Author Talk: Computing in the Age of Decolonization

When:
Monday, Apr 27, 2026 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
MIT Museum
314 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142 

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Admission:
$5

Hosted by:
mitmuseum314 Sasha Wallinger

Categories:
Business & Professional, History, Tech, University

Event website:
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/author-talk-computing-in-the-age-of-decolonization

Join us for a compelling conversation on how Cold War geopolitics and domestic capitalism shaped the trajectory of India’s computing industry, with author Dwaipayan Banerjee in conversation with Harvard’s Moira Weigel.


India today is widely recognized for producing world-class tech talent and Silicon Valley leaders, yet captures only a fraction of the global tech industry’s profits, primarily providing skilled but inexpensive labor for Western corporations. Computing in the Age of Decolonization: India’s Lost Technological Revolution uncovers the overlooked history behind this paradox, tracing India’s ambitious but ultimately thwarted drive to build a self-reliant computing industry from the 1950s to the 1980s. 


Copies of Computing in the Age of Decolonization will be available for purchase and signing after the talk, courtesy of the MIT Press Bookstore. 

We have a limited number of free tickets available for full-time students with ID. Please reach out to [email protected].

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