Sai Amulya Komarraju

Biography

Dr. Sai Amulya Komarraju is an Assistant Professor in the Communications area at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Her previous affiliations include Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Centre for Development Management and Communication at MICA, FemLab, the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, and the University of Hyderabad. Her interdisciplinary research spans Feminist Media Studies, Digital Labour Platforms & the Future of Work(ers), and digital cultures. Her work has been published in several reputed international journals, including Social Media + Society, Feminist Media Studies, and Media, Culture & Society.

Area

Primary Area : Communication

Contact

Email : saik@iima.ac.in

Phone : +91-79-7152 4838

Secretary : Ranna Bhatt

Phone : +91-79-7152 7937

Education

Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad

PhD , Communication Studies (2021)

Teaching

Workshop on Interviews and Presentations

Written Analysis and Communication - I

Written Analysis and Communication- II

Management Communication

Research Area

Future of Work(ers) & Digital Labour Platforms

Feminist Media Studies

Critical Masculinity Studies

Digital Cultures

Decolonising AI

speculative design fiction

Academic Experience

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Postdoctoral researcher, CDMC-MICA (2021-2022)

Professional Services

Peer reviewer:

British Journal of Sociology

New Technology, Work and Employment

Journal of South Asian Development

Professional Experience

Project Lead (India) & Sector leader (Microentreprenership), Digital Creativity

Senior Researcher, FemLab.Co

Collaborator. Colabora.Lat 2021 Global Forum: Promoting Democratic Governance

Member, , International Communication Association

Member, European Association of Social Anthropologists

Funded Research Projects

Collaborator, Digital performance of the self(ie) (project id 405)MHRD- SPARC-UKIERI India collaborative Grant

Principal investigator, Future of Work(ers) funded by Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of Witwatersrand (2021-2022)

Journals

Komarraju, S. A., Pathak-Shelat, M., Arora, P., & Raman, U. (2025). Men in Beauty Work and Feminization of Digital Labor Platforms. Social Media + Society, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251326665

Komarraju, S. A. (2021). “Immoral, Slut, Arsehole”: Feminist memes reclaim stereotypes. In Anna Lise Frey (Ed.), Who’s laughing now? Feminist perspectives on Humor and Laughter, (pp. 87-103). Demeter Press

Komarraju, S. A., Arora, P., & Raman, U. (2022). Agency & Servitude in platform economy: A feminist analysis of blended cultures. Media, Culture & Society, 44(4) 672-689.

Raman, U., & Komarraju, S. A. (2018). Policing responses to crime against women: Unpacking the logic of Cyberabad’s “SHE Teams”, Feminist Media Studies, 18 (4):718-733, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2018.1447420

Thirumal, P., & Komarraju, S. A. (2018). Listening to the sonorous: Digital archiving as political practice, Summer Hill, 22 (1): 15-24.

Komarraju, S. A., & Raman, U. (2017). Indian Millennials define feminism, Feminist Media Studies, 17 (5):892-896, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1350519

Books

Komarraju, S. A. (2024). Digital Expressions of the Self(ie): The Social Life of Selfies. Routledge. (with Avishek Ray, Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, Usha Raman, Martin Web, Neha Gupta)

Chapters

Komarraju, S. A. (2023). Whisper Networks and Workarounds: Negotiating Urban Company’s Interface. In P. Arora, U. Raman, & R. Koenig (Eds.), Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labor in the Digital Economy (pp. 87–98). Amsterdam University Press.

Raman, U., & Komarraju, S. A. (2017). Researching online worlds through a feminist lens. In K. Kannabiran and P. Swaminathan (Eds), Re-presenting Feminist methodologies: Interdisciplinary Explorations, (pp. 131-157), Routledge.

Working Papers & Projects

Komarraju, S.A. 2022. With and against platformisation: men in care professions and the gendered dynamics of the future of work(ers). Future of Work(ers) SCIS Working Paper Number 38, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, Wits University. Doi:10.54223/uniwitwatersrand-10539-33458

Awards & Honors

2018 - Senior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission

2016 - Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission

2010 - Gold medal, English Literature, St Francis College for Women, Hyderabad

2010 - Gold medal, Mass Communication, St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad

Faculty & Research

Sai Amulya Komarraju