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    Chakradhar Buddha is a co-founder and senior researcher at LibTech India, where he works on strengthening transparency and accountability in digital welfare systems. His work focuses on MGNREGA, RTI, and access to social protection among Adivasi communities. Combining field research, data analysis, and policy engagement, Chakradhar examines how digital governance shapes the delivery of welfare rights and affects citizens’ everyday interactions with the state. Before co-founding LibTech India, he was associated with movements for social justice, including land rights struggles, and worked closely with rural and Adivasi communities.


    Areas of expertise

    Digital welfare systems, RTI, Right to Work (MGNREGA), Adivasi rights, land and forest rights, Right to Food, public policy research, accountability in digital governance


    Currently working at

    LibTech India


    Articles by Chakradhar Buddha

    A woman carrying an infant for the infant's biometrics to be captured for a government scheme in Andhra Pradesh--grievance redressal mechanisms
    Rights
    March 18, 2026
    India’s digital welfare system is quietly eroding people’s basic rights
    By prioritising control and surveillance over access and dignity, India’s digital welfare systems exclude many from basic rights to food, work, and education.
    by Venkateswarlu Kuruva, Chakradhar Buddha | 8 min read
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