Research / Selected Work
AI governance, institutional pathways, and capability formation.
Working Paper
- Operative-State Contestability: Agent-Mediated Action and the Institutional Conversion of Computer EvidenceWorking paper, 7 September 2026. A study of evidence formation, institutional conversion, and the status of disputed machine-mediated states during review.
Governance Stress-Tests
- Governance Stress-Tests HubThe series page for the checklist, worked example, and protocol note.
- Governance Stress-Test ChecklistA diagnostic checklist for institutional feasibility before deployment.
- Samagra Vedika Worked ExampleA public-source reconstruction of algorithmic welfare eligibility in Telangana.
- Governance Stress-Test Protocol NoteEvidence treatment, case selection, and the three modes of stress-testing.
Technology Profiles
- [1] Data Storage and SharingData Infrastructure in Global South Science Systems: Institutional Pathways and Strategic Choices; Venkat Nadella and Chandan Nagarajappa, International Science Council / Centre for Science Futures, 2026.
- [2] Robotics and AIRobotics and Artificial Intelligence in Global South Science Systems: Pathways, Infrastructure and Institutional Choices; Venkat Nadella and Chandan Nagarajappa, International Science Council / Centre for Science Futures, 2026.