P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan, PhD.

Research Interests


Information and Communication Technologies and Development

Urban Women Microentrepreneurs & Mobile phones

Electronic Governance

ICT Employment in India

Social Media Analytics

Social Media & Business applications

Indian IT Industry - Inter firm linkages, small firms, R&D centers of MNCs

Teaching Interests


Social Media & Business Practices

ICTs, Development & Business

Management Information Systems

Market/Business Research Methods

Education


IIT Kanpur
PhD (Sociology)
2004

Pondicherry University
MA (Sociology)
1997

Madras University
BSc (Physics)
1995

Work Experience

  • May 2019 – Till date

    Professor (Dept. of Management Studies)
    IIT Delhi, India

  • April 2013 – May 2019

    Associate Professor (Dept. of Management Studies)
    IIT Delhi, India

  • May 2012 – March 2013

    Associate Professor (Business Environment)
    IIM Rohtak, India

  • May 2005 – May 2012

    Assistant Professor (Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences)
    IIT Delhi, India

  • January 2003 – May 2005

    Post-doc Fellow (Social Sciences)
    IIT Bangalore, India

Publications

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Journals

  1. Kar, A. K., Ilavarasan, V., Gupta, M. P., Janssen, M., & Kothari, R. (2019). Moving beyond Smart Cities: Digital Nations for Social Innovation & Sustainability. Information Systems Frontiers, 1-7.
  2. Aswani, R., Kar, A. K., Ilavarasan, P. V. (forthcoming). Managing Misinformation in Social Media - Insights for policy makers from the Twitter Analytics. Journal of Data and Information Quality.
  3. Rathore, A and Ilavarasan, P. V. (Forthcoming). Pre- and post-launch emotions in new product development: Insights from Twitter analytics of three products. International Journal of Information Management. Click Here
  4. Pandey, S and Ilavarasan, P. V. (Forthcoming). People, information and culture: Locating forms of capital by Afghan Sikh refugees in India through ICTs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Click Here
  5. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2019). Present and future of the use and impact of Information and Communication Technology in informal microenterprises: Insights from India. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. Click Here
  6. Nisar, T. M., Prabhakar, G., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Baabdullah, A. M. (2019). Up the ante: Electronic word of mouth and its effects on firm reputation and performance. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. Click Here
  7. Grover, P., Kar, A. K., Janssen, M., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2019). Perceived usefulness, ease of use and user acceptance of blockchain technology for digital transactions–insights from user-generated content on Twitter. Enterprise Information Systems, 1-30. Click Here
  8. Jain, A., Sharma, R. and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2019). Measuring research efficiency of higher academic technical institutions of India: a Malmquist productivity index approach. International Journal of Intellectual Property Management.
  9. Grover, P., Kar, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2019). Impact of corporate social responsibility on reputation—Insights from tweets on sustainable development goals by CEOs. International Journal of Information Management, 48, 39-52.
  10. Nisar, T. M., Prabhakar, G., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Baabdullah, A. M. (2019). Facebook usage and mental health: An empirical study of role of non-directional social comparisons in the UK. International Journal of Information Management, 48, 53-62.
  11. Ilavarasan, V., Kar, A., & Gupta, M. P. (2018). Social media and business practices in emerging markets: still unexplored. Guest Editorial. Journal of Advances in Management Research, 15(2), 110-114.
  12. Ilavarasan, P. V & Otieno, A. (2018). Tiny impact of ICTs and paucity of rigorous causal studies: A systematic review of Urban MSMEs in the developing world. Information Technology & International Development, 14, 134 – 150.
  13. Rathore, A.K., Das, S. & Ilavarasan, P.V. (2018). Social media data inputs in product design: Case of a smartphone. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management. Click Here
  14. Archana & P. V. Ilavarasan. (2018). Using Logistic Regression to estimate the customer value for transport and hospitality services. Jaipuria International Journal of Management Research, 4 (1), 13 – 19.
  15. Aswani, R., Kar, A. K., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2018). Search engine marketing is not all gold: insights from Twitter and SEO Clerks. International Journal of Information Management, 38(1), 107-116.
  16. Rathore, A. K., Kar, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Social Media Analytics: Literature Review and Directions for Future Research. Decision Analysis. Click Here
  17. Aswani, R., Kar, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Detection of Spammers in Twitter marketing: A Hybrid Approach Using Social Media Analytics and Bio Inspired Computing. Information Systems Frontiers, 1-16. Click Here
  18. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Bridging ICTD research and policy-making: notes from a systematic review on MSMEs in the low- and middle-income countries. Information Technology for Development, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2017.1315355.
  19. Joseph, N., Kar, A. K., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Iyer, G. (2017). Review of discussions on Internet of Things (IoT): Insights from Twitter Analytics. Journal of Global Information Management, 25 (2), 38-51. (IGI - Global).
  20. Jain, A., Gera, N., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2016). Whether social media use differs across different personality types? Insights for managing human resources. International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 7 (3), 241 - 256 (Inderscience)
  21. Rathore, A. K., Tuli, N., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2016). Pro-Business or Common Citizen?: An Analysis of an Indian Woman CEO's Tweets. International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN), 8(1), 19-29. (IGI - Global).
  22. Alathur, S., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Gupta, M. P. (2016). Determinants of e-participation in the citizens and the government initiatives: Insights from India. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 55 (Sept), 25-35. (Elsevier)
  23. Rathore, A. K., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2016). Social media content and product co-creation: an emerging paradigm. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 29(1), 7-18. (Emerald)
  24. Malish, C. M., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2015). Higher education, reservation and scheduled castes: exploring institutional habitus of professional engineering colleges in Kerala. Higher Education, 1-15. DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9966-7. (Springer)
  25. Srinivasan, N., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2015). White Elephant or a Game Changer?: An Analysis of National Optical Fibre Network of India. Economic & Political Weekly, 50(42), 59.
  26. Gunaratne, R. L., Ilavarasan, P. V., Fernando, S., & Rohman, I. K. (2015). National Broadband Networks of Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Australia: A Comparative Study. Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 16(1), 23-47.
  27. Chew, H. E., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Levy, M. R. (2015). The amplification effect of mobile phones on female-owned microenterprises. Mobile Media & Communication, 3(3), 317-334. (Sage)
  28. Devaraj, P. and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2014) Social organisation of knowledge production in software work: A qualitative study of two different firms in Chennai, India. Science, Technology & Society, 19 (2), 229-247. (Sage)
  29. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2014). R&D Centers of ICT multinationals in India: Executing arms or equal partners? Economic and Political Weekly, 49 (34), 56-63.
  30. Alathur, S., Ilavarasan, P. V., and Gupta, M. P. (2014). Determinants of Citizens’ Electronic Participation: Insights from India. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 8 (3), 447 - 472. (Emerald)
  31. Chew, H.E., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Levy, M. (2014). Mattering matters: Agency, empowerment, and mobile phone use by female microentrepreneurs. Information Technology for Development. DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2013.839437 (Taylor & Francis)
  32. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2013). Community work and limited online activism among India youth. International Communication Gazette, 75 (3), 284-299. (Sage)
  33. Alathur, S., Ilavarasan, P. V., and Gupta, M. P. (2012). Citizen participation and effectiveness of e-petition: Sutharyakeralam – India. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 6 (4), 392 - 403. (Emerald)
  34. Chew, H., Ilavarasan, P. V., and Levy, M. R. (2012). A latency effect for mobile phone investments by microentrepreneurs, Media Asia, 39(2), 99-10. (Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Singapore).
  35. Ilavarasan, P.V. and Parthasarathy, B. (2012). Limited growth opportunities amidst opportunities for growth: an empirical study of the inter-firm linkages of small software firms in India. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1(4).Click Here (Springer)
  36. Tara, S., and Ilavarasan, P.V. (2012). Cabs, Male Drivers & Mid-night Commuting: Public space of unmarried women agents of calls centers in India, AI & Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication, 27(1), 157-163. (Springer)
  37. Chew, H., Levy, M. R., and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2011). The limited impact of ICTs on microenterprise growth: A study of businesses owned by women in urban India. Information Technologies and International Development, 7(4), 1-16.
  38. Tara, S., and Ilavarasan, P.V. (2011). Marriage with midnight work: A qualitative study of unmarried women call center agents in India, Marriage and Family Review, 47:197-212. (Routledge)
  39. Malish, C.M., and Ilavarasan, P.V. (2010). Exploring the professional status of software work in India, IEEE Technology & Society Magazine, 29(4), 50-54.
  40. Chew, H., Ilavarasan, P. V., and Levy, M. R. (2010). The Economic Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Microenterprises in the Context of Development, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 44 (4), 1-19. (Hongkong University)
  41. Tara, S., and Ilavarasan, P.V. (2009). "I would not have been working here”: Parental Support to Unmarried Daughters as Call Center Agents in India. Gender, Technology & Development, 13 (13 (3), 385–406. (Sage Publications)
  42. Hutchinson, F. and Ilavarasan, P.V. (2008). IT/ITES sector and economic policy at the sub-national level in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 43(46), 64-70.
  43. Ilavarasan, P.V. (2008). Occupational classification of the software workforce: Case of India. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 51 (1), 105-114. (Indian Society for Labour Economics)
  44. Ilavarasan, P.V. (2007). Is Software work in India task fragmented? A study of software workers in Bangalore. Sociological Bulletin, 56(3), 383-400. (Published by the Indian Sociological Society)
  45. Ilavarasan, P.V., and Gupta, S. (2007). Impact of Technological Lock-in: Case of OOXML in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 42 (48), 28-33.
  46. Ilavarasan, P.V. (2007). Is Indian software workforce a case of uneven and combined development? Equal Opportunities International, 26 (8): 802-822. (Emerald Publications)
  47. Ilavarasan, P.V. (2006). Are Opportunities Equal for Women in the Information Technology Workplace? Some observations from the Indian software industry. IEEE Technology & Society 25 (4):43-49.
  48. Ilavarasan, P.V. (2004). Small Software Firms in India: A descriptive analysis. Journal of Systems & Information Technology, 8 (1): 30-39. (Emerald Publications).
  49. Ilavarasan, P.V., and Sharma, A. K. (2003). Is Software Work Routinized? Some empirical observations from Indian software industry. Journal of Software and Systems, 66 (1): 1-6. (Elsevier)

Books

  1. Kar, A.K., Gupta, M.P., Ilavarasan, V., & Dwivedi, Y. (Eds.) (2017) Advances in Smart Cities – Smarter People, Governance and Solutions. (Eds). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, UK. ISBN: TBD.
  2. Kar, A. K., Ilavarasan, P. V., Gupta, M. P., Dwivedi, Y. K., Mäntymäki, M., Janssen, M., & Al-Sharhan, S. (2017). Digital Nations–Smart Cities, Innovation, and Sustainability. Springer.

Book Chapters

  1. Ilavarasan, P. V. (Forthcoming). Information and Communication Technologies in India: Outweighing negatives in development. In: Seetharaman, P. & Cranefield, J. (Ed.). Information Systems: Debates, Applications and Impacts. Routledge.
  2. Rathore, A. K., Tuli, N., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2019). Tweeting About Business and Society: A Case Study of an Indian Woman CEO. In: Thankur, J. (Ed). Modern Perspectives on Virtual Communications and Social Networking (pp. 196-212). IGI Global.
  3. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2018). Automation and workforce in India: Terrible consequences or impossible? In: Galperin, H and Alarcon, A. (Eds.). The future of work in the global south (16-21), Ottawa: International Development Research Centre.
  4. Ilavarasan, P.V., Verma, R. K., and Kar, A. K. (2018). Sharing economy platforms as enablers of urban transport in the global south: Case of digital taxi aggregators in New Delhi, India. In: CIPPEC (Ed.) Urban transport in the sharing economy era: collaborative cities (128-158). Buneos Aires: CIPPEC.
  5. Singh H., Kar A.K., Vigneswara Ilavarasan P. (2019) Adoption of e-Government Services: A Case Study on e-Filing System of Income Tax Department of India. In: Tripathy A., Subudhi R., Patnaik S., Nayak J. (eds) Operations Research in Development Sector. Asset Analytics (Performance and Safety Management). Springer, Singapore
  6. Grover, P., Kar, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2018). Analyzing Whether CEOs Can Act as Influencers for Sustainable Development Goals. In Digital India (pp. 117-131). Springer, Cham.
  7. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2018). Social media research in and of India: a snapshot. In Emerging Markets from a Multidisciplinary Perspective (pp. 135-148). Springer, Cham.
  8. Rathore, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2018). Social Media and Business Practices. In: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 7126-7139). IGI Global.
  9. Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2018). Total Interpretive Structural Modelling of Innovation Measurement for Indian Universities and Higher Academic Technical Institutions. In Flexibility in Resource Management (pp. 29-53). Springer, Singapore.
  10. Singh, A. N and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2016). New Media, Governance, and Transparency in India. In: Narayan, S. S., and Narayanan, S. (Eds). India Connected. Sage: New Delhi.
  11. Singh, A. K and Ilavarasan, P. V. (Forthcoming). Social Auditing & Transparency: Domestic Cooking Gas Cylinders Distribution in India. Civic Media Reader, MIT Press.
  12. Ilavarasan, P. V and Hutchinson, F. (2014). Electronics Industry in India: A Regional Policy Approach. In: Hutchinson, F (Ed.) Architects of Growth? Sub-national Governments and Industrialization in Asia. Singapore: ISEAS.
  13. Malik, P. and Ilavarasan, P.V. (2013). Information and communications technology sector in India. In: Pradon, G. D., Nepelski, D., and Simon, J. P (Ed.) Asia in the Global ICT Innovation Network: Dancing with the tigers. Chandos: Oxford.
  14. Ilavarasan, P.V. (2013). Digital Divide in India: Inferences from Information and Communication Technology Workforce. In: Ragnedda, M and Muschert, G. W. (Eds.). The Digital Divide: Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective. London and New York: Routledge.
  15. Tara, S., and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2012). Altering approaches to Marriage: A study of unmarried women agents in Indian call center industry. Rekha, P., T. Weide , and N. Flipsen (ed) Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs, IGI Press, 262-276.
  16. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2011). Center for Global’ or ‘Local for Global’? R&D Centers of ICT Multinationals in India, In: Howlett, R. J (Ed.) Innovation through Knowledge Transfer 2010, Berlin: Springer, 275-282.
  17. Malish, C.M., and Ilavarasan, P.V. (2011). Cultural capital and information capitalism: A case of Indian software industry. In Karatas-Ozkan M (ed) Global Knowledge Workers: Diversity and Relational Perspectives, Edward Elgar Press, p. 114-139.
  18. Tara, S., and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2009). Parental reactions to daughter’s unconventional work hours at call centers in India. In M. S. Bhatt and A. Illiyan. (Eds.) Information Technology in the Indian Economy, Century, New Delhi, p. 231-243.
  19. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2008). Indian software workforce: A labour process view. In C. Upadhya and A. R. Vasavi (Eds.) In an outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers in the India’s Information Technology Industry, Routledge, New Delhi, p.162-189.
  20. Malhotra, C., Chariar, V., Das, L. and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2007). ICT for rural development: An inclusive framework for e-Governance. In G.P. Sahu (Ed.) Adopting e-Governance, GIFT Publishing, New Delhi, p. 216-226.
  21. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2007). Software Workforce. In: Alternative Economic Survey, India: 2006-2007, Alternative Survey Group, Daanish Books, New Delhi, p.253-260.
  22. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2006). R & D in Indian software industry. In Roli Varma (Univ. of New Mexico, authored) Managing Industrial Research Effectively, ICFAI University Press, India, 2006, p. 134-143.
  23. Sharma, A. K. and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2005). Dilemmas of Sustainable Development in India in Readings in Environmental Ethics: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. D.C.Srivastava (Ed.), Rawat Publications, Jaipur, pp.227-240.

Proceedings

  1. Prakash, G., Verma, R. K., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Kar, A. K. (2019, June). Authenticating Fake News: An Empirical Study in India. In International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT (pp. 339-350). Springer, Cham.
  2. Vagrani, A., John, J., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Kar, A. K. (2019, June). Social Media Presence & Usage in Indian Business Sector. In International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT (pp. 457-469). Springer, Cham.
  3. Singh, A., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2019). Predicting Consumer’s Complaint Behavior in Telecom Service: An Empirical Study of India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. In Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems (pp. 465-472). Springer, Singapore.
  4. Mukherjee, T., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Kar, A. K. (2019, January). Digital literacy training, impact & moderating role of perceived value among unemployed women in India. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (p. 22). ACM.
  5. Joseph N., Sultan A., Kar A.K., Ilavarasan P. V. (2018) Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Predict the Popularity of Tweets with Images. In: Al-Sharhan S. et al. (eds) Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Era. I3E 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11195. Springer, Cham
  6. Aswani R., Kar A.K., Ilavarasan P. V, Krishna R. (2018) Solving Location Based Inventory Routing Problem in E-Commerce Using Ant Colony Optimization. In: Al-Sharhan S. et al. (eds) Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Era. I3E 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11195. Springer, Cham.
  7. Grover, P., Kar, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2018, October). Blockchain for Businesses: A Systematic Literature Review. In Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (pp. 325-336). Springer, Cham.
  8. Aswani, R., Ilavarasan, P. V., Kar, A. K., & Vijayan, S. (2018). Adoption of public WiFi using UTAUT2: An exploration in an emerging economy. Procedia Computer Science, 132, 297-306.
  9. Joseph, N., Somal, H. S., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Non-uptake of a Low Cost Retail Management Solution by Small Businesses: An Empirical Analysis, In Procedia Computer Science, Volume 122, 2017, Pages 1001-1008, ISSN 1877-0509, Click Here.
  10. Rathore, A. K., Joshi, U.., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Social Media Usage for Tourism: A Case of Rajasthan Tourism, In Procedia Computer Science, Volume 122, 2017, Pages 751-758, ISSN 1877-0509, Click Here.
  11. Grover, P., Kar, A. K. & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Understanding Nature of Social Media Usage by Mobile Wallets Service Providers –An Exploration through SPIN Framework, In Procedia Computer Science, Volume 122, 2017, Pages 292-299, ISSN 1877-0509, Click Here.
  12. Verma, R. K., Kumar, S. P. & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Government portals, social media platforms and citizen engagement in India: Some insights. In Procedia Computer Science, Volume 122, 2017, Pages 842-849, ISSN 1877-0509,Click Here.
  13. Kaushik, B., Hemani, H. & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Social media usage vs. stock prices: an analysis of Indian firms, In Procedia Computer Science, Volume 122, 2017, Pages 323-330, ISSN 1877-0509, Click Here.
  14. Vagrani, A., Kumar, N.P., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Decline in Mobile Application Life Cycle, In Procedia Computer Science, Volume 122, 2017, Pages 957-964, ISSN 1877-0509,Click Here.
  15. Aswani R., Kar A.K., Aggarwal S., & Vigneswara Ilavarsan P. (2017) Exploring Content Virality in Facebook: A Semantic Based Approach. In: Kar A. et al. (eds) Digital Nations – Smart Cities, Innovation, and Sustainability. I3E 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10595. Springer, Cham
  16. Joseph, N., Grover, P., Rao, P. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017, November). Deep Analyzing Public Conversations: Insights from Twitter Analytics for Policy Makers. In Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (pp. 239-250). Springer, Cham.
  17. Joseph N., Kar A.K., Ilavarasan P.V. (2017) A Model for Prioritization and Prediction of Impact of Digital Literacy Training Programmes and Validation. In: Kar A. et al. (eds) Digital Nations – Smart Cities, Innovation, and Sustainability. I3E 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10595. Springer, Cham.
  18. Rathore, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017, February). Social media analytics for new product development: Case of a pizza. In Advances in Mechanical, Industrial, Automation and Management Systems (AMIAMS), 2017 International Conference on (pp. 213-219). IEEE.
  19. Singh, H., Kar, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017, March). Performance Assessment of e-Government Projects: a Multi-Construct, Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp. 558-559). ACM.
  20. Singh, H., Kar, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017, March). Assessment of e-Governance Projects: an Integrated Framework and its Validation. In Proceedings of the Special Collection on eGovernment Innovations in India (pp. 124-133). ACM.
  21. Singh, H., Kar, A.K. & Ilavarasan, V. (Forthcoming). Adoption of e-government services: A case study of e-filing system. Forthcoming in Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies (Springer)
  22. Rathore, A. K., Shioramwar, S., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2016). Social Customer Relationship Management as Predictor of Customer Relationship Performance: An Empirical Study of B2B and B2C Companies. In Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (pp. 173-182). Springer International Publishing.
  23. Ilavarasan, P. V., & Chew, H. E. (2016). A Toolkit on mobile apps for business growth: Insights from design and development. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (p. 41-48). (ACM Press).
  24. Ilavarasan, V., & Rathore, A. (2015, July). Social Media use in Indian Businesses: Inputs for Appropriateness. In ECSM2015-Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Social Media 2015: ECSM 2015 (p. 218). Academic Conferences Limited.
  25. Alathur, A & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2015). A Genre Analysis of E-Participation: The Case of Lokpal Movement for Enactment of Anti-Corruption Bill in India, IFIP 9.4: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Negombo, Sri Lanka. pp. 26-37.
  26. Chew, H.E., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Levy, M. (2014). When there’s a will, there might be a way: The economic impact of mobile phones and entrepreneurial motivation on female-owned microenterprises. ICTD2014, 196-204. (ACM Press)
  27. Rathore, A. K., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2014). Mobile adoption in collaborating supply chains: A study of Indian auto SMEs. In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies, ICTCS '14, November 14 - 16 2014, Udaipur, (ACM Press)
  28. Kumar. J., Ilavarasan, P. V., & Dalvi, G. (Eds.) (2014). Proceedings of the India HCI 2014 Conference on Human Computer Interaction. IHCI '14, New Delhi, 7-9 Dec 2016.
  29. Ilavarasan, P. V. and Levy, M. R (2012). ICT access and use by microentrepreneur in Mumbai, India: A value chain model analysis. ICTD2012, 259-267. (ACM Press)
  30. Alathur, S., Ilavarasan, P. V., and Gupta, M. P. (2011). Citizen Empowerment and Participation in E-Democracy: Indian Context. ICEGOV 2011, 11-19. (IEEE Press)
  31. Alathur, S., Ilavarasan, P. V., and Gupta, M. P. (2011). Citizen Readiness for Participation in EDemocracy: Insights from India. IADIS International Conference on e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice, Rome, Italy. pp 56-60.
  32. Upadhyay, A. and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2011). Social media, e-Governance and developing countries: Insights from India. ICEGOV 2011, 351-352. (IEEE Press)
  33. Ilavarasan, P. V. and Levy, M. R. (2009). Fone band... Dukan band! (Mobile Phone Close… Shop Close!) Design Issues and Preliminary Findings from a Study of ICTs and Urban Micro-Enterprises in India, Proceedings of the 3rd International IDIA Development Informatics Conference, 28-30 October, 226-244.
  34. Ilavarasan, P. V. , and Malish, C. M. (2008). Computing professionals in e-governance: policy implications. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2008), 239-244.2008. (ACM Press)
  35. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2007). Exclusivity of the ICT direct employment: A case of Indian software workforce. Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, Bangalore, 15-16, December, p. 273-278.
  36. Bhattacharya, J., Ilavarasan, P. V., and Gupta, S. (2007). Open standards and accessibility to information: A critical analysis of OOXML in India. Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governance. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Vol. 232, 151-154.
  37. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2007). How do small software firms survive in India? Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics and Science and Society, New Delhi, March 6-9, p.337-343.
  38. Ilavarasan, P. V., and Sharma, A. K. (2005). I don’t remember what my designation is: Classifying Indian software workers. Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, July 7-10, Bangkok, Thailand, p.69-85.
  39. Sharma, A. K. and Ilavarasan, P. V. (2003). Issues in sustainable development. Proc. of the International Conference on Population, Development and Environment. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (India), 15-16 Mar., p.100-108.
  40. Ilavarasan, P. V., and Sharma, A. K. (2002). Does capability maturity model matter? Mature Vs immature software organizations. In Subic, A. J. et al. ICQR 2002: Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Quality and Reliability. RMIT University, Melbourne, 28-30 August, Australia, p.133-141.

Reports

  1. Ilavarasan, P. V., Aswani, R. and kar, A. K. (2019). Impact Assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA). CSC EGovernance Services Private Limited., Govt of India, New Dehi.
  2. Ilavarasan, P.V., Verma, R. K., and Kar, A. K. (2018). Urban transport digital platforms in New Delhi, India: Aggravators or facilitators?. Buenos Aires: Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC).
  3. Ilavarasan, P.V., Kar, A.K. and Aswani, R. (2018). Employment outcomes of skills training in low and middle income South Asian countries: An evidence summary. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University College London.] Click Here
  4. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2017). Enabling BharatNet Access: Where do the Institutional Users Stand?. Colombo: LIRNEasia. Click Here
  5. Ilavarasan PV, Otieno A, Huang Y, Cabotaje C, Sahai G (2017) Does access to business relevant information through networked devices enhance the internal efficiency and business growth of urban MSMEs in low- and middle-income countries? International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, and the Department for International Development, UK.
  6. Ilavarasan, P. V & Vagrani, A. (2015). E-inclusion - Information technology training for rural scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and women beneficiaries: An impact assessment study. Report submitted to Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, New Delhi, May.
  7. Ilavarasan, P. V. (2013). 'Center-for-global' or 'local-for-global’? An examination of FDI in R&D centers of IT MNEs in India. Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC), Department of Science & Technology.
  8. (2014). What do telecom sector experiences offer to public service delivery? Retrieved from Click Here(LIRNEasia)
  9. 2014. National Optical Fibre Network of India: A Position Paper. April. LIRNEAsia Working Paper Series (Jointly with Srinivasan, N). (LIRNEasia)
  10. 2010. 'ICTs and Urban Microenterprises: Identifying and Maximizing Opportunities for Economic Development'. International Development Research Center, Canada. July. Available at Click Here (jointly with Mark Levy)
  11. 2007. Small ICT Firms in Developing Countries: An Analytical Case Study of India. International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore. (Jointly with Dr. Balaji Parthasarathy).
  12. 2006. Equity Assurance Plan for the Disadvantaged Groups in Vocational Education and Training in India. For World Bank & Directorate of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour and Employment, India.
  13. 2004. Outsourcing Auto Engineering Design and Services to India. For a Multinational Auto Manufacturer. (Jointly with Dr. Balaji Parthasarathy)

Trade Press

  1. 2017. Unified Payment Interface App Payments: A snapshot. World SME NEWS, Jan 2017, p. 26.
  2. 2016. I Am For Free Basics, Where Benefits Outweigh the Risks.Click Here
  3. 2013. Improving service delivery in public services via electronic means. The Indo-German E-Governance Forum 2013, October. Click Here
  4. 2013. Motivation Increases Mobile Phone Impact in Microenterprises. Click Here (Jointly with Han Ei & Levy, M)
  5. 2013. Ilavarasan,P.V., Kar, A.K. (2012). Websites as small but a significant market space in India: A Forecast. Click Here (Jointly with Arpan Kar)
  6. 2009. Why doesn't Infosys innovate? Financial Express, 17 Aug.
  7. 2008. BPOs take tier-II call for new operations. Economic Times, 8th March. (Jointly with Francis Hutchinson).
  8. 2007. Small IT firms face big growth challenges. Economic Times, 16th August.
  9. 2004. How to manage benched staff? IT People 8th March.

Book Review

  1. Forthcoming. The rise of the hybrid domain: Collaborative governance for social innovation, Aoyama Y., Parthasarathy B., Edward Elgar Publishing (2016). IIMB Management Review.Click Here
  2. Forthcoming. The Local Impact of Globalization in South and Southeast Asia: Offshore Business Processes in Services Industries. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies.
  3. Forthcoming. The Long Revolution: The Birth and Growth of India's IT Industry. Economic and Political Weekly.
  4. 2008. Information Society and Development: The Kerala Experience. Sociological Bulletin.
  5. 2006. Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy. Regional Studies Journal, 40 (6), 805-806.
  6. 2006. Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development: An Institutional Design Perspective. On the Horizon, 14 (3), 139-142.
  7. 2005. Innovative milieu for high-tech SMEs in West of England and Singapore-Johor areas. Regional Studies Journal, 39 (6): 829-830.

Grants

As Principal Investigator (INR 32, 067, 662) [INR 3.2 Crores]

  1. 2017 – 2018. Urban transport digital platforms in New Delhi, India: Aggravators or facilitators? Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC). INR 15,70,855 (Jointly with Arpan Kumar Kar)
  2. 2017-2018. Evidence Summary on “Skills Training Interventions. PwC India & Department for International Development (DFID). INR 18,92,086 (Jointly with Arpan Kumar Kar)
  3. 2017. ICT Ecosystem, SMS based Agro-Met Information & Productivity of Farmers: An Exploration. IIT Delhi. INR 100000 (Jointly with Upasna Sharma).
  4. 2017- Do social media platforms grow the small and medium enterprises? An experimental design study in India. Indian Council for Social Sciences Research. Rs. 6,00,000 (Jointly with Arpan Kumar Kar)
  5. 2013 - 2016. The Impact of Microloans, Mobile Phones and Business Training on Microenterprises Owned by Women in Developing Countries: An Experimental Study in Coimbatore, India. International Development and Research Corporation, Canada. INR. 11,464,175. (Jointly with Han Ei Chew & Mark R Levy)
  6. 2016 -2017. Digital Literacy Training to Non-IT Literate Citizens: An Impact Assessment Study of the National Digital Literacy Mission / Digital Saksharta Abhiyan. CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, New Delhi. INR 69,00,000 (Jointly with Arpan Kumar Kar).
  7. 2015. E-Inclusion – Information Technology Training for Rural Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Women beneficiaries: An Impact Assessment Study. CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, New Delhi. INR 2,50,000
  8. 2008-2010. ICTs and Urban Micro Enterprises: ICTs and Urban Micro-enterprises: Identifying and Maximizing Opportunities for Economic Development. International Development and Research Corporation, Canada. INR. 80, 95,546. (Jointly with Mark Levy)
  9. 2008-2010. 'Center-for-global' or 'local-for-global’? An examination of FDI in R&D centers of IT MNEs in India. Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC), Department of Science & Technology. India. INR. 3, 95, 000.
  10. 2006-2007. Equity Assurance Plan for the Disadvantaged Groups in Vocational Education and Training in India. For World Bank & Directorate of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour and Employment, India. Cost: INR 8, 00,000.

As Co-Principal Investigator (more than INR 10, 000, 000) [INR 10 Crores]

  1. 2018 onwards. Assessment of multi-stakeholder engagement in tourism - Insights from social media and service providers. Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India. Cost INR 24,80, 808 (Jointly with Arpan K Kar)
  2. 2018. Strategizing Child Safety Management using Facebook Platforms. Cyber Peace Foundation, Jharkhand. INR. 18, 67, 500. (Jointly with Arpan K Kar)
  3. 2018. Study of population migration and its impacts. FIL India Business and Research Services Private Limited, India. INR. 20,70,000. (Jointly with Arpan K Kar)
  4. 2018. R&D Case Development in Data Science and Analytics for BitGrit Japan. Netsoft Consulting Services Private Limited, New Delhi. INR. 37,50,00 (Jointly with Arpan K Kar).
  5. 2017 onwards - Community-scale Energy Demand Reduction in India (CEDRI). India/UK Newton Bhabha Fund. INR. 353 00 000 (PI – Dr Abhijit Abhyankar)
  6. 2017 - 2019. Whether ICTs amplify the economic welfare of women headed Indian households?
    An empirical analysis of NSSO Data. ICSSR Direct Post Doctoral Fellowship of Dr. Sarika Kaushal INR. 765400
  7. 2017 onwards. Security in the Internet of Things Space (Hosted in Centre of Excellence in Cyber Systems and Information Assurance). Govt of India. INR 14482500 (PI - Prof Ranjan Bose)
  8. 2017. Training for the Personal Financial Planning in Rural India – An Impact Assessment of Refresher Investor Awareness Sessions for Rural Citizens through Common Services Centre. Govt of India. INR 605000 (PI – Arpan Kumar Kar)
  9. 2017 – onwards. Assessment of Multi-stakeholder Engagement in Tourism - Insights from Social Media and Service Providers. Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt of India. INR. 40, 32,000 (PI – Arpan Kumar Kar)
  10. 2014 - 2016. Facilitating policy discourse leading to increased broadband access by the poor. Ford Foundation, New Delhi. 300000 USD (PI – LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka)
  11. 2010 - 2014. IT sector in India: Survey of occupations. Association pour l’Emploi des Cadres, France. INR. 10,00,000 (PI – Dr. Roland Lardinois)
  12. 2010. Open text books – eContent generation and sharing laboratory, Ministry of Human Resourced Development, India. INR 18, 0000. (PI - Dr. Shishir Jha).
  13. 2008 - 2010. Study 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 systems in ICT, ICEG, Hungary. INR 40,00,000 (PI – Ms. Payal Malik)
  14. 2004 - 05. Small ICT Firms in Developing Countries: An Analytical Case Study of India. The Leverhulme Trust, London. UK. ~ INR 19, 00, 000 (PI - Dr. Balaji Parthasarathy).
  15. 2009 - onwards. Youth, ICTs and Political Engagement in Asia – India, Ideacorp, Philippines.INR 53,07,045. (PI – Dr. Weiyu Zhang)
  16. 2004. Outsourcing Auto Engineering Design and Services to India. For a Multinational Auto Manufacturer. Cost: INR 2, 00, 000 (PI - Dr. Balaji Parthasarathy)

Talks and Presentations

Presentations

  1. 2016. Potential of the BharatNet for rural connectivity in India: An organizational survey. CPR South. 7 Sept. Tanzania. Presented by Senanyake, L.
  2. 2016. Human Factors in Cyber Security: A Review for Research & Education. Third International Workshop on Cybersecurity. Kyushu Univ. Fukuoka.
  3. 2016. Adoption and Acceptance of mandatory Electronic Public Services by Citizens in the Developing World: Three Case Studies from India. International Conference on Smart Cities, ICEG, IIT Delhi, India. (Presented by Singh, H)
  4. 2016. Pizza to Policy: Social Media Analytics of a Pizza and implications for policy making. Paper presented at CPRsouth 2016, Zanzibar. 8-10 Sept. (Presented by Rathore, A. K.)
  5. 2016. Measuring Research Efficiency of Higher Academic Premier Technical Institutions of India: A Data Envelopment Analysis Based Malmquist Productivity Index Approach’. 3rd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy (MIPS), National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai. 15-16 July. (Presented by Jain, A)
  6. 2016. Whether personality type determines the nature of Social Media use? An Empirical Study among the Aspiring Managers’. International Conference on role of Social Media on Organizational Sustainability (ICROSMOS). Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida, India. 12-13 February. (Presented by Jain, A)
  7. 2015. E-Filing Portal of Income Tax Department of India - A Case Study. 48th International Conference and Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India, Bhubaneswar, India. (Presented by Singh, H)
  8. 2015. Pro-Business or Common Citizen? An analysis of an Indian Woman CEO’s Tweets. Paper presented at International Conference on The Role of Social Media for Organizational Sustainability, Noida, 12-13 Feb. (Presented by Rathore, A. K.)
  9. 2015. User Generated Content as Customer Co- Creation in New Product Development: Insights from Social Media Analytics. Paper presented at Second Regional International Telecommunications Society conference, New Delhi. 13-15 December. (Presented by Rathore, A. K.)
  10. 2015. Measuring Innovation by Universities & Higher Academic Technical Institutions in India: Interpretive Structural Modelling based Framework’. Fifteenth Global Conference of Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management (GLOGIFT 15). Symbiosis International University, Pune, India. 23-25 October. (Presented by Jain, A).
  11. 2015. Out-of-Cycle Review of India`s Intellectual Property Rights by US: A Review. 4th Biennial Indian Academy of Management (IAM) Conference. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Noida Campus. 11-13 December. (Presented by Jain, A)
  12. 2015. User Generated Content as Customer Co- Creation in New Product Development: Insights from Social Media Analytics. Second Regional ITS Conference, Connectivity for All: Future Technologies, Markets and Regulation', at New Delhi, December 13-15. (Presented by A. K. Rathore)
  13. 2015. What differentiates the path to e-inclusion? Second Regional ITS Conference, Connectivity for All: Future Technologies, Markets and Regulation', at New Delhi, December 13-15. (Presented by A. Vagrani)
  14. 2015. Social media use in Indian businesses: Inputs for Appropriateness. Paper presented at European Conference on Social Media, Portugal, 9-10 July. (Presented by Rathore, A. K.)
  15. 2015. A Framework for Social Customer Relationship Management: A Study of Indian Businesses. Paper presented at Fifteenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management (GLOGIFT15), Pune. 23-25 October. (Presented by Rathore, A. K.)
  16. 2014. Mobile Adoption in Collaborating Supply Chains: A Study of Indian Auto SMEs. Paper presented at International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies, Udaipur. 14-16 Nov. (Presented by Rathore, A. K)
  17. 2014. National Broadband Networks: What works and what doesn’t? 3rd Florence Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures, Firenze. 13 June. (Presented by R. L. Gunaratne).
  18. 2014. 'Improving service delivery in the electricity sector in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh: Possible lessons from the telecom sector. ICMB 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science, 4-5 June.
  19. 2012. Linkage between period of mobile phone usage and business growth: An empirical study of microentrepreneurs in Mumbai, India. m4d2012, New Delhi, 28-29, Feb.
  20. 2011. Analysis of Electronics Industry in Chennai, Tamilnadu: Inputs for Regional Policy Making. State Policy and Industrial Transformation at the Sub-National Level in Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 7 Oct.
  21. 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)
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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. 
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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)
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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. 
  31. 2006. Unevenness in Indian Software Workforce. 10th Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA), August 11 & 12, Udaipur.
  32. 2006. Firm location preferences of Indian software export entrepreneurs. 32nd All India Sociological Conference, Chennai, 27-29 December.
  33. 2006. Indian software workforce: A case of digital divide. 32nd All India Sociological Conference, Chennai, 27-29 December.
  34. 2006. Unevenness in the Indian software workforce. 10th Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association, Udaipur, August 11 & 12.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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)
  38. 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)
  39. 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)
  40. 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)

Guest Editorship

  1. 2018. Ilavarasan, P. V., Kar, A. K., Marijin, M. and Gupta. Special issue on Digital Nations. Information System Frontiers.
  2. 2018. Ilavarasan, P. V., Kar, A. K. and Gupta, M. P. Special issue on Social Media and Business Practices in Emerging Markets. Advances in Management Research. Emerald, 15 (2).
  3. 2017. Singh, S. K., Ilavarasan, P. V, Singh, R and Dwivedi, Y. (2017). Guest editorial. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 30 (1), 2-3. Click Here
  4. 2010 (Dec), Co-Editor. Special Issue on ICTs and Development, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, HongKong University. (Jointly with Mark Levy).

Academic workshops & Conferences

  1. 2019. Co-Chair. Doctoral Consortium. The Tenth International Conference on ICTs and Development, ICTDx, Feb IIM Ahmedabad.
  2. 2018. Chair. National Datasets One day national workshop on National Datasets: Applications & Challenges. 18th April. IIT Delhi.
  3. 2017. Co-Chair. The 16th IFIP Conference on e - Business, e - Services and e – Society: Smart Nations. 22-23 Nov. IIT Delhi.
  4. 2017. Chair Digital Business in Rural India: Opportunities & Challenges. ICEGOV Conference run up event. 23rd Feb. Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt of India.
  5. 2017. Co-Chair. 4th International Workshop on Cybersecurity - Securing IoT. 20th March. IIT Delhi. Funded by Indo – Japanese Joint Research Fund & CISCO.
  6. 2016. Co - Director. Residential Workshop on ‘How to engage in broadband policy and regulatory processes?’ IIT Delhi. 16-19 Dec, Jointly with LIRNEasia. Funded by the Ford Foundation.
  7. 2016. Co - Director. Residential Workshop on ‘How to engage in broadband policy and regulatory processes?’ IIT Delhi. 19-22 Aug & 16-20 Dec Jointly with LIRNEasia. Funded by the Ford Foundation.
  8. 2016. Co – Chair. Expert Forum on Strategies for optimizing benefits of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for growth of MSMEs in the developing world. 26 April. IIT Delhi, Jointly with LIRNEasia. Funded by the DFID, UK & IDRC, Canada.
  9. 2016. Co Program Chair. International Conference in Smart Cities. IIT Delhi. 22-23 Jan. Jointly with Swansea University and Waterford Institute of Technology.
  10. 2015. Co-Chair. HITLAB Innovators Summit India. IIT Delhi, 7 Aug. 2015, Jointly with HITLAB.
  11. 2013. Co-convener - Thirteenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, IIT Delhi. December, 13 – 15, 2013
  12. 2010. Coordinator. ICTs and Development: An International Workshop for Theory, Practice and Policy. March 11-12, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
  13. 2009. Chair. Brainstorming Workshop on Enabling Innovation in Indian IT industry, at TIFAC / IIT Delhi. (Jointly with Ms. Kiran). November, 13.
  14. 2005. Conference Secretary. International Conference on Productivity, Quality and Research (ICPQR), 12-14 Dec., IIT Delhi.

Management Development Programmes

  1. 2019. Co Chair. Executive Programme in Management in Strategic Innovations, Digital Marketing and Business Analytics. Jan - June 2017, Weekends, IIT Delhi.
  2. 2018. Co Chair. Executive Programme in Management in Strategic Innovations, Digital Marketing and Business Analytics. Jan - June 2017, Weekends, IIT Delhi.
  3. 2017. Co Chair. Executive Programme in Management in Strategic Innovations, Digital Marketing and Business Analytics. Jan - June 2018, weekends, IIT Delhi.
  4. 2016. Co-Chair. Programme on Advances in Business Analytics, 19-22nd March, 2016, IIT Delhi.
  5. 2015. Chair. Accelerating Research in Management from 3rd to 5th December, 2015, IIT Delhi.

Invited Talks

  1. 2019. Pre- and post-launch emotions in new product development: Insights from twitter analytics of three products. Curtin University, Perth. (Invited by Prof Scott)
  2. 2019. Sharing Economy in the Developing World: Need for conceptual adjustments. Queensland University, Brisbane. 28 March. (Invited Prof Tim)
  3. 2018. Systematic Review for Digital Policy Making for MSMEs in the Developing World:
    Methodology, usage & challenges. Loughbourgh University. 2 July. (Invited by Prof Alok).
  4. 2018. Digital Platforms, Urban Transport and Development: Evidence from Taxi Platforms in New Delhi. Univ of Manchester. 6 July. (Invited by Prof Heeks).
  5. 2017. Big Data for Governance. University of Dhaka. 14th Oct. (Invited by Prof Zaber, M.)
  6. 2017. Broadband Access in India: Insights from a Demand Side Research. Centre for Internet & Society. 4th Aug. (Invited by Suamndro Chattapadhyay)
  7. 2017. Grants & Projects. Sharada University, 6 Jan. (Invited by Dr Hari)
  8. 2017. Social Media Analytics. DST - SERB Sponosred Programme on Big Data and IoT: The strategies for Smart Enviroments. 18th Feb. Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. (Invited by Dr Suganthi)
  9. 2016. Findings from empirical study of NOFN pilot projects. 15th Dec. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Electronics Bhawan, New Delhi. (Invited by Mr Roy)
  10. 2016. Research Grants: Finding & Getting. GLA University, Mathura, 15th Oct. (Invited by Dr Aruna Dhamija)
  11. 2016. Tiny Impact of ICTs and Paucity of Rigorous Causal Studies: A systematic review of urban MSMEs in the developing world. United Nations University - Macau, 23 May. (Invited by Dr Michael Best)
  12. 2016. Social media in governance. National Institute of Smart Governance, New Delhi, 7 Apr.  (Invited by Ms Mehta)
  13. 2016. Mobile Phones & Microenterprises in ICTD: The Field & Experiences. IIT Roorkee. 16 Jan. (Invited by Dr A.J. Mishra)
  14. 2015. Social Media for Election Commission of India. 17 Dec. (Invited by Mr. Dhirendra Ohja)
  15. 2015. Mobile Phones & Microenterprises in ICTD: The Field & Experiences. IIT Indore. 2 Mar. (Invited by Dr Ruchi Shamra)
  16. 2015. Content analysis and use of CAQDAS. Dept. of Education, Delhi University. 20 Feb.  (Invited by Dr. Sailaja).
  17. 2015. CAQDAS in Qualitative Research. National University of Education Planning and Administration, New Delhi. 30 July. (Invited by Dr Suman Negi).
  18. 2015. Panelist - From NOFN to Bharat Net – Critical Success Factors. Second Regional ITS Conference, Connectivity for All: Future Technologies, Markets and Regulation', at New Delhi, December 13-15.
  19. 2014. Information Model for Business Registration in India: Lessons from Telecom? Workshop on Enabling Information Systems for Local Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, 18 Sept. (Invited by Dr. Ravi Shukla)
  20. 2014. Quantitative Survey. Workshop on Research relevant to broadband policy and regulatory processes. Ford Foundation, 19-22, August. (Invited by Dr. Rohan Samarajiva)
  21. 2014. Sustainability of Indian ICT sector: Some insights. International Conference on Fashion, Retail and Management, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad. 10 January. (Invited by Prof. Rajaram)
  22. 2014. ICTs and Public Service Delivery in India. Refresher Course on Media Studies, Culture and Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, 29 Jan. (Invited by Dr. Vibodh Parthasarathy)
  23. 2014. ICT for Poverty Reduction: Case of Urban BoP Microentrepreneurs in Developing Countries. International Summer School on Information & Communication Technology for Democracy, 10 March. (Invited by Prof. Vikas Kumar)
  24. 2014. ICTs and Development: Some reflections. ICTs & Development Symposium 2014. VIT University, 28 March. (Invited by Dr. Prabhakar)
  25. 2011. ICTs  & Urban Microenterprises: Inferences for B2G/G2B egovernance Initiatives, Ecole Politechnique Federale Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, Executive Masters in e-Governance, Anna University, 3rd Mar. (Invited by Prof. Abdul Razak)
  26. 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)
  27. 2010. Do mobile phones lead to development? Case of urban microentreprenuers in Mumbai City. Center of Development Studies, Trivandrum, 1st July (Invited by Prof. K. J. Joseph)
  28. 2010. Use of ICTs by urban microenterprises in developing countries. INSEAD Business School, Abu Dhabi Campus, May 13. (Invited by Prof. Mezias)
  29. 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)
  30. 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)
  31. 2009. Open Standards & Universities: Need for Collaborations. China Education & Research Conference, 22nd April, Chengdu. (Invited by Dr. Dennis Ding)
  32. 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)
  33. 2009. Politics of Technology Open Standards. School of Social Sciences, Hyderabad Central University, 24 Jan. (Invited by Dr. Nagaraju)
  34. 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)
  35. 2008. Homogeneous workforce & Social segmentations: Insights from the Indian software sector. Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad, 6th February. (Invited by Prof. I. S. Singh) 
  36. 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)
  37. 2007. Open standards and E-governance: Implications for India. Gargi College, University of Delhi, 31st October. (Invited by Ms. Pooja)
  38. 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)
  39. 2007. Social Impact of Open Standards: Case of ODF in India, National Seminar on Open Standards, 8th June, Kolkata. (Invited by the ODF Alliance)
  40. 2005. Researching Information Technology: Scope for Social Scientists. Dept. of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, March 9th. (Invited by Prof. Gunasekaran)
  41. 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)
  42. 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)
  43. 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)

Professional Activities

Service to Profession

  1. 2019. Member, Advisory and Steering Committee to frame document on Scientific Social Responsibility, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India.
  2. 2019. Member, Academic Council, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.
  3. 2017 – today. Member, Academic Senate, IIIT Delhi.
  4. 2017 – today. Chair – Information Systems Area, DMS.
  5. 2017 – today. Advisor, Center for IT & Society, IIIT Delhi.
  6. 2016 – today. Chair – International Relations, Dept of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
  7. 2015 – 2016. Chair – Nivaah, Social Sector, Dept of Management Studies, IIT Delhi.
  8. 2013 - 2015. Chair – PhD Programme, Dept of Management Studies, IIT Delhi.
  9. 2012 - 2013. Chair – Fellow Programme, IIM Rohtak.
  10. 2011 - 2012. Chair – Stores & purchases, Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Delhi.
  11. 2009 – 2011. Secretary, Dept Research Committee, Dept of Hum. & Soc. Scie. IIT Delhi.
  12. 2005 – 2007. Secretary, Dept Faculty Board, Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Delhi.

PhD Thesis supervision

  1. Aakriti, J. Innovation by Higher Academic Technical Institutions and its determinants: An Empirical study of Indian Academia. Defended in Jan 2019. (Jointly with Prof. Ruchi Sharma).
  2. Ashish k. Rathore. User-generated content as customer co-creation in new product development: Insights from social media analysis. Defended in Oct 2018.
  3. Chaturvedi, S. Democratising news gathering – A study of Twitter adoption in Indian political news journalism. Defended in 2017. (Jointly with Dr J. Bhattacharya).
  4. Malish, CM. Negotiating Cultural Capital in the Knowledge Economy of India: An Empirical Study of Scheduled Caste Engineering Students in Kerala. Defended in Jan 2013.
  5. Alathur, Sreejith. A Study of Citizens Participation in E-Democracy in Indian Context. (Jointly with Prof. M. P. Gupta, Dept. of Mgmt. Studies). Defended in March 2013.
  6. Tara, Shelly. Social Support, Space & Agency among Unmarried Women Call Center Agents: A Qualitative Study in Gurgaon and New Delhi, India. Defended in Aug 2013.

Fellowship / Awards

  1. 2013 onwards. Senior Research Fellow, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka.
  2. June – July 2019. Visiting Research Fellow. School of Management, Curtin University, Perth.
  3. May - July 2016. Visiting Research Fellow. United Nations University – School of Computing & Society, Macau.
  4. 2011. Nixi Fellowship, National Internet Exchange of India, Govt. of India.
  5. 2009. Prof. M.N. Srinivas Memorial Prize, Indian Sociological Society.
  6. 2008 - 2013. Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship, IIT Delhi, INR 10,000 / month
  7. 2003 - 2005. Post Doctoral Fellowship in Information Technology, IIIT Bangalore. ~ INR 5,10,000
  8. 1999 - 2003, Teaching Assistantship, IIT Kanpur, INR 2,82,000.
  9. 1999 - 2000 Secured 10/10 in pre-PhD coursework at IIT Kanpur.
  10. 1997 - Govt. of India’s invitation to witness the Republic day Parade from Prime Minister’s box.
  11. 1996 - Passed National Eligibility Test, Conducted by UGC, India in Sociology.
  12. 1992 - 1995, First Learners Scholarship, State Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
  13. 1992 - Secured 100% in Mathematics in 10th Std.

Brief Bio

P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan (PhD - IIT Kanpur) is a Professor of information systems at the Dept. of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He researches and teaches about interaction of information and communication technologies (ICTs), society & business.

Dr. Ilavarasan has been a Visiting Research Fellow at United Nations University - School of Computing and Society (Macau) and School of Management, Curtin University (Perth). He is a recipient of the Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship Award at IIT Delhi and Prof. M.N. Srinivas Memorial Prize of the Indian Sociological Society. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at LIRNEasia, a leading regional ICT policy and regulation think tank. He has received large research grants from Dept of Science & Technology (Govt of India), ICSSR (India), IDRC (Canada), Oxford Analytica (UK), IPTS (European Commission), CIPPEC (Argentina) and IdeaCorp (Philippines). His research has appeared in all the leading international journals and conferences of repute.

Dr Ilavarasan had taught at Pondicherry Central University and Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, Indore and Amritsar. His present teaching interests include: Social media & business practices; Management information systems; Business / Market Research Methods; and ICTs, Development & Business. His specific research interests are Information and Communication Technologies & Development (ICTD); and Social Media and business practices.

Contact

  • P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan, PhD
    Professor
    Dept. of Management Studies
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
    Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
  • vignes@iitd.ac.in
  • +91-11-26591174