Aditya Dev Sood is founder and CEO of the Center for Knowledge Societies. A former Fulbright Scholar, he has published widely and maintains a multidisciplinary interest in social research, education, technology, and design. With foundational training in Design and Critical Theory at the University of Michigan, he is also completing doctorates in Anthropology and South Asian languages from the University of Chicago.
The Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS) is a Usability and Design Research organization working in the technology sector. CKS affords insight into the use of Information and Communications Technologies in non-traditional and emerging market environments. They offer research, design and strategy consultancy services to technology houses, international development agencies, and grassroots organizations. Since early 2000, they have worked in partnership with Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, n-Logue Communications, UNDP, UNICEF, USAID, the Educational Development Center, and Samuha.Org.The work is directed towards the larger objective of creating commercially viable technology-enabled infrastructure for emerging economies, with a primary focus on South Asia. Through usability research, quantitative analysis, and sectoral intelligence, they drive the development and deployment of emerging technologies for the benefit of non-elite and rural users.