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Join us today for the final CITAPP Seminar of the semester!
Urbanization from Below: India and the Global Urban Question by Chetan Choithani (NIAS, Bengaluru)
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May 4, 2026
π 3:30β5:00 PM
π IIIT-B Campus, R-109
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The talk examines how small-town urbanization in India is reshaping the way we think about the βurbanβ in a rapidly urbanizing world.
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Drawing on field-based research, the talk reflects on emerging urban spaces beyond big cities and their implications for global urban theory and development debates.
We look forward to your participation in this conversation on Indiaβs evolving urban futures.
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RT @IIITB_official: Balaji Parthasarathy presented select findings from the Fairwork India project in the paper "The spatial organization oβ¦
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Join us for this month's CITAPP seminar series! Tanveer Hasan from Centre for Internet and Society and IIIT Hyderabad will speak on 'Data Rich - Knowledge Poornima: Building the Commons We Actually Deserve'
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Monday, 30 March 2026
π 3:45 β 5:15 PM
π Room R-109, IIIT-Bangalore
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RT @IIITB_official: Balaji Parthasarathy and V Sridhar have been awarded a grant for their proposal, Furthering Submarine Cable Supply Chaiβ¦
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Balaji Parthasarathy will speak at the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026, at the session on 'AI's Labour Problem: Standards for a Planetary Labour Market'.
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February 16, 2026
β° 3:30 β 4:25 PM
π West Wing Room 4B, Bharat Mandapam
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The session is organised by @TowardsFairWork and examines the role of labour standards and certification in governing working conditions.
Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respoβ¦
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CITAPP seminar series is back!
Talk by Dr. Claire Crawford, Chief Researcher, University of Cambridge:
'The Sociopolitical Logics of One-Time Passwords'
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Monday, 19 January 2026
π 3:45 β 5:15 PM
π Room R-110, IIIT-Bangalore
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The talk seeks to explore how OTPs have a traceable history of colonial and postcolonial data collection and bureaucracy. It also aims to provide context and nuance to the emerging body of work concerned with the politics and dangers of digital and algorithmic governance.
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23 Oct 2025
Balaji Parthasarathy was invited to speak on "Exploring Collaborative Research Opportunities between Universities from India and East Asia" at the East Asian Summit Countries Conclave of Heads of Higher Education Institutions held at Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar, 17-19 Sept.
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CITAPP seminar series
Talk by Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan, Chief Impact Officer, Sambhav Foundation:
'From Skills to Sustained Livelihoods: Reimagining Indiaβs Labour Market through Training and Technology'
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Thursday, 9 October 2025
π 2:00 β 3:30 PM
π Room R-110, IIIT-Bangalore
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The talk will explore how integrated skilling, technology, and ecosystem partnerships can bridge structural divides in Indiaβs labour market and enable dignified, future-ready livelihoods.
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Please see the poster for the abstract and speaker details. We look forward to your participation!
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23 Sep 2025
CITAPP Seminar Series
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Thursday, 25 September 2025
π 2:00 β 3:30 PM
π Room R-110, IIIT Bangalore
The monthly series continues with a talk by Prof. Kala S. Sridhar: Indian Cities or Suburbs? Trends and Causes of Suburbanization.
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23 Sep 2025
This talk explores how more people, households, and jobs are moving to the suburbs of Indian citiesβand what this shift means for growth, services, and everyday life.
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Centre for IT and Public Policy, IIIT-B retweeted
12 Sep 2025
Balaji Parthasarathy delivered the opening keynote address titled "Inclusion and Exclusion in the Multiple Trajectories toward Digital India: The Means and the Modes", at the "Digital Demos: Data, Democracy and Regulations at the EU and India" conference organised by the Jean Monnet Module on Digital Democracy and Data Governance in the European Union, Human Sciences Research Centre, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH), in collaboration with the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, September 9-10.
Asilata Karandikar and V Sridhar also presented a paper at the conference titled "An Emergent Social Contract for a Digital World: A Comparative Analysis of Data Privacy Legislations in India and the European Union".
@BalajiPsarathy @citappsays @vsridhartelecom @iiit_hyderabad @uohpolsci @SSadagopan
#IIITB #IIITBangalore #KeyNote #IIITH
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20 Aug 2025
CITAPP Seminar Series for 2025-26 opens with a talk by Anant Kamath: Untouchable Cellphones? Old Caste Exclusions and New Digital Divides in Peri-Urban Bangalore.
π Thursday, 21 August 2025
π 2:00 β 3:30 PM
π Room R-110, IIIT-Bangalore
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Centre for IT and Public Policy, IIIT-B retweeted
6 Aug 2025
Balaji Parthasarathy and Sridhar Varadharajan, with Samuel Bashfield of the Australia India Institute (AII), led the discussions at the 1.5 track Australia-India Cables Dialogue 2025, in Perth on 31 July 2025. It was held as part of the AII-IIIT-B Strengthening Submarine Cable Connectivity, Resilience and Supply Chains project, which is supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and runs from December 2024 to June 2026 The Dialogue brought together key Australian and Indian academics, policy analysts, and representatives from the cable industry and the government, to determine how the two nations can better promote Indo-Pacific submarine cable connectivity, digital resilience and supply chains.
#IIITB #IIITBangalore #AustraliaIndiaInstitute
@BalajiPsarathy @vsridhartelecom @SamuelBashfield @AIinstitute @Lisa_Singh @dfat @CGIPerth @AusCGBengaluru @citappsays @SSadagopan
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Centre for IT and Public Policy, IIIT-B retweeted
14 Jul 2025
The Institute has received funding from the Centre for Australia-India Relations Maitri Fellowship Program for 2025, which will bring Dr Preeti Mudliar from Bangalore to Melbourne to work with Aii on digital governance.
Read more here: aii.unimelb.edu.au/maitri-feβ¦
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