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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. 19th
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, 32nd
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. 32nd All India Sociological
Conference, Chennai, 27-29 December.
- 2006. Indian software workforce: A case
of digital divide. 32nd 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? 24th 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. 7th 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. 34th 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,
22nd 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, 16th
Dec. (Invited by Ms. Rufina Fernandes)
- 2008. Homogeneous workforce &
Social segmentations: Insights from the Indian software sector. Mahatma
Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad, 6th 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, 8th February. (Invited by Dr. Babu Remesh)
- 2007. Open standards and E-governance:
Implications for India. Gargi College, University of Delhi, 31st
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)