Dr. Aditya Dev Sood is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Knowledge Societies, where he directs innovation and design projects involving peer-to-peer networks, interactive services and interface design, as well as product design, including usability, form, color, material and finish. CKS is a full-service innovation consulting firm that works end-to-end, from understanding consumers to developing product prototypes to enhancing their usability and appeal for end-users.

With CKS, he has authored the CKS Guide to ICTs for Development (2002), curated the exhibition Used in India (2005), wrote the Mobile Development Report (2007) and directed research for the Emerging Economy Report (2008), a comprehensive survey of technology, visual and material culture and societal change spanning seven countries around the world.

Dr. Sood frequently speaks and writes on technology, design and society in academic, industry and public forums. With foundational training in Architecture, he is a former Fulbright Scholar with two doctorates from the University of Chicago.

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