Emerging Work Trends in Urban India : COVID-19 and Beyond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tandon, Nidhi East Brunswick FIRST Inc., New Jersey, USA.

Contributor:

Basu, Pratyusha University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA.

Krishnan, Omkumar Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.

R. V., Bhavani Food and Agriculture Organisation in Bangladesh.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Elsie de Renzo Orlando Fund.

Series:

Urban futures

Urban Futures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Economic conditions--1991-.

India.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages).

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Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge India, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Nidhi Tandon℗ is℗ Director of East Brunswick FIRST Inc., a non-profit based in New Jersey, USA. Trained as an interdisciplinary researcher at IIT, Bombay, she also holds professional certifications from MIT in Data Science, Smart Cities, and Equitable Education, along with a certification in project management from Cornell University.℗ Her expertise is in the fields of education, public policy, and conceptualising solutions for℗ digital and STEM education and workforce skills.℗ Pratyusha Basu is Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Director of Asian Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. She has an MPhil from IIT-Bombay, a PhD from the University of Iowa, Iowa City (USA). Her research broadly focuses on economic development and social identities in the Global South. She conducts ethnographic fieldwork on rural-urban intersections and has published a book on gender and cooperative dairying in India.℗ Omkumar Krishnan℗ is Professor in Marketing Management at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK), India. A PhD and MPhil from IIT, Bombay, his research focuses on destination branding and consumer well-being. Among courses that he teaches are Consumer Behaviour, Services Marketing and Sociology for Management. He has earlier worked with Drishti Services and Lowe Lintas in Mumbai, and also undertakes consultancies and training assignments. He has edited two books on branding and has travelled in 55 cities across 30 countries.℗ Bhavani R.V. is Consultant with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the U.N. in Bangladesh. She has an MPhil from IIT, Bombay and a PhD from University of Madras. An economist by training, she started her career as an officer in State Bank of India. She then worked on development issues with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in India. The core domain areas of her work are livelihood, food and nutrition security. She has published several papers and co-edited a volume on the agrarian crisis in India.

Contents:

Foreword by Shashi TharoorChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Future Workplaces: A Global PerspectiveChapter 3 Workplace Transitions in India: An OverviewChapter 4 Services Industry: Consumerism and UrbanismChapter 5 Technology-Labour Nexus and Industry 4.0Chapter 6 Workers in the Urban Informal SectorChapter 7 Digital Divide: From Smartphones to BroadbandChapter 8 Smart Cities: Innovations and InequalitiesChapter 9 Conclusion

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elsie de Renzo Orlando Fund.

ISBN:

9781003264194

1003264190

9781000541069

1000541061

9781000541021

1000541029

Publisher Number:

99990118872

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