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Projects

A glance at what we have done.



Current Thesis Projects



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Visualizing the macroeconomics of India

Visualizing the macroeconomic indicators of India is an attempt to make an average Indian citizen understand the big picture of the Indian economy. Consumer Price Index(CPI) a common lagging indicator for the economy which is a weighted average of 25 essential goods and services used by every Indian citizen on a daily basis. Data set for CPI has been created from 2011 onwards for all the 25 categories. The granularity of the data is monthly and it is further categorized according to states and as rural and urban. This time series visualization would be an interesting tool to inquire about how the prices of the same commodities vary across the time and geography. Also one can inquireabout how various geo political factors lead to rise and fall in the prices for these commodities.

Project by Ashish Khandalikar
Guide: Mriganka Madhukaillya


A study of topical interests of Indians on Youtube

Since the inception of a (now a major) telecom company in India, the mobile data cost in India has become more than affordable in India. This comes with newer local content creators. While there has been a lot of rise in content in local languages, the quality is not par from first look you see at Trending Page on Youtube India. Often Youtube users are caught in clickbait of catchy thumbnails. The works of Lev Manovich and his Cultural Analytics lab have inspired us to our study of Youtube. We aim to study the dynamics of Trending Youtube videos in India. We have been collecting a dataset of top 200 videos and their meta data on Youtube India charts for 100 days then we will analyse and visualise the patterns found in the large dataset collected.

Project by Vishal Kumar & Nisha Gupta
Guide: Mriganka Madhukaillya
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Past Thesis Projects


2018


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Study in Distributed system in Nature and Blockchain

This is creation of ‘nature’ of a system by observation of processes in plants. Here is the ‘Meta’ study which is study of observations and contemplation on biological studies. ‘Nature’ is whole and fragmented, from fragments can be created a behaviour as living systems in human-techno-social systems.

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Emergence of Data

The digital interfaces of the modern world still rely on old metaphors and action grammars. The usage of digital systems however has evolved exponentially. This project is about the potential of data as art, as information, and as an interface.

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Enhancing museum going experience for School Children

The future lies in the hands of the young and I agree that this saying hits the nail on the head when it comes to children visiting museums. Children are never too young to learn about our cultural heritage and the collections that represent its physical manifestation. Museums simply need to be more enjoyable and more appealing to children. Therein lies the greatest potential.

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2014



Life around food

Life around Food was an exploration to study and revive the role of food as a social medium. The project was carried out in two parts. Studying and documenting the two old institutions where food plays the central role in communicating social and religious messages – Langar, the community kitchen of Sikhs and Bhog, the temple food at Doul Gobindo.

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