Projects
AI & Dalit Social Mobility
This research examines how AI deployment in India may reinforce caste-based inequalities, especially for Dalits, and calls for inclusive, context aware frameworks that reflect Dalit experiences and guard against biased, exclusionary systems.
Inclusive AI, Ethical & Responsible AI
This project promotes inclusive, ethical AI by ensuring diverse perspectives shape AI systems and frameworks, aiming to prevent bias and uphold fairness.
Climate and Indigenous Food Systems
Through field research and community engagement, this project documents climate change’s impact on indigenous food practices in India, revealing threats to biodiversity, cultural knowledge, and rural livelihoods, to inform climate-resilient, culturally rooted digital tools.
AI & Education
As emotionally intelligent AI companions enter classrooms, this research examines how young learners relate to them and how these interactions affect emotional growth, social behavior, and learning, while assessing risks of psychological dependency.
Cognitive Warfare
This research explores how AI shapes perception, manipulates opinion, and distorts memory in geopolitical conflicts. By mapping cognitive threats, it aims to support strategic foresight and protect democratic agency in information ecosystems.
AI & Mental Health
This research explores AI in mental health support for Gen Z and Gen Alpha, focusing on how personalized tools impact body image, self-worth, and digital culture, while addressing risks of emotional over-reliance and harmful algorithmic norms.
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
This project tracks AI-driven disinformation from deepfakes to automated propaganda especially in the Global South, focusing on building literacy and institutional resilience against narrative warfare and algorithmic manipulation.
AI & Children
As children engage with AI platforms, this initiative examines how their data is invisibly collected, used, and monetized across education, games, and social apps, advocating for safeguards to protect children’s digital rights.
Agentic AI and Political Communications
Explore the rise of autonomous AI systems and their impact on human agency, governance, and moral accountability. Focus on how agentic AI reshapes human-machine relationships, especially around trust, consent, and shared responsibility.
AI & Cybersecurity
Address AI-driven cybersecurity threats, including AI-aided cyberattacks and countermeasures. Conduct training for IT specialists and law enforcement on AI-related crimes such as deepfake fraud and AI-powered phishing.