ReGenAI
'ReGenAI: A New Deal for the AI Economy' challenges the prevailing AI paradigm, characterized by precarity, market concentration, exclusion, and ecological harm.
Our Executive Director, Anita Gurumurthy, is a member of the UN CSTD Working Group on Data Governance. In line with its mandate under Para 48 of the UN Global Digital Compact, the Working Group is exploring follow-up recommendations towards equitable and interoperable data governance arrangements, through deliberations on four key tracks:…
IT for Change submitted its feedback/comments on the draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Rules") relating to synthetically generated information released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Our submission highlighted two key issues of the proposed amendment:
(i) Labeling…
Prakriye and Hosa Hejje Hosa Dishe are our two field projects leveraging digital technologies towards empowering women and girls from marginalized contexts.
With a history of 20+ years, the Prakriye project has been working with women and girls across rural Mysuru. Through women-led community information centres, and forums, these initiatives…
“There’s no ghost in the machine!: A field study of platform workers’ experiences of algorithmic management in India” is a research study conducted by the Centre for Labour Studies, National Law School of India University and IT for Change, supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. It examines how algorithmic management shapes platform work in India—through…
The Technology Integration for Equitable Education (TIEE) program, implemented by IT for Change from July 2023 to June 2025, aimed to enhance inclusive and equitable learning in government schools across Bengaluru South and Mysuru districts in Karnataka, India. With a vision to promote equity and inclusion in education through meaningful…
This think piece was written by Gabriella Razzano as part of our ‘Re-wiring India's Digitalising Economy for Women's Rights and Well-being’ project, supported by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the European Union.
Digital inequality in Africa is profoundly gendered, with women facing particular exclusions and risks from the emerging…
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ನಮ್ಮ ಶಾಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಖ ಗುರುತಿಸುವಿಕೆ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಅಗತ್ಯವೇ?
Aug 2025
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶಾಲಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಆರ್ಟಿಫಿಶಿಯಲ್ ಇಂಟೆಲಿಜೆನ್ಸ್ (AI) ಹಾಗು ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಮುಖ ಗುರುತಿಸುವಿಕೆ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯೊಂದನ್ನು (Facial Recognition System) ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಅನುದಾನಿತ ಶಾಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾರಿಗೆ ತರುವುದಾಗಿ ಘೋಷಿಸಿದೆ. ಈ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ SATSಗೆ ಜೋಡಣೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಶಾಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಜರಾತಿ, ಹಾಗು, ಬಿಸಿ ಊಟದಂತಹ ಇತರ…
All the Rightful Inheritors of the Classroom
Jun 2025
I wear a mask. Not like the crime-fighting vigilante Batman but like a self-conscious child at a fancy dress competition, trying to fit in. The mask becomes stark in June, Pride Month, which also marks the beginning of the school academic year. Over weekends, I plunge into community mobilisation and conversations on…
The Global Digital Compact – an “add and stir gender” déjà vu?
Nov 2024
The Global Digital Compact upholds “gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and their full, equal and meaningful participation” as a core principle for digital cooperation [para 8(d)]. The extraordinary complexity of our times, which the digital phenomenon has only intensified, requires us to unpack…
MSMEs and e-commerce adoption: Lessons from India
Nov 2024
Why do micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) struggle with using digital marketplaces such as Amazon or Facebook for their operations? How can we make digital marketplaces more advantageous for smaller players? In this blogpost, I reflect on some of the key findings of a study that I conducted titled “Beyond…
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