Faculty

Aaditeshwar Seth is a faculty in the Department of Computer Science at IIT Delhi, where he runs the ACT4D (Appropriate Computing Technologies for Development) research group. He is passionate about building technologies that can empower people with information. He also runs a social enterprise, Gram Vaani, which builds voice-based systems for community media in rural areas. His policy interests lie in the ethical use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) and media, studying the political economy of ICT policies in India, and to develop useful insights for socio-economic development planning through the use of big-data sources. Work done by Aaditeshwar's team and students are now in use by over 150 developmental organizations, and several elements of their work have influenced the use of ICTs for development within many international aid and development organizations.