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Information & Communication Technology in Making a Healthy Information Society with special reference to use of ICTS in Educational Technology

praskrishna — 2014-07-18T09:06:20Z

The Department of Computer Science, Andhra Loyola College in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, Krishna University will be organizing a UGC-sponsored National Seminar on August 11 and 12, 2014 at Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada.

T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, Access to Knowledge from the Centre for Internet and Society will be giving a key note address at this event.

See the invitation below:

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INET Bangkok to Explore Internet’s Impact on Thailand’s Economy and Society

praskrishna — 2013-06-06T06:18:34Z

The Internet Society, in collaboration with the Thailand Internet community, the National Science & Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology (MICT), will host the INET Bangkok, 7-8 June 2013. The conference will be held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, and will focus on the power of the Internet as a force for economic and social progress.

This post was published in BusinessWire on May 30, 2013. Sunil Abraham is participating in this conference.

INET Bangkok will bring together Thai Internet stakeholders to engage in an open discussion on the Internet agenda. This event will specifically showcase the creative power of the Internet, promote the importance of participating in the Internet governance process, and share capacity building efforts to expand Internet access.

The INET Bangkok agenda will feature four tracks covering key drivers of the Internet in Thailand: Technology, Innovation, Society, and the Future. Noted speakers at the event include H.E. Anudith Nakornthap, Minister of Information & Communication Technology (MICT); Dr. Thaweesak “Hugh” Koanantakool, President, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA); Paul Wilson, Director General of Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC); Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, Founder of LIRNEasia; Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, The Centre for Internet and Society; and Dr. Sak Segkhoonthod, President & CEO, Electronic Government Agency (EGA).

“The Internet has become a remarkable engine for social development and economic growth,” said Rajnesh Singh, Internet Society Regional Bureau Director for Asia-Pacific. “The Internet Society works closely with our Chapters, members, and regional community organizations to ensure the Internet continues to evolve as a platform for innovation, collaboration, creativity, and economic and social development. INET Bangkok will bring together leading Internet experts to discuss critical Internet issues for Thailand and across the region.”

A highlight of the event will be VIP Gala Dinner on 6 June 2013, celebrating the 25^th anniversary of the .TH group, Thailand’s ccTLD. For more details and to register, visit http://www.internetsociety.org/inet-bangkok.

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet information and thought leadership from around the world. With its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations. Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For more information, visit www.internetsociety.org.

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Industry Representation across Regions

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Industry Consultation Panel on Data Retention - DSCI

praskrishna — 2016-12-06T15:55:14Z

Udbhav Tiwari was a panelist for an Industry Consultation Panel on Data Retention organised by the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) at the Le Meridian, New Delhi on 23 November 2016.

The agenda for the Panel was ‘Data Retention – Provisions under 67C’ and Udbhav's co-panellists were:

Gowree Gokhale, Nishith Desai and Associates
Srinivas Poosarla, Vice President and Head (Global), Privacy & Data Protection, Infosys
Chandra Ballabh, Security & Continuity Group, Bharti Airtel

The Panel was moderated by Bishakha Bhattacharya, Senior Director, NASSCOM.

The panel was fairly interesting and I largely espoused an outlook based on the principles of Transparency, Accountability, Proportionality and Due Process for any regulation that does come out in the near future regarding data retention, with a particular focus on balancing the interests of the key stakeholders. (Government, Industry & the Public)

The feedback to our position on the panel was decent to good, with Microsoft, Intel-McAfee, Samsung and SAP reaching out and agreeing to our broader stand and some of them looking forward to collaborating on us on future work on the topic as well.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/industry-consultation-panel-on-data-retention-dsci

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Indo - French Perspectives on Digital Studies

praskrishna — 2017-03-29T05:17:33Z

Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.

Anubha Sinha broadly spoke on the state of open access in India, the features of the DBT-DST policy, ICAR policy, how to shape the future of open access movement in India and what are the obstacles in the same.

See the workshop schedule here

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/openness/news/indo-french-perspectives-on-digital-studies

Indien: Umfangreiche Überwachung von Onlineaktivitäten, Telefonanrufen und Textnachrichten

praskrishna — 2013-07-02T09:40:43Z

This blog post by Von Andrea Jonjic was published in a German website on June 10, 2013. Pranesh Prakash is quoted.

Click to read the original published by Netzpolitik.org

The Times of India berichtete diese Woche von der Errichtung eines Central Monitoring System (CMS), das es staatlichen Stellen ermöglichen soll, alle Onlineaktivitäten, Telefonanrufe und Textnachrichten inklusive Standort von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern zu überwachen. Nach Pranesh Prakash, Direktor am Centre for Internet and Society, könne man das Projekt nur schwer bewerten:

In the absence of a strong privacy law that promotes transparency about surveillance and thus allows us to judge the utility of the surveillance, this kind of development is very worrisome. Further, this has been done with neither public nor parliamentary dialogue, making the government unaccountable to its citizens.

Das Centre for Internet and Society hatte Anfang April eine Analyse über “India’s ‘Big Brother’” angefertigt. Zwei Jahre lang sei das System entwickelt worden und habe insgesamt 4 Milliarden Indische Rupien (ca. 56 Millionen Euro) gekostet. Es wird laut Indian Times direkt bei den Telekommunikationsanbietern installiert, staatliche Behörden haben somit einen direkten Zugang. Dazu gehören laut dem Centre for Internet and Society Bundespolizei, Anti-Terror-Behörde, Anti-Drogen-Behörde und die Steuerbehörde.

Laut Pavan Duggal, Anwalt am Obersten Gerichtshof und spezialisiert auf ‘Cyber Law’, gibt sich die Regierung mit dem CMS beispiellose Befugnisse zur Überwachung der Onlineaktivitäten von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern – und das könne zu enormem Missbrauch führen. Bisher habe sich die Regierung kaum dazu geäußert, was eigentlich in welchem Ausmaß überwacht werden soll. Im Dezember 2012 habe der IT-Minister Milind Deora lediglich geäußert, dass man sich an die Gesetze halten werde.

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Indien: Regierung will Nutzung von US-Mailprovidern in Verwaltungen verbieten

praskrishna — 2013-09-05T10:59:51Z

Die indische Regierung wird in Kürze all ihre Mitarbeiter auffordern, keine US-amerikanischen Mailprovider, allen voran Gmail, für ihre offizielle Kommunikation zu nutzen.

This was published in Netzpolitik (German Newspaper) on September 3, 2013. Sunil Abraham is quoted.

Ziel der Regierung ist es, die Sicherheit von vertraulichen Information der Regierung zu erhöhen. Die indische Regierung sieht sich zu diesem Schritt gezwungen, nachdem die flächendeckende Überwachung des Internets durch die USA bekannt wurde, an dem auch amerikanische Unternehmen gezwungenermaßen beteiligt sind.

Wie The Times of India berichtet, gab ein leitender Beamter der indischen Regierung an, dass die Regierung plane rund 500.000 Angestellte darüber zu informieren, dass die Nutzung amerikanischer Mailprovider zur offiziellen Kommunikation nicht mehr gestattet sei. Stattdessen sollen die Angestellten zum offiziellen Mailservice des indischen National Informatics Center wechseln.

“Gmail data of Indian users resides in other countries as the servers are located outside. Currently, we are looking to address this in the government domain, where there are large amounts of critical data,” said J Satyanarayana, secretary in the department of electronics and information technology.

Dass Angestellte der indischen Regierung und selbst Minister in Indien die Dienste von Gmail in Anspruch nehmen, statt auf Lösungen der eigenen Regierung zu setzen scheint nach Aussagen der Times of India keine Seltenheit zu sein.

Several senior government officials in India, including ministers of state for communications & IT Milind Deora and Kruparani Killi, have their Gmail IDs listed in government portals as their official email.

Ein Grund hierfür scheint die einfache und unbürokratische Anmeldung bei solchen Diensten zu sein. Wer eine offizielle Adresse der indischen Regierung haben wolle, müsse diese erst beantragen und in einem langwierigen Prozess seine tatsächliche Identität beweisen. Bei Gmail und anderen Mailprovidern hingegen sei eine Anmeldung oftmals mit wenigen Klicks durchführbar, wie ein leitender Angestellter im IT-Ministerium sagte.

Eine Pressesprecherin von Google Indien gab an, dass der Konzern bisher nicht von dem Verbot erfahren habe und es sich daher um reine Spekulation handele, auf die der Konzern nicht weiter eingehen wolle.

Erst in der letzten Woche gab der indische IT-Minister Kapil Sibal neue Richtlinien für im Ausland lebende Mitarbeiter der indischen Regierung bekannt. The Times of India berichtete:

[...] the new policy will make it mandatory for all government officials stationed in Indian missions abroad to use only static IP addresses, virtual private networks and one-time passwords for accessing Indian government email services.

Sibal ergänzte, dass alle Mails automatisch verschlüsselt würden und nur über indische Server des National Informatics Centers abgewickelt würden.

“All Indian missions will use NIC servers which are directly linked to a server in India and that will keep government information safe”

Sunil Abraham, Direktor des indischen Centre for Internet & Soceity in Bangalore nannte den Entschluss der Regierung “eine späte Reaktion”, begrüßte den Schritt aber dennoch:

“Use of official government email would also make it easier to achieve greater transparency and anti-corruption initiatives. Ministers, intelligence and law enforcement officials should not be allowed to use alternate email providers under any circumstance.”

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