The talk explores India's journey through the digital transformation that began in the 1980s, focusing on how the country acquired critical digital and networking capabilities. It examines key policy shifts — from prioritizing software exports in the 1990s to the more recent push for self-reliance through "Make in India" and the "zero net import" objective in electronics. The discussion highlights the evolving strategies, trade-offs, and challenges in building a robust digital ecosystem. It concludes with insights on what India must do to meet its current technological ambitions.

             Dr. TCR Ramakrishnan and Dr. Saleem Akthar, KG Hospital, Coimbatore.

Topic: Data and its discontents - Political economy of disinformation
Speaker: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Date: 20th March 2019, Wednesday
Time: 3:30pm
Venue: Auditorium, Ahalia Campus, IIT Palakkad