The Srilatha and Prabhakar Raghavan Centre for Information and Society (CISOC) is an interdisciplinary research centre at IIT Madras examining how information and emerging technologies shape, and are shaped by, people, institutions and society. Its work spans artificial intelligence, digital platforms and information systems, and their implications for education, work, health and wellbeing, inclusion, culture, public institutions, opportunity and democracy. CISOC brings together technological and social perspectives to understand these changes and develop thoughtful, critically informed responses for public benefit.
Bringing together faculty, researchers, students, fellows, practitioners, policymakers and partner institutions, CISOC supports interdisciplinary research through grants, fellowships, schools, teaching, convenings and collaborative programmes. The Centre seeks to translate research into meaningful outcomes, including tools, datasets, prototypes, frameworks, policy insights and real-world interventions. Through these efforts, CISOC aims to strengthen the understanding and responsible development of information and emerging technologies in society.