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Tactical Media 3.0--FOSS: The Dynamics of Freedom
CIS Executive Director Sunil Abraham will speak at 'Tactical Media 3.0--Foss: The Dynamics of Freedom', a workshop on techniques and philosophy of Free and Open Source Software, 27 July to 1 August, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Presentation at TIFR: 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons'
CIS Distinguished Fellow Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons' at TIFR, Mumbai, on Friday, 24 July 2009.
Call for participation: Conference @ Bangalore - 'WikiWars'
Call for Participation: Conferences and Reader on critical insights and experiences on the Wikipedia
Presentation at IDRC: ‘Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective’
Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, CIS Distinguished Fellow, will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective' at IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, on 13 July 2009.
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
Does India need its own Bayh-Dole?
Article by Pranesh Prakash, Programme Manager at Centre for Internet and Society in the Indian Express, 24 April 2009
International School at the Digital Media program of the University of Texas at Austin - Portugal Collaboratory (CoLab)
Applications are now open for the first International School on Digital Transformation, to be held July 19-24, 2009, at the University of Porto in Porto, Portugal. The School is accepting applications from advanced students and recent graduates from around the world with an interest in how digital technologies are changing societies and the world as a whole.
Cluster in collaboration with the Architects Association of Turin (FOAT) participates at the Democracy Biennial
Sunil Abraham to speak at the conference 'Housing the Democratic City' in Turin, Italy
Open access conference seeks to free research
Article by Amulya Gopalakrishnan in the Indian Express (New Delhi), 26 March 2009
Can you read me?
Article by Sahana Charan in the Bangalore Mirror, 11 March 2009
Getting the net out of its web
Article by Malvika Tegta in Daily News and Analysis (DNA), 8 March 2009
Bloggers battle India's supreme court over prosecution for internet threats
Article by Randeep Ramesh in the Guardian, 26 February 2009
Accessible websites could become a reality
Article by L. Subramani in the Deccan Herald, 11 February 2009
Government websites: Access denied to special users
Article by L. Subramani in the Deccan Herald, 8 December 2008
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.
Berlin 6 Open Access Conference
The Berlin 6 Open Access conference was attended by Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society Distinguished Fellow.
Visually impaired seek access to print materials
An article in the Deccan Herald (November 3, 2008, page 4) by L. Subramani on the CIS signature campaign.
Software patenting will harm industry, consumer
Report by Deepa Kurup in The Hindu dated 5th October 2008 as follow-up to the national meeting on software patents.
