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Dissent on Aadhaar: New book highlights limitations of ID project, legal and tech opposition to it: by Admin — published Feb 02, 2019 — last modified Feb 02, 2019 01:13 PM
In 2010, a year after the UIDAI was constituted, three of its functionaries visited internationally-renowned developmental economist Professor Reetika Khera.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Metaphors and Narratives: by Sanchia de Souza — published May 11, 2009 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:47 PM
A course designed for Christ College, Bangalore
Located in Publications (Automated) / Curricula & Teaching / Courses Taught and Designed by CIS
Availability and Accessibility of Government Information in Public Domain: by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 09, 2014 — last modified Dec 30, 2014 01:25 AM — filed under: Government Information, Accessibility, Featured, Digitisation, Homepage
The information provided on most Government websites such as Acts, notifications, rules, orders, minutes of meetings and consultations, etc. is usually in the form of electronic documents. However, these lack authenticity and accessibility and cannot be (text) searched., This policy brief identifies the problem areas with the current work flow being used to publish documents and proposes suitable modifications to make them easy to locate, authentic and accessible.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Wikipedia Workshop in British Library, Chandigarh: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 27, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 12:08 PM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A Wikipedia workshop was organized in Chandigarh by the British Library over two days on August 24 and 25, 2012. Bipin Kumar, Head of British Library and Christina, Deputy Manager had pivotal roles in designing this workshop with support from Piyush, a wikipedian.
Located in Openness
Digital native: Not only words: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 16, 2017 — last modified Aug 07, 2017 03:33 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Emoticons, or if you prefer the original Japanese word emojis, are everywhere. We are used to emoticons in all shapes and sizes — from animated gifs jumping out at us on our social media feed to yellow-faced smileys that we use to add tone and feeling, nuance and layers to our text-heavy conversations in the digital world.
Located in RAW
WIPO SCCR 24 Pre-lunch Text (July 24, 2012): by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 25, 2012 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
This is a rough transcript of the WIPO-SCCR discussions.
Located in Access to Knowledge
The All India Privacy Symposium: Conference Report: by Natasha Vaz — published Apr 15, 2012 — last modified Apr 30, 2012 05:16 AM — filed under: Featured, Internet Governance, Privacy
Privacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and Society in Action Group, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Privacy International and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative had organised the All India Privacy Symposium at the India International Centre in New Delhi, on February 4, 2012. Natasha Vaz reports about the event.
Located in Internet Governance
Economics of Cyber Security Part III: by Admin — published Dec 31, 2018
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text – II: What India’s ITU Proposal May Mean for Internet Governance: by Geetha Hariharan — published Nov 01, 2014 — last modified Nov 03, 2014 07:07 AM — filed under: Multi-stakeholder, ITU, Internet Governance
The UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is hosting its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) this year in South Korea. At PP-14, India introduced a new draft resolution on ITU's Role in Realising Secure Information Society. The Draft Resolution has grave implications for human rights and Internet governance. Geetha Hariharan explores.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 1 of 3): by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Mar 18, 2014 — last modified Mar 20, 2014 04:49 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th Session. This blog post (Part 1 of 3) summarizes Days 1 and 2 of the proceedings of the 26th SCCR, based on my notes of the session and WIPO's transcripts.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs

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