News & Media
IGF 2009 - Main Session: Emerging Issues: Social Networks
Current laws don't seem to scale well to handle Web 2.0 issues
Drawing maps for change
Digital maps can hold immense academic value – an article by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, 3rd Jan, 2010.
Wired state of mind
Information technology is the driver of society today — the basic block of innovation and growth in organisations, the mainstay of the 21st century. The decade bygone was only an indicator of the things to come. Whether its ideas or friendships, the future indubitably belongs to linking-up on the web, writes Malvika Tegta , DNA - Digital Edition, Monday - 28th December, 2009.
Techies mapping change
A group of 40 Bangaloreans, including techies and social activists, are creating digital maps that will be used to bring social change in India - an article in the Bangalore Mirror by Renuka Phadnis - Monday, December 07, 2009.
Mumbai no longer ‘meri jaan’
Why online (and offline) activism after 26/11 never took off; what should have been done to mobilize people - an article in the Livemint by Seema Chowdhry and Samanth Subramanian - 20th November, 2009
Shanty home
A nationwide initiative is imploring that you look closely at the greyed-out areas on your GPS maps, says Jaideep Sen in an article in the Time Out Bengaluru Magazine, November 13-26 2009 [Vol 2 Issue 9]
Control shift?
USA might have ceded the control of the Internet, but only partially - An article by Pranesh Prakash in Down to Earth (Issue: Nov 15th ,2009)
Internet sceptic? Go get a life
Fifty years down the line, generations will laugh off the paranoia about the Internet - an article by Nishant Shah in the magazine Down To Earth
Reading a closed book
With the right combination of privacy tweaks and a little prudence, you can maintain privacy online - an article in Livemint by Krish Raghav (29th September, 2009)
Class attendance rises after restriction on Internet use
by Neha Bhayana, Hindustan Times (Mumbai, September 06, 2009)
Deconstructing ‘Internet addiction’
An article by Sruthi Krishnan and Shyam Ranganathan in The Hindu on August 30th,'09
On the Internet, how much is too much?
The Hindu carried a piece on 05/08/2009, discussing the Avinash Kashyap / defamation of the President case.
Measuring the effectiveness of online activism
Article by Sruthi Krishnan in The Hindu, 21 June 2009
International Communication Association Pre-Conference on 'India and Communication Studies'
Sunil Abraham, Director-Policy, CIS, is to take part in a panel discussion on 'Media, Technology, and Governance' at the International Communication Association Pre-Conference on 'India and Communication Studies' on 21 May 2009, 1.00-2.15 pm.
Online Interest in Advani Rises
Article by Sruthi Krishnan in the Hindu, 15 May 2009, quoting CIS Research Director Nishant Shah
Bloggers battle India's supreme court over prosecution for internet threats
Article by Randeep Ramesh in the Guardian, 26 February 2009
Digital Empowerment Foundation--Internet Governance Forum Workshop, 5 December 2008, Hyderabad
CIS Director (Policy) Sunil Abraham will be a panelist at a workshop on Low Cost Sustainability Access to be held at the Internet Governance Forum 2008.