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List of Recommendations on the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 - Letter Submitted to the Members of Parliament: by Amber Sinha, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Sunil Abraham, and Vanya Rakesh — published Mar 16, 2016 — last modified Mar 21, 2016 08:50 AM — filed under: UID, Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics, Homepage
On Friday, March 11, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. The Bill was introduced as a money bill and there was no public consultation to evaluate the provisions therein even though there are very serious ramifications for the Right to Privacy and the Right to Association and Assembly. Based on these concerns, and numerous others, we submitted an initial list of recommendations to the Members of Parliaments to highlight the aspects of the Bill that require immediate attention.
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Locating Constructs of Privacy within Classical Hindu Law: by Ashna Ashesh and Bhairav Acharya — published Dec 29, 2014 — last modified Jan 01, 2015 01:56 PM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Privacy
This white paper seeks to locate privacy in Classical Hindu Law, and by doing so, displace the notion that privacy is an inherently ‘Western’ concept that is the product of a modernist legal system.
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Locating Internets: Histories of the Internet(s) in India — Research Training and Curriculum Workshop: Call for Participation: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 11, 2011 — last modified Jul 21, 2011 06:00 AM — filed under: Development, Gaming, Digital Activism, Digital Governance, Research, CISRAW, Featured, Cybercultures, archives, New Pedagogies, Workshop, IT Cities
Deadline for submission: 26th July 2011-06-08; When: 19th - 22nd August, 2011; Where: Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad; Organised by: Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Please Note: Travel support is only available for domestic travel within India.
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Making Humanities in the Digital: Embodiment and Framing in Bichitra and Indiancine.ma: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Mar 31, 2018 — last modified Jun 25, 2018 12:50 PM — filed under: Research, Featured, Publications, Digital Humanities, Researchers at Work
The growth of the internet and digital technologies in the last couple of decades, and the emergence of new ‘digital objects’ of enquiry has led to a rethinking of research methods across disciplines as well as innovative modes of creative practice. This chapter authored by Puthiya Purayil Sneha (published in 'Making Things and Drawing Boundaries: Experiments in the Digital Humanities' edited by Jentery Sayers) discusses some of the questions that arise around the processes by which digital objects are ‘made’ and made available for arts and humanities research and practice, by drawing on recent work in text and film archival initiatives in India.
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Making in the Humanities – Some Questions and Conflicts: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published May 22, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:46 AM — filed under: Digital Knowledge, Mapping Digital Humanities in India, Research, Featured, Digital Humanities, Researchers at Work
The following is an abstract for a proposed chapter on 'making' in the humanities, which has been accepted for publication in a volume titled 'Making Humanities Matter'. This is part of a new book series titled 'Debates in the Digital Humanities 2015' to be published by University of Minnesota Press (http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/cfps/cfp_2015_mhm). The first draft of the chapter will be shared by mid-August 2015.
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Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with Disabilities: by Rahul Cherian — published Jan 24, 2013 — last modified Jan 24, 2013 11:10 AM — filed under: Featured, Accessibility
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 20 disability rights groups that wrote to the Ministry of Culture on January 23, 2013 seeking remedial action on the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing public libraries in India.
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Making Voices Heard: by Shweta Mohandas — published Jun 27, 2022 — filed under: Voice User Interface, Privacy, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Featured, Homepage
We are happy to announce the launch of our final report on the study ‘Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in India. The study was undertaken with support from the Mozilla Corporation.
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Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in India: by Shweta Mohandas — published Dec 05, 2019 — last modified Dec 18, 2019 12:10 PM — filed under: Voice User Interface, Language, Privacy, Accessibility, Research, Voice Assisted Interface, Featured, Researchers at Work, Making Voices Heard
We believe that voice interfaces have the potential to democratise the use of internet by addressing barriers such as accessibility concerns, lack of abilities of reading and writing on digital text interfaces, and lack of options for people to interact with digital devices in their own languages. Through the Making Voice Heard Project supported by Mozilla Corporation, we will examine the current landscape of voice interfaces in India.
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Mapping Digital Humanities in India - Concluding Thoughts: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:36 AM — filed under: Digital Knowledge, Mapping Digital Humanities in India, Research, Featured, Digital Humanities, Researchers at Work
This final blog post on the mapping exercise undertaken by CIS-RAW summarises some of the key concepts and terms that have emerged as significant in the discourse around Digital Humanities in India.
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Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property (Part A): India's National Programme on Intellectual Property Management: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 10, 2014 — last modified Jun 10, 2014 07:34 AM — filed under: Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This blog post discusses India’s National Program on Intellectual Property Management, including the establishment of a National Institute of Intellectual Property Rights.
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Blogs: Technology, Social Justice and Higher Education
Since the last two years, we at the Centre for Internet and Society, have been working with the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, on a project called Pathways to Higher Education, supported by the Ford Foundation.

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Dec 07, 2011 03:35 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Featured, Higher Education, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge; Mobility Shifts 2011 — An International Future of Learning Summit
The summit was organised by the New School and sponsored by MacArthur Foundation and Mozilla. It was held from October 10 to October 16, 2011 at the New School, New York City.

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Nov 28, 2011 08:50 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge; Learn it Yourself
The peer-to-peer world of online learning encourages conversations and reciprocal learning, writes Nishant Shah in an article published in the Indian Express on 30 October 2011.

Posted by Nishant Shah at Dec 02, 2011 01:55 AM | Permalink

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