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Blog Entry Response to RTI Applications from Different States on Accessibility
by Anandhi Viswanathan published Jan 30, 2015 last modified Feb 08, 2015 08:30 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) had sent right to information (RTI) applications from various states seeking information on the allocation and expenditure in the budget for implementing various schemes for persons with disabilities. CIS received the first set of documents.
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Response to the Call from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Review of the Copyright Act
by Sanchia de Souza published Jul 30, 2009 last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:51 AM — filed under: ,
This blog entry contains a letter sent by Rahul Cherian of Indojuris and Nirmita Narsimhan of the Centre for Internet and Society in response to a call from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for review of the Copyright Act.
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Review of Guidelines for Indian Government Websites-meeting notice
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 02, 2013 last modified Apr 28, 2013 03:39 AM — filed under:
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension has called for a meeting for review of guidelines for Indian Government websites. The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Shri Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
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File Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright Regime
by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 04, 2009 10:18 AM — filed under: ,
This re­search paper de­tails the need for an amend­ment of the pre­sent pro­vi­sions of Copy­right laws and help en­able the print im­paired gain ac­cess to pub­lished works. The paper was sub­mit­ted to the Min­istry of Human Re­source and De­vel­op­ment in Novem­ber to ap­praise it of the needs of the print dis­abled com­mu­ni­ty. The paper is up for pub­lic com­ments and we wel­come your feed­back for this on­go­ing cam­paign.
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File Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright Regime
by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 22, 2011 01:17 PM — filed under: ,
This re­search paper argues the need for amend­ing the Indian Copy­right provisions for en­abling the print im­paired to gain ac­cess to pub­lished works. The paper was sub­mit­ted to the Min­istry of Human Re­source and De­vel­op­ment in Novem­ber to ap­praise it of the needs of the print dis­abled com­mu­ni­ty. The paper is up for pub­lic com­ments and we wel­come your feed­back for this on­go­ing cam­paign.
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Blog Entry Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright Regime
by Prasad Krishna published Dec 04, 2009 last modified Apr 26, 2013 06:09 AM — filed under:
This research paper argues the need for amending Indian Copyright provisions for enabling the print impaired to gain access to published works. The paper was submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development in November to appraise it of the needs of the print disabled community. It is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback for this ongoing campaign.
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Right to Read campaign - Chennai (NDTV, Hindu)
by Radha Rao published Sep 29, 2009 last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM — filed under:
The first event was covered by NDTV Hindu and an interview with Rahul Cherian and Nirmita Narasimhan was telecast on 26th September.
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Right to Read Campaign - Delhi
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 18, 2010 last modified Aug 31, 2011 10:43 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a Right to Read Campaign on January 30th 2010, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
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Right to Read Campaign - Kolkata
by Radha Rao published Oct 22, 2009 last modified Feb 04, 2013 06:47 AM — filed under: ,
The nationwide Right to Read campaign which began with its first road show at Loyola College, Chennai is now having its second road show at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. There will be half day events with publicity. Events shall comprise presentations, debates and demonstrations, book reading sessions and stalls where various accessibility tools will be demonstrated.
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Blog Entry Right to Read Campaign - Kolkata
by Radha Rao published Nov 23, 2009 last modified Nov 08, 2011 03:39 PM — filed under:
A report on the nationwide Right to Read campaign which had its second road show at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata on 7th November, 2009 from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
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