Technoficing: Reinterpretation of Gandhian Perspectives on Technology

Israr Qureshi (), Meet Pandey, Dhirendra Mani Shukla () and Vinay Pillai ()
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Israr Qureshi: Research School of Management, Australian National University
Meet Pandey: Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Dhirendra Mani Shukla: Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
Vinay Pillai: Indian Institute of Management Udaipur

A chapter in Social Entrepreneurship and Gandhian Thoughts in the Post-COVID World, 2023, pp 191-214 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The relevance of digital social innovation as a means to mitigate grand challenges has increasingly being recognized. It is becoming evident that affordable and easily adaptable technological solutions might be more impactful for solving the problems of the marginalized than cutting-edge technologies that are difficult to manage and maintain in resource-constrained environments. This chapter examines how the technoficing approach is leveraged to create social impact in the marginalized contexts. Deploying the Gandhian framework of economic development, we highlight the essential ingredients of technoficing approach and its social impact through a case study of a social intermediary engaged in the Indian context. Easy-to-use technology, creation of linkages with community members, familiarity with activities that are being supported by digital solutions, and awareness of marginalization and social stratification emerge as essential ingredients that define digital social innovation that leverages technoficing approach.

Keywords: Technoficing; Digital social innovation; Social intermediation; Gandhian development; Grand challenges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-4008-0_9

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