Balaji Parthasarathy was invited to deliver the opening address at the International Conference on Digitalisation, Market and Society held at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, and co-hosted with Brandeis University, Massachusetts, and the University of Louisville, Kentucky, from 2-4 December. The address was titled The Uneven Socio-Spatial Impacts of Digital Technologies: India’s Experience over a Half-Century.