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Feb 161 min read
Jobs, Livelihoods, and the Future of Work with SEWA Cooperative Federation
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Feb 31 min read
Centering Trust in Product Design: Pathways to Involve Community Mediators to Gain and Keep Trust of Low-resource Women Users on Digital Public Infrastructure
Aditi Surie, Achyutha Sharma, Antara Rai This policy brief contains design pathways that will deliver on a shared digital future which...
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Feb 33 min read
Women x Tech: Intermediaries, Design and Literacy in low resource settings
In urban India, 52% of women have ever used the internet, compared to 72% of men ( NFHS, 2021 ). The gender digital divide, –differential...
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Jun 14, 20231 min read
Rajasthan’s move spells some hope for gig workers
The initiation of a board is a win for platform workers, but there are many challenges ahead such as covering the gaps in labour...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
Bike taxi ban: Drivers bear the brunt of regulations aimed at tech platforms
There is a lag in regulation to every technological innovation. When platforms don’t subscribe to licensing requirements, in this case...
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Oct 26, 20212 min read
Will EdTech go the way of the gig economy?
Published at Femlab.co on October 26, 2021 By Aditi Surie and Krishna Akhil The forced push towards digitization of schooling-related...
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Oct 1, 20212 min read
Nagrik Podcast: Labour Organising in Tech - I (Gig and Platform Work)
Aju John's podcast on In August and September of 2020, delivery executives of Swiggy struck work in many Indian cities. They wanted to...
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Apr 19, 20211 min read
Podcast: Unofficial Sources by The Ken
I was on the Ken's podcast to talk about the history and legacies of auto unions, and autorickshaws as publicly regulate mobility...
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Oct 1, 20201 min read
Pandemic Exposure: ‘Platform’ Infrastructure in Public Use in India
The COVID19 lockdowns have created a petri-dish of experiments in the public distribution of food and, experiences of hunger for India. ...
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Oct 1, 20201 min read
Podcast: Future of Labour Post COVID-19
Future of Labour Post COVID-19: Part 1, 2 and 3 on Cyberdemocracy hosted by Srinivas Kodali COVID has accelerated automation of labour...
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Apr 4, 20201 min read
Services at our Doorstep: COVID19 and platforms
Read my article in the Hindu about how delivery services ought to be recognised as public infrastructure during the COVID19 pandemic...
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Nov 24, 20194 min read
Tacit Urban Research Network: Interview
I speak to Niyati Dave, Communications Officer, TURN on using #digitalplatforms to study #urban #Informality and what these lenses mean...
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Nov 17, 20193 min read
The Future of Work
This article was carried by the The Hindu on November 12, 2019. By Aditi Surie Karnataka Labour Minister S. Suresh Kumar announced on...
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Sep 15, 20191 min read
In the driver’s seat
On 19 March 2018, drivers of ridesharing platforms Ola and Uber from several cities in India called for an indefinite strike, affecting...
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Sep 15, 20191 min read
Working on the app-based model, The Hindu (2017)
The line between work and jobs is often manipulated. The Delhi High Court is hearing the issue on August 10 in response to a Delhi-based...
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Sep 15, 20191 min read
The Indian Uber driver, Indian Express (2016)
... discussion on the sharing economy in India since the debate between freelancer and micro-entrepreneur is misplaced. The Indian...
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