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RBI Consultation Paper on P2P Lending: Data Security and Privacy Concerns
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
May 31, 2016
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last modified
Jun 01, 2016 11:41 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Reserve Bank of India,
Data Protection,
Research,
Network Economies,
P2P Lending,
Researchers at Work
On April 28, 2016 the Reserve Bank of India published a consultation paper on P2P Lending and invited comments from the public on the same. The Paper discusses what P2P lending is, the various regulatory practices that govern P2P lending in different jurisdictions and lists our arguments for and against regulating P2P lending platforms.
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Comments on the RBI's Consultation Paper on Peer to Peer Lending
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 01, 2016
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last modified
Jun 01, 2016 08:21 PM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Reserve Bank of India,
Data Protection,
Research,
Network Economies,
P2P Lending,
Researchers at Work
The Reserve Bank of India published a Consultation Paper on Peer to Peer Lending on April 28, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following response, authored by Elonnai Hickok, Pavishka Mittal, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Vidushi Marda, and Vipul Kharbanda.
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Creativity, Politics, and Internet Censorship
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Jun 16, 2016
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last modified
Jun 17, 2016 07:07 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Practice,
Art,
Censorship
In collaboration with Karnataka for Kashmir, we organised a discussion on 'Creativity, Politics and Internet Censorship' on May 25, 2016. Mahum Shabir, a legal activist and artist, Mir Suhail, political cartoonist with Kashmir Reader and Rising Kashmir, and Habeel Iqbal, a lawyer who has worked with several justice groups in Kashmir, shared some of their work and experiences. This discussion was organised as part of Port of Kashmir 2016, a series of events bringing together a small collective of people using different modes of art and activism to address crucial challenges to free speech and democracy in the state.
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RAW
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Digital Humanities in India – Concluding Thoughts
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Jun 30, 2016
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last modified
Jun 30, 2016 04:48 AM
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filed under:
Digital Knowledge,
Mapping Digital Humanities in India,
Research,
Education Technology,
Digital Humanities,
Researchers at Work
An extended survey of digital initiatives in arts and humanities practices in India was undertaken during the last year. Provocatively called 'mapping digital humanities in India', this enquiry began with the term 'digital humanities' itself, as a 'found' name for which one needs to excavate some meaning, context, and location in India at the present moment. Instead of importing this term to describe practices taking place in this country - especially when the term itself is relatively unstable and undefined even in the Anglo-American context - what I chose to do was to take a few steps back, and outline a few questions/conflicts that the digital practitioners in arts and humanities disciplines are grappling with. The final report of this study will be published serially. This is the final section.
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Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Recommendations by NASSCOM, 2006-2012
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by
Pavishka Mittal
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published
Jul 01, 2016
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last modified
Jul 04, 2016 08:11 AM
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filed under:
Special Economic Zones,
Transfer Pricing Policy,
NASSCOM,
Research,
E-Commerce,
Network Economies,
Industrial Policy,
Researchers at Work,
Information Technology
This is the first of a series of three blog posts, authored by Pavishka Mittal, tracking the engagements by NASSCOM and iSPIRT in suggesting and shaping the IT industry policies in India during 2006-2016. This posts focuses on the policy activities of NASSCOM in 2006-2012 with specific reference to Special Economic Zones, E-Commerce Industry and Transfer Pricing, along with a few other miscellaneous important recommendations.
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RAW
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Data for Governance, Governance of Data, and Data Anxieties
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jul 03, 2016
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last modified
Jul 03, 2016 05:59 AM
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filed under:
Digital News,
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill,
UID,
Data Systems,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Aadhaar,
Researchers at Work
The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) organised a panel discussion on 'The Data Explosion – How the Internet of Things will Affect Media Freedom and Communication Systems?' at Deutsche Welle's Global Media Forum 2016, held in Bonn, Germany during June 13-15, 2016. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited as one of the panelists.
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Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Comparative Analysis of Recommendations by NASSCOM and iSPIRT, 2013-2016
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by
Pavishka Mittal
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published
Jul 04, 2016
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last modified
Jul 04, 2016 09:34 AM
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filed under:
NASSCOM,
Research,
iSPIRT,
Network Economies,
Industrial Policy,
Researchers at Work
This is the second of a series of three blog posts, authored by Pavishka Mittal, tracking the engagements by NASSCOM and iSPIRT in suggesting and shaping the IT industry policies in India during 2006-2016. This post conducts a detailed comparative analysis of NASSCOM’s and iSPIRT’s specific policy recommendations from 2013-2016. To facilitate comparison, the blog post is written thematically on the lines of major issues highlighted by market players in the IT industry.
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Studying Internet in India (2016): Selected Abstracts
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jul 05, 2016
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last modified
Jul 06, 2016 06:24 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Featured,
Internet Studies,
RAW Blog
We received some great submissions and decided to select twelve abstracts, and not only ten as we planned earlier. Here are the abstracts.
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How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media?
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jul 06, 2016
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last modified
Jul 06, 2016 02:28 PM
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filed under:
Digital News,
Journalism,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Digital Media,
Researchers at Work
How are Indian newspapers adapting to the transition to digital news production, distribution, and consumption? How are they changing their journalistic work, their newsroom organisations, and their distribution strategies as digital media become more important? These are the questions we are pursuing in a joint pilot project with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.
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RBI and Regulation of Digital Financial Services in India, 2012-2016
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by
Shivalik Chandan
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published
Jul 11, 2016
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last modified
Jul 11, 2016 06:27 AM
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filed under:
Unified Payments Interface,
Online Payments,
Reserve Bank of India,
Mobile Banking,
Research,
Network Economies,
P2P Lending,
Researchers at Work
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) published its first guideline on mobile banking in 2008, and the conversation on integrating Aadhaar numbers with bank account numbers on one hand and mobile numbers on the other started as soon as UIDAI was established. However, it is the post-2010 period, with rapid growth of the e-commerce sector in India, that saw rise of digital financial services and intermediaries, and hence the demand for regulatory intervention in the sector. This essay by Shivalik Chandan tracks RBI policies and guidelines responding to and shaping the regulatory framework of the digital financial sector in India, including both mobile banking and online transactions.
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