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The Digitalization Conundrum in India

Applications, Access and Aberrations

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Editors:
  1. Keshab Das

    1. Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmedabad, India

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  2. Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra

    1. School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

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  3. Madhabananda Das

    1. School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

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  • Examines the nature, extent, and implications of the rapid advances brought about by digitalization in India since the turn of the millennium
  • Analyzes technical aspects of applications of disruptive technologies (automation, e-Commerce, big data analytics & algorithms, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, etc.) using specific sub-sectors as examples
  • Investigates problems and opportunities in broad-basing access of citizens with diverse socio-economic and spatial endowments to the applications of digitalization from a developing economy perspective

Part of the book series: India Studies in Business and Economics (ISBE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Digitalization Conundrum in India: Context and Concerns

    • Keshab Das, Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra, Madhabananda Das
    Pages 1-9

  3. Technical/Engineering Applications and Infrastructure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Digital Transformations and Structural Exclusion Risks: Towards Policy Coherence for Enabling Inclusive Trajectories

      • Smitha Francis
      Pages 13-44

    3. Quantum Computing and Its Application in Healthcare and Agriculture

      • Kiranjit Pattnaik, Subhashree Mishra, Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra
      Pages 45-51

    4. Decision-Making Using Big Data in Predicting Degenerative Diseases

      • V. Bhanumathi, C. P. Sangeetha
      Pages 53-71

    5. Impact of IoT in Healthcare: Improvements and Challenges

      • H. Swapna Rekha, Janmenjoy Nayak, G. T. Chandra Sekhar, Danilo Pelusi
      Pages 73-107

    6. Paving the Way for Smart Agriculture in India

      • Debasish Kumar Mallick, Ratula Ray, Satya Ranjan Dash
      Pages 109-122

    7. Agricultural IoT as a Disruptive Technology: Comparing Cases from the USA and India

      • M. Umme Salma, Srinivas Narasegouda
      Pages 123-132

    8. A Survey of Digitized Handwritten Signature Verification System

      • Anjali Rohilla, Rajesh Kumar Bawa
      Pages 133-151

  4. Access/Use, Aberrations and Obstacles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Protection of Consumer Rights in E-Commerce in India

      • Richa Gupta
      Pages 155-178

    3. Mediating Financial Inclusion Through Digital Technology: A Critique

      • Tara Nair
      Pages 179-196

    4. Future of Work in Information Technology and the Analytics Industry: Understanding the Demand

      • Nausheen Nizami
      Pages 197-212

    5. Technology for Information Democracy: Case of GIS Enabled Entitlement Tracking System

      • Sushmita Patel, Tenzin Chorran, Kunja Shrestha, Shivanyaa Rawat
      Pages 213-232

    6. Mobile Application in Agriculture Development in India: Policy, Practices and the Way Forward

      • Vikas Kumar
      Pages 233-247

    7. Open Research Data in the Global South: Issues and Anomalies in the Indian Context

      • Anup Kumar Das
      Pages 249-262

    8. Crisis in Technical Education in India: Evolving Contours of the Computer and Information Sciences Discipline

      • Hastimal Sagara, Keshab Das
      Pages 263-304

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 305-308
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About this book

This book examines the nature, extent and implications of rapid strides digitalization has made in India since the turn of the millennium.  These have been examined not merely in the sphere of information and communication technology (ICT) but its multifarious applications spreading across almost all aspects of production, services and institutions which have profound repercussions for the transformation of the society and economy at the micro, meso and macro levels. With contributions from both ICT scholars and social scientists, this book presents diverse scenarios and unravels challenges faced in the process of technical applications, access by the users of these disruptive technologies (automation, e-commerce, big data analytics & algorithms, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, etc.) which, unlike heavy machines (embodied technology), mostly defy physical space, pace of mobility and inoperability between technologies.  Chapters in this volume address challenges and possibilities in establishing and operating intricate engineering infrastructure, technical and societal constraints encountered in broad-basing digitalization across layers of educational and social skills conducive to difficult geographies.  Issues dealt within this book include farming, healthcare, education, food processing, e-commerce, labour, rural community development, open source data and information democracy. The chapters also reflect upon implications on local economy and society, of the very global nature of these seamless technologies where inter-operability remains the quintessential advantage of digitalization whether promoted or spearheaded through the state, private sector or global capital.  The book critiques policy inadequacies and suggests plausible policy approaches to reduce the adverse impacts of fast digitalization and broad-base potential benefits across space and levels of socio-economic development of regions and society.  This bookwould be of interest to scholars, practitioners, technocrats, industry analysts, policy makers and civil society agencies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmedabad, India

    Keshab Das

  • School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

    Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra, Madhabananda Das

About the editors

Keshab Das is a Professor at the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India. He holds M.Phil. (Applied Economics) and Ph.D. (Economics) degrees from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (through the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum). A recipient of the VKRV Rao Prize in Social Sciences (Economics), he has been a Visiting Research Fellow/Faculty at the Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa; University of Insubria, Italy; International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands; University of Manchester, UK; Institute of Developing Economies, Japan; CNRS-REGARDS, France; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, France; and Institute of Development Studies, UK. Having published extensively, his research focuses on issues in local and regional development; industrialization strategies; informal sector; MSMEs; innovation; labor; and infrastructure.

Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra has been an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, since 2006.  He holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the F.M. University, Balasore, Odisha.  He completed his Postdoctoral Research at the Soft Computing Laboratory, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.  His research interests include evolutionary computation, neural networks, pattern recognition, data warehousing and mining, and big data.  In addition to having published or contributed to more than 40 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, he has authored one book and co-edited four more. He also serves as an editorial board member for various journals.

Madhabananda Das is a Senior Professor at the School of Computer Engineering at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, with 38 years of working experience including 23 years of teaching and research experience and 15 years in the industry.  He holds Ph.D. (KIIT University), M.Tech. (Sambalpur University)and M.B.A. (Xavier Institute of Management) degrees in Computer Science.  He has been a faculty member at the University College of Engineering, Burla, and worked at Orissa State Electronics Development Corporation Limited.  His research interests include artificial intelligence, soft computing, machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing. He has published or contributed more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. 


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