Dr. Gurram Ashok is an Assistant Professor and MURTI Faculty Fellow at Department of Political Science, GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences, GITAM (Deemed to be) University. Hyderabad, Telangana, Pin:502329, India. He is a first-generation scholar and his interests include Technology and Politics, Surveillance and Privacy, Biopolitics, Intersectionality of Caste, Gender and Other marginalities, and Social Justice. He obtained PhD from University of Hyderabad and his doctoral research explores the Politics of Technology and Welfare in the state of Telangana, India. Email: gashok529@gmail.com