Research Consultancies

  1. From 2021 to 2023, I was a Country Expert (India) for the multi-country European Research Council-funded Bottom-up Initiatives and Anti-Corruption Technologies (BIT-ACT) project housed at the University of Bologna, Italy.

        I have collaborated with United Nations University (Macau) on three research consultancy projects:

        2. I was part of a multi-country team that undertook researched for and co-authored the report Gender-sensitive AI Policy in Southeast Asia (2023). Here, I conducted qualitative research interviews and document analysis on AI and gender policies and practices in Malaysia.

        3. I conducted research across countries in Southeast Asia for the research report Artificial Intelligence and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in South-East Asia (2024). This was funded by UN Women Asia-Pacific, and I conducted qualitative research interviews and document analysis on AI and the WPS Agenda in Southeast Asia.

          4. I recently concluded a research consultancy on digital transformation and sustainability indices. This research report is under production now.

          Speaking and Resource Roles

          Member, Policy Working Group for ‘Strengthening Community Radio in India: National Consultation on Community Radio in India’, organized by the UNESCO Chair on Community Media, and supported by the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), UNESCO & UNESCO New Delhi, between April 11-12, 2017.

          Resource Person for a session on ‘Community Radio and Policy Ethnography as Methodology’, for the course on ‘Teaching and Researching Community Media: A 6-day workshop on Curriculum Development and Research Methodology’, organized by the UNESCO Chair on Community Media and National Council of Rural Institutes (An MHRD institution) at Hyderabad, India, March 16-21, 2017.

          Field Coordinator for The Learning Course on Communication for Development Workshop, organized jointly by Ohio University and UNICEF, at Hyderabad, India, July 31-August 12, 2016.

          Presenter at the NIRD&PR-CIRDAP Collaborative International Training Programme on Information and Communication Technology Applications for Rural Development at NIRD&PR, Hyderabad, India, February 29 – March 9, 2016.

          Consultant for ‘Building Innovation Ecosystems for Mega Impact: A National Conference on Social Innovation, Technology and Government’, organized by IIT-Delhi, India, on August 12, 2013.

          Consultant for the Centre for Innovations in Public Systems (CIPS), an Autonomous Body of the Government of India, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad, Telangana, India, July-August, 2013.