Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU, New Delhi);
M.Phil – Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU, New Delhi)
Associate Professor
| vidya.subramanian@jgu.edu.in | |
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| ORCID ID | 0000-0001-7131-9906 |
| Key Expertise | Science Technology and Society, Science and Technology Studies, Digital Governance, Digital Studies, Media Studies, Sports Studies |
Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU, New Delhi);
M.Phil – Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU, New Delhi)
Vidya Subramanian is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research interests lie at the intersections of technology, culture, and society, with a particular focus on the digital realm. Her research is loosely framed by two large issues: the first is of the colonisation of the everyday so-called real world by the digital; and the second is how power permeates and is implicated in such technologies. Drawing on diverse academic fields such as Science, Technology, and Society (STS), Sociology, Media Studies, and Sports Studies, Vidya's work critically interrogates how technological systems mediate social and political life. Her research centres on India while engaging broader questions relevant to the Global South.
Her doctoral research, completed at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi, analysed the impact of ICTs and television on cricket, focusing on how these technologies transformed the sport, the spectator, and the broader cultural landscape. This work culminated in her first book, Speeding Up Sport: Technology and the Indian Premier League (OUP, 2023), which explores how the digital imbricates everyday life through technologies of leisure and play.
Before joining Jindal Global Law School, Vidya held postdoctoral positions at Harvard University and IIT Bombay. She has written on justice-seeking practices in the digital, ideas of digital citizenship, and the intersections of power, technology, and inequality. By exploring how digital technologies mediate social and political life, her research sheds light on how justice, rights, and citizenship are reimagined in increasingly digitalised societies.
Her teaching reflects a commitment to interdisciplinary inquiry and critical pedagogy, encouraging students to think deeply about the ethical, cultural, and political dimensions of technology. Beyond academia, Vidya is actively engaged in collaborative initiatives that seek to make research and dialogue on science and technology more inclusive and representative of diverse perspectives, especially from the Global South.
Technology, Policy, and Society (Elective)
Foundations of Social Sciences (Core)
Academic Writing (Core)
2021-22 Raghunathan Family Fellowship, South Asia Institute, Harvard University
2020-22 Visiting Fellowship, Program on Science Technology and Society, Harvard University
Raghunathan Family Fellow, Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University
STS Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University 2020-2022)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay (2018-2021)
| vidya.subramanian@jgu.edu.in | |
| ORCID ID | 0000-0001-7131-9906 |
| Key Expertise | Science Technology and Society, Science and Technology Studies, Digital Governance, Digital Studies, Media Studies, Sports Studies |