Center for Knowledge Societies –CKS–
| Aditya Dev Sood, anthropologist, is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS). He has received doctorates in Anthropology and in Sanskrit Philology from the University of Chicago. He is a former Fulbright Scholar and has received several academic fellowships, awards and distinctions, graduating summa cum laude from the University of Michigan. Sood is the author of the CKS Guide to ICTs for Development (2002) and the Mobile Development Report (2007). At CKS he has directed a number of projects involving User research, New product concepting, User experience and Service design, and Organizational innovation management. He conceived the ‘Used in India’ initiative, a multi-year CKS research program which explores the cultural salience of audiovisual technologies in India. Its findings have been exhibited around the world and included in the Planning Commission’s Report on Creative Industries. Sood has produced several editions of the world famous Doors of Perception Conferences in India from 2003 – 2007. He frequently speaks on issues relating to technology, design, development and social research at academic and industry forums. www.cks.in |
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| Panel: Society Topic: From Product Concept to Policy Guideline: The Role of Design Research in an Emerging Economy Speaking with: Aldo Bonomi (I) Stefano Boeri (I) Panel Chair: Hans Höger (D) Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Language: English Simultaneous translation: dt <> it | dt <> eng | it <> eng Programme schedule: June 27th 2007, 12:00 - 12:45 |
