Sameet Panda
Sameet Panda is associated with LibTech India at Collaborative Research and Dissemination. He has more than 15 years of experience working on food rights, digital social welfare schemes, and public accountability. Sameet writes regularly in English and Odia, and his work has been published in the Economic and Political Weekly and news publications such as The Wire, Scroll, Down To Earth, The Indian Express, Dharitri, and The Samadrusti. His research and advocacy focus on ensuring equitable access to welfare and strengthening grassroots accountability.
Articles by Sameet Panda
August 12, 2025
Infrastructures of exclusion: How e-KYC impacts access to food
With digital systems prone to failure, the e-KYC process for ration cards threatens people’s access to food under the Public Distribution System.
November 21, 2018
Holding the powerful accountable
Social audits bring together the voices of all stakeholders, including those that do not often get heard, and strengthen transparency and accountability at all levels.
August 15, 2018
Power to the people—the journey of Panchayati Raj Institutions
In 1993, institutions of self-government, known as Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), were first institutionalised in India. 2018 marks 25 years since they came into existence.
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