S Shakthi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | S Shakthi |
| GIVEN NAMES | S |
| FAMILY NAME | Shakthi |
| SIGNATURE | SHAKTHI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Moving towards gender-sensitive urban mobility planning
Urban mobility planning has the potential to enact more inclusive cities. Yet mobility planning around the world largely remains insensitive to gender, despite the rich scholarship on gendered mobility in diverse urban contexts. This insensitivity, we argue, is rooted in planning’s epistemic dimensions. Analysing what we term mobility planning knowledge through a feminist epistemological lens, we highlight the role of power in knowledge productio…
Affective exits
Travelling 'down South
This article examines the role of language in shaping work processes in the Indian information technology (IT) industry, which has become synonymous with the country's 'new' middle class. In the South Indian city of Chennai, the industry has attracted a number of migrants from other parts of the country, including from non-metropolitan areas south of Chennai. Frequently referred to (and also self-identifying) as being from 'down South', many of t…
Corporate Brahminism and Tech Work
This article investigates caste dynamics within the information technology (IT) industry in Chennai. While there has been considerable commentary on the dominance of ‘upper’ castes within the industry, significantly less has been said about how ‘upper-casteness’ is retained and reinforced. In exploring everyday forms of upper-caste assertion, this article unpacks constructions of ‘corporate Brahminism’ on the IT office floor. Moreover, by analysi…
Beyond respectability? Office taxis and gendered automobility in urban India
With its late-night work requirements and prevalence of women employees, the Indian information technology industry is firmly embedded within urban middle-class imaginaries of the mobile woman traversing the city after dark. This article analyses the emergence of the office taxi, a legally-mandated provision to facilitate night-time travel, as a crucial site for the enactment of gendered automobility. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in …
Crafting 'Integrity
Supporters of Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme that aims to use biometric information and a 12-digit number to catalogue every Indian resident, have often commented on the tremendous amount of “fraud” that this program has curtailed since its introduction nearly a decade ago. Four years before the first Aadhaar number was issued, this discourse of ensuring authenticity was similarly deployed by the Indian information technology (IT) indu…
Grappling with Aadhaar
The Aadhaar program has been among the most defining socio-political projects of the Indian state over the last decade. Translating to “platform” or “foundation” in several Indian languages, this colossal identification scheme has been extended thus far to almost 1.25 billion Indian residents. As noted by Rao and Nair (2019), the word Aadhaar has become a metonymy that transcends its literal meaning, automatically linking it to the national biome…
The law, the market, the gendered subject
The Indian information technology (IT) industry has, in recent years, been plagued by reports of workplace sexual harassment, disrupting the narrative of empowerment disseminated by an industry that projects itself as a pioneer in the area of gender equality. This has been further complicated by the passage of domestic legislation in 2013 mandating companies to form internal committees that will address complaints of workplace sexual harassment. …
Grappling with Aadhaar
The Aadhaar program has been among the most defining socio-political projects of the Indian state over the last decade. Translating to “platform” or “foundation” in several Indian languages, this colossal identification scheme has been extended thus far to almost 1.25 billion Indian residents. As noted by Rao and Nair (2019), the word Aadhaar has become a metonymy that transcends its literal meaning, automatically linking it to the national biome…
Corporate Brahminism and Tech Work
This article investigates caste dynamics within the information technology (IT) industry in Chennai. While there has been considerable commentary on the dominance of ‘upper’ castes within the industry, significantly less has been said about how ‘upper-casteness’ is retained and reinforced. In exploring everyday forms of upper-caste assertion, this article unpacks constructions of ‘corporate Brahminism’ on the IT office floor. Moreover, by analysi…
Beyond respectability? Office taxis and gendered automobility in urban India
With its late-night work requirements and prevalence of women employees, the Indian information technology industry is firmly embedded within urban middle-class imaginaries of the mobile woman traversing the city after dark. This article analyses the emergence of the office taxi, a legally-mandated provision to facilitate night-time travel, as a crucial site for the enactment of gendered automobility. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in …
Travelling 'down South
This article examines the role of language in shaping work processes in the Indian information technology (IT) industry, which has become synonymous with the country's 'new' middle class. In the South Indian city of Chennai, the industry has attracted a number of migrants from other parts of the country, including from non-metropolitan areas south of Chennai. Frequently referred to (and also self-identifying) as being from 'down South', many of t…
Crafting 'Integrity
Supporters of Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme that aims to use biometric information and a 12-digit number to catalogue every Indian resident, have often commented on the tremendous amount of “fraud” that this program has curtailed since its introduction nearly a decade ago. Four years before the first Aadhaar number was issued, this discourse of ensuring authenticity was similarly deployed by the Indian information technology (IT) indu…
The law, the market, the gendered subject
The Indian information technology (IT) industry has, in recent years, been plagued by reports of workplace sexual harassment, disrupting the narrative of empowerment disseminated by an industry that projects itself as a pioneer in the area of gender equality. This has been further complicated by the passage of domestic legislation in 2013 mandating companies to form internal committees that will address complaints of workplace sexual harassment. …
Affective exits
The law, the market, the gendered subject
The Indian information technology (IT) industry has, in recent years, been plagued by reports of workplace sexual harassment, disrupting the narrative of empowerment disseminated by an industry that projects itself as a pioneer in the area of gender equality. This has been further complicated by the passage of domestic legislation in 2013 mandating companies to form internal committees that will address complaints of workplace sexual harassment. …
Crafting 'Integrity
Supporters of Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme that aims to use biometric information and a 12-digit number to catalogue every Indian resident, have often commented on the tremendous amount of “fraud” that this program has curtailed since its introduction nearly a decade ago. Four years before the first Aadhaar number was issued, this discourse of ensuring authenticity was similarly deployed by the Indian information technology (IT) indu…
Grappling with Aadhaar
The Aadhaar program has been among the most defining socio-political projects of the Indian state over the last decade. Translating to “platform” or “foundation” in several Indian languages, this colossal identification scheme has been extended thus far to almost 1.25 billion Indian residents. As noted by Rao and Nair (2019), the word Aadhaar has become a metonymy that transcends its literal meaning, automatically linking it to the national biome…
Beyond respectability? Office taxis and gendered automobility in urban India
With its late-night work requirements and prevalence of women employees, the Indian information technology industry is firmly embedded within urban middle-class imaginaries of the mobile woman traversing the city after dark. This article analyses the emergence of the office taxi, a legally-mandated provision to facilitate night-time travel, as a crucial site for the enactment of gendered automobility. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in …
Corporate Brahminism and Tech Work
This article investigates caste dynamics within the information technology (IT) industry in Chennai. While there has been considerable commentary on the dominance of ‘upper’ castes within the industry, significantly less has been said about how ‘upper-casteness’ is retained and reinforced. In exploring everyday forms of upper-caste assertion, this article unpacks constructions of ‘corporate Brahminism’ on the IT office floor. Moreover, by analysi…
Travelling 'down South
This article examines the role of language in shaping work processes in the Indian information technology (IT) industry, which has become synonymous with the country's 'new' middle class. In the South Indian city of Chennai, the industry has attracted a number of migrants from other parts of the country, including from non-metropolitan areas south of Chennai. Frequently referred to (and also self-identifying) as being from 'down South', many of t…
Affective exits
Moving towards gender-sensitive urban mobility planning
Urban mobility planning has the potential to enact more inclusive cities. Yet mobility planning around the world largely remains insensitive to gender, despite the rich scholarship on gendered mobility in diverse urban contexts. This insensitivity, we argue, is rooted in planning’s epistemic dimensions. Analysing what we term mobility planning knowledge through a feminist epistemological lens, we highlight the role of power in knowledge productio…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)