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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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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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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 12, 2016
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last modified
Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Source,
Cybersecurity,
Open Data,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Patents,
Openness,
Open Innovation,
Encryption Policy
The Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
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Present, tense: Future classrooms
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Dec 08, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 02:11 PM
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Openness
An article by Nishant Shah in the December issue of Teacher Plus - the magazine for the contemporary teacher.
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Presentation at IDRC: ‘Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective’
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Sanchia de Souza
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published
Jul 03, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 03:59 PM
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Openness
Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, CIS Distinguished Fellow, will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective' at IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, on 13 July 2009.
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Presentation at TIFR: 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons'
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Sanchia de Souza
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Jul 14, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 03:42 PM
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Openness
CIS Distinguished Fellow Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons' at TIFR, Mumbai, on Friday, 24 July 2009.
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Privacy vs. Transparency: An Attempt at Resolving the Dichotomy
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Sunil Abraham
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published
Nov 14, 2014
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 06:26 AM
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Privacy,
Featured,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Openness,
Open Access
The right to privacy has been articulated in international law and in some national laws. In a few countries where the constitution does not explicitly guarantee such a right, courts have read the right to privacy into other rights (e.g., the right to life, the right to equal treatment under law and also the right to freedom of speech and expression).
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Privacy, Free/Open Source, and the Cloud
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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Nov 22, 2010
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last modified
Mar 22, 2012 05:50 AM
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Openness,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
A look into the questions that arise in concern to privacy and cloud computing, and how open source plays into the picture.
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Privacy
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Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani language
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 17, 2013
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last modified
Jan 31, 2014 06:20 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness
CIS-A2K team interviewed Priyadarshini Tadkodkar about Konkani language. She speaks how editing/contributing to Konkani Wikipedia would help students.
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Profit by Sharing: Anatomy of an Open Source Hardware Business
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 16, 2012
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last modified
Oct 17, 2012 09:58 AM
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Lecture,
Event Type,
Openness
Ian Lesnet, founder of DangerousPrototypes will give a lecture on open hardware and open source at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bengaluru on October 24, 2012, 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
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Promoting GLAM in Goa
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Nitika Tandon
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Jan 24, 2013
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Jul 26, 2013 11:27 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
We organised an introductory Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums (GLAM) session at Goa State Central Library on December 13, 2012. It was well attended by about 45 interested people coming from over 10 different GLAM institutes in Goa.
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