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Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property: Part B — India's National Program on Intellectual Property Management: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 26, 2014 — last modified Jun 26, 2014 03:27 PM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge
As a second part in the series on Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property this blog post deals with the documents introduced at the Stakeholders’ Consultation for India’s National Program on Intellectual Property.
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Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019: by Subodh Kulkarni — published Feb 26, 2019 — last modified Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AM — filed under: Openness, Featured, Marathi Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
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Multimedia Storytellers: Panel Discussion: by Denisse Albornoz — published Apr 16, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:26 PM — filed under: Making Change, Net Cultures, Research, Featured, Researchers at Work
This post brings three storytellers together to find points of intersection between their methods. The format will be that of a panel discussion and it features: Arjun Srivathsa from Pocket Science India, Ameen Haque from the Storywallahs, and Ajay Dasgupta from The Kahani Project. They discuss technology, interpretation and action in storytelling.
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My Bubble, My Space, My Voice workshop - Perspective and future: by Samuel Tettner — published Nov 18, 2010 — last modified Jan 03, 2012 10:32 AM — filed under: Featured, Digital Natives
The second workshop for the “Digital Natives with a Cause?” research project named “My Bubble, My Space, My Voice” took place at the Link Center of Wits University, in Johannesburg, South Africa from 6 November 2010 to 9 November 2010. Samuel Tettner, Digital Natives Co-cordinator shares his perspective on the workshop.
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National Compendium of Laws, Policies, Programmes for Persons with Disabilities: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jan 03, 2016 — last modified Feb 05, 2016 02:16 AM — filed under: Featured, Accessibility
This compendium was compiled by the Centre for Internet & Society in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. Prasanna Kumar Pincha, Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, has written the Foreword.
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National IPR Policy Series : CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP Policy: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Feb 04, 2015 — last modified Feb 09, 2015 12:59 AM — filed under: Call for Comments, Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Featured, Homepage
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made this submission. The comments were prepared by Nehaa Chaudhari, Pranesh Prakash and Anubha Sinha. We also thank our intern, Varnika Chawla for her assistance.
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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 15, 2015 — last modified Apr 26, 2015 08:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies, DIPP, RTI, National IPR Policy, Accountability, Featured, IPR Think Tank, Homepage
In earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and CIS’ comments to the IPR Think Tank in response to the first draft of the Policy. Continuing our National IPR Policy Series, this article documents our requests to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP” / “the Department”) under the Right to Information (“RTI”) Act, 2005 and the responses of the Department.
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National Resource Kit : The Kerala Chapter (Call for Comments): by Anandhi Viswanathan — published Dec 31, 2012 — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AM — filed under: Featured, Accessibility
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Kerala.
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National Resource Kit : The West Bengal Chapter (Call for Comments): by Anandhi Viswanathan — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:19 AM — filed under: Featured, Accessibility
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of West Bengal.
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National Resource Kit: The Lakshadweep Chapter (Call for Comments): by Anandhi Viswanathan — published Mar 25, 2013 — last modified Feb 20, 2014 10:00 AM — filed under: Featured, Accessibility
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Lakshadweep.
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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.

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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.

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