Gayatri Nair is an Assistant Professor of Sociology, at the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi, India. Her research interests lie in urban informal labour with an emphasis on the question of caste, gender and technology. With a focus on political economy, she has published work that interrogates the role of caste and gender in shaping ‘traditional’ livelihoods and new forms of work specifically platform-based gig work; also detailing how workers organise. This work has appeared in journals such as Contemporary South Asia, Journal of South Asian Development and the Sociological Bulletin. Her recent book is ‘Set Adrift; Capitalist Transformations and Community Politics Along Mumbai’s Shore’ published by the Oxford University Press (2021).