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Comments on the National Policy of Information Technology: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 09, 2011 — filed under: Internet Governance
The NPIT 2011 has the laudable goal of making India a ‘knowledge economy with a global role’ by developing and deploying ICT solutions in all sectors to foster development within India and at a global level. The policy identifies several praiseworthy goals such as the promotion of open standards and open technologies, accessibility for persons with disabilities, affordable ICT services, transparency, accountability, technology development for Indian languages, placing data in public domain for use and value addition, using social media to engage with citizens and investing in indigenous R&D and capacity building. We deeply appreciate this initiative of the Department of Information Technology and offer below brief comments to strengthen the draft.
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3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest & Open A.I.R. Conference on Innovation and IP in Africa: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2013 — last modified Jan 05, 2014 02:52 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
From 9 to 13 December 2013, delegates from national and international governmental governmental entities, the private sector, civil society, and academia gathered for five days of interconnected events in Cape Town.
Located in News & Media
Event Report: Community Discussion on Open Standards: by Karan Saini, Prem Sylvester and Anishka Vaishnav — published Aug 01, 2019 — last modified Aug 02, 2019 06:51 AM — filed under: Communities, Open Standards, Event
This community discussion organised by HasGeek was held at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India on June 20, 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
One For All: by Nishant Shah — published Feb 17, 2013 — last modified Mar 04, 2013 04:13 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The importance of making information accessible and universal.
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November 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2013 — last modified Jan 04, 2014 04:38 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness
Our newsletter for the month of November 2013 can be accessed below.
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September 2018 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 15, 2018 — last modified Oct 16, 2018 06:28 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
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Mapping Content on Gender and Sexuality in Indian Languages: by Yashashwini Srinivas — published Oct 21, 2022 — last modified Oct 21, 2022 01:03 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, A2K Research, Open Content
This research study explores content production processes on gender and sexuality in Indian languages, its digital documentation and factors that affect its availability and use on open access platforms. The research was undertaken by Yashashwini Srinivas, with editorial inputs by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Torsha Sarkar. This research was part of short-term studies undertaken at the CIS-A2K programme 2021-22.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Soon, all 14 volumes of Kannada encyclopaedia to be online: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 16, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Four volumes have been uploaded so far on a pilot basis.
Located in News & Media
Autonomy, Access, Infrastructure and Future — A Discussion with C S Lakshmi on the SPARROW Archive: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 26, 2012 — last modified Dec 05, 2012 10:22 AM — filed under: Openness, Event
What does it take to build an archive? Why build archives in the first place? What kind of challenges do archives created through independent initiatives face in terms of infrastructure, autonomy, access and futures? On Thursday, November 29, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society and HasGeek present a Q&A session with Dr. C S Lakshmi, founder of SPARROW in Mumbai.
Located in Openness
Accessible Broadcasting in India: by Srividya Vaidyanathan — published Dec 11, 2012 — last modified Jan 28, 2013 03:37 AM — filed under: Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
A report based on ITU's "Making Television Accessible Report" prepared by the Centre for Internet and Society
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