Shyam Krishnakumar
Shyam is Co-Founder of The Pranava Institute, and currently heads the Strategic Advisory Services at Pranava. At Pranava, Shyam’s work engages with key questions around India’s digital transformation, including regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies, India’s cybersecurity and technology ethics.
Work at a glance
Spoke at the UN Asia -Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF 2023) held in Brisbane, Australia. about The Unboxing Tech Toolkit: The Materiality of a Smartphone in a session titled "Mines, Maps and Minerals: Trace the complex material flows of your smartphone to make more sustainable choice".
Presented The Unboxing Tech Toolkit on the Materiality of the Smartphone at The Re:Publica Berlin 2023 at the Makerspace convened by Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)
Presented the insights from the Design Beyond Deception project at the Colloquium @ CAIS (Centre for Advanced Internet Studies)
Co-Authored a paper on 'Building Public Digital Infrastructure for the Next Century: The Case of India's UPI' published by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Co-Authored a handbook on India's 5G Conundrum: Perspectives on the Techno-politics of 5G published by The InTech Dispatch