Rohith Jyothish is a social scientist, writer and educator. He is currently pursuing his PhD at the Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He studies the labour process in the information and communication technology sector in non-metropolitan cities in India. He also engages with communities that work on digital rights, open data and the rights to information & privacy.
In the past, his research and advocacy involved fiscal policy and the budgeting process at local, state and central tiers of government in India.
Research Interests: Political Economy, Labour, Social Theory, Critical Urban Geography, Technology & Society.
Latest posts by Rohith Jyothish
6 April 2018
India's Data Security Dilemma Continues With Cambridge Analytica
The fallout from revelations of data exploitation by Facebook and Cambridge Analytica has taken hold in India, where political leaders are accusing one another of using similar means to manipulate...
11 January 2018
India's Biometric ID System Is Leaking Personal Data — And State Agencies Won't Fix the Problem
Instead of improving the Aadhaar system, India's unique ID authority is going after journalists who write about its flaws.
9 November 2017
One Nation, One Tax: The Impact of India's Goods and Services Tax
The Indian government deems the newly implemented Goods and Services Tax a success, but many small businesses have been adversely affected and protests are mounting.
31 August 2017
India’s Supreme Court Says Privacy Is a Fundamental Right. How Did This Happen?
A series of citizen petitions attempting to challenge the implementation of India's Aadhaar biometric ID system preceded the historic court decision.
31 May 2017
Online Trolls Attack Critics of India's Aadhaar State ID System
Critics of the Aadhaar biometric ID system are being criticized by state agencies and trolled by anonymous handles on Twitter.
5 May 2017
Is India's Aadhaar System an Instrument For Surveillance?
"Repeat after me: Aadhaar is surveillance technology masquerading as secure authentication technology."
2 May 2017
The World’s Largest Biometric Database is Leaking Indian Citizens’ Data — But Keeps On Growing
Over the last few months, the Indian twittersphere has been awash with citizens concerned about government websites leaking millions of individual digital ID numbers. On May 1, the Centre for Internet and...
