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The Government’s Increased Focus on Regulating Non-Personal Data: A Look at the Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy
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Digvijay Chaudhary and Anamika Kundu
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Jun 30, 2022
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Digvijay Chaudhary and Anamika Kundu wrote an article on the National Data Governance Framework Policy. It was edited by Shweta Mohandas.
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Blog
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Open Data and Land Ownership
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 22, 2019
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last modified
May 22, 2019 11:32 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Featured,
Openness
In this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of politically aware interventions when creating open data standards, infrastructure, and ecosystems. State of Open Data, edited by Tim Davies, Stephen B. Walker, Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini, is published by African Minds and International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
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Admin
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published
Feb 28, 2019
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last modified
Mar 07, 2019 11:59 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Event,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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Dec 19, 2018
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last modified
Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM
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filed under:
Open Educational Resources,
CIS-A2K,
Open License,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Data,
Wikipedia,
Open Content,
Odia Wikipedia,
Open Access,
Wikimedia
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
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Blogs
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An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income
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Admin
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May 23, 2018
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Open Data,
Access to Knowledge,
Openness
MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
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News & Media
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On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Mar 22, 2018
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last modified
Jan 28, 2019 02:41 PM
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filed under:
Open Water Data,
Open Data,
Open Science,
Open Government Data,
Environment,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
Lack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are exploring the early steps for making open data and tools to plan for water resources accessible to all. To celebrate the World Water Day 2018, we are sharing what we have been working on in the past few months - a paper on open data for water studies in India, and a web app to make open water data easily explorable and usable. Craig Dsouza led this collaboration, and authored this post.
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Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment Scan
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Feb 12, 2018
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last modified
Feb 12, 2018 10:37 AM
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filed under:
Land Records,
Open Government Data,
Openness,
Open Data
The State of Open Data is an ambitious research project reflecting on 10 years of action on open data and providing a critical review of the current state of the open data movement across a range of issues and thematic areas. This environment scan represents the first step in gathering information to support a review of the state of open data with regard to land ownership, and in refining the focus of a chapter. The lead author for this chapter is Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Steps towards Integrated Open Water Data
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Nov 02, 2017
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Nov 02, 2017 09:58 AM
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filed under:
Open Water Data,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Environment,
Openness
Multiplicity of data collection agencies, formats, and disclosure practices and conditionalities make it very difficult to access interoperable and open data about water resources and systems in India. Barriers to accessing water data impede not only academic and applied research on related topics but also public consumption of information and critical decision making. DataMeet and CIS are proud to collaborate on identifying and addressing the challenges to open up and integrate data and information in the water sector. Supported by a generous grant from Arghyam, we are undertaking an initial study of open water data resources in India and taking first steps towards developing a Free and Open Source data portal for water resources information in India. Here is an initial note about the project. The key leaders and contributors of this project are Craig Dsouza, Namita Bhatawdekar, Riddhi Munde, and Jinda Sandbhor, all of whom are members of the Pune Chapter of DataMeet.
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Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 05, 2017
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Data Revolution,
Data Governance,
Openness
Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that promotes transparency, accountability and value creation by making government data available to all. Public bodies produce and commission huge quantities of data and information. By making their datasets available, public institutions become more transparent and accountable to citizens. By encouraging the use, reuse and free distribution of datasets, governments promote business creation and innovative, citizen-centric services. Praja is organising a symposium on "open data and civil society" on Friday, Sep 8, which is supported by European Union and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit. Sumandro Chattapadhyay (Research Director) will take part in this event as a speaker in the session on "data centric approach and role of stakeholders in the urban governance ecosystem."
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Meeting on Proactive Disclosure and Personal Data (Delhi, May 13, 5:30 pm)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 13, 2017
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last modified
May 13, 2017 04:32 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Internet Governance,
Public Accountability
CIS is organising an informal discussion on topics related to proactive disclosure and personal data thrown up by the recently published report by Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali titled "Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof)". Please join us at 5:30 pm today, May 13, at the CIS office.
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