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Consilience – 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2013 — last modified Nov 20, 2013 06:15 AM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Law and Technology Committee of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organising ‘Consilience – 2013′, an annual conference on law and technology, to be held on May 25 and 26, 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is a co-partner for this event.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Technology, Power, and Revolutions in the Arab Spring: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2013 — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a talk by Prof. Ramesh Srinivasan on technology, power and revolutions in the Arab Spring. The talk will be held in CIS office on July 2, 2013 from 6.00 p.m. onwards.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Institute on Internet and Society: by Prasad Krishna — published May 29, 2013 — last modified Nov 20, 2013 05:52 AM — filed under: Internet Studies, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is pleased to announce the Institute for Internet and Society to be held in Bangalore from June 8 to June 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort, Bangalore.
Located in Telecom / Knowledge Repository on Internet Access
Transference: Reimagining Data Systems: Beyond the Gender Binary: by Torsha Sarkar — published Dec 15, 2021 — filed under: Gender, Welfare, and Privacy, Event, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to participate in a day-long convening on the rights of transgender persons, specifically right to privacy and digital rights. Through this convening, we hope to highlight the concerns of transgender persons in accessing digital data systems and the privacy challenges faced by the community. These challenges include access to their rights — their right to self-identify their gender and welfare services offered by the State and the privacy challenges faced by transgender and intersex persons in revealing their identity.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Talk on Game Studies by Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, July 28, 6 pm: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Jul 20, 2016 — last modified Sep 16, 2016 01:21 PM — filed under: Gaming, Web Cultures, Digital Knowledge, Game Studies, Digital Media, Researchers at Work, Event
This talk will explore the story-telling aspects of game studies and how it relates to discussions of other digital media, Internet cultures and also traditional Humanities. As an introduction, it also aims to open up discussions for Game Studies in India.
Located in RAW
CISxScholars Delhi - Harsh Gupta - FAT ML for Lawyers and Lawmakers (June 29, 5:30 pm): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jun 27, 2017 — last modified Jun 27, 2017 09:16 AM — filed under: FAT ML, CISxScholars, Big Data, Machine Learning, Researchers at Work, Event, Artificial Intelligence
We are proud to announce that Harsh Gupta will discuss "FAT ML (Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency in Machine Learning) for Lawyers and Lawmakers" at the CIS office in Delhi on Thursday, June 29, at 5:30 pm. This will be a two and half hour session: beginning with a 45 minute talk, followed by 15 minute break, another talk for 45 minutes, and then a discussion session. Please RSVP if you are joining us: <[email protected]>.
Located in RAW
Dr. Prerna Prabhakar - Impact of Digitisation of Land Recods in Rural India (Delhi, July 07, 5 pm): by Saikat Datta — published Jul 06, 2017 — 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.
Located in RAW
Software Freedom Pledge: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 25, 2015 — last modified Sep 25, 2015 12:26 PM — filed under: Open Standards, Open Source, Access to Knowledge, FLOSS, Open Content, FOSS, Event, Technological Protection Measures
On September 19, 2015, celebrated globally as Software Freedom Day, a number of enthusiasts got together and collectively took a pledge.
Located in Openness
Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 21, 2015 — last modified Sep 04, 2015 08:25 AM — filed under: Language, Kannada Wikipedia, Event, Access to Knowledge
A three-day Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted for science lecturers of institutions who gathered at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Bengaluru this August 18. The idea of this event was to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus.
Located in Openness / Blog
Bangalore Chapter Meet of DSCI: by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 09, 2015 — filed under: Cyber Security, Event, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) will host the Bangalore Chapter Meeting of Data Security Council of India (DSCI) on September 26, 2015 at its Bangalore office in Domlur. The event will be held from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Located in Internet Governance / Events

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