V. Sridhar

Dr. V. Sridhar (vsridhar@iiitb.ac.in) is Professor at the Centre for IT and Public Policy at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, India. He is the author of three books: The Telecom Revolution in India: Technology, Regulation and Policy (2012), The Dynamics of Spectrum Management: Legacy, Technology, and Economics (2014), and Emerging ICT Policies and Regulations: Roadmap to Digital Economies (2019). His recently edited book titled Data Centric Living: Algorithms, Digitization and Regulation, is scheduled for publication in 2022 by Routledge. Dr. Sridhar has taught at many Institutions in the USA, Finland, New Zealand and India. He was a visiting Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, U.S.A. during May-June, 2021. He has received funding from different sources, both national and international for his research projects, recent ones being from Facebook. He has been a member of Government of India committees on Telecom and IT and has published many peer reviewed articles in telecom and information systems journals. He has also written more than 300 article in newspapers and magazines on telecom regulation in India. Dr. Sridhar has a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, U.S.A. His complete work can be accessed at: http://www.vsridhar.info