conference of the All India Sociological Society, Chennai, 26-28, December. 

• 2006. Unevenness in Indian Software Workforce. 10th Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA), August 11 & 12, Udaipur.

• 2006. Firm location preferences of Indian software export entrepreneurs. 32^nd All India Sociological Conference, Chennai, 27-29 December.

• 2006. Indian software workforce: A case of digital divide. 32^nd All India Sociological Conference, Chennai, 27-29 December.

• 2006. Unevenness in the Indian software workforce. 10th Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association, Udaipur, August 11 & 12.

• 2005. Invisible barriers to entry for minorities in Indian software workforce. Paper presented at the XXXI All India Sociological Conference, Jammu, 25-27 October, 2005.

• 2005. Role of Social Capital in Evolution of Small Software Firms in India. National Seminar on the concept of Social Capital and its Relevance for Theory, Research and Policy, Dept. of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Mar. 10-11.

• 2002. Sustainable Development: Shift from Population to Cultural Paradigm. International Conference on Population, Development and Environment, BITS Pilani, 15- 16 March (jointly with A. K. Sharma)

• 2002. Software Work in India: Profession or Occupation? 24^th All India Sociological Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Dec. 16-18. (Jointly with A. K. Sharma) 

• 2002. Dilemmas in Sustainable Development. National Seminar on Environmental Ethics: To What Extent Does it Go Beyond Human-Centered Ethics, Organized by Christ Church College Kanpur and sponsored by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, January 21- 23 (jointly with A. K. Sharma)

• 2002. Managing Bench Workers in Indian Software Industry: An Agenda. National Seminar on Structure of Employment and its Interface with Technology: Present Status and Policy Imperatives for Productivity Enhancement, HSS Department, IIT Delhi, 27- 28 March. (Jointly with A. K. Sharma)

Invited Talks

• 2010. Bridging the digital divide for inclusive growth. Management development programme on New Generation E-Governance, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. 7^th June (Invited by Dr. R. K. Mitra) 

• 2010. Do mobile phones lead to development? Case of urban microentreprenuers in Mumbai City. Center of Development Studies, 1st July (Invited by Prof. K. J. Joseph)

• 2010. How do you rank the 28+2 States/provinces in India? Index for potential investors. INSEAD Business School, Abu Dhabi Campus, May 11. (Invited by Prof. Mezias)

• 2010. Part of Brains or executing arms? R&D Centers of IT MNEs in India. INSEAD Business School, Abu Dhabi Campus, May 12. (Invited by Prof. Mezias)

• 2010. Use of ICTs by urban microenterprises in developing countries. INSEAD Business School, Abu Dhabi Campus, May 13. (Invited by Prof. Mezias)

• 2009. Labour Process in Indian Software Work: Some Developments. 34^th All India Sociological Conference, Research Committee: Science, Technology & Society, 10-12 Oct., Srinagar. (Invited by Prof. Batra)

• 2009. Open Standards & Universities: Need for Collaborations. China Education & Research Conference, 22^nd April, Chengdu. (Invited by Dr. Dennis Ding)

• 2009. Politics of Technology Open Standards. School of Social Sciences, Hyderabad Central University, 24 Jan. (Invited by Dr. Nagaraju)

• 2008. ICT for Development in India: A view from the research world. NASSCOM Foundation National Consultation: ICT for rural Inclusion: Access, Empowerment, Employability, New Delhi, 16^th Dec. (Invited by Ms. Rufina Fernandes)

• 2008. Homogeneous workforce & Social segmentations: Insights from the Indian software sector. Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad, 6^th February. (Invited by Prof. I. S. Singh) 

• 2008. Using Software for qualitative data analysis: Experiences of an empirical study. V. V. Giri National Labour Institute, 8^th February. (Invited by Dr. Babu Remesh)

• 2007. Open standards and E-governance: Implications for India. Gargi College, University of Delhi, 31^st October. (Invited by Ms. Pooja)

• 2007. Small Software Firms in India: Innovators or Hygiene Factors? Centre for Studies in Science Policies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 22nd Aug, New Delhi. (Invited by Prof. V.V. Krishna)

• 2007. Social Impact of Open Standards: Case of ODF in India, National Seminar on Open Standards, 8th June, Kolkata. (Invited by the ODF Alliance)

• 2005. Researching Information Technology: Scope for Social Scientists. Dept. of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, March 9th. (Invited by Prof. Gunasekaran)

• 2004. Productivity of Small Software Firms in India: A Research Note. Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1st January. (Invited by Dr. Munmun Jha)

• 2003. Is Software Work Routinized in India?: Some empirical observations from Indian software industry. Research Seminar Series. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, 29th March. (Invited by Dr. Srinath Srinivasa)

• 2002. Routinization and CMM in Indian software industry: Preliminary findings from an empirical study. Dept. of Industrial Management and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, March. (Invited by Dr. Rahul Varman)