Centre for Internet & Society

Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1

by Admin last modified Nov 02, 2019 05:17 AM

Gurshabad Grover has been nominated through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to be a member of the Advisory Group AG) on Open Source Software for ISO/IEC JTC 1.

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React India 2019

by Admin last modified Oct 14, 2019 02:56 PM

Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at an International conference, 'React India 2019" which was the first beach conference and which was hosted at Goa on 26-28, September 2019.

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DevFest'19

by Admin last modified Oct 14, 2019 02:50 PM

Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at the event organised by Google Developers Groups at Coimbatore on September 14, 2019.

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FOSSCON India 2019

by Admin last modified Sep 25, 2019 10:59 PM

Bhuvana Meenakshi gave a talk on "The revolution of WebXR" at FOSSCON India 2019 organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology in Belgaum from August 29 - 31, 2019, where she discussed about the tools used for development and demos.

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India’s top science institution is trying hard to fix its “manel” problem

by Admin last modified Aug 19, 2019 01:58 PM

B Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology (DST-CPR).

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Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at Work

by Admin last modified Jul 21, 2019 03:19 PM

On July 13, 2019, Torsha and Mira attended the 'Learning and understanding the frameworks of rights at work' workshop held by Kai Hsin Hung at IT For change in Bangalore.

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Mozilla is funding a way to support Julia in Firefox

by Catalin Cimpanu last modified Jul 10, 2019 01:33 AM

Mozilla is funding a project for bringing the Julia programming language to Firefox and the general browser environment.

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Rootconf 2019

by Admin last modified Jul 05, 2019 12:52 AM

Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.

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Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia

Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia

by Admin last modified Feb 22, 2019 02:27 AM

Faculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.

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Lecture on Open Access and Open Content Licensing at ICAR (short course)

by Admin last modified Dec 05, 2018 04:19 PM

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) a constituent establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) organised a short course on 'ICTs for Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension of NARES' during November 13-22, 2018 in Bangalore. Anubha Sinha delivered a lecture to the participants.

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Panel Discussion on Equitable Access to Knowledge

by Admin last modified Feb 22, 2019 03:32 PM

Pranesh Prakash was a panelist and moderator in a panel discussion on Equitable Access to Knowledge on October 23, 2018 at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The event was hosted by DST Centre for Policy Research (IISc), Bangalore.

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Sting job by Hyderabad scientist exposes fake journals

by Admin last modified Oct 17, 2018 02:06 AM

Scientists have at last found a cure for Schlodomoniasis -- a deadly brain infection caused by the "inter-galactic parasite Klaousmodium cruzi" -- they claim to have identified for the first time.

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An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income

by Admin last modified May 23, 2018 02:37 PM

MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.

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Delhi Declaration on Open Access

by Admin last modified Feb 26, 2018 02:53 PM

Open Access India recently released a statement to promote openness in science and research communities. CIS contributed to the text and introduced it to the participants of OpenCon 2018, Delhi.

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Advocating for Openness: Nine Ways Civil Society Groups Have Mobilized to Defend Internet Freedom

by Admin last modified Nov 26, 2017 03:58 AM

The debate over whether the Internet is a better tool for democratic empowerment or authoritarian control misconstrues the nature of the democratic challenges of the digital age.

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Helping Institutions Embrace Open Access

by Admin last modified Nov 27, 2017 03:11 PM

World over, a large number of universities and institutions are making way for open access repositories. Why have Indian researchers shied away from it?

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Chemistry research in India 'still not in big league'

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 28, 2017 02:03 AM

Despite an increase in research output and international collaboration, chemistry research, "the central science", in India is "still not in the big league", an analysis has revealed.

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Indo - French Perspectives on Digital Studies

by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 29, 2017 05:17 AM

Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.

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IDRC - Open Development Book - Authors' Workshop

by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 29, 2017 03:47 AM

Sumandro Chattapadhyay participated in the authors' workshop organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on March 11 and 12, 2017.

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National Consultation on OER for Higher Education

by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 28, 2017 03:53 PM

Anubha Sinha attended the National Consultative Meet on OER Policy for Higher Education in India held at New Delhi on March 3, 2017. The event was organized by CEMCA (Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia).

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