Courses & Events
#TheIndiaDialog Conversation: Digital Public Infrastructure in India: Past, Present, and Future
Thursday, Apr 25, 2024
08:00 am - 09:00 am
Monthly online seminar series hosted by US-ATMC Director Dr. Richard Dasher and the Institute for Competitiveness’ Honorary Chairman Dr. Amit Kapoor. Guest speakers are invited to share their perspective on India’s development and its challenges. This series is a continuation of The India Dialog summit, an annual conference that addresses the transformations of India’s economic and social landscape. Visit our India Dialog page for more information.
Details
Zoom Seminar:
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Pacific Time
- 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM India Time
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l6v-ldmJRTqpNVsZ5qCHqA#/registration
This will register you for the entire monthly series and the same link will be used for all sessions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting series. You may cancel at anytime.
Speakers
Arun Sukumar
Assistant Professor of Global Security and Technology, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University (The Hague campus)
Arun Sukumar is assistant professor of global security and technology at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University. He is a lawyer by training from NALSAR, with a PhD in international relations from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is the author of Midnight’s Machines: A Political History of Technology in India (Penguin RandomHouse India, 2019), which won the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Non-Fiction (2019). Midnight’s Machines was also listed among Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2020. Arun is the co-editor of Building an International Cybersecurity Regime: Multistakeholder Diplomacy (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023) and Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace: Global Narratives and Practice (EU Publications Office, 2023). His work has been published in Contemporary Security Policy, Policy & Internet, IEEE – CyCon Proceedings, among other journals. Arun served on the board of the Digital Public Goods Alliance in 2022-23 and was previously part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Digital Economy and Society.
