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The Future of Cyber Governance: by Prasad Krishna — published May 15, 2014 — last modified May 27, 2014 10:05 AM — filed under: Video, Internet Governance
Hague Institute for Global Justice in association with the Observer Research Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands, and the Netherlands Institute for International Relations - Clingendael organized a conference on the Future of Cyber Governance at the Hague from May 13 to 15, 2014. Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event.
Located in News & Media
Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 31, 2013 — last modified Oct 25, 2013 07:16 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Video, Openness
Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently CIS-A2K in collaboration with Goa University organized a four-day workshop for MA, Konkani language students. This workshop involved 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia which is incubation. We’re hoping that these efforts will contribute towards bringing this 7 year old project out of incubation to a live Wikipedia project.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme on HMTV: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 10, 2013 — last modified Jun 18, 2013 05:54 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Video, Openness
Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. This was telecasted in HMTV on June 1, 2013.
Located in News & Media
Whose Data is it Anyway?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 18, 2012 — last modified Apr 28, 2012 04:12 AM — filed under: Event Type, Video, Internet Governance, Privacy
Tactical Technology Collective and the Centre for Internet & Society invite you to the second round of discussions of the Exposing Data Series at the CIS office in Bangalore on 24 January 2012. Siddharth Hande and Hapee de Groot will be speaking on this occasion.
Located in Internet Governance
Talking Point: Futile Battle Against Torrents: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 01, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Video, Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham spoke to Deccan Herald to clear the air about rumours surrounding a jail threat for those logging on to Torrent sites.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Arrested for tweeting: Legitimate or Curbing Free Speech?: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 02, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Video, Internet Governance
As a man in Puducherry is arrested for allegedly posting on Twitter that MR Chidambaram's son had amassed wealth more than that of Robert Vadra, we discuss whether freedom of speech is absolute.
Located in News & Media
Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates in the Digital Age: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 19, 2014 — last modified Feb 12, 2015 05:07 PM — filed under: Gender, Video, Internet Governance, ICT
IT for Change in partnership with Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan and ANANDI organized this event on September 13 and 14, 2014. Rohini Lakshane participated as a speaker.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
e-DIRAP Google+ Hangout on Open Government: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 08, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Video
The e-DIRAP Hangout on Open Government was held on Thursday, July 25, 2013. The Hangout brought together nine professionals from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines to discuss open government initiatives in their respective countries, the challenges they face, and open source tools for open government.
Located in News & Media
Google Hangout with Ashoka Fellow Sunil Abraham: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 20, 2012 — filed under: Video, Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham, an Ashoka Fellow from India, visited the DC Office and shared his work on public accountability, access, and learning at the intersection of internet and society.
Located in News & Media
Institute on Internet & Society: Event Report: by Srividya Vaidyanathan — published Jul 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 15, 2013 06:48 AM — filed under: Video, Internet Studies, Featured, Homepage
The Institute on Internet and Society organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) with grant supported by the Ford Foundation took place from June 8 to 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort in Bangalore.
Located in Telecom / Knowledge Repository on Internet Access

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