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National Resource Kit: The Manipur Chapter (Call for Comments)
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of ... by CLPR last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:12 AM — Filed under:
Inclusive Disaster and Emergency Management for Persons with Disabilities
This report is a review of the needs, challenges, effective policies, and practices for inclusive disaster management practices. It was submitted to the ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Oct 04, 2013 02:46 PM — Filed under:
Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future
"Multimodal interfaces maybe re-engineered much more easily now and can transform the ways in which the physically,cognitively and sensorially disabled can ... by Sharath Chandra Ram last modified Jan 04, 2013 11:30 AM — Filed under:
Accessibility of Banks and Financial Services Institutions: A Global Survey
The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict), a non-profit initiative advocating digital inclusion for persons with disabilities, has launched a global ... by Nilofar Ansher last modified Oct 29, 2013 06:51 AM — Filed under:
National Resource Kit: The Delhi Chapter (Call for Comments)
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of ... by Anandhi Viswanathan last modified Nov 12, 2013 10:07 AM — Filed under:
October 2013 Bulletin
Our newsletter for the month of October 2013 can be accessed below. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 04, 2014 04:31 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
National Conference on: Harnessing technology for the empowerment for the persons with visual impairments
Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan participates as a speaker at this event. The event is organized by NIVH. by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 03, 2014 10:38 AM — Filed under:
July 2014 Bulletin
Seventh issue of the newsletter (July 2014) below: by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 11, 2014 05:46 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
National Resource Kit: The Rajasthan Chapter (Call for Comments)
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of ... by Manojna Yeluri last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:17 AM — Filed under:
CIS Gets ITU-D Sector Membership
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has become a sector member of ITU-D, the development sector of the International Telecommunication Union, the ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Jul 11, 2013 10:11 AM — Filed under:
April 2013 Bulletin
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the fourth issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 31, 2013 08:07 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
A Treat for the Blind
The WIPO treaty will provide copyright exceptions on books making them available to blind people in formats they can use. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 11, 2013 06:02 AM — Filed under: , ,
National Resource Kit: The Jammu & Kashmir Chapter (Revised)
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of ... by Anandhi Viswanathan last modified Feb 20, 2014 09:46 AM — Filed under:
CIS anniversary
The Centre for Internet and Society will celebrate five years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its works and accomplishments. by Prasad Krishna last modified May 06, 2013 07:28 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Stakeholders Meeting of the USOF on Facilitating ICT Access to Persons with Disabilities in Rural Areas
The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), a fund set up to provide universal access to telegraph services to rural and remote areas in India organized a ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 08, 2011 05:55 AM — Filed under: ,
CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15)
CIS and the Third World Network (TWN) conducted a quick analysis of the "Consensus document on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Oct 12, 2011 08:29 AM — Filed under: , , ,
CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
This was the statement read out by Pranesh Prakash at the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, on Friday, ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jul 22, 2012 12:01 PM — Filed under: , , ,
GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities
The Centre of Internet & Society made a submission on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) which will be coming into play from July 2017 onwards. In this blog post ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Jun 25, 2017 02:15 PM — Filed under:
Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled
Imposing taxes on assistive devices is unfair. The countdown has begun to the implementation of the GST in India. Over the past month, discussions about the ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Jul 03, 2017 02:39 AM — Filed under:
WSIS Forum 2017
WSIS Forum 2017 was held 12-16 June in Geneva, and included the participation of more than 85 high-level government and civil society representatives, as well ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 18, 2017 02:00 AM — Filed under:
Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian Languages
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software by Google now works for more than 248 world languages, including all the major South Asian languages, and it's ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 26, 2015 02:31 PM — Filed under: , ,
eSpeak Training in Hindi Language
National Association for the Blind, Kullu hosted a 2 day training in the use of eSpeak in Hindi language with NVDA for its special educators, in-service blind, ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Oct 04, 2015 08:43 AM — Filed under: , ,
Report on 5 day TOT for Training in Use of Espeak Kannada with NVDA
A unique programme was organized in partnership with Mitra Jyothi – Bangalore, Enable India – Bangalore and NFB Karnataka. The aim of the programme was to ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Oct 04, 2015 10:34 AM — Filed under: ,
September 2015 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 25, 2015 01:55 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
August 2015 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 27, 2015 12:25 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015
This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge ... by Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari last modified Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Towards a Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics’
This event was organised by Digital Empowerment Foundation, National Internet Exchange of India and Association for Progressive Communications at Mirza Ghalib ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 31, 2012 07:14 AM — Filed under: , ,
Linking Commercial Availability and Exceptions in the Treaty for Visually Impaired/Persons with Disabilities
After the landmark WIPO General Assembly meeting in December 2012 that decided to convene a diplomatic conference in June 2013 on the Treaty for Visually ... by Rahul Cherian last modified Jan 23, 2013 08:30 AM — Filed under:
Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with Disabilities
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 20 disability rights groups that wrote to the Ministry of Culture on January 23, 2013 seeking remedial action ... by Rahul Cherian last modified Jan 24, 2013 11:10 AM — Filed under: ,
An Overview of Accessibility Work (2008 - 2016)
India has an estimated 70 million disabled persons who are unable to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Sep 24, 2016 04:09 PM — Filed under: