Dr. Ranjini C. Raghavendra

Dr. Ranjini C. Raghavendra is a public policy scholar and social scientist with over two decades of experience in digital governance, artificial intelligence, public health, gender, and Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). She is currently Professor of Public Policy at RV University, Bengaluru, and has held academic and research positions at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore), Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), and Google Health AI. Her interdisciplinary research draws on public policy, sociology, science and technology studies, feminist science studies, and health informatics to examine the implementation and governance of digital technologies in public service delivery.

Past Affiliations:

• Advisor, Google Health AI
• Research Scientist & Assistant Professor, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
• Postdoctoral Researcher & Programme Manager, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore)
• Mellon Sawyer Fellow, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
• Journalist, The New Indian Express and The Financial Express

Educational Qualifications:

• Ph.D. (Women's Studies/Health Informatics), Lancaster University, United Kingdom (2007)
• Postdoctoral Research, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (2008-2015)
• Mellon Sawyer Fellow, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge (2020-2022)
• Master's Degree in Women's Studies, Bangalore University
• Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengalur

Selected Publications:

• Raghavendra, R. C. (2022). Controversial COVID-19 contact-tracing app in India: Digital self-defence, governance and surveillance. In A. Hanemaayer (Ed.), Artificial Intelligence and Its Discontents (Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88615-8_9
• Bandi, R., Raghavendra, R. C., Klein, S., Madon, S., & Monteiro, E. (2020). The Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality. IFIP WG 8.2, 9.1, 9.4 Joint Working Conference (IFIPJWC 2020), Hyderabad, India. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64697-4