Digital Slumdog: Internet-Based Leisure at the Margins

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE AGE OF THE DIGITAL

Title: Digital Slumdog: Internet-Based Leisure at the Margins

Tannistha Samanta is Assistant Professor with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. She is a Social Demographer by her research and academic interests. Her research interests draw from the intersecting disciplines of sociology, gerontology and public health to examine the sociological question of inequality adopting a range of methodological tools and praxis. Her research has been supported by grants received from the United Nations Population Fund, the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Population Foundation of India and Government of Gujrat.