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Summary of UID Public Meeting, August 25 2010: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2010 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:28 AM
A summary of the "No UID" public meeting that took place on Aug. 25th at the Constitution Club, New Dehli.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015: by Jyoti Panday — published Nov 23, 2015 — last modified Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Big Data, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Internet Governance Forum, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Cyber Security, Digital Governance, Anonymity, Civil Society, Blocking
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Sunil Abraham - Key Listener Speech at Wikimedia Summit 2019: by Sunil Abraham — published May 04, 2019 — last modified May 04, 2019 03:34 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia
The Wikimedia Summit 2019 – formerly known as "Wikimedia Conference" or "Chapters Meeting" – took place on 29–31 March 2019 in Berlin. Sunil Abraham made a speech at the summit organized in Berlin.
Located in Openness
Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program/Report: by Gopala Krishna A — published Apr 05, 2019 — last modified May 01, 2019 05:04 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
CIS-A2K team submitted Project Tiger final report.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Supreme Court Order is a Good Start, but is Seeding Necessary?: by Elonnai Hickok and Rohan George — published Aug 29, 2015 — last modified Sep 07, 2015 01:21 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
This blog post seeks to unpack the ‘seeding’ process in the UIDAI scheme, understand the implications of the Supreme Court order on this process, and identify questions regarding the UID scheme that still need to be clarified by the court in the context of the seeding process.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surat’s Massive Surveillance Network Should Cause Concern, Not Celebration: by Joe Sheehan — published Aug 03, 2014 — last modified Sep 06, 2014 03:05 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
The blog post examines the surveillance network of Surat, a city in Gujarat state in India.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 13, 2014 — last modified Jan 23, 2014 03:12 PM — filed under: Surveillance, Constitutional Law, Internet Governance, Privacy
In this insightful seven-part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its genealogy through Supreme Court case law and compares it with the law in the USA.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Surveillance in India: Policy and Practice: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 13, 2017 — last modified Mar 15, 2017 01:05 AM — filed under: Video, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance, Surveillance
The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy organized a brainstorming session on net neutrality on February 8, 2017 and a public seminar on surveillance in India the following day on February 9, 2017 in New Delhi. Pranesh Prakash gave a talk.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Sustainable Smart Cities India Conference 2015, Bangalore: by Vanya Rakesh — published Sep 21, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance
Nispana Innovative Platforms organized a Sustainable Smart Cities India Conference 2015, in Bangalore on 3rd and 4th September, 2015. The event saw participation from people across various sectors including Government Representatives from Ministries, Municipalities, Regulatory Authorities, as well as Project Management Companies, Engineers, Architects, Consultants, Handpicked Technology Solution Providers and Researchers. National and International experts and stakeholders were also present to discuss the opportunities and challenges in creating smart and responsible cities as well as citizens, and creating a roadmap for converting the smart cities vision into a reality that is best suited for India.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Swatantra 2014: Fifth International Free Software Conference, Kerala: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 28, 2014 — last modified Dec 28, 2014 02:44 AM — filed under: Openness, FOSS
ICFOSS, Govt. of Kerala organized the fifth international Free Software Conference at Hotel Hycinth by Sparsa, Trivandrum from December 18 - 20, 2014. The Centre for Internet and Society was one of the organizations supporting the event. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam was a speaker and made a presentation on Open Science.
Located in Openness / News & Media

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