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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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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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Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated): by Rohini Lakshané — published May 31, 2015 — last modified May 06, 2018 03:51 AM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.
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Studying the Emerging Database State in India: Notes for Critical Data Studies (Accepted Abstract): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Aug 02, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:54 AM — filed under: Big Data, Data Systems, Research, Featured, Aadhaar, Researchers at Work, E-Governance
"Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by 'Big Data.' Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that data should be seen as always-already constituted within wider data assemblages." The Big Data and Society journal has provisionally accepted a paper abstract of mine for its upcoming special issue on Critical Data Studies.
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Security: Privacy, Transparency and Technology: by Sunil Abraham — published Aug 19, 2015 — last modified Sep 15, 2015 10:53 AM — filed under: Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been involved in privacy and data protection research for the last five years. It has participated as a member of the Justice A.P. Shah Committee, which has influenced the draft Privacy Bill being authored by the Department of Personnel and Training. It has organised 11 multistakeholder roundtables across India over the last two years to discuss a shadow Privacy Bill drafted by CIS with the participation of privacy commissioners and data protection authorities from Europe and Canada.
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Call for Essays: Studying Internet in India: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 20, 2016 — last modified Jul 04, 2016 12:48 PM — filed under: Internet Studies, RAW Blog, Featured, Notices, Researchers at Work
As Internet makes itself comfortable amidst everyday lives in India, it becomes everywhere and everyware, it comes in 40 MBPS Unlimited and in chhota recharges – though no longer in zero flavour – the Researchers at Work (RAW) programme at the Centre for Internet and Society invites abstracts for essays that explore how do we study internet in India today.
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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jun 01, 2016 — last modified Jun 30, 2016 09:40 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Open Data, Open Government Data, Featured, Geospatial Data, National Geospatial Policy, Openness
The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were authored by Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Smart City Policies and Standards: Overview of Projects, Data Policies, and Standards across Five International Smart Cities: by Kiran A. B., Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh — published Jun 08, 2016 — last modified Jun 11, 2016 01:29 PM — filed under: Big Data, Internet Governance, Featured, Smart Cities, Policies, Homepage
This blog post aims to review five Smart Cities across the globe, namely Singapore, Dubai, New York City, London and Seoul, the Data Policies and Standards adopted. Also, the research seeks to point the similarities, differences and best practices in the development of smart cities across jurisdictions.
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Jurisdiction: The Taboo Topic at ICANN: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 27, 2016 — last modified Jun 29, 2016 07:51 AM — filed under: IANA, Internet Governance, Featured, ICANN, IANA Transition
The "IANA Transition" that is currently underway is a sham since it doesn't address the most important question: that of jurisdiction. This article explores why the issue of jurisdiction is the most important question, and why it remains unaddressed.
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Submission by the Centre for Internet and Society on Revisions to ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior: by Vidushi Marda — published Jun 29, 2016 — last modified Jun 30, 2016 06:07 AM — filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured, ICANN, IANA Transition, Homepage
Prepared by Vidushi Marda, with inputs from Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan and Sunil Abraham.
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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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