Sohan Prasad Sha is a researcher and leading the barefoot research initiative project at Martin Chautari, Nepal. He has been awarded a Ph.D. from the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, School of Social Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is a core member of the Digital Studies Group (DSG) which is a network of STS scholars from the "Global North" and the "Global South" working on digital technologies and practices in our respective fields.