Status: Current

The project aims to research the impact of caring responsibilities on the representation of women in armed forces and police services of Troop and Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs) and in UN peace operations. CSDR, as the India consultant, will identify best practices and factors that impact the meaningful participation of Indian peacekeepers with caring responsibilities in peace operations, working in collaboration with the Centre for UN Peacekeeping.

The SpeeD-IL project, in collaboration with UnReaL-TecE LLP and Karya Inc., aims to develop speech resources for India’s underrepresented languages, bridging the data gap in speech technology for non-scheduled and lesser-known languages. Visit the project site and check out the Karya and LiFE App tools.

The POLING project applies computational linguistics to analyze social media for political sentiment in India, covering Meitei, Malayalam, Hindi, and English. It aims to guide policy-making with real-time public opinions.

This project, in partnership with Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University and UnReaL-TecE LLP, studies social media’s communal and misogynistic content in India. It features a multilingual dataset with annotations and an automatic detection system for aggression in four languages.

This project is developing a framework to assess the ‘harm potential’ of online posts in India, collaborating with experts across fields. It aims to address online harm with context-aware responses, focusing on preventing physical violence. The project also involves creating tools for identifying harmful content. More details and resources are available through provided links.

The South Asian Futures Fellowship supports 15 ECRs from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan to explore NTS issues in South Asia, offering residencies, publications, and expert workshops.