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ICANN Begins its Sojourn into Open Data
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently announced that it will now set up a pilot project in order to introduce an Open Data ... by Padmini Baruah and Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Nov 12, 2016 01:17 AM — Filed under: , ,
Open Data in Cultural Heritage – OpenGLAM in Germany
Subhashish Panigrahi took part in this event as a member of the OpenGLAM Working Group. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 28, 2014 09:49 AM — Filed under: , ,
Open Government Data Study
CIS produced a report on the state of open government data in India, looking at policy, infrastructure, and particular case studies, as well as emerging ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Sep 03, 2015 08:08 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Civic Hacking Workshop
CIS, with the UK Government's Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office Team for Digital Engagement, and Google India, is organizing a workshop on open data (or ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:14 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Call for Comments for Report on Open Government Data in India
The Centre for Internet & Society is pleased to announce a public call for comments on the Report on Open Government Data in India prepared by Glover Wright, ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 01, 2013 05:50 AM — Filed under: , ,
Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement across the Public Sector
The Transparency & Accountability Initiative has published a book called “Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Comments on the draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy
A draft of the 'National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy', which some hope will be the open data policy of India, was made available for public comments ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Aug 24, 2011 06:32 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Open Government Data in India (v2)
The first draft of the second version of the Open Government Data Report is now online. Nisha Thompson worked on updating the first version of the report. This ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:25 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Open Government Platform: An Open Source Solution to Democratizing Access to Information and Energizing Civic Engagement
If government could release these datasets in open format for people to use & reuse, a whole lot of new innovative apps could be built around these datasets to ... by Neeta Verma, Alka Mishra and D.P. Mishra last modified Nov 19, 2012 03:15 AM — Filed under: , ,
Wikipedia Introductory Session organized for Data and India portal consultants
On May 13, 2013, the Access to Knowledge team led by Subhashish Panigrahi conducted a Wikipedia Introductory Session at the National Informatics Centre in New ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:33 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Big Data, People's Lives, and the Importance of Openness
Openness has become the buzzword for everything in India right now. From the new kids on the block riding the wave of Digital Humanities investing in ... by Nishant Shah last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:23 AM — Filed under: ,
International Open Data Charter: First Public Draft
The first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was released at the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, May 28-29, 2015. It is ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Jun 02, 2015 03:51 PM — Filed under: , ,
Workshop on Open Data for Human Development
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Sunil Abraham will take part in the workshop being organised for government officials from Bhutan, Maldives, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Jun 02, 2015 03:34 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries - A Synthesis Report
The roles of intermediaries in open data is insufficiently explored; open data intermediaries are often presented as single and simple linkages between open ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Jun 16, 2015 09:40 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an ... by Sailesh Patnaik last modified Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
Technology Evangelists and Religious Evangelists — A Talk by Katherine Sydenham
Katherine Sydenham from the University of Michigan School of Information will deliver a lecture at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore on ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 04, 2012 10:44 AM — Filed under: ,
Open Data Hackathons are Great, but Address Privacy and License Concerns
This is to cross-publish a blog post from DataMeet website regarding a letter shared with the organisers of Urban Hack 2015, Bangalore, in response to a set of ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Feb 05, 2016 08:37 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Washington Meet on Open Data Principles
Sunil Abraham was invited to discuss the common international open data principles on February 24, 2015. The meeting took place at the World Bank office in ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 09, 2015 02:05 AM — Filed under: ,
NASA International Open Data Challenge 2015
As part of the initial NASA Open Government 2.0 plan, the NASA International Open Data challenge brings together the FOSS community, citizen scientists, open ... by Sharath Chandra Ram last modified Apr 27, 2015 01:08 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Submitted Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India'
The public consultation process of the draft open data license to be used by Government of India has ended yesterday. Here we share the text of the submission ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Jul 26, 2016 09:23 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Open Data Charter Lead Stewards In-Person Meeting
Sunil Abraham participated remotely in this meeting which was held in Mexico on July 4 and 5, 2016. The event was organized by Open Data Charter. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 04, 2016 02:21 AM — Filed under: ,
Submitted Comments on the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016
Last month, the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the Government of Telangana released the first public draft of the Telangana ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Sep 01, 2016 05:49 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Open DataCamp — 2012
A one-day unconference for people working with data from various sectors to come together and share their projects and ideas was organised in Bangalore on ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 30, 2012 02:49 PM — Filed under: ,
Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and Submission
The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:03 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Seminar on Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi, is organising a seminar on open access in research on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. The seminar will focus on: ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Dec 22, 2015 05:37 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
International Open Data Charter: Comments by CIS
The second meeting of Stewards of the International Open Data Charter is in progress in Santiago, Chile, where the revisions made to the Charter based on the ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Sep 08, 2015 11:01 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment Scan
The State of Open Data is an ambitious research project reflecting on 10 years of action on open data and providing a critical review of the current state of ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Feb 12, 2018 10:37 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
The Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology ... by Admin last modified Mar 07, 2019 11:59 PM — Filed under: , ,
Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)
Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Sep 05, 2017 10:57 AM — Filed under: , , , ,