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Smart Cities in India: An Overview
- December 21, 2015
The Government of India is in the process of developing 100 smart cities in India which it sees as the key to the country's economic and social growth. This blog post gives an overview of the Smart Cities project currently underway in India. The smart cities mission in India is at a nascent stage and an evolving area for research. The Centre for Internet and Society will continue work in this area.
Read more →CIS's Position on Net Neutrality
- December 04, 2015
As researchers committed to the principle of pluralism we rarely produce institutional positions. This is also because we tend to update our positions based on research outputs. But the lack of clarity around our position on network neutrality has led some stakeholders to believe that we are advocating for forbearance. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Please see below for the current articulation of our common institutional position.
Read more →UID Research
- December 03, 2015
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
Read more →Security Research
- December 03, 2015
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
Read more →Sectoral Privacy Research
- December 02, 2015
The Centre for Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy in India since the year 2010, with special focus on the following issues.
Read more →Privacy Policy Research
- December 02, 2015
The Centre Internet and Society, India has been researching privacy policy in India since the year 2010 with the following objectives.
Read more →DNA Research
- December 02, 2015
In 2006, the Department of Biotechnology drafted the Human DNA Profiling Bill. In 2012 a revised Bill was released and a group of Experts was constituted to finalize the Bill. In 2014, another version was released, the approval of which is pending before the Parliament. This legislation will allow the government of India to Create a National DNA Data Bank and a DNA Profiling Board for the purposes of forensic research and analysis. Here is a collection of our research on privacy and security concerns related to the Bill.
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