My research focuses on the use of computing to support sustainable economic development across the World. I want to learn how to build appropriate, affordable rural information systems; systems that are accessible to end users, utilize available infrastructure and reinforce community efforts towards empowerment, economic development and sustainable use of natural resources.

I am currently an assistant professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information. I also have an affiliate appointment in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington.

Projects

2003-		CAM: Automating Paper-based Processes using a Camera-equipped Mobile Phone video
2003-		SHG MIS: Open Source MIS for SHGs (with ekgaon technologies and CCD) video
2002-3		Hisaab: User Interface Design for Rural, Semi-literate Users (with Media Lab Asia, Human Factors and CCD)
2002-3		Indic Computing: Open Source Tools and Standards for Indic-language Computing
2000-2		Knownet-Grin: Knowledge-Network for Grassroots Innovators (with SRISTI and IIM-Ahmedabad)
1997-9		WIL: A Compiler Intermediate Language with Explicit Support for Representations (Master's Thesis)
1994-6		Cation Binding Selectivity of EF-Hand Sites: Perturbation Dynamics of Galactose Binding Protein (Undergraduate Honors Thesis)

Teaching

2008		User Interface Design and Development: Graduate course at UC Berkeley School of Information
2003-7		Computing in the Developing World: Seminar course conducted occasionally with Intel Research Seattle and Microsoft Research
2004		Information Technology and Public Policy: Distance learning course conducted with Berkeley, UCSD and Microsoft
2000-1		Gujarat Vidyapith: Lecturer in Master's program in Computer Applications