Good news - today India opened the registration for all 18+ residents for the vaccination. https://youtu.be/AEiFBJKEnvw If you would like to cite this page here is a suggested citation as part of ISSN 2700-290X:Kumar, A. (2021) “CoWIN - India's COVID-19 Vaccine…
This week I will be sharing the work-in-progress that I have been doing with the Philosophy department at University of Twente, exploring the ethical and political dimensions of technology in the pandemic. One of the first projects that I did…
I live in two worlds, Germany and India. Well at least mentally, even though I am physically in Germany during the pandemic. My world also involves people who send me news and information about the situation in India i.e. friends…
One of the fascinating ways to understand a problem is by using existing conceptual lenses or frameworks and adapt them to the problem at hand. One such age old tool for usability researchers is the System Usability Scale (SUS) which…
भारतवर्ष में विकास कार्य करने वाली अनेक संस्थाएं कई वर्षों से अपना काम कर रही हैं। इनमें कई ऐसे संस्थाएं हैं जो वर्षो से विदेशी समाज सेवी संस्थाओं की आर्थिक सहायता से अपना कार्य सफ़लता पूर्वक करती आईं हैं। आम…
If you are someone like me, and have travelled to other parts of the world, you might have gone through extensive Visa applications giving away private details about your life (finances, family etc.), cross border examinations and random checks at…
First things first, this is not a conversation about the difference in salaries between expats and local aid workers. Depending on which side you ask the answer varies from "it's complicated" to "oh there's no point, we need to tolerate…
Now that we know that the effects of the pandemic are going to have large scale effects, I have been thinking on how to get some help. I have been speaking to the people I know and thought it would…
"Food relief will be our top priority.""We will be handing over the following food items that should be enough for a family of 4-5 people for two weeks in rural India." In the aid industry there are supporters of "Cash…
The first rule of technologists working in crisis response is, don't make an app. The rule number two is, go back to rule number one. Now that I have got that out the door, I'd like to make a short…