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Technology, Policy and Inclusion looks at the intersections between public policy and technology in India. It explores the barriers in instituting effective governance and examines how these can be mitigated through technological interventions in developing countries.
List of contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables x
Editor bios xi
List of Contributors xiv
Foreword xix
Preface and Acknowledgements xxi
1 Technology and Policy: Points of Intersection 1
Anjal Prakash, Aarushi Jain, Puran Singh, and Avik Sarkar
2 Digital Governance: A Case of COVID Management in India 15
Aarushi Jain, Ankit Anand, and Isha Mahajan
3 Digital Census and Application of Advanced Technologies in Census: Perspectives from the Forthcoming Census of India 43
Abhishek Jain and Varinder Kaur
4 Envisioning Smart Real Estate Digital Infrastructure for Madhya Pradesh 75
Mausmi Hajela, Girish Sharma, and Sudhir Chaudhary
5 Critical Success Factors for Enabling a National Data Exchange Platform 116
Ankit Anand
6 Striving to Build Citizens’ Trust in Digital World: Data Protection Bill (2021) of India 141
Charru Malhotra and Anushka Bhilwar
7 Digital Education Leading to a Digital Divide: As an Emerging Form of Inequality 162
Jyoti Sharma
8 Old Caste Exclusions and New Digital Divides 179
Anant Kamath
9 Improving Farmer Income through Digitisation: Analysing e-Markets 206
Abhisheik Vishwakarma and Amrita Chakraborty
10 Technology and Financial Inclusion: A Study of Technology’s Role in the Continuity of Banking Agents 225
Sanal Gupta and Puran Singh
Annexure- 1 249
Annexure- 2 251
Index 252
About the author
Anjal Prakash is the Clinical Associate Professor (Research) and Research Director at Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, India.
Aarushi Jain is the Policy Director at Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, leading educational initiatives, projects, government engagements and outreach activities.
Puran Singh is an Associate Professor of Finance at the School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), Himachal Pradesh, India.
Avik Sarkar is currently associated with the Indian School of Business (ISB), Mohali, India, working and teaching in the areas of data, emerging technology, and public policy.
Summary
Technology, Policy and Inclusion looks at the intersections between public policy and technology in India. It explores the barriers in instituting effective governance and examines how these can be mitigated through technological interventions in developing countries.
