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National Campaign for People's Right to Information: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 18, 2013 05:52 AM
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Indian Users’ Perspective On WIPO Negotiations On Treaty For Visually Impaired: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 18, 2013 — filed under: Accessibility
South-East Asia is host to one-third of the world’s 39 million blind people. Over 20 million live in India alone. This week’s special session of the World Intellectual Property Organization aims to clean up the text of an international treaty to facilitate access to books for the blind and visually impaired community. It is thus of prime importance for India, and some there worry that issues such as commercial availability could undermine the treaty’s effectiveness.
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Why was the Gwalior court in such a hurry to block IIPM URLs?: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 19, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
Is it really that easy to get courts to block online content as it appears from the latest case of the blocking of 73 URLs related to IIPM? Legally speaking, yes.
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In Memoriam of Rahul Cherian: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 20, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2013 01:51 AM — filed under: Accessibility, Event
The Centre for Internet & Society is organising a memorial function for Rahul Cherian who passed away recently while on a family visit to Goa. He had succumbed to an infection. The function will be held on February 28, 2013, from 5 p.m. To 7.00 p.m. at TERI, Bangalore. Dinner will be served right after the event. Lawrence Liang, Reuben Jacob and Gautam John will be speaking at the event.
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Humming bird drone: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 25, 2013 06:51 AM
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Analyzing the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 25, 2013 — last modified Feb 25, 2013 09:56 AM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society invites you to a workshop on analyzing the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill on March 1, 2013 in its Bangalore office, from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
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Nirmita Narasimhan: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 27, 2013
Nirmita Narasimhan works as a Policy Director at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.
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The Centre for Internet & Society Joins the Global Network Initiative: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — last modified Apr 25, 2012 09:13 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) is pleased to announce its newest member, the Centre for Internet & Society based in Bangalore, India. A technology policy research institute, CIS brings to GNI in-depth expertise on global Internet governance as well as online freedom of expression and privacy in India.
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e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities (Russian Version): by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 04, 2011 — last modified Apr 26, 2012 10:04 AM — filed under: Featured, Books, Accessibility, Publications
The e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities is based upon the online ITU-G3ict e-Accessibility Policy Toolkit for Persons with Disabilities (www.e-accessibilitytoolkit.org) which was released in February 2010. This is the Russian translation of the same.
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5 Challenges for the Future of Learning: Digital Natives and How We Shall Teach Them: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 03, 2012 — last modified Apr 30, 2012 01:04 PM — filed under: Digital Natives
At the Digital Media and Learning Conference on beyond education technologies, Nishant Shah gave a ignite talk on 5 Challenges for the Future of Learning: Digital Natives and How We Shall Teach Them on March 1, 2012. There was an author's table where he presented and shared the Digital AlterNatives books and info-kits.
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