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Nirmita receives NIVH Award: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2011 — last modified Dec 29, 2011 05:53 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Nirmita Narasimhan received the NIVH Excellence Award from Justice AS Anand (retd), former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped in Dehradun on Saturday, 3 December 2011.
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NISH Website to Help the Disabled: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 03, 2014 — filed under: Accessibility
The National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) has launched a website on matters related to disabilities. The website www.accesshub.org was launched by Social Welfare Minister M K Muneer here on Wednesday.
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NMEICT Funds Book Conversion Project for the Print Disabled: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 22, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 04:52 AM — filed under: Accessibility, Projects
IIT, Kharagpur, Daisy Forum of India, Inclusive Planet and the Centre for Internet and Society have joined hands to undertake a project for the print disabled. The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) is funding this project.
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No country for the disabled: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 01, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
A 26-year-old electrical engineer is forced to hide his disability, for fear of losing his job. His current employer is unaware that he uses an artificial limb.
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Note on the Authorities under the Working Draft of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2011 (9th February 2011): by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2011 — last modified Aug 24, 2011 05:42 AM — filed under: Submissions, Accessibility
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) released a revised draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act which is up for comments on the MSJE website. The Centre for Law and Policy Research, Inclusive Planet and the Centre for Internet and Society jointly submitted a note on the section on statutory authorities.
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November 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 24, 2010 — last modified Aug 07, 2012 11:46 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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November 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 24, 2012 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of some past events organized by us during the month of November 2011.
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November 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 06, 2013 01:59 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
Welcome to the newsletter of November 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of Section 66A of the IT Act by Pranesh Prakash, comments on the draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, an introduction to 12 mobile devices that we are researching as part of the Pervasive Technologies project, submissions of civil society in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, updates from the Wikipedia community on Indic languages, and news and media coverage.
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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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November 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Dec 15, 2014 01:27 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Digital Humanities
We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the eleventh issue of the newsletter (November 2014).
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