Delhi NCR

Fieldwork in Delhi NCR will be conducted in Gurugram, located along the southwestern edge of New Delhi within the National Capital Region. Gurugram/Gurgaon is shaped by post-1991 economic liberalisation and the expansion of globally oriented service industries. Since then, it has become a major hub for multinational corporations, BPO's, and digital technology-driven workplaces. A large number of knowledge workers in Gurugram work in hybrid and remote arrangements. The fieldsite spans a connected set of neighbourhoods, from Cyber Hub in DLF Cyber City to Golf Course Extension Road.

Cyber Hub, situated within DLF Cyber City, forms the symbolic and architectural core of corporate Gurugram. As a flâneur, you will encounter glass towers, illuminated corporate logos, skybridges, and controlled pedestrian plazas that define the area. This area concentrates multinational firms and operates through highly mediated infrastructures that organise corporate life. In contrast, the Golf Course and Golf Course Extension Road areas constitute a rapidly expanding residential corridor of high-rise condominiums, gated societies, and mixed-use developments. Knowledge workers often reside in multi-room apartments, where hybrid work is embedded in domestic spaces. Because of the frequent movement between corporate offices, homes, and semi-public workspaces, it produces a distributed corporate ecosystem in which work, infrastructure, and everyday life remain tightly interconnected, which makes it a well suited fieldsite for examining remote work and social change.