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This study, conducted under the National Gender Fellowship, was carried out under our project, “Rewiring India’s Digitalizing Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-Being”, supported by @ec.europa.eu and @fesonline.bsky.social

Salonie is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (@ids.ac.uk ), focusing on women domestic workers in India’s platform economy and the intersection of platforms, care work, labour movements, and women’s collectives.

Studying this phenomenon in her new study, Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur shows how women’s hidden mediation facilitates domestic work platforms, even as their contributions remain undervalued.

Hidden behind the guise of automation, these intermediaries act as ‘phygital’ touchpoints for platforms by collecting, digitizing, and commodifying workers’ data.

Thanks to everyone who joined us in these critical conversations.

True digital justice in education demands more than apps and algorithms—it calls for intentional design, inclusive implementation, and constant reflection on who technology truly serves.

Two powerful panels asked the tough questions: How does EdTech perform in real classrooms? And where's the"education" in educational technology?

In a fireside chat, Anvar Sadath, CEO of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), Government of Kerala, shared insights on the Kerala model of digitizing classrooms with Kavita Sanghvi, Director–Education, Kotak Education Foundation.

Jian Xi Teng, Programme Specialist for Education, UNESCO Regional Office for South Asia, delivered the keynote address, highlighting the diverse learning needs of students and the importance of context-aware tech interventions.

Academics, technologists, civil society organizations, and policy makers came together for two panels: ‘EdTech in Practice’ and ‘Where is Ed in EdTech?’

Doing a deep dive into the adoption of EdTech in India, IT for Change organized “EdTech for Equitable Education: Critical Conversations,” a day-long conference, in collaboration with Critical EdTech India (CETI), at the Infosys Science Foundation on 30 October.

The discussion has now been shifted to 5:00 PM on 30 October. Join us at 4:00 PM when we will be screening ‘IT for Change at 25: Building Just Digital Futures’ to get a glimpse of our work over the last 25 years.

The discussion has now been shifted to 5:00 PM on 30 October. Join us at 4:00 PM when we will be screening ‘IT for Change at 25: Building Just Digital Futures’ to get a glimpse of our work over the last 25 years.

Join us in Bengaluru as we come together to reflect, learn, and dream collectively about building a more equitable digital space.

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From critical dialogues on EdTech and equitable education to a special discussion on AI, gender, and storytelling, and a forward-looking panel on regenerative AI, the fest brings together practitioners, scholars, technologists, policymakers, and artists to exchange insights from the field.