Centre for Internet & Society

UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures (Bangalore, August 27)

by Sumandro Chattapadhyay

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a one day workshop, on Saturday, August 27, 2016, to discuss, raise awareness of, and devise countermeasures to exclusion due to implementation of UID-based verification for and distribution of welfare services. We look forward to making this a forum for knowledge exchange and a learning opportunity for our friends and colleagues.

 

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Venue

Institution of Agricultural Technologists, No. 15, Queen’s Road, Bangalore, 560 052.

Location on Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Institution+of+Agricultural+Technologists/.

 

Agenda

10:00-10:30 Tea and Coffee

10:30-11:00 Introductions and Updates from Delhi Workshop

11:00-12:45 Reconfiguration of Welfare Governance by UIDAI

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 Updates on Ongoing Cases against UIDAI

15:00-15:15 Tea and Coffee

15:15-16:45 Open Discussion on Countering Welfare Exclusion

16:45-17:00 Tea and Coffee

 

Event details

When

Aug 27, 2016
from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Where

Institution of Agricultural Technologists No. 15, Queen’s Road, Bangalore, 560052

Contact Name

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080 4092 6283

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