Technology for Social Good
Designed to be accessible to students from all majors.
The Technology for Social Good occupational track has been designed based on the Azim Premji Foundation’s extensive experience in working with social sector organizations. Many of these organizations are addressing long-standing social problems through utmost dedication and a strong desire to improve the society we live in. There is a lot of scope for facilitating the work of these organizations through the use of digital technology. While accomplishing social change is a slow process requiring long-term engagement, digital technology can assist these organizations in making their operations more effective and by permitting better utilization of scarce resources. At present, these organizations are often limited by the availability of people who are sensitive to the context in which the organization operates while also being capable of implementing and customizing technology solutions.
Courses
Perspectives on technology deployment
Minor
Provides multiple perspectives on designing and deploying
technology solutionsExploring digital technology
Minor
Aims to make students aware of what goes on “behind the scene” when they use digital
technology.Technology in practice
Minor
A field immersion course that is scheduled in the summer term between the fourth and fifth semesters
Software development frameworks for web and mobile applications
Minor
Learn about no-code/low-code frameworks
Enabling social good through technology: Current opportunities and challenges
Minor
Brings together themes from all the previous courses
Internship: Technology for social good
Internship
Students will have the option of undertaking an internship in a social sector organization
