Aarjav Chauhan
MS, TMS—Information and Communication Technology for Development '21
ATLAS Institute
aarjav.chauhan@colorado.edu

Aarjav's interests are in global development, the digital divide within communities, altruism/good in tech and the technological biases prevalent throughout society. Born in Palampur in the foothills of the Himalayas, half of Aarjav's education has been in India and the other half in the United States, allowing him to observe education from different perspectives. Aarjav completed a Bachelor of Science in computer science at the University of Nebraska Omaha. During his undergraduate studies in Omaha, he introduced elementary and middle school children to programming and web development through summer school and after-school programs, and he also researched analytics in a collaborative video education environment. Currently at CU Boulder, Aarjav is a member of the Philanthropic Informatics Lab with Dr. Amy Voida where he’s researching visualizing altruistic online behaviours of users. 

For more information about Aarjav, view his LinkedIn page. Alumni pages are not always updated after graduation.​

 

Publications

  • Kearney Newman, Ricky Marton, Janice Higuera, Aarjav Chauhan, Rona Sadan & Heather Underwood. 2020. Designing for Women: Radio-Based Seed Saving Education for Widowed Female Farmers in India. In Proceedings of the IEEE Global Humanitarian and Technology Conference (Seattle, Washington (hybrid/virtual)–Oct. 29, 2020). DOI: 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342955.

 

In the news

Collage of four MS-CTD students on top and five BS-CTD students on the bottom who won ATLAS awards in 2021.
Spring 2021 ATLAS Student Awards

May 4, 2021

Graduating in May 2021 with degrees in Creative Technology and Design, the graduate and undergraduate students listed below are recognized for exceptional accomplishments, having demonstrated initiative in their academic and extracurricular activities, completing outstanding research or creative projects, or contributing significantly to the ATLAS community.

Female Indian farmers
Seeding change: MS students' paper on cycles of poverty in rural India accepted by international conference

Dec. 17, 2020

When three first-year ATLAS master's students in the Social Impact track of the Creative Technology and Design program learned of the staggering suicide rate of male farmers in rural India and the suffering that ensues for their surviving family members, they wanted to explore effective interventions.