Humanities Initiative's Latest Events


Srinivas Reddy, Brown University

Seminar on “Translating Classical India Through Time and Space” by Srinivas Reddy, Brown University

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Prof. Akeel Bilgrami

Seminar on “The Commons: A Philosophical Inquiry” by Professor Akeel Bilgrami

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Prof. Tabish Khair

AWL-SSH Symposium 2023 on "Democracy in the Times of Digital Transformation" by Professor Tabish Khair

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Dr. Meera Chakravorty

Panel discussion on "Different Mirrors : Art and Aesthetics of Identity" with Dr. Meera Chakravorty, Dr. John Clammers

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Dr. R. Krishnaswamy

Seminar on “Do we need Masters and Slaves? Hegel and the Idea of Recognition” by Dr. R. Krishnaswamy

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Dr. Muzaffar Ali

Seminar on ‘The Challenges of Normative Political Theory in India’

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Prof. Aakash Singh Rathore

Book Discussion on "Ambedkar: The Formative Years"

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Professor Gerd Gigerenzer

Public keynote lecture on 'How to Stay Smart In A Smart World'

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Prof. Arundhati Virmani, Prof. Jean Boutier

Book Discussion on ' Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments'

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Puthiya Purayil Sneha

On DH and Disruption: Some Reflections

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Tanuj Solanki

The Machine is Learning': Fact or Fiction?

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Dr. Shivangi Narayan

Facial Recognition and Police Bias

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Prof. Rahul De' and Sai Dattathranie

The Concept of Agency in the Era of AI

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Prof. Dipesh Chakraborty, Lawrence A. Kimpton

The Democratization of Public Life and the Declining Value of Evidence

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About Us


Housed in the Social Science and Humanities Department at IIIT-Delhi, we strive to combine multi-disciplinary perspectives, grounded in philosophy and critical thinking from a humanities perspective, to policy challenges emanating from the emergence of new technologies. Our goal is to grasp the rapid technological advances that are redrawing the contours of public interests which have driven significant changes in the economy and society, and our everyday lives. These “disruptive” effects of fast technological advancement create a policy, regulatory, and normative gap in society, where the latter often finds itself in the position of framing policies to ‘catch up’ with and adequately reflect such advancements. We offer teaching, consultancy and research services for effectively and equitably deploying technology, and aid policymaking needs to keep pace with the rapid infusion and development of technology and assess the ethical, social and environmental challenges that technology poses.

Our Team


Aasim Khan

Aasim Khan

aasim@iiitd.ac.in

Nishad

Nishad Patnaik

nishad@iiitd.ac.in

Manohar Kumar

Manohar Kumar

manohar.kumar@iiitd.ac.in

Payel C Mukherjee

Payel C Mukherjee

payel@iiitd.ac.in

Nishad

Praveen Priyadarshi

praveen@iiitd.ac.in