Conventional algorithmic fairness is West-centric, as seen in its subgroups, values, and
methods. In this paper, we de-center algorithmic fairness and analyse AI power in India …

A global pandemic has brought renewed attention to an old question: what do we owe each
other? Calls to engage in thinking about a 'new social contract'have emerged rooted both in …

This book is a comprehensive history of city planning in post-independence India. It explores
how the nature and orientation of city planning have evolved in India's changing …

Introduction The caste system is a relatively rigid system of social hierarchy in India. The
caste membership defines one's access to resources and life opportunities. A growing body …

Internal migration, nearly four times more than the migration across national boundaries,
accounts for the largest human movements in the world. In context of agrarian distress …

Rising incomes, continued entanglement with an unbridled consumption-based economic
system and auto-centric policymaking have facilitated the persistence of automobility as a …

We present experimental evidence from a school choice program carried out in a 20-square
kilometer, highly urbanized slum area known as Shahdara, which is situated in East Delhi …

Using new administrative data from 3000 cities and over 100,000 urban neighborhoods, we
study residential segregation in urban India. We focus on two historically marginalized …

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the academic journeys of Dalit students
and their lived experiences of systemic exclusion in Indian higher education. It explains their …

The contact hypothesis posits that having diverse neighbours may reduce one's intergroup
prejudice. This hypothesis is difficult to test as individuals self-select into neighbourhoods …