Track Name: Humanitarian and Social Impacts of Technologies

Amit Prakash currently serves as an Associate Professor at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore. He has been involved in setting up the Institute's Centre for IT and Public Policy (CITAPP), Centre for Accessibility in the Global South (CAGS) and E-Health Research Centre (EHRC). His interests lie in Information Systems and Public Policy, particularly involving development sectors such as public health & nutrition, education & skill development, food & livelihood security. The focus of his research and consulting efforts has been equity and inclusion in matters related to technology designs and policy choices.

Prior to joining academia, Amit worked for over 15 years on advisory assignments involving IT and Governance policies and Digital Technology designs - at Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). He has chaired and served on national, international and regional committees and working groups tasked with formulating digital governance and development policies and has anchored the design and development of large award winning e-Governance projects.

Amit serves as a resource person for the United Nations Asia-Pacific Centre for ICT and Development (UN-APCICT)and is a Co-Founder and Trustee of Vision Empower, a not-for-profit trust working on accessible education for the visually impaired.