TGC Program
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| The program for the Technology, Governance and Citizenship workshop is below; minor modifications are still in progress. (*) indicates title yet to be provided.
Venue: ROOM K 21, Indian Institute of Management, Bannerghata Road, Bangalore |
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Day One; Wednesday, Dec 12 2007
10:00 am: Welcome and Introduction
10:30 – 12:00: Panel 1
- Kiran Jonnalagadda: An analysis of technologies used in the Nemmadi project in Karnataka
- Ashok Rao: Accounting reforms towards e-Governance - Migration issues
- Rene Ejury: Who Can You Trust?
1:30 – 3:30 pm: Panel 2
- Amarnath Raja: Tsunami: ICT in NGO - Government Co-ordination
- Rameesh Kailasam: Technology can make a difference to lives and strengthen governance. (*)
- Alagesa Pandian: GIS and Local Governance
- Srivathsan K.R.: Community Instrumentation over Geography as a paradigm in smart e-governance
4:00 – 5:00 pm Roundtable:
- Moderator: Ashwin Mahesh
- Discussants: Umashankar, Kiran, Amar, Ashok, Rameesh, Pandian, Ashwin, Rene, Dinesh
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Day Two; Thursday, Dec 13th 2007
10:00 am: Introduction
- Zainab Bawa
10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Panel 1
- Nishant Shah: Governance by Selection : The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project and the politics of technologised relocation
- Leo Saldanha: Information Management on Government Web Sites (*)
- Zainab Bawa: The Case of the online complaint management system - on questions of transparency, governance and citizenship
1:30 – 3:30 pm: Panel 2
- Rajeev Gowda: The Perils and Promise of Technology-driven Political Mobilization
- RajanValli P and Bhuvaneswari Raman: Report on Bhoomi Report (*)
- Roshni Nuggehalli: Alternative Approaches to Governance in in the Information Society
- Jessica Wallack: Technology as a Bridge? The Importance of the First and Last Planks
4:00 – 5:00 Roundtable
- Moderator: Nishant Shah
- Discussants: Roshni, Zainab, Rajeev, Rajan, Leo, Jessica
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Day Three; Friday, Dec 14th 2007
10 am : Welcome and Introduction
- STS in India : Kavita Philip
10:30 –12:30 Panel 1 :
- Dr Rohan D'Souza : Modern Temples’ for Nation-Building: Debating India’s Experience with the Bhakra-Nangal
- Dr. Esha Shah: Upon Opening.....and Finding it Empty? Politics and STS in India
- Rob La Frenais : Autonomy or Agendas - Artists working in scientific field stations and other environments
2:00 – 3:30pm: Panel 2:
- Dr. Abha Sur Science, caste and governance
- Dr. Banu Subramaniam: DNA and the Politics of Belonging
- Sainath Suryanarayanan: Violence on the human and non-human Other in technoscientific cultures
4:00 – 6:00pm Roundtable Discussion on STS in India
- Discussants: A. R. Vasavi, Carol Upadhya, Narasimhan, Sundar Sarukkai
Additional participants: Kavita, Rob, Abha, Banu, Esha, Rohan, Sai
