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Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Sahoo is an Assistant Professor (I) in Sociology at the School of Liberal Studies, KIIT Deemed to be University. He has four years of experience in teaching and research and he has also published research publications in Scopus indexed journal. He completed his Ph.D. in Sociology from Central University of Hyderabad, MA in Sociology and PG Diploma in Rural Development from Pondicherry Central University, and BA in Sociology from Ravenshaw University and qualified UGC-NET and JRF in Sociology. Before joining KIIT-DU, Dr. Sahoo worked as a Research Associate in the Lok Sabha Research and Information Division at Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India, and as an Assistant Professor at Utkal University and IGNOU, Delhi University. He also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. He has presented research papers at various national and international conferences. Dr. Sahoo was a Visiting Scholar at the School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Europe. His research interests include Science Technology and Society, Sociology of Media and Culture, ICT and Society, Sociology of Development. His curiosity is to understand the intersection between Environment, Technology and Society, and contemporary social issues (focussing on Digital Sociology, Visual Ethnography) and critically explore the question of the digital divide, digital inequalities, technology, and human interface in a rural milieu.