Professor

Dr. Nishant Shah is a feminist, humanist, technologist who works at examining infrastructures, collectivity, and subjectivity in the digital turn. He was the co-founder of the Centre for Internet & Society in India.

Along with occupying the Professorship in Aesthetics and Cultures of Technologies, he also serves as:

Director Research & Outreach at ArtEZ University of the Arts, The Netherlands;Knowledge Partner, with the Dutch social justice organisation, Hivos;
Faculty Associate 2020-21, at the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet & Society, Harvard University, USA,
Mentor, Feminist Internet Research Network, Association of Progressive Communication;
Advisor, Goethe Institute, Arts Management Portfolio, South Asia;
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Radboud University, The Netherlands;
Member of the national committee for 3rd cycle PhD development in Universities of Arts and Applied Sciences;
Member of the Advisory board for MICA university, India,
And a regular columnist for the Indian English language newspaper The Indian Express.