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Amutha Arunachalam - Stand Shielded of Digital Rights (Delhi, May 05, 4 pm)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 03, 2017
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last modified
May 03, 2017 01:30 PM
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filed under:
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
#FirstFridayAtCIS,
E-Governance
We are proud to announce that Amutha Arunachalam will be the speaker at the May #FirstFriday event at the CIS Delhi office. Amutha is Principal Technical Officer in the Council Of Scientific and Industrial Research. The talk will be on digital signatures, traceability of time-stamps, and setting up an Indian Standard (Digital) Time. If you are joining us, please RSVP at the soonest as we have only limited space in our office.
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Events
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Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights - Workshop Report
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by
Vidushi Marda, Akash Deep Singh and Geethanjali Jujjavarapu
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published
Nov 14, 2016
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last modified
Nov 18, 2016 12:58 PM
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filed under:
Human Rights,
UID,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Artificial Intelligence,
Internet Governance,
Machine Learning,
Featured,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Information Technology,
E-Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society held a one-day workshop on “Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms and Human Rights” at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on the 1st of October, 2016. This report is a compilation of the the issues discussed, ideas exchanged and challenges recognized during the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to discuss aspects of big data technologies in terms of harms, opportunities and human rights. The discussion was designed around an extensive study of current and potential future uses of big data for governance in India, that CIS has undertaken over the last year with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
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CIS Comments on the National Strategy on Blockchain
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by
Vipul Kharbanda & Aman Nair
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Mar 22, 2021 05:34 AM
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filed under:
Blockchain,
Bitcoin,
Cryptocurrencies,
Data Governance,
Submissions,
E-Governance
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Blog
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Dr. Prerna Prabhakar - Impact of Digitisation of Land Recods in Rural India (Delhi, July 07, 5 pm)
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by
Saikat Datta
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published
Jul 06, 2017
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filed under:
Land Records,
#FirstFridayAtCIS,
Digitisation,
Researchers at Work,
Event,
E-Governance
It is our priviledge to annouce that Dr. Prerna Prabhakar will be the speaker for the July #FirstFridayAtCIS event. Dr. Prabhakar is an Associate Fellow with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). She is involved in a project that looks at the digitisation of land records in India and its impact on land ownership across the country. In the talk, she will evaluate the impact that digitisation of land records has had in parts of rural India. If you are joining us, please RSVP at the soonest as we have only limited space in our office.
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RAW
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E-governance hopes rise as India crosses 1 billion transactions
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 29, 2013
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filed under:
E-Governance,
Internet Governance
Government agencies and departments, regarded as bywords for inefficiency and red tape, have recorded over a billion e-governance transactions so far this year, watershed for the world's largest democracy that is betting on technology to cure its ills.
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News & Media
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Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security Concerns
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Jan 16, 2014
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last modified
Jan 16, 2014 11:07 AM
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filed under:
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Data Protection,
Internet Governance,
Safety,
Information Technology,
Cyber Security,
Security,
e-Governance,
Transparency, Politics,
E-Governance
In this blogpost, Snehashish Ghosh analyzes privacy and security concerns which have surfaced with the digitization, centralization and standardization of the electoral database and argues that even though the law provides the scope for protection of electoral databases, the State has not taken any steps to ensure its safety.
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Blog
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Global Governance Futures 2027 - Session 3, New Delhi
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 15, 2017
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Data Governance,
E-Governance,
Digital Rights
The Global Governance Futures program (GGF) initiated by Global Public Policy Institute and supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung brings together young professionals to look ahead ten years and recommend ways to address global challenges. Sumandro Chattapadhyay will join Ankhi Das (Facebook) and Arun Mohan Sukumar (Observer Research Foundation) on Tuesday, January 17, to discuss the "data governance" scenarios developed by the GGF 2027 Fellows.
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News & Media
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India backs open source software for e-governance projects
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 29, 2015
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last modified
Apr 04, 2015 04:00 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
E-Governance
India has said it will use open source software in all e-governance projects, though it did not rule out the use of proprietary software to meet specialized requirements.
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News & Media
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India’s digital check
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jul 08, 2015
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last modified
Sep 15, 2015 02:55 PM
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance,
E-Governance
All nine pillars of Digital India directly correlate with policy research conducted at the Centre for Internet and Society, where I have worked for the last seven years. This allows our research outputs to speak directly to the priorities of the government when it comes to digital transformation.
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Blog
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Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jul 28, 2015
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance,
E-Governance,
ICT
The Digital India initiative takes an ambitious 'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' approach to develop communication infrastructure, government information systems, and general capacity to digitise public life in India. I of course use 'public life' in the sense of the wide sphere of interactions between people and public institutions.
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