# Publications

Machine-readable publication list for Abhinav Kumar.

## Doctoral Thesis

**Title:** Digital Platforms and Food Delivery Systems in India: A Study of Zomato Workers in Delhi

**Degree:** PhD in Economics (2025)

**Institution:** Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies (CISLS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

**Supervisor:** Prof. Archana Prasad

**Field Research:** In-depth interviews with Zomato delivery workers (Dec 2023 - Nov 2024, South & South-West Delhi), union leader consultations (AKEU, IFAT, TGPWU, AIGWU), WhatsApp ethnography of worker organizing groups

**Key Contributions:**
- Empirical documentation of Zomato's algorithmic management system
- Application of Labour Process Theory to platform work in Global South
- Analysis of worker resistance and union organizing in Indian gig economy
- Theoretical framework bridging platform capitalism, LPT, and informality

## Selected Writing (DigitalLabour.tech)

- Beyond GenAI: The Real Labour Shock Is Agentic AI — https://digitallabour.tech/essays/beyond-genai-the-real-labour-shock-is-agentic-ai/
- Who Pays for the AI Transition? — https://digitallabour.tech/essays/who-pays-for-the-ai-transition/
- Labour as Bottleneck in the Age of AI — https://digitallabour.tech/essays/labour-as-bottleneck-in-the-age-of-ai/
- Telangana's Gig Worker Law and the Return of the State — https://digitallabour.tech/essays/telanganas-gig-worker-law-and-the-return-of-the-state/
- PLFS Microdata Report 2024–25 — https://digitallabour.tech/stories/plfs-microdata-report-2024-25/

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- https://abhinavkumar.works/publications/