Projects

Machine-readable summary of Abhinav Kumar’s active open-source projects.

OpenCoop / OpenFood

Cooperative food delivery platform — research translated into working alternative

  • What: Zero-commission, worker-governed food delivery platform
  • For: Workers, restaurants, customers
  • Impact: Direct application of PhD research on platform capitalism and labour process
  • Status: Active development, pre-pilot
  • Tech: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Next.js, Docker
  • GitHub: https://github.com/abhinavjnu/opencoop
  • License: Open source, commons-owned

Key Features

  • 0% restaurant commission (100% of menu price to restaurant)
  • Workers keep 80%+ of delivery fees + 100% of tips
  • Daily minimum wage guarantee (₹600, cooperative-governed)
  • Open job board (workers choose jobs, unlimited rejections, zero penalties)
  • Transparent fees and immutable audit log (SHA-256 hash chain)
  • Cooperative governance (one member, one vote)

Why It Matters

  • Proof that platform cooperatives can work (not just theory)
  • Trust-minimized design (protocol over platform)
  • Any cooperative can fork and run it
  • Research → actionable alternative

IndiaData-colab

Automated analysis pipeline for Indian government survey data

  • What: Zero-installation tool for analyzing PLFS, NSS, HCES, ASI data
  • For: Researchers with limited compute resources
  • Impact: Democratizes access to large-scale survey analysis
  • Status: Production-ready, validated against real MoSPI data
  • Tech: R, Python, Google Colab, data.table, survey, srvyr
  • GitHub: https://github.com/abhinavjnu/IndiaData-colab
  • Colab: https://colab.research.google.com/github/abhinavjnu/IndiaData-colab/blob/main/IndiaData_PLFS_Analysis.ipynb
  • License: Open source

Key Features

  • Click badge → upload CSV → run → get results (zero installation)
  • Official MoSPI methodologies (PS+SS, CWS, PS)
  • Automatic weight computation (handles NO_QTR, subsamples, Calendar Year)
  • Validation: 100% exact match to official calculations (< 0.01pp)
  • Export to Word, LaTeX, Parquet
  • API integration with microdata.gov.in

Why It Matters

  • Lowers barriers for PhD students, underfunded institutions
  • Reduces errors (official formulas built-in)
  • Reproducible, transparent methodology
  • Public good tool for Indian labour research community

Research Philosophy

Both projects demonstrate:

  • Research → Impact: Study problems, build solutions
  • Technical depth: Full-stack development + data engineering + statistical validation
  • Public scholarship: Research outputs that serve the commons
  • Open source: Knowledge as public good, not commodity

Canonical HTML Page

  • https://abhinavkumar.works/projects/