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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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                                              Saikat Datta
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      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
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       India’s digital check India’s digital check
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                                              Sunil Abraham
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                            Digital India,
                                          
                                          
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                                      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.  Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security Concerns Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security Concerns
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                                              Snehashish Ghosh
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                            Transparency, Politics,
                                          
                                          
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                                      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. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Workshop on Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights (Delhi, October 01)
                                    
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                                              Vanya Rakesh
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                            Development,
                                          
                                          
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                                            Digital subjectivities,
                                          
                                          
                                            Biometrics,
                                          
                                          
                                            Big Data for Development,
                                          
                                          
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                                      CIS welcomes you to participate in the workshop we are organising on Saturday, October 01 at India Habitat Centre, Delhi, to discuss benefits, harms, and human rights implications of big data technologies, and explore potential research questions. A quick RSVP will be much appreciated. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19 Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19
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                                              Amber Sinha, Pallavi Bedi and Aman Nair
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                            Digital Governance,
                                          
                                          
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                                      The Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the limitations of the government’s vaccination platform Co-WIN need to be analysed. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme
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                                              Sumandro Chattapadhyay
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      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. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                       CIS Comments on the National Strategy on Blockchain CIS Comments on the National Strategy on Blockchain
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                                              Vipul Kharbanda & Aman Nair
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      Amutha Arunachalam - Stand Shielded of Digital Rights (Delhi, May 05, 4 pm)
                                    
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                                              Sumandro Chattapadhyay
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              May 03, 2017
                                            
                                            
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                                      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. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      Workshop on Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age (Delhi, November 14-15)
                                    
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                                              Sumandro Chattapadhyay
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                      IT for Change, along with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) and National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), is organising a two day workshop on ‘Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age’. The workshop will focus on evolving a comprehensive policy approach to data based governance and digital democracy, grounded in a rights and social justice framework. It will be held at the United Service Institution of India, Delhi, during November 14-15, 2016. The CIS team to participate in the workshop includes Sumandro Chattapadhyay (speaker), Amber Sinha (speaker), Vanya Rakesh (participant), and Himadri Chatterjee (participant). Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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                                      India backs open source software for e-governance projects
                                    
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                              Mar 29, 2015
                                            
                                            
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                                      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. Located in
                                          
                                          
                                              
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