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Thematic Edit-a-thon at J.P.Naik Centre for Education & Development, Pune
- June 07, 2017
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was held at the J.P. Naik Centre for Education and Development in Pune recently.
Read more →SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt Data
- May 04, 2017
Although it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of public sharing of government data using open standards and open license as put forward by the NMP 2005 and NDSAP 2012, says Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society. This interview was published by Geospatial World on May 02, 2017.
Read more →Comments on the Statistical Disclosure Control Report
- May 02, 2017
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (“CIS”) on the Statistical Disclosure Control Report published on March 30th by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Read more →Marathi Wikipedia Symposium at Gokhale Institute Of Politics & Economics
- June 07, 2017
A strategic symposium on Marathi Wikipedia and its sister projects was conducted on 29 April, 2017
Read more →Chemistry research in India 'still not in big league'
- April 28, 2017
Despite an increase in research output and international collaboration, chemistry research, "the central science", in India is "still not in the big league", an analysis has revealed.
Read more →Comments on the Right to Information Rules, 2017
- April 27, 2017
On March 31st, 2017, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training released a Circular framing rules under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Rules”). The Ministry invited comments on on the RTI Rules. CIS submitted its comments on April 25, 2017.
Read more →Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
- April 23, 2017
Centre for Internet & Society worked on a three part case study. The first case study on digital protection of traditional knowledge was published by GIS Watch in December 2016. The other two case studies along with the synthesis overview has also been published.
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