Dr Gurram Ashok obtained his MPhil and PhD from the University of Hyderabad and hails from Telangana State. He worked on PhD thesis titled, “Decoding the Politics of Technology and Welfare: A Study of Aadhaar-based Services in Telangana State”. He was also a UGC-NET-JRF holder during his PhD. He received a grant from ICSSR for a research project on The Role of Digital India in Grassroots Governance: An Exploratory Study in Rural Telangana.
Research Publications
Ashok, G., & Veerababu, D. (2023). Digital Dilemmas and Exclusion of Marginals: A Trajectory from Paradox of Privacy to Poverty of Privacy. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X231206919
Ashok, G. (2022). Minimum government and maximum governance: Empowering the impoverished through Digital India Campaign. Indian Journal of Public Administration, 68(3), 381-396.
Ashok, G., & Rupavath, R. (2022). The Biopolitics of Caste: Analysing the (Dis) honour Killings in South India. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X221076657
Mokanpally, S., Gurram, A., Akhter, S., Khan, S., Lachyan, A., & Devaraju, K. (2022). Nutritional Status And Shifting Burden Of Disease In India: A Three Decadal Review. NeuroQuantology, 20(9), 2403.
Ashok , G. (2021). Politics Before Elections: A Study of Welfare Governmentality in Elections in Telangana State, Indian Journal of Political science, LXXXII, 4. 573-582.
Expertise
Political Theory
Politics and Technology Studies
Surveillance and Privacy
Developmental issues in Public Policy and Governance