Public-facing works/ invited talks/ media appearances
2025
Keynote Speech: at the event 'Harnessing Digital Innovation for Social Cohesion and Inclusivity' organised by at UNDP Bangladesh
Session Speaker: Was invited to Chittagong University Research and Higher Study Society seminar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Studies
2024
Invited Talk: Access, Outreach, and Widening Participation event at Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Session Chair: on the July Uprising in Bangladesh at The Cambridge Majlis with prominent guests
TV Interview: Was interviewed by Jamuna Television on AI and the Global South Issues
Invited Panellist: Invited by the Daily Star on a panel to discuss surveillance, privacy and digital reformations in Bangladesh
Presenter: at Data Colonialism Dialogue Conference, organised by LCFI and OP Jindaal Global University
Panellist Speaker: at the workshop ‘Coloniality and Imperialism: How this shows up in T&S Operations and Decisions’ at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
2023
Invited Talk: Was Invited to McMenemy Seminar at Trinity Hall to present research on 'AI in/from from the Margin'
TV Interview: Was interviewed by Jamuna Television on future trajectories of using AI in journalism and how to shape it responsibly, particularly focusing on low resource settings of the Global South
Guest Lecturer Appearance: At University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh for their post-graduate Media Studies module
Podcast: Was interviewed by a renowned Bangladeshi writer and thinker Mahfuz Siddique Himalay on his podcast 'Bubble Ratio'
Panel Discussion: In 'Many Worlds of AI' conference at Jesus College Cambridge on 'Confronting AI at the Margin'
Podcast: Was interviewed by Mr Jhankar Mahbub who is a best-selling author, a tech entrepreneur and runs Programming Hero, a growing ed-tech initiative in Bangladesh
Newspaper Interview: Was quoted on the leading Bangladeshi news outlet Prothom Alo on whether we should be scared about AI (as a country in the Global South)
2022 - 2020
Guest Lecturer Appearance: At Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick for their post-graduate 'IM952: Big Data Research' module
Newspaper Op-Ed: করোনা মোকাবিলা: ইতিহাস, বিজ্ঞান ও স্থানিক অভিজ্ঞতা (বাংলানিউজটোয়েন্টিফোর.কম )
Blog Post: In Oxford Political Review, this work reflects my body of work as a development practitioner in national and international non-profits, details will be found here
More talks/ events from 2020 and before