"Institute for Human Development; Institute of Social Studies."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : ICTs and Indian social change, an agenda of concerns / Ashwani Saith and M. Vijayabaskar -- Culture of technology and ICTs / Sundar Sarukkai -- Sustainable internet connectivity in rural India / Ashok Jhunjhunwala and Anuradha Ramachandran -- Two mutually reinforcing applications of ICT for socio-economic development of India / Rajesh Jain, Atanu Dey, Reuben Abraham and Vivek Padmanabhan -- ICTs and poverty alleviation : hope or hype? / Ashwani Saith -- Decrypting E-governance : narratives, power play and participation in the Gyandoot Intranet / T.T. Sreekumar -- Crossing a chasm : technologies, institutions and policies for developing a regional IT industry / Nirvikar Singh -- The electronic grassrooting of democracy : a case for community radio / Vinod Pavarala -- Wired watchdogs : how ICTs are aiding civil society to enhance public accountability / Gopakumar Krishnan Thampi -- Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance Initiatives : comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences / Amit Mitra and A. Didar Singh -- Evaluating the developmental impact of E-Governance initiatives : an exploratory framework / Shirin Madon -- Ricocheting gender equations : women workers in the call centre industry / Piush Antony and V. Gayathri -- Constructing work and identity in the Indian outsourced ITES sector / M. Vijayabaskar -- Ethnic transnational middle classes in formation : a case study of Indian information technology professionals / Xiang Biao -- Virtual India : Indian IT labour and the nation-state / Peter van der Veer -- Uncanny networks : pirate, urban and the new globalization in India / Ravi Sundaram.