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Odia Education Program at IIMC, Dhenkanal
https://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-education-program-at-iimc-dhenkanal
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi is organizing a workshop on the Odia Education Program on January 26, 2013, from 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This is the first Odia Education Program which ran for three months and 16 students took active part in contributing on various articles on Odia Wikipedia. Subhashish Panigrahi will be supporting for the closing ceremony of the program.</p>
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<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading"><span dir="auto">ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଶିକ୍ଷା ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ/ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନସଂଚାର ସଂସ୍ଥାନ, ଢେଙ୍କାନାଳ/୩ୟ କର୍ମଶାଳା</span></h1>
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<p>ଏହି କର୍ମଶାଳା ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନସଂଚାର ସଂସ୍ଥାନ, ଢେଙ୍କାନାଳରେ ଚାଲିଥିବା <a href="http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86:%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86_%E0%AC%B6%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B7%E0%AC%BE_%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%B3%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%AA/%E0%AC%AD%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%A4%E0%AD%80%E0%AD%9F_%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%82%E0%AC%9A%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%82%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A5%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8,_%E0%AC%A2%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%99%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B3" title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଶିକ୍ଷା ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ/ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନସଂଚାର ସଂସ୍ଥାନ, ଢେଙ୍କାନାଳ">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଶିକ୍ଷା ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ</a>ର ଉଦଯାପନ କର୍ମଶାଳା । ଏହା୨୬ ଜାନୁଆରୀ ୨୦୧୩, ଅପରାହ୍ଣ ଘ୩.୦୦ମି. ରେ ହେବାକୁ ଅଛି । ଏହି କର୍ମଶାଳାରେ ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀମାନେ ଲେଖିଥିବା ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ସବୁ ବିଷୟରେ ଉଇକିଆଳିମାନେ ମତାମତ ଦେବେ ଓ ଆଗକୁ କଣ କଣ କରିବେ ତାହା ବତାଇବେ । ଏକ ଉଦଯାପନ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ ସହିତ ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ମାନପତ୍ର ପ୍ରଦାନ କରାଯିବ</p>
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<li>ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ପ୍ରଥମ ଶିକ୍ଷା ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପର ସ୍ଥିତି ଓ ଫଳାଫଳ</li>
<li>ଏଯାବତ ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀମାନେ ଲେଖିଥିବା ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗର ମୂଲ୍ୟାୟନ ଓ ମତାମତ</li>
<li>ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ ଓ ଭଦ୍ରମଣ୍ଡଳୀଙ୍କୁ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ବାବଦରେ ସମ୍ୟକ ସୂଚନା</li>
<li>ମାନପତ୍ର ବିତରଣ</li>
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<li>[[ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ:|ମୃତ୍ୟୁଞ୍ଜୟ କର]]</li>
<li><a href="http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80:Psubhashish" title="ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ:Psubhashish">ସୁଭାସିସ ପାଣିଗାହି</a></li>
<li><a href="http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80:Subas_Chandra_Rout" title="ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ:Subas Chandra Rout">ସୁବାସ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ରାଉତ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80:ManXiii" title="ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ:ManXiii">ମନୋରଞ୍ଜନ ବେହେରା</a></li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-education-program-at-iimc-dhenkanal'>https://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-education-program-at-iimc-dhenkanal</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaEventWikimedia2013-01-24T10:23:05ZEventOdia #Wikipedia reaches 5000 Article Mark
https://cis-india.org/news/brokenscooter-december-22-2013-odia-wikipedia-reaches-5000-article-mark
<b>For the online Odia, something very special happened this week. The ever-growing Odia edition of Wikipedia now has 5000+ quality articles on diverse topics. While many are not aware of the existence of such a Wiki, But Odia Wikipedia has been growing gradually all these years and has become the most searched website and largest online encyclopedia in Odia language.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">This blog post was <a class="external-link" href="http://thebrokenscooter.com/2013/12/odia-wikipedia-reaches-5000-article-mark/">published on the brokenscooter</a> on December 22. Subhashish Panigrahi was quoted.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Initiated in 2002, Odia Wikipedia saw its first edit in 2004 and suffered from low contribution for almost seven years. But slowly the gloomy scene changed with the first workshop in Bengaluru which started initiating more consecutive Wikipedia training workshops in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Nalconagar, Baleswar, Dhenkanal and many other cities. Over these years after many outreach workshops individuals who are experts in different subject areas and organizations and institutions like Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal and KIIT University have been associated with the Odia Wikipedia editor community. After Gopal Chandra Praharaj’s Purnachandra Ordiya Bhashakosha and Binod Kanungo’s Jnanamandal no such progressive encyclopedic compilation was done in Odia. Where the encyclopedias take years for reprinting which is also negligible in regional languages, Odia Wikipedia articles get revised every now and then.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“This has been possible because of the collaborative writing mechanism of Wikipedia All of us keep editing the articles that refine the content and make it free from biased and incorrect facts.”, says Mrutyunjaya Kar, one of the very active Wikipedians. Some time ago noted linguists like Natabara Satpathy and Deepak Kanungo raised questions about the authenticity and writing standards of the articles on Odia Wikipedia. “But I think we have overcome those issues of poor quality content. And the very thing Wikipedia got is the gradual growth of articles in terms of amount of information and accuracy. Something that attracted me to Odia Wikipedia is the way one liner stub articles grow to good quality articles in few days”, says Subhashish Panigrahi, Programme Officer to Centre of Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge program that is working for the growth of Indian languages.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Many of the valuable aspects of Odisha’s history, diverse languages, cultural heritage and tourism are being documented and shared for free on the internet which otherwise would not ever come to the limelight. Available in 286 world languages Wikipedia is edited by more than 77,000 contributors across the world. Odia Wikipedia has only a small community consisting handful of contributors. We aim to reach out to more people to spread the sum of the entire knowledge in our own language, says another active contributor Shitikantha Dash. Odia Wikipedia could be accessed at: <a class="external-link" href="https://or.wikipedia.org">https://or.wikipedia.org</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/brokenscooter-december-22-2013-odia-wikipedia-reaches-5000-article-mark'>https://cis-india.org/news/brokenscooter-december-22-2013-odia-wikipedia-reaches-5000-article-mark</a>
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No publisherpraskrishna2013-12-30T10:45:45ZNews ItemOctober 2016 Newsletter
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/october-2016-newsletter
<b>Welcome to the October 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). </b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dear readers,</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We are pleased to bring you the Centre for Internet & Society's October newsletter. The month of October was fervent for CIS as can be gauged from the number of outputs in various publications and our overall presence in the media. A research paper co-authored by Prof. Arunachalam has shed light on the contribution of Indian researchers in open access journals which has been considerably higher as against contributions from rest of the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Vipul Kharbanda and Elonnai Hickok in continuance of their research on mutual legal assistance treaties, examined a new approach to international bilateral cooperation being suggested in the United States, by creating a mechanism for certain foreign governments to directly approach the data controllers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS also published the impact report form for receiving the Annual Plan Grant from Wikimedia Foundation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Previous issues of the newsletters can be <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">accessed here</a>.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">In a <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/eprints-iisc-ernet-october-28-2016-subbiah-arunachalam-madan-muthu-adopting-orcid-as-unique-identifier-will-benefit-all-involved-in-scholarly-communication">research paper jointly authored by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and Muthu Madhan</a>, published in the National Medical Journal of India and on the eprints@IISc repository, Prof. Arunachalam and Muthu Madhan have stated that ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID, makes research more discoverable. It helps ensure that one’s grants, publications and outputs are correctly attributed. It helps the research community not just in aggregating publications, but in every stage of research, viz. publishing, reviewing, profiling, metrics, accessing and archiving.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">In <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/eprints-iisc-ernet-october-29-2016-muthu-madhan-siva-shankar-kimidi-subbiah-gunasekaran-subbiah-arunachalam-should-indian-researchers-pay-to-get-their-work-published">a research paper jointly authored by Muthu Madhan, Siva Shankar Kimidi, Subbiah Gunasekharan, and Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam</a> published in the Indian Institute of Science Repository, the authors have raised the financial and ethical issue of paying for getting papers published in professional journals. The paper has thrown light on the fact that Indian researchers have published more than 37,000 papers in over 880 open access journals from 61 countries in the five years 2010-14 as seen from Science Citation Index Expanded. This accounts for about 14.4% of India’s overall publication output, considerably higher than the 11.6% from the world.</li></ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">The second iteration of Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM), a month-long edit-a-thon to create and improve Asia-related articles on Wikipedia began on November 1, 2016. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/wikipedia-asian-month-2014-2016-iteration-starts-on-1-november">Tito Dutta in a blog post</a> revisited the stats of the 2015 iteration of the event and also spoke to Addis Wang, an organizer of WAM, to know more about their progress and preparation.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">CIS <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/grants-apg-proposals-2014-2015-round2-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-impact-report-form">published the impact report form for receiving the Annual Plan grant from Wikimedia Foundation</a>. The time period of this report is the first 6 months of each grant (e.g. 1 January - 30 June of the current year).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/rbi-directions-on-account-aggregators">RBI directions for account aggregator services in India</a> seem to lay great emphasis on data security by allowing only direct access between institutions and do away with data scraping techniques, wrote Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda in a blog post.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The recent security breach in an Indian payment switch provider, was confirmed by National Payments Corporation of India. This forced domestic banks into damage control mode over the past few days. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/bloomberg-udbhav-tiwari-october-22-2016-how-long-have-banks-known-about-debit-card-fraud">Udbhav Tiwari analyzed the developments in a blog post published by Bloomberg</a>.</li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CIS in the news:</strong></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/mumbai-mirror-tariq-engineer-october-2-2016-eye-on-mumbai">Eye on Mumbai</a> (Tariq Engineer; Mumbai Mirror; October 2, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-source-mayank-sharma-october-3-2016-indian-language-localization-community-meets-in-new-delhi">Indian language localization community meets in New Delhi</a> (Mayank Sharma; Opensource.com; October 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/deccan-herald-chetana-divya-vasudev-october-4-2016-an-appening-world">An 'app'ening world</a> (Chetana Divya Vasudev; Deccan Herald; October 4, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/factordaily-shrabonti-bagchi-october-5-2016-changing-wikipedias-and-societys-male-bias-is-work-in-progress">Changing Wikipedia’s (and society’s) male bias is work in progress</a> (Shrabonti Bagchi; Factor Daily; October 5, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-october-5-2016-shyam-ponappa-a-market-structure-for-digital-india">A Market Structure for Digital India</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard and Organizing India Blogspot; October 5, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-surabhi-agarwal-october-6-2016-if-all-goes-well-indian-it-act-may-enter-twenty-first-century">If all goes well, Indian IT Act may enter 21st century</a> (Surabhi Agarwal; Economic Times; October 6, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/first-post-naina-khedekar-october-10-2016-tech-for-the-blind-how-app-developers-can-help-end-the-disturbing-touchscreen-trend">Tech for the blind: How app developers can help end the ‘disturbing touchscreen trend’</a> (Naina Khedekar; First Post; October 10, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-october-14-2016-surabhi-agarwal-tech-companies-like-gmail-whatsapp-may-be-asked-to-store-user-information">Tech companies like Gmail, WhatsApp may be asked to store user information</a> (Surabhi Agarwal; Economic Times; October 14, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindustan-times-danish-raza-october-15-2016-here-is-why-government-twitter-handles-have-been-posting-offensive-and-partisan-messages">Here is why government twitter handles have been posting offensive and partisan messages</a> (Danish Raza; Hindustan Times; October 15, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-october-16-2016-nishant-shah-digital-native-future-is-now">Digital Native: The Future is Now</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; October 16, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/financial-express-october-17-2016-new-regulations-in-place-aadhaar-card-records-to-be-preserved-for-7-yrs-by-centre">New regulations in place; Aadhaar Card records to be preserved for 7 yrs by Centre</a> (Financial Express; October 17, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindustan-times-aloke-tikku-october-17-2016-govt-to-keep-aadhaar-record-for-seven-years-activitsts-worried">Govt to keep Aadhaar record for 7 years, activists worried</a> (Aloke Tikku; Hindustan Times; October 17, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bloomberg-alex-mathew-october-20-2016-the-big-debit-card-breach">The Big Debit Card Breach: Three Things Card Holders Need To Understand</a> (Alex Mathew; Bloomberg; October 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindustan-times-aloke-tikku-october-20-2016-intelligence-agencies-will-not-have-open-access-to-aadhaar-data">Intelligence agencies will not have open access to Aadhaar data: UIDAI chief</a> (Aloke Tikku; Hindustan Times; October 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/your-story-madan-mohan-rao-october-23-2016-startup-journeys-quotes-respectable-profession">‘Entrepreneurship will become a common, respectable profession’ – 25 quotes from Indian startup journeys</a> (Madanmohan Rao; Your Story; October 23, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/outlook-arindam-mukherjee-october-23-2016-some-key-words-are-missing">Some Key Words Are Missing</a> (Arindam Mukherjee; Outlook; October 23, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindustan-times-october-28-2016-kumkum-dasgupta-bridging-the-gap">Bridging the gap: Tech giants bring the internet to women in rural India</a> (KumKum Dasgupta; Hindustan Times; October 28, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-wire-october-29-2016-sangeeta-barooah-pisharoty-behind-modis-heartwarming-diwal-ad-for-soldiers-an-app-that-is-primed-for-political-messaging">Behind Modi’s Heartwarming Diwali Ad for Soldiers, An App That’s Primed for Political Messaging</a> (Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty; The Wire; October 29, 2016).</li></ul>
<p><strong><br />CIS members wrote the following articles</strong></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/economic-and-political-weekly-journal-vol-51-issue-36-september-3-2016-hans-varghese-mathews-request-for-specifics">Request for Specifics: Rebuttal to UIDAI</a> (Hans Varghese Mathews; Economic & Political Weekly; September 3, 2016; Volume 51, Issue No.36). <em>This was mirrored on CIS website in the month of October</em>.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-october-2-2016-nishant-shah-love-in-the-time-of-tinder">Love in the Time of Tinder</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; October 2, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/digital-asia-hub-october-6-2016-vidushi-marda-iana-transition">IANA Transition: a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes?</a> (Vidushi Marda; Digital Asia Hub; October 6, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/hindustan-times-october-6-2016-vidushi-marda-internet-democratisation">Internet democratisation: IANA transition leaves much to be desired</a> (Vidushi Marda; Hindustan Times; October 6, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/factordaily-sunil-abraham-october-6-2016-services-like-twitterseva-are-not-the-silver-bullets-they-are-made-out-to-be">Services like TwitterSeva aren’t the silver bullets they are made out to be</a> (Sunil Abraham; Factor Daily; October 6, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/the-wire-anubha-sinha-october-12-2016-why-open-access-has-to-look-up-for-academic-publishing-to-look-up">Why Open Access Has To Look Up For Academic Publishing To Look Up</a> (Anubha Sinha; October 12, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/your-story-subhashish-panigrahi-october-20-2016-what-indian-language-wikipedias-can-do-for-greater-open-access-in-india">What Indian Language Wikipedias can do for Greater Open Access in India</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Your Story; October 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/bloomberg-udbhav-tiwari-october-22-2016-how-long-have-banks-known-about-debit-card-fraud">How Long Have Banks Known About The Debit Card Fraud?</a> (Udbhav Tiwari; Bloomberg; October 22, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/opensource.com-subhashish-panigrahi-october-24-2016-open-access-growth-indian-language-wikipedias">How Open Access Content helps Fuel Growth in Indian-language Wikipedias</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Opensource.com; October 24, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Jobs</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS is presently seeking applications for the following positions</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/policy-officer-cyber-security">Policy Officer (Cyber Security)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/senior-policy-officer-cyber-security">Senior Policy Officer (Cyber Security)</a> </li>
<li><a class="internal-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/cis-a2k-programme-officer">Programme Officer (Communications)</a> </li>
<li><a class="internal-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/intern-for-pervasive-technologies-project">Intern (Pervasive Technologies Project)</a> - Application accepted throughout the year</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/internship">Internship</a> - Application accepted throughout the year</li>
<li><a class="internal-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/seeking-survey-participants-for-research-on-musician-livelihood">Survey Participants for Research on Musician Livelihood</a></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">-------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility & Inclusion</a> <br /> ------------------------------------- <br /> India has an estimated 70 million persons with disabilities who don't have access to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other disability. As part of our endeavour to make available accessible content for persons with disabilities, we are developing a text-to-speech software in 15 languages with support from the Hans Foundation. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►NVDA and eSpeak</p>
<p>Our project with the Hans Foundation got over this month. Archives of the reports can be accessed <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources">on this page</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>----------------------------------- </strong><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /><strong> ----------------------------------- </strong><br />Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and intellectual property, in order to encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The Wikipedia project, which is under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Pervasive Technologies</p>
<p><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-innovation-economic-development-and-ip-in-india-and-china">Workshop on Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and China</a> (Co-organized by the Singapore Management University, O.P. Jindal Global University, and Renmin University of China; September 27 - 28, 2016). Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané made presentations. <em>The event details were published on the website in the month of October</em>.</li></ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-competition-law-and-policy">Workshop on Competition Law and Policy</a> (Co-organized by National School of Law India University and the Delegation of European Union to India; New Delhi; October 19 - 21, 2016). Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané participated and made presentations.</li></ul>
<ul></ul>
<ul></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/grants-apg-proposals-2014-2015-round2-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-impact-report-form">Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015 round2/The Centre for Internet and Society/Impact report form</a> (Tanveer Hasan; October 9, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/utf-8-indic-and-stub-length-article-in-wikipedia">UTF-8, Indic and Stub Length Article in Wikipedia</a> (Dr. U.B. Pavanaja; October 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/querying-wikipedia-data">Querying Wikipedia Data</a> (Dr. U.B. Pavanaja; October 21, 2016). </li></ul>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/wikipedia-asian-month-2014-2016-iteration-starts-on-1-november">Wikipedia Asian Month — 2016 iteration starts on 1 November</a> (Tito Dutta; October 30, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Openness</p>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Our work in the Openness programme focuses on open data, especially open government data, open access, open education resources, open knowledge in Indic languages, open media, and open technologies and standards - hardware and software. We approach openness as a cross-cutting principle for knowledge production and distribution, and not as a thing-in-itself.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Journal Articles<br /></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/eprints-iisc-ernet-october-28-2016-subbiah-arunachalam-madan-muthu-adopting-orcid-as-unique-identifier-will-benefit-all-involved-in-scholarly-communication">Adopting ORCID as a Unique Identifier will Benefit all Involved in Scholarly Communication</a> (Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and Muthu Madhan; National Medical Journal of India, Vol. 29, No.4, 2016 and Indian Institute of Science Repository; October 28, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/eprints-iisc-ernet-october-29-2016-muthu-madhan-siva-shankar-kimidi-subbiah-gunasekaran-subbiah-arunachalam-should-indian-researchers-pay-to-get-their-work-published">Should Indian Researchers Pay to Get their Work Published</a> (Muthu Madhan, Siva Shankar Kimidi, Subbiah Gunasekharan, and Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam; Indian Institute of Science Repository; October 29, 2016).</li></ul>
<p><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
<ul></ul>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/opendata-week-in-madrid-od4d-summit-open-data-charter-meetings-and-iodc16">OpenData Week in Madrid - OD4D Summit, Open Data Charter Meetings, and IODC16</a>. Sumandro Chattopadhyay took part in three open data events in Madrid in the first week of October 2016:</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<ul>
<li>OD4D Summit (Organized by IDRC; October 3, 2016).</li>
<li>Open Data Charter Meeting (Organized by Open Data Charter Lead Stewards; October 5, 2016).</li>
<li>4th International Open Data Conference (IODC 16) (Organized by red.es, IDRC, the World Bank and Open Data; October 6-7, 2016).</li></ul>
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<ul></ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/lack-of-representation-of-non-western-world-in-creation-of-web-standards">(Lack of) Representation of Non-Western World in Process of Creation of Web Standards</a> (Harsh Gupta; October 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/technical-alternative-to-encrypted-media-extensions">Technical Alternative to Encrypted Media Extensions</a> (Harsh Gupta; October 20, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>----------------------------------- </strong><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> <br /><strong> -----------------------------------</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government has placed on freedom of expression online.</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/not-everyone-plays-by-the-rules-in-the-digital-playground-addressing-online-child-sexual-exploitation">Not Everyone Plays by the Rules in the Digital Playground: Addressing Online Child Sexual Exploitation</a> (Organized by International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Singapore (ICMEC) and TULIR - Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse, India; October 3 - 4, 2016; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi). Japreet Grewal was a speaker.</li></ul>
<p>►Privacy</p>
<p><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/study-tour-on-future-of-privacy-in-age-of-big-data">The Future of Privacy in the Age of Big Data</a> (Organized by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom; September 3 - 10, 2016; Berlin and Hamburg). Vanya Rakesh was one of the participants from South Asia.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/litd-17-committee-bureau-of-indian-standards-meeting">LITD 17 Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards Meeting</a> (Organized by Bureau of Indian Standards; September 23, 2016; Bengaluru). Vanya Rakesh attended the meeting. </li></ul>
<p><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/mlats-and-the-proposed-amendments-to-the-us-electronic-communications-privacy-act">MLATs and the proposed Amendments to the US Electronic Communications Privacy Act</a> (Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda; October 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/rbi-directions-on-account-aggregators">RBI Directions on Account Aggregators</a> (Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda; October 21, 2016).</li></ul>
<br />
<p>►Big Data</p>
<p><strong>Event Organized<br /></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/big-data-in-india-benefits-harms-and-human-rights-oct-01-2016">Workshop on Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights</a> (India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; October 1, 2016).</li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Upcoming Event</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-after-big-data-delhi-nov-12-2016">Workshop on 'Privacy after Big Data' </a>(Co-organized by CIS and the Sarai Programme, CSDS; New Delhi; November 12, 2016). </li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<p>►Cyber Security</p>
<p><strong>Participation in Event</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/national-cyber-defence-summit-2016">National Cyber Defence Summit 2016</a> (Organized by National Cyber Safety and Security Standards in association with State & Central Governments, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, AICTE & Anna University; Chennai; September 30 and October 1, 2016). Vanya Rakesh attended the event.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hakon-2016">Hakon 2016</a> (Organized by by Ninja Information Security Systems; Indore; September 30 - October 2, 2016). Udbhav Tiwari attended the conference.</li></ul>
<p><strong><strong>----------------------------------- <br /></strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a> <br /><strong> ----------------------------------- </strong><br /> </strong>CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources, and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</p>
<p><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/seminar-on-quality-of-services-in-telecom-and-data-services-issues-challenges-and-solutions">Seminar on Quality of Services in Telecom and Data Services: Issues, Challenges and Solutions</a> (Organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi; September 21, 2016). Shyam Ponappa was a speaker. <em>This was mirrored on CIS website in October.</em></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/free-data-net-neutrality-discussion-on-trai-paper">Free data, net neutrality: Discussion on TRAI paper</a> (Organized by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; Hyderabad; October 24, 2016).</li></ul>
<p><strong>-----------------------------------</strong><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a> <br /><strong> ----------------------------------- </strong><br /> The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by an emerging need to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It aims to produce local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
<p><strong>Event Organized</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/cisxscholars-delhi-william-f-stafford-thursday-nov-03">CISxScholars Delhi - William F. Stafford</a> (CIS, New Delhi; November 3, 2016). William F. Stafford, PhD candidate in UC Berkeley, made a presentation on "Public Measurements, Private Measurements, and the Convergence of Units.</li></ul>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Participation in Event</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/learning-through-archives-a-colloquium-on-digital-scholarship">Learning through Archives: A Colloquium on Digital Scholarship</a> (Organized by FLAME University; Pune; October 16, 2016). P.P. Sneha participated in the dialogue.</li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a> <br /><strong> ----------------------------------- </strong><br /> The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaNewsletter2017-02-06T12:52:02ZPageOctober 2015 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/october-2015-bulletin
<b>Our newsletter for the month of October is below.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is happy to share the tenth issue of CIS newsletter (October 2015). It has been a significant month for us. There have been crucial public debates on the violation of digital privacy of individuals and institutions, discussions on India’s national policy on access to knowledge rights, and re-examination of bans on access to internet services imposed by various state governments in India. CIS kept itself engaged with research on these topics from a public interest perspective. Previous editions of the newsletter can be accessed at <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">-------------------------------<br /> Highlights<br /> -------------------------------</p>
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<li>NVDA team <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-use-of-espeak-bengali-with-nvda">conducted a training programme</a> in West Bengal in the month of September. Fourteen delegates attended the programme. Nirmal Verma was the trainer.</li>
<li>Nehaa Chaudhari <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-quick-observations-on-the-leaked-draft-of-the-national-ipr-policy">authored an article</a> that provides insights into the final draft of India’s National IPR Policy.</li>
<li>Odia Wikisource celebrated its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar. The event was prominently covered in various news channels. Subhashish Panigrahi <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mybhubaneswar-october-25-2015-subhashish-panigrahi-odia-wikisource-celebrates-its-first-anniversary-in-bhubaneswar">wrote a blog post</a>.</li></ul>
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<li>In 2013, the interview project “WikipediansSpeak” was launched in response to observations that many noteworthy Wikimedians were being underrepresented both locally and globally. For improving their visibility and reach, CIS-A2K <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-blog-october-9-2015-subhashish-panigrahi-telugu-library-catalog-project-wikipedians-speak">interviewed Telugu Wikimedian Viswanadh B.K</a>.</li></ul>
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<li>CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/crowdsourcing-incidents-of-communication-privacy-violation-in-india">initiated an effort</a> to crowdsource incidents of violation of digital, online and telephonic privacy of persons and organizations in India and shared the full list of public incidents under CC-BY-SA international license.</li></ul>
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<li>Sunil Abraham <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-week-november-1-2015-sunil-abraham-connected-trouble">wrote a column in the Week</a> telling readers that internet of things phenomenon is based on a paradigm shift from thinking of the internet merely as a means to connect individuals, corporations and other institutions to an internet where all devices in (insulin pumps and pacemakers), on (wearable technology) and around (domestic appliances and vehicles) humans beings are connected.</li></ul>
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<li>Pranesh Prakash, Padmini Baruah and Jyoti Panday <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/do-we-need-a-unified-post-tranistion-iana">wrote a blog post</a> that questions the division of the three IANA functions — names, numbers and protocols — given that there is no no real technical stability to be gained from a unified Post Transition IANA.</li></ul>
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<li>CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/global-multistakeholder-community-neither-global-nor-multistakeholder">analysed five main mailing lists</a> where the IANA transition plan was formulated. The research found that the discussions around IANA transition have not been driven by the “global multi-stakeholder community”, but mostly by males from industry in North America and Western Europe.</li></ul>
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<li>In recent months, there was a spree of bans on access to Internet services in Indian states, for different reasons. State governments relied on Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code for imposing the bans. Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah in a <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-legal-validity-of-bans-on-internet-part-i">blog post</a> argued that Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 should be evoked if necessary and not that of the Criminal Procedure Code.</li>
<li>Zero Draft of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on October 9. CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-zero-draft-of-the-un-general-assembly2019s-overall-review-of-the-implementation-of-wsis-outcomes-wsis-10">responded to the call with its comments</a>.</li>
<li>Shyam Ponappa’s <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-october-1-2015-shyam-ponappa-digital-india-now-to-work">monthly column published in the Business Standard</a> talks about Digital India and the Prime Minister’s visit to the Silicon Valley.</li></ul>
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<li>CIS has announced the Internet Researchers’ Conference (IRC 2016), an annual conference series. The <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc16-call">first edition is expected to take place from February 25 to 27, 2016</a> (yet to be confirmed). CIS invites you to propose sessions for the conference by Sunday, November 15, 2015.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">---------------------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion</a><br /> ----------------------------------------------<br /> Under a grant from the Hans Foundation we are doing a project on developing text-to-speech software for 15 Indian languages. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►NVDA and eSpeak</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Monthly Updates</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/october-2015-report">October 2015 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; October 31, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Event Report</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-use-of-espeak-bengali-with-nvda">Training in use of eSpeak Bengali with NVDA</a> (Organized by CIS; Turnstone Matruchaya, Siligudi, West Bengal; September 7 – 9, 2015). The report was published in the month of October.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">----------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a><br /> -----------------------------------------------------------<br /> As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive Technologies) under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and intellectual property to support intellectual property norms that encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The second one (Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Pervasive Technologies</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Blog Entries</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/compilation-of-mobile-phone-patent-litigation-cases-in-india">Compilation of Mobile Phone Patent Litigation Cases in India</a> (Rohini Lakshané; March 15, 2015). This post was recently updated.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comparison-of-national-ipr-strategy-september-2012-national-ipr-strategy-july-2014-and-draft-national-ip-policy-december-2015">Comparison of National IPR Strategy September 2012, National IPR Strategy July 2014 and Draft National IP Policy, December 2014</a> (Amulya Purushothama; October 15, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-quick-observations-on-the-leaked-draft-of-the-national-ipr-policy">National IPR Policy Series: Quick Observations on the Leaked Draft of the National IPR Policy</a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; October 18, 2015).<br /><br /></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Participation in Event</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/ipex-2015">IPEX 2015</a> (Organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, APTDC and TDPC; September 25 - 26, 2015; Hotel Westin, Chennai). Rohini Lakshané attended the event.<br /><br /></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Blog Entries</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-blog-october-9-2015-subhashish-panigrahi-telugu-library-catalog-project-wikipedians-speak">WikipediansSpeak: Telugu-language library catalog project helps Wikipedia grow</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; October 11, 2015). This was published on Wikimedia blog in two languages <a href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/09/telugu-library-catalog-project/">English</a> and <a href="https://goo.gl/J3Nkch">Ukranian</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/a-kannada-wikipedia-brochure-for-newbies">A Kannada Wikipedia brochure for newbies</a> (U.B. Pavanaja; October 19, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mybhubaneswar-october-25-2015-subhashish-panigrahi-odia-wikisource-celebrates-its-first-anniversary-in-bhubaneswar">Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Mybhubaneswar.com; October 24, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Op-ed</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samaja-october-25-2015-subhashish-panigrahi-need-for-an-odia-language-wikisource">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା</a> (Need for an Odia-language Wikisource) (Subhashish Panigrahi; Samaja; October 25, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Media Coverage</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS gave its inputs to the following:</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b09b07b15b3fb2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30b30-b06b2cb36b4db5fb15b24b3e-b38b2eb3eb1c">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ସମାଜ</a> (Full Odisha.com; October 24, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/bhubaneswarbuzz-odia-wikisource-celebrates-1st-anniversary-this-25th-october">Odia Wikisource celebrates 1st anniversary this 25th October</a> (Bhubaneswar Buzz; October 24, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/odisha-sun-times-october-25-2015-odisha-wikisource-to-celebrate-its-first-anniversary-tommorrow">Odia Wikisource to celebrate its first anniversary tomorrow!</a> (Odisha Sun Times; October 25, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/orissadiary-october-25-2015-odia-language-classics-could-now-be-read-from-phones-tablets-and-computers">Odia language classics could now be read from phones, tablets and of course from computers!</a> (Orissadairy; October 25, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/pioneer-october-26-2015-odia-wikisource-to-hold-1st-anniversary">Odia Wikisource to Hold 1st Anniversary</a> (Pioneer; October 26, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/guerilla-glam">Otago Southland are the Coolest</a> (Library and Information Association of New Zealand; October 26, 2015). The submission was accepted for <a href="https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/How_to_do_GuerillaGLAM">Wikimania 2015</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/medianama-sneha-johari-october-29-2015-india-and-france-to-digitise-manuscripts-artworks-and-archives">India & France to digitise manuscripts, artworks & archives</a> (Medianama; October 29, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">----------------------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a><br /> -----------------------------------------------<br /> As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on studying the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Big Data</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Article</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-week-november-1-2015-sunil-abraham-connected-trouble">Connected Trouble</a> (Sunil Abraham; November 1, 2015). </li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Upcoming Event</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/big-data-in-the-global-south-international-workshop">Big Data in the Global South International Workshop</a> (Organized by Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro; Hotel Windsor Florida, Rua Ferreira Viana, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; November 16 – 17, 2015). Sunil Abraham and Vipul Kharbanda will be speaking at this event.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Privacy</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Blog Entries</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/contestations-of-data-ecj-safe-harbor-ruling-and-lessons-for-india">Contestations of Data, ECJ Safe Harbor Ruling and Lessons for India</a> (Jyoti Panday; October 14, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/crowdsourcing-incidents-of-communication-privacy-violation-in-india">Crowdsourcing Incidents of Communication Privacy Violation in India</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; October 16, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Event Organized</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/communication-rights-in-the-age-of-digital-technology">Communication Rights in the Age of Digital Technology</a> (Organized by CIS; Deck Suite Hall, 5th Floor, Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, Near Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi; October 30, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Participation in Events</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-changing-landscape-of-ict-governance-and-practice-convergence-and-big-data">The Changing Landscape of ICT Governance and Practice - Convergence and Big Data</a> (Co-organized by Innovation Center for Big Data and Digital Convergence, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan; August 24 – 25, 2015). Sharat Chandra Ram was granted the <a href="http://www.cprsouth.org/2015/02/call-for-applications-2015-young-scholar-awards/">Young Scholar Award 2015</a> to attend the Young Scholar Workshop followed by main <a href="http://www.cprsouth.org/"><em>CPRSouth2015 conference</em> (Communication Policy Research South) conference</a>.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/porn-panic-ban-a-conversation-on-sexual-expression-pornography-sexual-exploitation-consent?searchterm=Porn.+Panic">Porn. Panic. Ban: A Conversation on Sexual Expression, Pornography, Sexual Exploitation, Consent</a> (Organized by Point of View and the Internet Democracy Project; New Delhi; October 28 - 30, 2015). Rohini Lakshané was a speaker. Tanveer Hasan also attended this conference.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Free Speech and Expression</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Submission</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-zero-draft-of-the-un-general-assembly2019s-overall-review-of-the-implementation-of-wsis-outcomes-wsis-10">Comments on the Zero Draft of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)</a> (Geetha Hariharan with inputs from Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Pranesh Prakash, Sunil Abraham, Japreet Grewal and Nehaa Chaudhari; October 16, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Blog Entries</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-legal-validity-of-bans-on-internet-part-i">The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part I</a> (Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah; October 8, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-legal-validity-of-internet-bans-part-ii">The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part II</a> (Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah; October 8, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/peering-behind-the-veil-of-icanns-didp-ii">Peering behind the veil of ICANN's DIDP</a> (II) (Padmini Baruah; October 15, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/global-multistakeholder-community-neither-global-nor-multistakeholder">The 'Global Multistakholder Community' is Neither Global Nor Multistakeholder</a> (Pranesh Prakash; October 20, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/do-we-need-a-unified-post-tranistion-iana">Do we need a Unified Post Transition IANA?</a> (Pranesh Prakash, Padmini Baruah and Jyoti Panday; October 23, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Event Organized</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/cyber-security-policy-research">Cyber Security Policy Research</a> (CIS, New Delhi; October 18, 2015). Tim Maurer gave a talk.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Participation in Events</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cyfy-2015-india-conference-on-cyber-security-and-internet-governance">Cyfy 2015: The India Conference on Cyber Security and Internet Governance</a> (Organized by Observer Research Foundation; Hotel Tajmansingh; New Delhi; October 14 – 16, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "Protection of Intellectual Property and Business Secrets in the Knowledge Economy".</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/icann-54">ICANN 54</a> (Organized by ICANN; INEX - Ireland’s Internet Neutral Exchange, Dublin; October 18 – 22, 2015). Pranesh Prakash, Snehashish Ghosh, Jyoti Panday and Padmini Baruah participated in the event.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">--------------------------------<br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a><br /> --------------------------------</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Op-ed</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-october-1-2015-shyam-ponappa-digital-india-now-to-work">Digital India - Now to Work</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; October 1, 2015; Organizing India Blogspot; October 2, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">--------------------------------<br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a><br /> --------------------------------<br /> The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by contemporary concerns to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It is interested in producing local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Submission</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/wheres-my-data-submission-for-knight-news-challenge-2015">Where's My Data? Submission for Knight News Challenge 2015</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; October 1, 2015). CIS is contributing to this submission.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Blog Entry</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/cis-featured-in-building-expertise-to-support-digital-scholarship-report">Building Expertise to Support Digital Scholarship: A Global Perspective</a> (Vivian Lewis, Lisa Spiro, Xuemao Wang, and Jon E. Cawthorne; October 16, 2015). CIS was featured in this report.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># Upcoming Event</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc16-call">First Edition of Internet Researchers' Conference</a> (IRC) 2016 - Studying Internet in India: Call for Sessions (Organized by CIS; New Delhi; February 25 – 27, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">--------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a><br /> ---------------------------------<br /> CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindu-october-3-2015-divya-gandhi-the-rise-and-rise-of-slacktivism">The rise and rise of slacktivism</a> (Divya Gandhi; Hindu; October 3, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-times-of-india-sujit-john-and-shilpa-phadnis-october-6-2015-modi-valley-hug-sparks-swadeshi-talk">Modi's Valley hug sparks swadeshi talk</a> (Sujit John and Shilpa Phadnis; The Times of India; October 6, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/rebateszone-october-7-2015-top-50-technology-blogs-in-india">CIS in Top 50 Tech Blogs of India</a> (rebateszone; Ocotber 7, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hindu-october-8-2015-suhrith-parthasarathy-access-at-the-cost-of-net-neutrality">Access at the cost of Net neutrality?</a> (Suhrith Parthasarathy; Hindu; October 8, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-times-of-india-amulya-gopalakrishnan-october-9-2015-dadri-reopens-debate-on-online-hate-speech">Dadri reopens debate on online hate speech</a> (Amulya Gopalakrishnan; The Times of India; October 9, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/outlook-india-october-12-2015-arindam-mukherjee-how-to-win-friends-fb-style">How To Win Friends, FB Style</a> (Arindam Mukherjee; Outlook; October 12, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-october-15-2015-apurva-vishwanath-saurabh-kumar-supreme-court-provides-partial-relief-for-aadhaar">Supreme Court provides partial relief for Aadhaar</a> (Apurva Vishwanath and Saurabh Kumar; October 15, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bbc-october-16-2015-digital-india-did-modi-get-it-wrong-in-silicon-valley">Digital India: Did Modi get it wrong in Silicon Valley?</a> (Ayeshea Perera; BBC News; October 16, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/financial-express-prabhu-mallikarjunan-october-28-2015-net-advocacy-body-probing-linkages-between-telcos-and-facebooks-auto-play-video-option">Net advocacy body probing linkages between telcos and Facebook’s auto-play video option</a> (Prabhu Mallikarjunan; Financial Express; October 28, 2015).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">---------------------------------<br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a><br /> ---------------------------------<br /> The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with diverse abilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaNewsletter2016-06-18T17:59:14ZPageOctober 2014 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/october-2014-bulletin
<b>Welcome to the tenth issue of the newsletter (October 2014).</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the tenth issue of the newsletter (October 2014). Archives of our newsletters can be accessed at: <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Highlights</h2>
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<li> CIS sent its <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/comments-to-rights-of-persons-with-disablities-bill-2014">comments and recommendations</a> on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014. It was submitted to the Parliamentary Standing Committee in October 2014. </li>
<li> CIS has published the <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/central-guidelines-and-schemes">Central Guidelines and Schemes</a>. </li>
<li> CIS was one of the signatories of a <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/letter-to-prime-minister-on-indo-us-bilateral-relations-on-intellectual-property">letter</a> sent to the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi sharing its concerns on India's position on intellectual property, particularly in the context of bilateral relations between the United States of America and India. The letter was sent on October 22, 2014. </li>
</ul>
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<li>In 2013, the Indian Patent Office released Draft Guidelines for the Examination of Computer Related Inventions, in an effort to clarify some of the ambiguity. Shashank Singh <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/guidelines-for-examination-of-computer-related-inventions">analyses</a> the various responses by the stakeholders to these Guidelines and highlights the various issues put forth in the responses.</li>
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<li> Subhashish Panigrahi wrote an op-ed in <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/subhashish-panigrahi-october-13-2014-editorial-in-samaja">the Samaja</a> (Odia daily) on the hurdles that the Odia language has been facing and the potential aspects of the language including it being used massively on the Internet, Wikipedia and other media platforms. </li>
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<li>International Telecommunications Union is hosting its Plenipotentiary Conference this year in South Korea. India introduced a new draft resolution on ITU's Role in Realising Secure Information Society. The Draft Resolution has grave implications for human rights and Internet governance. Geetha Hariharan <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/good-intentions-going-awry-i-why-india2019s-proposal-at-the-itu-is-troubling-for-internet-freedoms"> analyses </a> this.</li>
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<li> Vipul Kharbanda <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-database-for-missing-persons-and-unidentified-dead-bodies">analyses</a> the possible implications of the public interest litigation that has been placed before the Supreme Court petitioning for the establishment of a DNA database in respect to unidentified bodies in his latest blog entry. </li>
<li> In a blog post published in Lila Interactions P.P.Sneha <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/lila-inter-actions-october-14-2014-rethinking-conditions-of-access">explores</a> the possibilities of redefining the idea of access through the channels of education and learning. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Job</p>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-institutional-partnership">Programme Officer</a> (Access to Knowledge - Institutional Partnerships): CIS is seeking applications for the post of Programme Officer for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) Programme. The position will be based in its Bangalore office. Programme Officer will collaboratively work with the A2K Team and would report to the Programme Director, Access to Knowledge at CIS. </li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Under a grant from the Hans Foundation we are doing two projects. The first project is on creating a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India. CIS in partnership with CLPR (Centre for Law and Policy Research) compiled the National Compendium of Policies, Programmes and Schemes for Persons with Disabilities (29 states and 6 union territories). The updated draft is being reviewed by the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. The draft chapters and the quarterly reports can be accessed on the <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/national-resource-kit-project">project page</a>. The second project is on developing text-to-speech software for 15 Indian languages. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►NVDA and eSpeak</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Monthly Update</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/october-2014-nvda-report.pdf">October 2014 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; October 31, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Other</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Submission</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/comments-to-rights-of-persons-with-disablities-bill-2014"><b> </b>Comments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill </a> , 2014 (Nirmita Narasimhan and Anandhi Viswanathan; October 30, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/central-guidelines-and-schemes">Central Guidelines and Schemes</a> (Anandhi Viswanathan, October 14, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/the-legal-framework-for-enforcement-of-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities"> The Legal Framework for Enforcement of Rights of Persons with Disabilities </a> (CLPR; October 14, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/the-hill-john-d-kemp-and-brandon-m-macsata-october-13-2014-communication-technology-opens-doors-for-everyone-not-only-people-with-disabilities"> Communication technology opens 'doors' for everyone, not only people with disabilities </a> (John D. Kemp and Brandon M. Macsata, The Hill, October 13, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive Technologies) under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and intellectual property to support intellectual property norms that encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The second one (Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/letter-to-prime-minister-on-indo-us-bilateral-relations-on-intellectual-property"><b> </b>Letter to the Prime Minister on Indo-US Bilateral Relations on Intellectual Property </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; October 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/guidelines-for-examination-of-computer-related-inventions"> Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions: Mapping the Stakeholders' Response </a> (Shashank Singh; October 29, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/subhashish-panigrahi-october-13-2014-editorial-in-samaja"><b> </b>ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶରେ ପ୍ରତିବନ୍ଧକ ଓ ସମ୍ଭାବନା </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi, Samaja; October 13, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bharat-majhi-writings-now-available-under-cc-license"> Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; October 14, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/global-voices-subhashish-panigrahi-october-18-2014-more-than-400-million-people-await-launch-of-odia-wikisource"> More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia Wikisource </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi, Global Voices and Wikimedia Blog; October 21, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/ramakrushna-nanda-four-books-under-cc-license"> Odia Littérateur Ramakrushna Nanda's 4 Books Now Available Under a Creative Commons License </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; October 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-source-subhashish-panigrahi-october-22-2014-open-access-platform-to-save-the-odia-indian-language"> Open Access Platform to Save the Odia Indian Language </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi, Opensource.com; October 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikisource-goes-live">Odia Wikisource Goes Live!</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; October 26, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/samskrita-vaibhavam">Samskrita Vaibhavam</a> (Sanskrit Wiki Outreach Program) (Shubha and Sayant Mahato; October 30, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/tulu-wikipedia-workshop-cum-editathon-at-udupi">Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at Udupi</a> (Dr. U.B.Pavanaja, October 31, 2014). The event was covered by <a href="http://v4news.com/enliven-the-tulu-viki-fidia-first-and-then-add-tulu-to-the-8th-schedule-dr-ug-pavanaja-bangalore-rep-in-udupi/"> V4News.com </a> and <a href="http://www.mangaloretoday.com/newsbriefs/2-Day-Workshop-on-Tulu-in-internet.html">Mangalore Today</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/converting-from-non-unicode-nudi-baraha-font-encoding-to-unicode-kannada"> Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode Kannada </a> (Dr. U.B.Pavanaja; October 31, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Co-organized</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/sangeet-baithak">Sangeet Baithak: A Hindustani Music Resource Donation Event in Mumbai</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Khayal Trust; Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai; October 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/india-women-in-science-wiki-edit-a-thon">Indian Women in Science Wiki edit-a-thon</a> (Organized by IndoBioScience and CIS-A2K; Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; October 11, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/ada-lovelace-edit-a-thon-2014">Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2014</a> (Organized by IndoBioScience and CIS-A2K; Urban Solace; October 14, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">News and Media Coverage</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://v4news.com/enliven-the-tulu-viki-fidia-first-and-then-add-tulu-to-the-8th-schedule-dr-ug-pavanaja-bangalore-rep-in-udupi/"> Enliven the Tulu Viki Fidia first and then add Tulu to the 8th Schedule : Dr.UG Pavanaja, Bangalore Rep. in Udupi </a> (V4News.com; October 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/mangalore-today-october-17-2014-wikipedia-can-establish-tulu-in-a-wider-way"> Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider way </a> (Mangalore Today; October 17, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hindu-renuka-phadnis-october-19-2014-wikipedia-editathon-attempts-to-raise-awareness-of-the-contribution-of-indian-women-to-science"> Pushing women scientists </a> (Renuka Phadnis; Hindu; October 19, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/karnataka-muslims-nisar-ahmed-syed-october-22-2014-wiki-media-foundation-keen-on-developing-urdu-wikipedia"> Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu Wikipedia </a> (Nisar Ahmed Syed; October 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/siasat-daily-october-24-2014-wiki-media-foundation-keen-on-developing-urdu-wikipedia"> Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu Wikipedia </a> (Siasat Daily; October 24, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> </b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/barcamp-bangalore">Barcamp Bangalore</a> (Organized by SAP Labs; Bangalore; October 12, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja and Rahmanuddin Shaik took part in the event. </li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Privacy</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of our Surveillance and Freedom: Global Understandings and Rights Development (SAFEGUARD) project with Privacy International we are engaged in enhancing respect for the right to privacy in developing countries. We have produced the following outputs during the month although these may not be part of the SAFEGUARD project:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> </b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/gujarat-high-court-judgment-on-snoopgate-issue"><b> </b>The Gujarat High Court Judgment on the Snoopgate Issue </a> (Vipul Kharbanda; October 27, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-database-for-missing-persons-and-unidentified-dead-bodies"> DNA Database for Missing Persons and Unidentified Dead Bodies </a> (Vipul Kharbanda; October 31, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Upcoming Event</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cpdp-2015">CPDP 2015</a> : The eighth international conference on computers, privacy and data protection will be held in Brussels from January 21 to 23, 2015. CIS is a moral supporter of CPDP. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> </b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/training-for-internet-governance-activists"><b> </b>Training for Internet Governance Activists </a> (Organized by Global Partners Digital, UK; Cambridge; September 23 - 24, 2014). Geetha Hariharan attended the event. <i>The event was held in September and the details published in October</i>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/india-conference-cyber-security-and-cyber-governance"> The India Conference on Cyber Security and Cyber Governance </a> (Organized by FICCI and CYFY; October 15 - 17, 2014; New Delhi). CIS was a knowledge partner. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "Privacy is Dead". </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/expert-consultation-on-cyber-security-justice-and-governance"> Expert Consultation on Cyber Security, Justice and Governance </a> (Organized by Hague Institute for Global Justice, Observer Research Foundation and STIMSON; October 18, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a speaker in the session "Internet Access, Freedom Online, and Development in the Global South". </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Free Speech</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/good-intentions-going-awry-i-why-india2019s-proposal-at-the-itu-is-troubling-for-internet-freedoms"> Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text - I: Why India's Proposal at the ITU is Troubling for Internet Freedoms </a> (Geeta Hariharan; October 28, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/good-intentions-recalcitrant-text-2013-ii-what-india2019s-itu-proposal-may-mean-for-internet-governance"> Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text - II: What India's ITU Proposal May Mean for Internet Governance </a> (Geeta Hariharan; November 1, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/washington-post-october-9-2014-rama-lakshmi-is-india-the-next-frontier-for-facebook"> Is India the next frontier for Facebook? </a> (Rama Lakshmi; Washington Post; October 9, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/financial-express-october-23-2014-j-anand-if-mncs-make-early-inroads-they-will-keep-market-share"> If MNCs make early inroads, they will keep market share: Sunil Abraham, CIS </a> (J.Anand; Financial Express; October 23, 2014). </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. The Digital will be used as a way of unpacking the debates in humanities and social sciences and look at the new frameworks, concepts and ideas that emerge in our engagement with the digital. The clusters aim to produce and document new conversations and debates that shape the contours of Digital Humanities in Asia:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/lila-inter-actions-october-14-2014-rethinking-conditions-of-access">Rethinking Conditions of Access</a> (P.P.Sneha, Lilainteractions; October 15, 2014). </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a>. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at <a href="mailto:vishnu@cis-india.org">vishnu@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i> CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects. </i></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeAccessibilityInternet GovernanceDigital HumanitiesOpenness2014-11-23T16:40:23ZPageOctober 2012 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/october-2012-bulletin
<b>Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace, announcement of public call for comments for reports on “Banking and Accessibility in India” and “Making TV Accessible in India”, and updates on Indic languages.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Jobs</b><br />CIS is seeking applications the posts of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/research-manager">Research Manager</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-internet-governance">Programme Officer – Internet Governance</a>. To apply send your resume to <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">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 disability. The disabled need accessible content, devices and interfaces facilitated via copyright law and electronic accessibility policies:</p>
<h3>Public Call for Comments</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/banking-and-accessibility-in-india">Banking and Accessibility in India: A Study on Banking Accessibility in India</a> (by Vrinda Maheshwari, October 30, 2012). </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/making-tv-accessible-in-india">Making TV Accessible in India</a> (by Srividya Vaidyanathan, October 8, 2012). </li>
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<h3>Blog Entries</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/hathitrust-judgment-and-its-impact-on-tvi-negotiations-at-wipo">The HathiTrust Judgment and its impact on TVI negotiations at WIPO</a> (by Rahul Cherian, October 30, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/wipo-approves-road-map-on-tv">WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired</a> (by Rahul Cherian, October 11, 2012).</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Access to Knowledge programme addresses the harms caused to consumers, developing countries, human rights, and creativity/innovation from excessive regimes of copyright, patents, and other such monopolistic rights over knowledge:</p>
<h3>Analysis</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/super-cassettes-v-my-space">Super Cassettes v. MySpace</a> (by Ujwala Uppaluri, October 31, 2012).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Blog Entry</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/icomm-2012-report">ICOMM2012: International Communications and Electronics Fair</a> (by Jadine Lannon, October 31, 2012).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Event Organised</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/workshop-exploring-the-internals-of-mobile-technologies-1">A Workshop on "Exploring the Internals of Mobile Technologies"</a> (TERI Southern Regional Centre 4th Main, Domlur II Stage Bangalore, October 27, 2012).</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/openness">Openness</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The 'Openness' programme critically examines alternatives to existing regimes of intellectual property rights, and transparency and accountability. Under this programme, we study Open Government Data, Open Access to Scholarly Literature, Open Access to Law, Open Content, Open Standards, and Free/Libre/Open Source Software:</p>
<h3>Wikipedia Education Programs</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/launch-of-assamese-wikipedia-education-program">Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University</a> (by Nitika Tandon, October 22, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/malayalam-wikipedia-education-program-august-october-update">Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates</a> (by Shiju Alex, October 29, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-education-program-rajkot">Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot</a> (by Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-article-competition">Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition – 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia</a> (by Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Wikipedia Workshops</h3>
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<li style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bengaluru-a-hub-for-kannada-and-sanskrit-wikipedia">Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, October 16, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziabad">Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad</a> (by Nitika Tandon, October 19, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wiki-women-day-2012-pune">Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success!</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus, Pune, October 28, 2012).</li>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-pune-odia-wikipedia-organized">First Pune Odia Wikipedia Organized!</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, October 31, 2012).</li>
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<h3>Wikipedia Event</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-hackathon-bits-hyderabad">Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS</a> Hyderabad (organized by CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, October 26 – 27, 2012).</li>
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<h3>Wikipedia Press Coverage</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEvents.asp?id=37463">Odisha: Odia Wikipedia workshop organized in Pune to promote Odia language</a> (OdishaDiary.com, October 31, 2012).</li>
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<h3>Wikipedia Team Updates</h3>
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<li>The <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" title="Access To Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of three members based in Delhi: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Noopur Raval</a>.</li>
<li>We are seeking applications for the post of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director">Programme Director</a> (Access to Knowledge) for the New Delhi office.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Shiju Alex</a>, Program Manager, Access to Knowledge is leaving the organisation. November 16, 2012 will be his last working day. We wish him success in all his future endeavours. </li>
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<p><b>HasGeek</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">HasGeek creates discussion spaces for geeks and has organised conferences like the <a href="http://fifthelephant.in/2012/">Fifth Elephant</a>, <a href="http://droidcon.in/2011">Droidcon India 2011</a>, <a href="http://androidcamp.hasgeek.com/">Android Camp</a>, etc. HasGeek is supported by CIS and works out from CIS office in Bengaluru. The following event was organised by HasGeek in the month of October:</p>
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<li><a href="http://hacknight.in/droidconin/2012">Droidcon 2012</a> (CIS, Bangalore, October 27 – 28, 2012).</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Internet Governance programme conducts research around the various social, technical, and political underpinnings of global and national Internet governance, and includes online privacy, freedom of speech, and Internet governance mechanisms and processes:</p>
<h3>Column</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/epw-web-exclusives-oct-27-2012-elonnai-hickok-rethinking-dna-profiling-india">Rethinking DNA Profiling in India</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol - XLVII No. 43, October 27, 2012).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Analysis</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-perspectives-on-the-2012-2013-goa-beach-shack-policy">Privacy Perspectives on the 2012 -2013 Goa Beach Shack Policy</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, October 25, 2012).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Upcoming IGF Events</h3>
<p>At the seventh annual IGF meeting to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2012, CIS is organising one workshop:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/national-ig-mechanisms">National IG Mechanisms – Looking at Some Key Design Issues</a> (co-organising with Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, et.al., November 8, 2012 from 2.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m).</li>
</ul>
<p>Pranesh Prakash is a panelist in the following workshop:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/new-trends-in-industry-self-governance">New Trends in Industry Self-Governance</a> (organised by Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK and Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Nominet, UK, November 7, 2012 from 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m).</li>
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<p>CIS fellow Malavika Jayaram is a panelist for these workshops:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/intgovforum-cms-w2012-proposals">Civil rights in the digital age, about the impact the Internet has on civil rights</a> (organised by ECP on behalf of the IGF-NL, November 7, 2012, 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/intgovforum-cms-w2012-proposals-governing-identity-on-the-internet">Governing Identity on the Internet</a> (organised by Brenden Kuerbis, Citizen Lab and Christine Runnegar, Internet Society, November 8, 2012, 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Other Upcoming Event</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/dml-conference-2013">DML Conference 2013</a> (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers - Chicago, Illinois, March 14 – 16, 2012): CIS and Digital Media & Learning Research Hub Central are jointly organizing the DML Conference 2013 in Chicago.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Event organised</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-rights-are-a-global-challenge">The Public Voice: Privacy Rights are a Global Challenge</a> (Punta del Este, Uruguay, October 21, 2012): Malavika Jayaram was a speaker at this event.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Events Participated</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">3rd Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit (organised by EastWest Institute in partnership with NASSCOM and FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi, October 30-31, 2012): Sunil Abraham and Elonnai Hickok participated in this event.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Fourth Annual Legal Services Conference in India (organised by US India Business Council, New Delhi, October 11, 2012): Pranesh Prakash was a panelist in the session on “Censorship and Content Restrictions: The Future of Internet Speech in India”.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Meeting on Lawful Access by Law Enforcement (Brussels, October 3 – 5, 2012): Elonnai Hickok participated in the meeting.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Video</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ndtv-news-oct-31-2012-arrested-for-tweeting-legitimate-or-curbing-free-speech">Arrested for tweeting: Legitimate or Curbing Free Speech?</a> (NDTV, October 31, 2012): Sunil Abraham participated in this discussion aired on NDTV along with Shivam Vij, SB Mishra and Sanjay Pinto.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Media Coverage</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindustan-times-specials-coverage-gujarat-assembly-elections-2012-zia-haq-oct-26-2012-on-social-media-modi-goes-soft">On social media, Modi goes soft</a> (by Zia Haq, Hindustan Times, October 26, 2012): Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/daily-pioneer-columnists-oct-29-2012-apar-gupta-bolstering-right-to-remain-private">Bolstering right to remain private</a> (by Apar Gupta, The Pioneer, October 29, 2012): Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><i>CIS was part of the expert committee even though not explicitly mentioned in these</i>: <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/newstrackindia-october-18-2012-suggests-law-to-protect-individual-privacy">Panel suggests law to protect individual privacy</a> (Newstrack India, October 18, 2012), <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/business-standard-october-18-2012-privacy-law-mooted-to-protect-people-against-misuse-of-info">Privacy law mooted to protect people against misuse of info</a> (Business Standard, October 18, 2012), <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/dna-india-october-19-2012-saikat-datta-experts-committee-moots-law-to-protect-privacy">Experts' committee moots law to protect privacy</a> (by Saikat Datta, Daily News & Analysis, October 19, 2012), <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-october-19-2012-govt-panel-wants-curbs-on-phone-taps">Govt panel wants curbs on phone taps</a> (The Times of India, October 19, 2012), <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/indianexpress-amitabh-sinha-october-19-2012-privacy-act-should-not-circumscribe-rti-expert-group">Privacy Act should not circumscribe RTI: expert group</a> (by Amitabh Sinha, Indian Express, October 19, 2012), <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-business-line-oct-18-2012-nine-point-code-set-out-to-safeguard-personal-information">Nine-point code set out to safeguard personal information</a> (Hindu Business Line, October 18, 2012), <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/zee-news-october-22-2012-privacy-law-mooted-to-protect-people-against-misuse-of-info">Privacy law mooted to protect people against misuse of info</a> (Zee News, October 18, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-october-18-2012-surabhi-agarwal-courts-approval-needed-to-tap-phones">Court’s approval needed to tap phones: Panel</a> (by Surabhi Agarwal, LiveMint, October 18, 2012): Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/first-post-pallavi-polanki-oct-11-2012-could-better-dna-testing-facilities-in-india-have-saved-the-talwars">Could better DNA testing facilities in India have saved the Talwars?</a> (by Pallavi Polanki, October 11, 2012): CIS press statement is mentioned.</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">While the potential for growth and returns exist for telecommunications in India, a range of issues need to be addressed. One aspect is more extensive rural coverage and the other is a countrywide access to broadband which is low. Both require effective and efficient use of networks and resources, including spectrum:</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/knowledge-and-capacity-around-telecom-policy">Building Knowledge and Capacity around Telecommunication Policy in India</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS and Ford Foundation joined hands to build expertise in the area of telecommunications in India. Dr. Surendra Pal, Satya N Gupta, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Payal Malik, Dr. Rakesh Mehrotra and Dr. Nadeem Akhtar are the expert reviewers. The following are the new outputs:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/spectrum-management">Spectrum Management</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh, October 31, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/home-1/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/cable-tv">Cable Television</a> (by Srividya Vaidyanathan, October 16, 2012).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Column in Business Standard</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/organizing-india-blogspot-october-11-2012-shyam-ponappa-the-supreme-court-delivers">The Supreme Court Delivers</a> (by Shyam Ponappa in <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyam-ponappasupreme-court-delivers/488420/">Business Standard</a>, October 4, 2012 and <a href="http://organizing-india.blogspot.in/2012/10/the-supreme-court-delivers.html">Organizing India Blogspot</a>, October 11, 2012).</li>
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<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives">Digital Natives</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Digital Natives with a Cause? examines the changing landscape of social change and political participation in light of the role that young people play through digital and Internet technologies, in emerging information societies. Consolidating knowledge from Asia, Africa and Latin America, it builds a global network of knowledge partners who critically engage with discourse on youth, technology and social change, and look at alternative practices and ideas in the Global South:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Newspaper Column</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/india-express-news-nishant-shah-oct-29-2012-the-rules-of-engagement">The Rules of Engagement</a> (by Nishant Shah, Indian Express, October 29, 2012).</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS organised the Habits of Living Workshop in Bangalore from September 26 to 29, 2012. Three columns by Nishant Shah arising from these workshops were published in the month of October:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/blogs/habits-of-living/dml-central-blog-oct-22-2012-nishant-shah-habits-living-being-human-networked-society">Habits of Living: Being Human in a Networked Society</a> (DML, Central, October 22, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/blogs/habits-of-living/first-post-tech-oct-12-2012-nishant-shah-digital-habits-how-and-why-we-tweet-share-and-like">Digital Habits: How and Why We Tweet, Share and Like</a> (FirstPost, October 12, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/blogs/habits-of-living/financial-express-october-23-2012-nishant-shah-who-s-that-friend">Who’s that Friend?</a> (Indian Express, October 23, 2012).</li>
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<h2>*<a href="https://cis-india.org/about/">About CIS</a>*</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the <a href="https://cis-india.org/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</a> with ITU and G3ict, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</a></span>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers">Thinkathon Position Papers</a> and the <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</a> with Hivos, etc. We conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities">WIPO Treaties</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012">Copyright Bill</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill">NIA Bill</a>, etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO, and has given policy briefs to delegations from various countries, our Programme Manager, Nirmita Narasimhan won the <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-award">National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities</a> from the Government of India and also received the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/nirmita-nivh-award">NIVH Excellence Award</a></span>.</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2012-11-08T11:42:01ZPageOCR and OER – update
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/education-okfn-subhashish-panigrahi-september-25-2015-ocr-and-oer-update
<b>We welcome this short posting from Subhashish Panigrahi which updates a 2014 posting of his on Indic Language Wikipedias as Open Educational Resources at http://education.okfn.org/indic-language-wikipedias-as-open-educational-resources/</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">To read the blog post published by Open Education Working Group, see <a class="external-link" href="http://education.okfn.org/ocr-and-oer-update/">here</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Subhashish Panigrahi (<a href="http://twitter.com/subhapa">@subhapa</a>) is an educator, author, blogger, Wikimedian, language activist and free knowledge evangelist based in Bengaluru (often called Bangalore), India. After working for a while at the Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program he is currently at the <a href="https://cis-india.org">Centre for Internet and Society</a>‘s <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge">Access To Knowledge program</a>. He works primarily in building partnership with universities, language research and GLAM (Gallery, Library, Archive and Museums) organizations for bringing more scholarly and encyclopedic content under free licenses, designs outreach programs for South Asian language Wikipedia/Wikimedia projects and communities. He wears many other hats: Editor for Global Voices Odia, Community Moderator of Opensource.com, and Ambassador for India in OpenGLAM Local. Subhashish is the author of a piece “Rising Voices: Indigenous language Digital Activism” in the book <a href="http://meson.press/books/digital-activism-in-asia-reader" target="_blank">Digital Activism in Asia Reader</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Google’s OCR and its use by Wikimedians in South Asia</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Some time back on the <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692" target="_blank">OCR project support</a> network, Google had announced that the Google drive could be used for <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692" target="_blank">Optical Character Recognition</a> (OCR). The software now works for over 248 world languages (including all the major South Asian languages). Though the exact pattern of development of the software is not clear, some of the Wikimedians reported that there is improvement over time in the recognition of their native languages Malayalam and Tamil. The recent encounter has been with a simple, easy to to use and robust software that can detect most languages with over 90% accuracy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The OCR technology extracts text from images, scans of printed text, and even handwriting to some extent, which means that the text can be extracted pretty much from any old book, manuscript, or image. This certainly brings hope to most Indian languages as there is a lot to digitize. Most of the major Indian languages have plenty of non-digitized literature and the existing OCR systems are not as good as Google when so many languages are concerned as a whole.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Google’s OCR engine is probably using aspects of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract_%28software%29" target="_blank">Tesseract</a>, an OCR engine released as free software, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCRopus" target="_blank">OCRopus</a>, a free document analysis and optical character recognition (OCR) system that is primarily used in <a href="https://books.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Books</a>. Developed as a community project during 1995-2006 and later <a href="https://code.google.com/archive/p/tesseract-ocr/" target="_blank">taken over by Google</a>, Tesseract is considered one of the most accurate OCR engines and works for over 60 languages. The source code is available <a href="https://github.com/tesseract-ocr" target="_blank">on GitHub</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692" target="_blank">OCR project support page</a> offers additional details on preserving character formatting for things like bold and italics after OCR in the output text.</p>
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<p>When processing your document, we attempt to preserve basic text formatting such as bold and italic text, font size and type, and line breaks. However, detecting these elements is difficult and we may not always succeed. Other text formatting and structuring elements such as bulleted and numbered lists, tables, text columns, and footnotes or endnotes are likely to get lost.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The user-end interaction of the OCR software currently is rather simple. The user has to upload an image of the scan in any image format (.jpg, .png, .gif, etc.) or PDF to the Google Drive. Upon completion of the uploading, opening the file in Google Drive shows both the image and the converted text in the same document.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One of the most popular free and open digitization platforms, <a href="https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Wikisource</a> currently hosts hundreds or thousands of free books which are either out of copyright or under Creative Commons licenses (CC-by or CC-by-SA) allowing users to digitize.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While OCR works quite well for Latin based languages, many other scripts do not get OCRed perfectly. So, the Wikisourcers (Wikisource contributors) often have to type the text.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thus the new Google OCR might be useful both for the Wikisource community and many others who are in the mission of digitizing old text and archiving them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The image below shows a screen from a tutorial to convert text in the <a title="Odia language" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odia_language" target="_blank">Odia language</a> from a scanned image using Google’s OCR.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/education-okfn-subhashish-panigrahi-september-25-2015-ocr-and-oer-update'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/education-okfn-subhashish-panigrahi-september-25-2015-ocr-and-oer-update</a>
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No publishersubhaOpen Educational ResourcesOpennessAccess to Knowledge2016-06-18T17:09:22ZBlog EntryNovember 2016 Newsletter
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/november-2016-newsletter
<b>Welcome to the November 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). </b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dear readers,</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As we bring in the new year here at CIS, we thank you for your continued interest and support.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Over the course of the previous year, government services and functions became more dependent on information technologies, concerns over cybersecurity and the vulnerability of electronic infrastructure grew, and new developments and challenges arose in the fields of Internet governance and free speech and expression.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In the wake of this major year of developments, the work that CIS does is even more important. We look forward to engaging with these and other emerging issues, in 2017 and beyond.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Previous issues of the newsletters can be <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">accessed here</a>.</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Geethanjali Jujjavarapu and Udbhav Tiwari undertook a high-level literature review of the most commonly used technological tools and processes in the big data life cycle. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/technology-behind-big-data">In the research paper</a> the authors have argued that big data life cycle is a conceptual construct that can be used to study the various stages that typically occur in collecting, storing and analysing big data, along with the principles that can govern these processes. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Nirmita Narasimhan in a <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/your-story-nirmita-narasimhan-november-24-2016-quest-for-education-persons-with-disabilities-severely-challenged">blog post published by Your Story</a> has thrown light on the various challenges which persons with disabilities have to overcome. She has stressed that promoting use of technology and open source software and imparting training at an early age will go a long way in making students with disabilities self-sufficient and independent.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Government of India's work is not available under free and open licenses as is the case in various other nations. Tito Dutta <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-knowledge-and-indian-government-work">has called upon the Indian government to make its work freely licensed, wherever possible and applicable</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The 33rd WIPO-SCCR was held in Geneva from November 14 - 18, 2016. Anubha Sinha attended the meeting. CIS made its statements on the <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/33rd-sccr-cis-statement-on-the-grulac-proposal-for-analysis-of-copyright-in-the-digital-environment">GRULAC Proposal for Analysis of Copyright in the Digital Environment</a> and the <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/33rd-sccr-cis-statement-on-the-proposed-treaty-for-the-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations">Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">What if our phones were to go silent? Would you be able to deal with the silence? Nishant Shah has <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-november-20-2016-digital-native-the-voices-in-our-heads">explored this in an article</a> published in the Indian Express.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">In a consolidated compilation titled Privacy after Big Data we have put together a series of articles that we have developed as we explore the impacts – positive and negative – of big data. This is a growing body of research that we are exploring and is relevant to multiple areas of our work including privacy and surveillance. CIS has <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-after-big-data-compilation-of-early-research">called for comments</a> for this compilation.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc17-selection">second Internet Researchers' Conference</a> (IRC17) is scheduled to take place in Bengaluru between March 3 - 5, 2017. From the 23 submitted session proposals CIS will select 10 to be part of the final Conference agenda. The selection will be done through votes casted by the teams that have proposed the sessions. This will take place in December 2016. </li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CIS in the news:</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-november-1-2016-using-kannada-in-technology-made-easier-with-smartphones">Using Kannada in technology made easier with smartphones</a> (New Indian Express; November 1, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/deccan-herald-november-12-2016-delink-icann-from-us-jurisdiction">'Delink ICANN from US jurisdiction'</a> (Deccan Herald; November 12, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cio-november-14-2016-john-riberio-google-facebook-will-not-place-ads-on-sites-distributing-fake-news">Google, Facebook will not place ads on sites distributing fake news</a> (John Riberio; IDG News Service and CIO; November 14, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bloomberg-quint-november-17-2016-payaswini-upadhyay-how-the-uk-got-a-better-deal-from-facebook-than-india-did">How The U.K. Got A Better Deal From Facebook Than India Did</a> (Payaswini Upadhyay; Bloomberg Quint; November 17, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hindu-peerzada-abrar-november-20-2016-the-thrill-of-saving-india-from-cybercrime">The thrill of saving India from cybercrime</a> (Peerzada Abrar; Hindu; November 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-november-20-2016-anita-babu-free-net-advocates-flay-trais-public-wifi-paper">Free Net advocates flay Trai's public Wi-Fi paper</a> (Anita Babu; Business Standard; November 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/economic-times-arpita-raj-november-21-2016-popular-apps-are-inaccessible-to-millions-of-disabled">Popular apps are inaccessible to millions of disabled: Study</a> (Arpita Raj; The Times of India and ET Brand Equity; November 21, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/deccan-herald-november-22-2016-chetana-divya-vasudev-caught-in-a-filter-bubble">Caught in a filter bubble</a> (Chethana Divya Vasudev; November 22, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/hindu-businessline-november-27-2016-meera-siva-a-world-apart">A world apart</a> (Meera Siva; Hindu Businessline; November 27, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/new-indian-express-november-28-2016-akhila-damodaran-disabled-kid">Disabled kid? sorry, no admission!</a> (New Indian Express; November 28, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/eye-on-design-aiga-guru-gomke-is-stylish">Guru Gomke is a Stylish Ol Chiki Typeface for India’s Santali Speakers</a> (AIGA.org; November 29, 2016).</li></ul>
<p><strong><br />CIS members wrote the following articles</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/huffington-post-november-3-2016-nirmita-narasimhan-where-are-there-so-few-books-for-print-impaired">Where Are There So Few Books For The Print-Impaired?</a> (Nirmita Narasimhan; Huffington Post; November 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/opensource-november-18-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-4-tips-for-diy-makers">4 tips for DIY makers</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; November 18, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/indian-express-nishant-shah-november-20-2016-digital-native-the-voices-in-our-heads">Digital native: The Voices in Our Heads</a> (Nishant Shah; November 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/your-story-nirmita-narasimhan-november-24-2016-quest-for-education-persons-with-disabilities-severely-challenged">The Quest for Education – Persons with Disabilities, Severely Challenged</a> (Nirmita Narasimhan; Your Story; November 24, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/first-post-udbhav-tiwari-november-24-2016-demonetisation-survey-limits-the-range-of-feedback-that-can-be-provided-by-the-user">Demonetisation Survey Limits the Range of Feedback that can be Provided by the User</a> (Udbhav Tiwari; November 24, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Jobs</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS is presently seeking applications for the following positions</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/policy-officer-cyber-security">Policy Officer (Cyber Security)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/senior-policy-officer-cyber-security">Senior Policy Officer (Cyber Security)</a> </li>
<li><a class="internal-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/intern-for-pervasive-technologies-project">Intern (Pervasive Technologies Project)</a> - Application accepted throughout the year</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/internship">Internship</a> - Application accepted throughout the year</li>
<li><a class="internal-link" href="http://cis-india.org/jobs/seeking-survey-participants-for-research-on-musician-livelihood">Survey Participants for Research on Musician Livelihood</a></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>-----------------------------------</strong><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /><strong> ----------------------------------- </strong><br />Our Access to Knowledge programme currently consists of two projects. The Pervasive Technologies project, conducted under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to conduct research on the complex interplay between low-cost pervasive technologies and intellectual property, in order to encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The Wikipedia project, which is under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Copyright & Patent</p>
<p><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/33rd-sccr-opening-statement-by-india-on-behalf-of-the-asia-and-the-pacific-group">33rd SCCR: Opening Statement by India on behalf of the Asia and the Pacific Group</a> (Anubha Sinha; November 14, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/33rd-sccr-cis-statement-on-the-proposed-treaty-for-the-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations">33rd SCCR: CIS Statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations</a> (Anubha Sinha; November 16, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/33rd-sccr-cis-statement-on-the-grulac-proposal-for-analysis-of-copyright-in-the-digital-environment">33rd SCCR: CIS Statement on the GRULAC Proposal for Analysis of Copyright in the Digital Environment</a> (Anubha Sinha; November 18, 2016).</li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Event Organized</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/sambalpur-university-workshop">Sambalpur University Workshop</a> (Sambalpur; November 27, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Participation in Event</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/ciipc-nlud-workshop-on-wikipedia-editing-and-open-source-knowledge-sources">CIIPC-NLUD Workshop on Wikipedia Editing and Open Source Knowledge Sources</a> (Organized by Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Competition (CIIPC), National Law university, Delhi; November 11 - 12, 2016). Rohini Lakshané and Tanveer Hasan conducted and facilitated this workshop.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/wikipedia-asian-month-2014-2016-iteration-starts-on-1-november">Wikipedia Asian Month — 2016 iteration starts on 1 November</a> (Tito Dutta; November 1, 2016)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/100wikidays">100 Wikidays: The Journey so Far</a> (Tito Dutta; November 23, 2016)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-knowledge-and-indian-government-work">Free Knowledge and Indian Government Work</a> (Tito Dutta; November 26, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/improving-telugu-village-articles">Improving Telugu Village Articles</a> (Pavan Santhosh; November 26, 2016).</li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>-----------------------------------</strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance"><br />Internet Governance</a> <br /><strong> -----------------------------------</strong></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and IDRC) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on restrictions that the Indian government has placed on freedom of expression online.</p>
<p>►Privacy</p>
<p><strong>Blog Entry</strong></p>
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<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/conference-on-the-digitalization-of-the-indian-legal-system">Conference on the Digitalization of the Indian Legal System</a> (Leilah Elmokadem; November 16, 2016)</li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Participation in Event</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/industry-consultation-panel-on-data-retention-dsci">Industry Consultation Panel on Data Retention - DSCI</a> (Organized by the Data Security Council of India; New Delhi; November 23, 2016). Udbhav Tiwari was a panelist.</li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">►Big Data</div>
<p><strong>Blog Entry<br /></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-after-big-data-compilation-of-early-research">Privacy after Big Data: Compilation of Early Research</a> (Saumyaa Naidu; November 12, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/big-data-in-india-benefits-harms-and-human-rights-a-report">Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights - Workshop Report</a> (Vidushi Marda, Akash Deep Singh and Geethanjali Jujjavarapu; November 14, 2016).</li></ul>
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<p>►Cyber Security</p>
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<p><strong>Blog Entry<br /></strong></p>
<ul></ul>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cert-ins-proactive-mandate-a-report-on-indian-computer-emergency-response-teams-proactive-mandate-in-indian-cyber-security-ecosystem">CERT-In's Proactive Mandate - A Report on the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team’s Proactive Mandate in the Indian Cyber Security Ecosystem</a> (Udbhav Tiwari; November 19, 2016).</li></ul>
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<p>►Free Speech and Expression</p>
<p><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/if-the-didp-did-its-job">If the DIDP Did Its Job</a> (Asvatha Babu; November 3, 2016)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/internets-core-resources-are-a-global-public-good">Internet's Core Resources are a Global Public Good - They Cannot Remain Subject to One Country's Jurisdiction</a> (Vidushi Marda; November 9, 2016)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/how-workstream-2-plans-to-improve-icanns-transparency">How Workstream 2 Plans to Improve ICANN's Transparency</a> (Asvatha Babu; November 10, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/icann-begins-its-sojourn-into-open-data">ICANN Begins its Sojourn into Open Data</a> (Padmini Baruah and Sumandro Chattapadhyay; November 11, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/navigating-reconsideration-quagmire-a-personal-journey-of-acute-confusion">Navigating the 'Reconsideration' Quagmire</a> (A Personal Journey of Acute Confusion).</li></ul>
<strong>Participation in Events</strong><br />
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/icann-57-hyderabad">ICANN 57</a> (Organized by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; Hyderabad International Convention Centre; November 3 - 9, 2016). Vidushi Marda was a speaker.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/10th-nlsir-symposium-regulating-e-commerce-in-india">10th NLSIR Symposium - Regulating E-Commerce in India</a> (Organized by National Law School of India University, Bengaluru; November 27, 2016). Vidushi Marda was a panelist.</li></ul>
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<p><strong>-----------------------------------</strong><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a> <br /><strong> ----------------------------------- </strong><br /> The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by an emerging need to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It aims to produce local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
<p><strong>Blog Entry<br /></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc17-selection">Internet Researchers' Conference 2017</a> (IRC17) - Selection of Sessions (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; November 16, 2016).</li></ul>
<p><strong>Event Organized</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/cisxscholars-delhi-william-f-stafford-thursday-nov-03">CISxScholars Delhi - William F. Stafford</a> (CIS; New Delhi; November 3, 2016).</li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a> <br /><strong> ----------------------------------- </strong><br /> The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org (for policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, at sumandro@cis-india.org (for academic research), with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia projects, write to Tanveer Hasan, Programme Officer, at <a>tanveer@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><em>CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects</em>.</div>
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No publisherpraskrishnaNewsletter2017-02-06T12:52:38ZPageNovember 2015 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/november-2015-bulletin
<b>Our newsletter for the month of November 2015 is below:</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is happy to share the eleventh issue of CIS newsletter (November 2015). Previous editions of the newsletter can be accessed at <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------<br />Highlights<br />-------------------------------</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>The Internet Governance Forum was held at Jao Pessoa in Brazil from November 10 to 13, 2015. The theme for IGF 2015 was Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday participated. Overall CIS spoke in 10 panels. Jyoti Panday has <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/summary-report-internet-governance-forum-2015">summarized the developments</a>.</li>
<li>Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-draft-outcome-document-of-the-un-general-assembly2019s-overall-review-of-the-implementation-of-wsis-outcomes-wsis-10"> responded to the call </a> .</li>
<li>The first draft of the National IPR Policy was released last December. Comments and suggestions were submitted to the DIPP on this. Akshath Mithal <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-mapping-the-stakeholders2019-response">in his blog post</a> analysed the comments available online and the trends that he was able to find.</li>
<li>Ramya Chandrasekhar <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/breaking-down-icann-accountability-what-it-is-and-what-the-internet-community-wants">wrote a blog post</a> that has deconstructed and explained some aspects of the various proposals to enhance ICANN's accountability.</li>
<li>Mangalore based cultural centre Maand Sobhaann recently relicensed 3 of their publications under a free license <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/konkani-language-books-from-konkani-language-culture-center-mannd-sobhaann-to-enrich-konkani-wikipedia"> so that the books could be digitised </a> on Konkani Wikisource and enrich Konkani Wikipedia. Rahmanuddin Shaik and Tanveer Hasan have captured the development in a blog post.</li>
<li>Japreet Grewal in a blog post has attempted to <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-case-of-whatsapp-group-admins"> understand the domain in which censorship laws are penetrating today </a> giving the example of the role of group admin in Whatsapp.</li>
<li>Elonnai Hickok in a <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/policy-brief-oversight-mechanisms-for-surveillance">policy brief</a> has reviewed different oversight mechanisms from the US, UK, and Canada and provides recommendations for ways in which India can strengthen its present oversight mechanisms for state surveillance and the intelligence community. </li>
<li>Rohan George <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/predictive-policing-what-is-it-how-it-works-and-it-legal-implications">has reviewed the literature</a> surrounding big data and predictive policing and has provided an analysis of the legal implications of using predictive policing techniques in the Indian context. </li>
<li>Large blocks of underused spectrum lie tantalizingly out of reach, waiting for enabling regulation, administration, and to some extent technology, to accelerate our move towards Digital India, <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-november-4-2015-buzz-around-tv-white-space">according to Shyam Ponappa's column published in the Business Standard</a>.</li>
<li>CIS in collaboration with T.A.J. Residency & SKE Projects and or-bits.com developed <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/silicon-plateau-vol-1">Silicon Plateau Vol-1</a>. This book marks the beginning of an interdisciplinary artistic project, Silicon Plateau, the scope of which is to observe how the arts, technology and society intersect in the city of Bangalore.</li>
<li>P.P. Sneha has outlined a few questions/conflicts that the digital practitioners in arts and humanities disciplines are grappling with in the <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities-in-india">first among seven sections that has been published</a>.</li>
<li>Centre for the Study of Culture and Society and CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/cscs-digital-innovation-fund">has set up the CSCS Digital Innovation Fund</a>. The objective is to encourage, host, and provide seed funding for the development of digital tools and infrastructure for arts, humanities, and social science research in India. The fund will be administered by the RAW programme at CIS.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion<br /></a>----------------------------------------------<br />Under a grant from the Hans Foundation we are doing a project on developing text-to-speech software for 15 Indian languages. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►NVDA and eSpeak</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Monthly Updates</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/november-2015-report.pdf">November 2015 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; November 30, 2015).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Other</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/international-day-of-people-with-disability">International Day of People with Disability</a> (Organized by Capgemini; Bangalore; November 30, 2015). Nirmita Narasimhan was a panelist.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-----------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge<br /></a>-----------------------------------------------------------<br />As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive Technologies) under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and intellectual property to support intellectual property norms that encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The second one (Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Pervasive Technologies</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mhrd-ipr-chair-series-information-received-from-iit-roorkee"> MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT Roorkee </a> (Karan Tripathi and Nehaa Chaudhari; November 17, 2015). Nehaa Chaudhari provided inputs, analysed, reviewed and edited this blog post. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/a-study-of-j-sai-deepaks-comments-on-competition-law-in-india"> A Study of J. Sai Deepak's Comments on Competition Law in India </a> (Aarushi Bansal; November 19, 2015). Nehaa Chaudhari gave inputs and edited the blog entry. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-procedure-of-cci-in-cases-of-anti-competitive-agreements-and-abuse-of-dominant-position-a-flow-chart"> The Procedure of CCI in cases of Anti-Competitive Agreements and Abuse of Dominant Position: A Flow-Chart </a> (Sarthak Sood; November 24, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Copyright and Patent</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/ministry-clearances-global-congress-2015"> Ministry Clearances for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015 </a> (Swaraj Barooah; November 18, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-mapping-the-stakeholders2019-response"> National IPR Policy: Mapping the Stakeholders' Response </a> (Akshath Mithal; November 24, 2015). Nehaa Chaudhari provided inputs and feedback and also edited this post. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Participation in Events</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/second-meeting-of-the-expert-committee-on-wipo">Second Meeting of the Expert Committee on WIPO</a> (Organized by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India; New Delhi; November 2, 2015).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/international-conference-on-evolving-regime-in-intellectual-property-protection">International Conference on Evolving Regime in Intellectual Property Protection</a> (Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University; New Delhi; November 2 - 4, 2015).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/india-europe-conference-on-building-a-sustainable-ipr-ict-ecosystem-for-promoting-innovation">India - Europe Conference on Building a Sustainable IPR - ICT Ecosystem for Promoting Innovation</a> (Organized by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing; Bangalore; November 20, 2015). Rohini Lakshané attended this event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><br />►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/konkani-language-books-from-konkani-language-culture-center-mannd-sobhaann-to-enrich-konkani-wikipedia"> Konkani-language books from Konkani-language culture center Mannd Sobhaann to enrich Konkani Wikipedia </a> (Rahmanuddin Shaik and Tanveer Hasan; November 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/guerrilla-glam-an-alternate-way-of-doing-glam-in-indie-way"> Guerrilla GLAMː An alternate way of doing GLAM in indie-way </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Wikimedia Blog; November 25, 2015). This was published in the GLAM-wiki newsletter for November. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Participation in Events</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/making-tulu-wikipedia-live">Making Tulu Wikipedia 'Live'</a> (Organized by Tulu Sahitya Akademy; Mangalore; October 28 - 29 and November 5 - 6, 2015). Rahmanuddin interacted with Tulu Wikipedians. Rahmanuddin was also invited to be a part of the World Konkani Literature festival where he spoke briefly about Konkani Wikipedia to the gathering. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-source-india-2015">Open Source India 2015</a> (by EFY Group; NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore; November 19 - 20, 2015). Subhashish Panigrahi attended the event. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/tulu-wikipedia-tutorial">Tulu Wikipedia Tutorial</a> (Organized by Wikipedia community; Mangalore; November 2015). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja trained the people involved in the creation of the Tutorial video. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/fuel-gilt-conference-2015">FUEL GILT Conference 2015</a> (Organized by Mozilla Corporation, Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC), Pune and Red Hat; Tamil Virtual Academy, Anna University Campus, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur, Chennai; November 20 - 22, 2015). Subhashish Panigrahi spoke at the event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Media Coverage</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs to the following:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/93690292d930-93593094d93793e90292a94293094d93594091a94d92f93e-92a94193894d92491593e90291a947-93994b92393e930-92193f91c93f91f93e92f91d947936928"> शंभर वर्षांपूर्वीच्या पुस्तकांचे होणार डिजिटायझेशन </a> (Lokmat; November 11, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/dr-pavanaja-featured-in-vijayavani">Dr. Pavanaja featured in Kannada Daily</a> (Vijayavani; November 16, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/esamaad-november-19-2015-third-fuel-conference-completed-in-chennai"> तेसर फ्यूल कॉन्फरेंस आओर मोज़िला हैकाथन संपन्न </a> (esamaad; November 19, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/dr-jagannath-prasad-das-donates-30-volumes-of-his-books-under-cc-by-sa-4.0"> ଅନ୍ଲାଇନରେ ପଢ଼ିହେବ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ପ୍ରସାଦ ଦାସଙ୍କ ୩୦ଟି ବହି </a> (Sambad; November 19, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/surkhiyan-november-23-2015-fuel-gilt-conference"> तीसरा फ्यूल कॉन्फ्रेंस और मोज़िला हैकाथन संपन्न </a> (Surkhiyan; November 23, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/92494093893093e-92b94d92f942932-91c93f93294d91f-91594992894d92b94d930947902938-914930-92e94b91c93c93f93293e-93994891593e925928-91a94792894d928908-92e947902-93890292a92894d928"> तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट कॉन्फ्रेंस और मोज़िला हैकाथन चेन्नई में संपन्न </a> (Aaj Tak; November 24, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/92d93e93793e908-91590292a94d92f94291f93f902917-915947-92e93e928915-92c92893e928947-915947-93293f90f-91a94792894d928908-92e947902-939941906-92494093893093e-92b94d92f942932-91c93f93294d200d91f"> भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के मानक बनाने के लिए चेन्नई में हुआ तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट </a> (Outlook; November 26, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following were published in October but mirrored on the CIS website recently:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/92e93093e920940-92a94193894d924915947-93593f91593f93894d93094b924-93293e-93891593e933-1"> मराठी पुस्तके 'विकिस्रोत' ला, सकाळ </a> (Sakaal; October 28, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/92e93993e93093e93794d91f94d930-91794d93090292594b92494d92494791c915-93994b92393e930-93294b91593e92d93f92e941916-92e93993e93093e93794d91f94d930-91f93e90892e94d938"> 'महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक' होणार लोकाभिमुख, महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स </a> (Maharashtra Times; October 28, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/92e93993e93093e93794d91f94d930-91794d93090292594b92494d92494791c915-93890293894d92594792e927940932-90f915-93991c93e930-91794d930902925-91192893293e908928"> महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक संस्थेमधील एक हजार ग्रंथ ऑनलाईन </a> (Saamna; October 30, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Openness</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/design-public-conclave-6th-edition">Design Public Conclave, 6th Edition</a> (Organized by by Civic Labs, an initiative of the Center for Knowledge Studies, and part of the Vihara Innovation Network, in partnership with Social Innovation Exchange, Okapi, Business World, Business World for Smart Cities, and the Delhi Jal Board; New Delhi; November 3, 2015). Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha participated in the event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-----------------------------------------------<a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance"><br />Internet Governance</a><br />-----------------------------------------------<br />As part of its research on privacy and free speech, CIS is engaged with two different projects. The first one (under a grant from Privacy International and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)) is on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). The second one (under a grant from MacArthur Foundation) is on studying the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Internet Governance Forum</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">IGF 2015 was held at Jao Pessoa in Brazil from November 10 to 13, 2015. The theme for IGF 2015 was Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash and Jyoti Panday participated. Overall CIS spoke in 10 panels.</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-social-role-of-the-communications-and-the-strengthening-of-the-freedom-of-expression-panel-cultural-diversity-and-freedom-of-expression"> The Social Role of the Communications and the Strengthening of the Freedom of Expression Panel - "Cultural Diversity and Freedom of Expression" </a> (Organized by Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Communications of Brazil; Jao Pessoa, Brazil; November 9, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. Thirty-three participants took part in this pre-event. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/open-forum-dinl-digital-infrastructure-association"> Open Forum - DINL, Digital Infrastructure Association </a> (Organized by Digital Infrastructure Netherlands Foundation; Jao Pessoa, Brazil; November 10, 2015). Jyoti Panday was a speaker at this workshop. CIS participated in the open forum to discuss the increase in government engagement with "the internet" to protect their citizens against crime and abuse and to protect economic interests and critical infrastructures. Thirteen participants attended the open forum. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs-and-internet-economy"> Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Internet Economy </a> (Organized by Multistakeholder Advisory Group; Jao Pessoa, Brazil; November 11, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. Fifty five delegates attended the event. CIS participated in the discussions focusing on internet economy and internet role in sustainable development goals. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cases-on-the-right-to-be-forgotten-what-have-we-learned"> Cases on the right to be forgotten, what have we learned? </a> (Jao Pessoa, Brazil; November 11, 2015). Jyoti Panday attended the event. CIS took part in the event to understand arguments, scope, discussions and current situation of the Right to be Forgotten outside the EU and around the world in rulings and legislations. Fifty four participants attended the event. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-benefits-and-challenges-of-the-201cfree-flow201d-of-data"> The Benefits and Challenges of the "Free Flow" of Data </a> (Organized by Public Knowledge; Jao Pessoa, Brazil; November 12, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. Twenty-four delegates attended the event. CIS was part of the panel which discusssed the many benefits and challenges of the free flow of data. The workshop fostered a discussion of the ways in which stakeholders could address the underlying reasons for data flow restrictions. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/encryption-and-anonymity-rights-and-risks">Encryption and Anonymity: Rights and Risks</a> (Organized by ARTICLE 19 and Privacy International; Jao Pessoa, Brazil; November 12, 2015). Pranesh Prakash was a speaker. CIS participated in the roundtable that discussed recommendations and the latest challenges to the protection of anonymity and encryption. Sixty three delegates attended. </li>
<li> <a href="http://igf2015.sched.org/event/145714f13d66ae706eab56b2fb5d2548?iframe=no&w=&sidebar=yes&bg=no#.Vj7IlF58hQo"> A Dialogue on "Zero Rating" and Network Neutrality </a> (Organized by Chalmers & Associates; Jao Pessoa; Brazil; November 12, 2015). Pranesh Prakash was a speaker. CIS took part in the discussion to promote access to expert insight and multi-stakeholder community discussion. Eighty five delegates attended the session. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/empowering-the-next-billion-by-improving-accessibility"> Empowering the next billion by improving accessibility </a> (Organized by Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability and Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs; November 13, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. Pranesh Prakash participated in the discussions. CIS took part in the discussions that examined the technological and programmatic solutions available today for an effective removal of such barriers, potentially bringing a considerable number of new users to the Internet. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/foss-a-free-open-internet-synergies-for-development"> FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development </a> (Organized by Civil Society; Jao Pessoa, Brazil; November 13, 2015). Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash spoke at the event. CIS took part in the discussions that explored links between the Free and Open nature of the Internet and the Free and Open Source Software through a series of experience sharing among the speakers as well as audiences. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/transnational-due-process-a-case-study-in-ms-cooperation"> Transnational Due Process: A Case Study in MS Cooperation </a> (Organized by Internet & Jurisdiction Project; Jao Pessoa; November 13, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. The tension between the cross-border nature of the Internet and diverse national jurisdictions is a prime concern. The round-table described the method employed to develop this framework, challenges encountered and solutions found as well as the potential distribution of roles among the respective stakeholders in the operation of the diverse framework components. Twelve delegates attended this workshop. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Big Data</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Article</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-week-november-1-2015-sunil-abraham-connected-trouble">Connected Trouble</a> (Sunil Abraham; November 1, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entry</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/predictive-policing-what-is-it-how-it-works-and-it-legal-implications"> Predictive Policing: What is it, How it works, and its Legal Implications </a> (Rohan George; November 24, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Organized</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/big-data-in-the-global-south-international-workshop"> Big Data in the Global South International Workshop </a> (Organized by Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro; Hotel Windsor Florida, Rua Ferreira Viana, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; November 16 - 17, 2015). Sunil Abraham and Vipul Kharbanda were speakers at this event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Participation in Event</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/leveraging-mobile-network-big-data-for-development-policy-opportunities-challenges"> Leveraging Mobile Network Big Data for Development Policy: Opportunities & Challenges </a> (Organized by LIRNEasia; IDRC, New Delhi; November 27, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Privacy</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/policy-brief-oversight-mechanisms-for-surveillance"> Policy Brief: Oversight Mechanisms for Surveillance </a> (Elonnai Hickok; November 24, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-short-lived-adventure-of-india2019s-encryption-policy"> The Short-lived Adventure of India's Encryption Policy </a> (Bhairav Acharya; November 27, 2015). This was originally written for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><br /># Participation in Event</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/iso-iec-jtc-1-sc-27-working-groups-meeting-jaipur">ISO/IEC/ JTC 1/SC 27 Working Groups Meeting</a> (Organized by Bureau of Indian Standards and Data Security Council of India; Jaipur; October 26 – 30, 2015). Vanya Rakesh attended the meeting.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><br />►Free Speech, Expression and Censorship</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Submission</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/comments-on-the-draft-outcome-document-of-the-un-general-assembly2019s-overall-review-of-the-implementation-of-wsis-outcomes-wsis-10"> Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10) </a> (Geetha Hariharan; November 18, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Article</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-wire-bhairav-acharya-humpty-dumpty-censorship-of-tv-in-india"> The Humpty-Dumpty Censorship of Television in India </a> (Bhairav Acharya; The Wire; September 23, 2015). <i>The article was mirrored on CIS website recently</i>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/breaking-down-icann-accountability-what-it-is-and-what-the-internet-community-wants"> Breaking Down ICANN Accountability: What It Is and What the Internet Community Wants </a> (Ramya Chandrasekhar; November 5, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/summary-report-internet-governance-forum-2015">Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015</a> (Jyoti Panday; November 23, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-case-of-whatsapp-group-admins">The Case of Whatsapp Group Admins</a> (Japreet Grewal; November 26, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Cyber Security</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Participation in Events</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://www.andamansheekha.com/2015/11/05/u-s-ambassador-richard-r-verma-on-technology-innovation-and-societal-change-and-the-u-s-india-partnership/"> Technology, Innovation and Societal Change </a> (Organized by Indian Institute of Management; Bangalore; November 4, 2015). Vanya Rakesh attended the event. </li>
<li> <a href="http://www.g0s.org/">Ground Zero Summit</a> (Organized by Infosec Consortium; November 5 - 8, 2015; New Delhi). Amber Sinha attended the event. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cyber-security-summit-2015">Cyber Security Summit 2015</a> (Organized by Government of Karnataka in association with Biz Wingz Production House; JW Marriot, Bangalore; November 27, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Miscellaneous</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Article</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-indian-express-nishant-shah-november-22-2015-whatsapps-with-fireworks-apps-with-diyas-why-diwali-needs-to-go-beyond-digital"> WhatsApps with fireworks, apps with diyas: Why Diwali needs to go beyond digital </a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; November 23, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">--------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a><br />--------------------------------<br />CIS is involved in promoting access and accessibility to telecommunications services and resources and has provided inputs to ongoing policy discussions and consultation papers published by TRAI. It has prepared reports on unlicensed spectrum and accessibility of mobile phones for persons with disabilities and also works with the USOF to include funding projects for persons with disabilities in its mandate:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Op-ed</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-november-4-2015-buzz-around-tv-white-space">The Buzz Around TV White Space</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; November 4, 2015 and Organizing India Blogspot; November 5, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entry</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/gauging-users-reactions-towards-zero-rating">Gauging Users' Reactions Towards Zero Rating</a> (Aadya Misra; November 25, 2015). <i>The author likes to thank Amba Kak, on whose research the survey was conducted</i>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">--------------------------------<a href="http://cis-india.org/raw"><br />Researchers at Work</a><br />--------------------------------<br />The Researchers at Work (RAW) programme is an interdisciplinary research initiative driven by contemporary concerns to understand the reconfigurations of social practices and structures through the Internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa. It is interested in producing local and contextual accounts of interactions, negotiations, and resolutions between the Internet, and socio-material and geo-political processes:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Book</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/silicon-plateau-vol-1">Silicon Plateau Vol-1</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; November 28, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities-in-india">Digital Humanities in India?</a> (P.P. Sneha; November 12, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/a-question-of-digital-humanities">A Question of Digital Humanities</a> (P.P. Sneha; November 16, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/cscs-digital-innovation-fund">CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF)</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; November 16, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Organized</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/launch-of-silicon-plateau-vol-1">Launch of Silicon Plateau Vol-1</a> (Organized by Or-bits.com and CIS; T.A.J. Residency, Wheeler Road Extension, Cooke Town, Bangalore; November 27, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Upcoming Event</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc16-call">First Edition of Internet Researchers' Conference</a> (IRC) 2016 - Studying Internet in India: Call for Sessions (Organized by CIS; New Delhi; February 25 - 27, 2016). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">---------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a><br />---------------------------------</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hindu-november-14-2015-come-be-my-guest">Come, be my guest</a> (Hindu; November 14, 2015) </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-soft-copy-vivek-ananth-november-23-2015-shopping-on-apps-raise-privacy-and-security-concerns"> Shopping on apps raise privacy and security concerns </a> (Vivek Ananth; Softcopy, an IIJNM Web Publication; November 23, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">---------------------------------<br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a><br />---------------------------------</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with diverse abilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfigurations of <br /> social and cultural processes and structures as mediated through the internet and digital media technologies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Follow us elsewhere</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Support Us</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of 'The Centre for Internet and Society' and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 5600 71.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Request for Collaboration</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil@cis-india.org (for policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, at sumandro@cis-india.org (for academic research), with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia projects, write to Tanveer Hasan, Programme Officer, at <a href="mailto:tanveer@cis-india.org">tanveer@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is grateful to its primary donor the Kusuma Trust founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin for its core funding and support for most of its projects. CIS is also grateful to its other donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and IDRC for funding its various projects.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/november-2015-bulletin'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/november-2015-bulletin</a>
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No publisherpraskrishna2016-01-03T12:42:42ZPageNovember 2014 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/november-2014-bulletin
<b>We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the eleventh issue of the newsletter (November 2014). </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters"></a> </small> <small> </small></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><small> Highlights </small><small></small></h2>
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<li><small>On 13 November, 2014, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had released a Call for Suggestions for India's proposed National IPR Policy. <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comments-on-proposed-ip-rights-policy-to-dipp">CIS sent its comments</a>.</small></li>
<li><small>As part of the Pervasive Technologies we published four methodology documents: Rohini Lakshané wrote on <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-landscaping-in-the-indian-mobile-device-market"> Patent Landscaping for the Indian Mobile Device market </a> ; Anubha Sinha wrote on <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/methodology-intellectual-property-in-mobile-application-development-in-india"> Intellectual Property in Mobile Application Development in India </a> ; Maggie Huang wrote on <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/methodology-access-to-music-through-mobile">Access to Music through the Mobile</a>; and Nehaa Chaudhari wrote on <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/methodology-sub-hundred-dollar-mobile-devices-and-competition-law"> Sub Hundred Dollar Mobile Devices and Competition Law </a> .</small></li>
<li><small>Odisha's <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/nineteen-books-by-ama-odisha-relicensed">most circulated newspaper Sambad has collaborated</a> with CIS-A2K to relicense 19 books published by its sister concern "Ama Odisha".</small></li>
<li><small>Vipul Kharbanda in a blog entry <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/white-paper-on-rti-and-privacy-v-1.2"> examines the relationship between privacy and transparency in the context of the right to information in India </a> .</small></li>
<li><small>Geetha Hariharan in a <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/good-intentions-recalcitrant-text-2013-ii-what-india2019s-itu-proposal-may-mean-for-internet-governance"> blog entry </a> explores what India's ITU proposal means for Internet Governance.</small></li>
<li><small>Pranesh Prakash wrote an <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/economic-times-november-18-2014-pranesh-prakash-the-socratic-debate-whos-internet-is-it-anyway"> article in the Economic Times </a> exploring net neutrality.</small></li>
<li><small>In her <a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/mapping-digital-humanities-in-india-concluding-thoughts">final blog post on the mapping exercise</a> undertaken by CIS-RAW, P.P.Sneha summarises some of the key concepts and terms that emerged as significant in the discourse around Digital Humanities in India. </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►Job </small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-institutional-partnership">Programme Officer</a> (Access to Knowledge - Institutional Partnerships): CIS is seeking applications for the post of Programme Officer for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) Programme. The position will be based in its Bangalore office. Programme Officer will collaboratively work with the A2K Team and would report to the Programme Director, Access to Knowledge at CIS. </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> </small></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion</a> </small></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small>Under a grant from the Hans Foundation we are doing two projects. The first project is on creating a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India. CIS in partnership with CLPR (Centre for Law and Policy Research) compiled the National Compendium of Policies, Programmes and Schemes for Persons with Disabilities (29 states and 6 union territories). The publication has been finalised and is currently in the process of being printed. The draft chapters and the quarterly reports can be accessed on the <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/national-resource-kit-project">project page</a>. The second project is on developing text-to-speech software for 15 Indian languages. The progress made so far in the project can be accessed <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>. </small></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> </small></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►NVDA and eSpeak </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Monthly Update </b></small><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/november-e-speak-nvda-2014-report.pdf">November 2014 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; November 30, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> </small></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Upcoming Event </b></small><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/events/training-in-e-speak-malayalam">Training in Use of eSpeak with Malayalam</a> (co-organized by CIS, DAISY Forum of India and Chakshumathi Assistive Technology Centre; Trivandrum; January 24 - 25, 2015, Trivandrum). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►Other </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Blog Entry </b></small><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/central-guidelines-and-schemes">Central Guidelines and Schemes</a> (Anandhi Viswanathan; November 6, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> </small></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /> </small></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small>As part of the Access to Knowledge programme we are doing two projects. The first one (Pervasive Technologies) under a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is for research on the complex interplay between pervasive technologies and intellectual property to support intellectual property norms that encourage the proliferation and development of such technologies as a social good. The second one (Wikipedia) under a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation is for the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors and explore innovative approaches to building projects. </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> <small> Submission </small></b></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comments-on-proposed-ip-rights-policy-to-dipp"> Comments on the Proposed Intellectual Property Rights Policy to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion </a> (Pranesh Prakash, Nehaa Chaudhari, Anubha Sinha and Amulya P.; November 30, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Blog Entries </b></small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mhrd-ipr-chairs-underutilization-of-funds-and-lack-of-information-regarding-expenditures"> MHRD IPR Chairs - Underutilization of Funds and Lack of Information Regarding Expenditures </a> (Amulya Purushothama, November 19, 2014). </small> </li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> <small> Participation in Events </small></b></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/center-for-global-communication-studies-november-6-2014-ubiquity-mobility-globality-charting-directions-in-mobile-phone-studies"> Ubiquity, Mobility, Globality: Charting Directions in Mobile Phone Studies </a> (Organized by Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; November 6 - 7, 2014). Nehaa Chaudhari made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace. </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/countering-us-pressure-on-indias-ip-regime">Countering US pressures on India's IP regime</a> (Organized by Lawyer's Collective; November 16, 2014). Anubha Sinha attended the event. </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/technology-gender-based-violence">Technology and Gender Based Violence</a> (Organized by the Bachchao Project; November 24, 2014). Rohini Lakshané was a speaker at the event. She spoke about various strategies that women use to respond to online harassment, such as reporting the abuser, and enlisting support from online followers, or friends or family in order to deal with the abuser. </small> </li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►Pervasive Technology </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Blog Entries </b></small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-landscaping-in-the-indian-mobile-device-market">Methodology: Patent Landscaping</a> (Rohini Lakshané; November 10, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/methodology-intellectual-property-in-mobile-application-development-in-india"> Methodology: Intellectual Property in Mobile Application Development in India </a> (Anubha Sinha; November 17, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/methodology-access-to-music-through-mobile">Methodology: Access to Music through the Mobile</a> (Maggie Huang; November 18, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/methodology-sub-hundred-dollar-mobile-devices-and-competition-law"> Methodology: Sub Hundred Dollar Mobile Devices and Competition Law </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; November 25, 2014). </small> </li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►Wikipedia </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> As part of the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">project grant from the Wikimedia Foundation</a> we have reached out to more than 3500 people across India by organizing more than 100 outreach events and catalysed the release of encyclopaedic and other content under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-3.0) license in four Indian languages (21 books in Telugu, 13 in Odia, 4 volumes of encyclopaedia in Konkani and 6 volumes in Kannada, and 1 book on Odia language history in English). </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b><small>Op-Ed </small></b></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/the-samaja-november-17-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-odia-wikisource-its-potential"> Odia Wikisource, its Potential </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi, The Samaja, November 17, 2014). </small> </li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small><b>Blog Entries </b></small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/55-works-of-iconic-indian-writer-released-under-free-licence-to-benefit-wikisource"> 55 Works of Iconic Indian writer released under Free Licence to benefit Wikisource </a> (T. Vishnu Vardhan, November 13, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-author-nirmala-kumari-mohapatra-21-books-under-cc"> Odia author Nirmala Kumari Mohapatra's 21 books relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0 </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi, November 17, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/nineteen-books-by-ama-odisha-relicensed"> Nineteen Books Published by Ama Odisha Relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0 </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi, November 25, 2014). </small> </li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b><small>News and Media Coverage </small></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> </small></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage: </small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/just-kannada-november-23-2014-kannada-wikipedia-presentation-coverage"> ಭಾಷಣದಿಂದ ಭಾಷೆ ಉಳಿಯಲ್ಲ, ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲೇ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಸಿಗುವುದು ಅಗತ್ಯ: ಪವನಜ </a> (Just Kannada; November 23, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/prajavani-november-24-2014-kannada-wikipedia-presentation-in-mysuru"> Kannada Wikipedia Presentation in Mysuru </a> (Prajavani; November 24, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hindu-november-24-2014-govind-d-belgaumkar-now-tulu-set-to-be-promoted-through-wikipedia-articles"> Now, Tulu set to be promoted through Wikipedia articles </a> (Hindu; November 24, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hindu-november-26-2014-ravi-prasad-kamila-tulu-wikipedia-in-incubation-stage"> 'Tulu Wikipedia' in incubation stage, 600 articles uploaded, says U.B. Pavanaja </a> (Ravi Prasad Kamila; Hindu; November 26, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/odisha-sun-times-november-28-2014-odia-wikisource-launched-in-odisha-capital"> Odia Wikisource launched in Odisha capital </a> (Odisha Sun Times; November 28, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/orissa-diary-november-28-2014-odia-wikisource-aims-to-bring-valuable-and-rare-books-on-the-internet"> Odia Wikisource aims to bring valuable and rare books on the Internet </a> (Odisha Diary; November 28, 2014). </small> </li>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-wikisource-sabha-2014">Odia Wikisource Sabha 2014</a> (Co-organized by CIS-A2K and Odia Wikimedia Community; November 28, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. </small> </li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Participation in Event </b></small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/seminar-e-publishing-odia-books">A Seminar on E-publishing of Odia Books</a> (Organized by Molybtech Technology Solutions; November 30, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi was a speaker. </small> </li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►<b>Openness </b></small></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> </small></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> <small> Blog Entry </small></b></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/privacy-v-transparency">Privacy vs. Transparency: An Attempt at Resolving the Dichotomy</a> (Sunil Abraham <i>with feedback and inputs from Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Elonnai Hickok, Bhairav Acharya and Geetha Hariharan</i>; November 14, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>News and Media Coverage </b></small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/open-up-tim-davies-november-3-2014-getting-strategic-about-openness-and-privacy"> Getting Strategic about Openness and Privacy </a> (Tim Davies; Open Data Research Lead at Web Foundation; November 3, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b> <small> Participation in Event </small></b></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/crypto-currencies">Content co-ordination for the Panel Discussion on Crypto-Currencies</a> (organized by the Law and Technology Society; November 15, 2014). Sharath Chandra Ram was a panelist and made a presentation Scalability and Security Issues in Distributed Trust based Cryto-Currency Systems like BITCOIN </small> </li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> </small></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►Privacy </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> As part of our Surveillance and Freedom: Global Understandings and Rights Development (SAFEGUARD) project with Privacy International we are engaged in enhancing respect for the right to privacy in developing countries. During the month we published the following blog entries: </small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/white-paper-on-rti-and-privacy-v-1.2">White Paper on RTI and Privacy V1.2</a> (Vipul Kharbanda; November 9, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/introduction-about-the-privacy-and-surveillance-roundtables"> Introduction: About the Privacy and Surveillance Roundtables </a> (Manoj Kurbet; November 27, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Event Organized </b></small><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/iocose-talk-at-cis">IOCOSE's talk at CIS</a> (CIS, Bangalore; November 27, 2014). There was a presentation of the work of the artists group IOCOSE, current artists in residence at T.A.J./SKE Residency. </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Upcoming Event </b></small><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cpdp-2015">CPDP 2015</a> : The eighth international conference on computers, privacy and data protection will be held in Brussels from January 21 to 23, 2015. CIS is a moral supporter of CPDP. </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Participation in Events </b></small><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hague-institute-for-global-justice-november-4-2014-e-consultation-on-cyber-security-justice-and-governance-begins"><b> </b>E-Consultation on Cyber Security, Justice, and Governance Begins! </a> (Organized by the Hague Institute for Global Justice; November 4, 2014). Sunil Abraham facilitated the e-consultation on "Internet access, the freedom of expression online, and development in the Global South". </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/learning-forum-transparency-and-human-rights-in-the-digital-age"> Learning Forum: Transparency and Human Rights in the Digital Age </a> (Organized by Global Network Initiative; November 6, 2014). Pranesh Prakash gave a talk on transparency reports and their use and abuse in India; the Intermediary Liability Rules in India (and its non-provision of any transparency mechanism); and the need for transparency in private speech regulation, not just governmental speech regulation. </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/fourth-discussion-meeting-of-expert-committee-to-discuss-draft-human-dna-profiling-bill"> Fourth Discussion Meeting of the Expert Committee to Discuss the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill </a> (Organized by the Department of Biotechnology; New Delhi; November 10, 2014). Sunil Abraham was unable to participate because of technical problems. </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ground-zero-summit-2014">Ground Zero Summit 2014</a> (Organized by India Infosec Consortium; November 13-14, 2014). Geetha Hariharan participated in this event. </small> </li>
<li><small><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/wilton-park-november-17-19-privacy-security-surveillance">Privacy, security and surveillance: tackling international dilemmas and dangers in the digital realm</a> </small><small>(Organized by Wilton Park; November 17-19, 2014). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist in the session "Beyond the familiar: how do other countries deal with security and surveillance oversight?" </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ►Free Speech </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> Under a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, CIS is doing research on the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government and contribute studies, reports and policy briefs to feed into the ongoing debates at the national as well as international level. As part of the project we bring you the following outputs: </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small><b>Blog Entries </b></small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/good-intentions-recalcitrant-text-2013-ii-what-india2019s-itu-proposal-may-mean-for-internet-governance"> Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text - II: What India's ITU Proposal May Mean for Internet Governance </a> (Geetha Hariharan; November 1, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indias-statement-at-itu-plenipotentiary-conference-2014"> India's Statement at ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, 2014 </a> (Geetha Hariharan; November 4, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <b>Newspaper Article </b></small><b> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/economic-times-november-18-2014-pranesh-prakash-the-socratic-debate-whos-internet-is-it-anyway"><b> </b>The Socratic debate: Whose internet is it anyway? </a> (Pranesh Prakash; Economic Times; November 18, 2014). </small> </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a> <br />CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage: </small></p>
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<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-economic-times-vasudha-venugopal-november-2-2014-twitter-users-find-several-accounts-suspended-for-unknown-reasons"> Twitter users find several accounts suspended for unknown reasons </a> (Vasudha Venugopal; Economic Times; November 2, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/digit-november-3-2014-silky-malhotra-several-indian-twitter-users-accounts-suspended-due-to-tech-glitch"> Several Indian Twitter users' accounts suspended due to tech glitch </a> (Silky Malhotra; digit; November 3, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/mumbai-mirror-november-19-2014-jaison-lewis-game-release-cancelled-over-gay-character"> Game release cancelled over gay character </a> (Jaison Lewis; Mumbai Mirror; November 19, 2014). </small> </li>
<li> <small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/businessworld-november-25-2014-leave-the-net-alone">Leave the Net Alone</a> (Businessworld; November 25, 2014). </small> </li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a> <br /> </small></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small>CIS is building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. The Digital will be used as a way of unpacking the debates in humanities and social sciences and look at the new frameworks, concepts and ideas that emerge in our engagement with the digital. The clusters aim to produce and document new conversations and debates that shape the contours of Digital Humanities in Asia: </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b><small>Blog Entry </small> </b></p>
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<li><b> </b><small><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/mapping-digital-humanities-in-india-concluding-thoughts"><b> </b>Mapping Digital Humanities in India - Concluding Thoughts </a> (P.P.Sneha; November 30, 2014). </small> </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><small> <a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a> </small></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><small>The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities. </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> ► Request for Collaboration: </small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><small> We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a>. To discuss collaborations on Indic language Wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at <a href="mailto:vishnu@cis-india.org">vishnu@cis-india.org</a>. </small></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaInternet GovernanceAccessibilityAccess to KnowledgeDigital Humanities2014-12-15T13:27:04ZPageNovember 2013 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/november-2013-bulletin
<b>Our newsletter for the month of November 2013 can be accessed below. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) welcomes you to the eleventh issue of its newsletter (November) for the year 2013:</p>
<h2>Highlights</h2>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>CIS is pleased to announce the second "Institute on Internet and Society" to be held in Yashada, Pune from February 11 to 17, 2014. Any members from the civil society (students, research scholars, academicians, scientists, legal professionals, etc.) who engage in issues concerning Internet and Society are encouraged to apply.</li>
<li>The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research for the states of Tripura, Nagaland and Chattisgarh.</li>
<li>CIS-A2K team signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Christ University in Bangalore to introduce Wikipedia in classrooms. </li>
<li>The Access to Knowledge narrative report capturing the work done by CIS-A2K team in the first ten months of the grant along with its strategy for the next 1 year is published.</li>
<li>Last month we organised the Seventh Privacy Round-table in collaboration with FICCI, DSCI, and Privacy International in Delhi. The developments are captured in a report by Elonnai Hickok.</li>
<li>Along with Wikimedia India and Acharya Narendra Dev College, we organised the Relaunch of Creative Commons in India. Dr. Shashi Tharoor was the chief guest.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of our project (under a grant from the Hans Foundation) on creating a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India, we bring you draft chapters for the states of Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, and the union territory of Daman and Diu. With this we have completed compilation of draft chapters for 27 states and 5 union territories. Feedback and comments are invited from readers for the following chapters:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► National Resource Kit Chapter</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>The Tripura Chapter (by CLPR, November 13, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1bCFPwq">http://bit.ly/1bCFPwq</a>. </li>
<li>The Nagaland Chapter (by CLPR, November 13, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1cmKzq0">http://bit.ly/1cmKzq0</a>. </li>
<li>The Chattisgarh Chapter (by Anandhi Viswanathan, November 30, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1cSczSt">http://bit.ly/1cSczSt</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Note: <i>All of these are early drafts and will be reviewed and updated</i>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Other Accessibility Update</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Participated In</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>E-Accessibility Workshop 2013 (organised by Directorate of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra, Mahaonline Limited and National Internet Exchange of India, November 19-20, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1cQ0wd8">http://bit.ly/1cQ0wd8</a>. CIS was one of the trainer organisations for the event.</li>
<li>National Conference on Harnessing Technology for the Empowerment for Persons with Visual Impairments (organized by NAB Centre for Blind Women & Disability Studies, Indian Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi, November 19, 2013). Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan participated as a speaker: <a href="http://bit.ly/IzLOty">http://bit.ly/IzLOty</a>. </li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Access to Knowledge programme addresses the harms caused to consumers and human rights, and critically examines Open Government Data, Open Access to Scholarly Literature, and Open Access to Law, Open Content, Open Standards, and Free/Libre/Open Source Software.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following has been done under grant from the Wikimedia Foundation (<a href="http://bit.ly/SPqFOl">http://bit.ly/SPqFOl</a>). As part this project (<a href="http://bit.ly/X80ELd">http://bit.ly/X80ELd</a>), we held 8 workshops, signed a MoU with Christ University for teaching Wikipedia to students, published a detailed narrative report of activities done during the initial period of the Wikimedia grant.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Articles</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಟ್ಟ ಸಸಿಗೆ ಈಗ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ (by Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Kannada Prabha, November 1, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/17LOw4O">http://bit.ly/17LOw4O</a>. The article highlights 10 years of Kannada Wikipedia, the current status of the Kannada Wikipedia vis-a-vis number of articles, number of editors, active editors, and page views per month.</li>
<li>Train The Trainer Programme for Wikipedians (by Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, November 14, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1ehr8kz">http://bit.ly/1ehr8kz</a>. The article was edited by Rohini Lakshane of DNA. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Announcement</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>CIS Signs MoU with Christ University, Bangalore (November 20, 2013): The Access to Knowledge team signed a MoU as part of which CIS-A2K and Christ University will impart Wikipedia education in Indian classrooms: <a href="http://bit.ly/1ehr8kz">http://bit.ly/1ehr8kz</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Report</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>CIS-A2K Narrative Report (September 2012 – June 2013) (by T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi, November 29, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1dFyjpO">http://bit.ly/1dFyjpO</a>. The report throws some light on the CIS-A2K program strategy in the next one year.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>Note: A couple of the below blog entries were carried in the Access to Knowledge newsletter last month</i>.</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project (by Nitika Tandon, November 13, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1dodyuK">http://bit.ly/1dodyuK</a>. </li>
<li>Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SA (by Nitika Tandon, November 13, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1cm9wBH">http://bit.ly/1cm9wBH</a>. </li>
<li>Train the Trainer Program (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 18, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/18hjw0n">http://bit.ly/18hjw0n</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Co-organised</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>The Relaunch of Creative Commons India (co-organised by Wikimedia India, Acharya Narendra Dev College and CIS, India Islamic Cultural Centre, November 12, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/HPxrAO">http://bit.ly/HPxrAO</a>. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development was the chief guest at the event.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Organised</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Wikipedia Orientation Programme for MA Students (Christ University, Bangalore, November 12, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/ItxAtu">http://bit.ly/ItxAtu</a>. Syed Muzammiluddin was the trainer. Twenty students participated. </li>
<li>Wikipedia Orientation Programme for the Second Language Students (Christ University, Bangalore, November 12, 13, 16 and 19, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1bxsOYF">http://bit.ly/1bxsOYF</a>. T. Vishnu Vardhan, Syed Muzammiluddin and Dr. U.B.Pavanaja were the trainers. About 1200 second language students participated in the programme. </li>
<li>Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution — A One Day Workshop (Kalinga Institute of Social Studies, Bhubaneswar, November 14, 2013). The workshop was conducted by Subhashish Panigrahi: <a href="http://bit.ly/1fSvl1v">http://bit.ly/1fSvl1v</a>.</li>
<li>Documentation and Wikipedia Workshop (Kalinga School of Management, Bhubaneswar, November 16, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/Imf0DV">http://bit.ly/Imf0DV</a>. Subhashish Panigrahi conducted the workshop. </li>
<li>Konknni Wikipedia Workshop (organised by Dalgado Konknni Akademi and CIS-A2K, Goa Central State Library, November 16 and 17, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1fSwiH5">http://bit.ly/1fSwiH5</a>.</li>
<li>Tenth Anniversary of Wikipedia (H N Multimedia Hall, National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore, November 17, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1eJ6da9">http://bit.ly/1eJ6da9</a>. Dr. U R Ananthamurthy, Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah and Ravi Hegde were the guests of honour. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the workshop.</li>
<li>First Phase of Odia Wikipedia Workshop (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Bhubaneswar, November 18, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/18doDer">http://bit.ly/18doDer</a>. Subhashish Panigrahi conducted the workshop.</li>
<li>Konkani Wikipedia Workshop (Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa, November 19, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1fSAUwT">http://bit.ly/1fSAUwT</a>. Nitika Tandon conducted the event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Participated In</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Wikimedia Diversity Conference (organized by German Wikipedia Community, GLS Campus, Berlin): <a href="http://bit.ly/Ixr9W8">http://bit.ly/Ixr9W8</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Media Coverage</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth Anniversary (RadioCity, November 2, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1dHEwBI">http://bit.ly/1dHEwBI</a>. </li>
<li>10th anniversary of Kannada wikipedia (The Times of India, November 15, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/IxqDr7">http://bit.ly/IxqDr7</a>.</li>
<li>Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia (Udayavani, November 15, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1aFwqF1">http://bit.ly/1aFwqF1</a>. </li>
<li>ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ. ಅದರ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತ ಒಂದು ಆಚರಣೆ (Avadhi Website, November 16, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/ImiBSy">http://bit.ly/ImiBSy</a>. </li>
<li>ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಗೆ 10, ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ ಸಾಲದು : ಪ್ರೊ .ಜಿವಿ (OneindiaKannada, November 17, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1fSAUwT">http://bit.ly/1fSAUwT</a>.</li>
<li>Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia (Vijayavani, November 17, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1b7exSa">http://bit.ly/1b7exSa</a>. </li>
<li>ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ (Prajavani, November 18, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1hWtt9v">http://bit.ly/1hWtt9v</a>.</li>
<li>ಕನ್ನಡದ ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ದುರ್ಬಲ (Vijaya Karnataka, November 19, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1hWtsCy">http://bit.ly/1hWtsCy</a>. </li>
<li>Panaji: DKA organizes two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop (Daijiworld, November 18, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1inoi03">http://bit.ly/1inoi03</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Note: The following are not a part of the Wikimedia Grant:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Other</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>History of Creative Commons in India (by Priyank Dwivedi, November 13, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/17txcH7">http://bit.ly/17txcH7</a>.</li>
<li>How Can We Make Open Education Truly Open? (by Dr. Nishant Shah, DML Central, November 22, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1ezsAyj">http://bit.ly/1ezsAyj</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Participated In</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Conference on e-Governance for India: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Alternatives (organised by OECD Korea Policy Centre in partnership with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad, November 6-7, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1cGP13c">http://bit.ly/1cGP13c</a>. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session on OECD Principles on eGovernment and their applicability to the developing world and India. </li>
<li>Indo-European Conference on the Role of the Patent System in Fostering Innovation and Technology Transfer (organized by European Patent Office, FICCI and European Business & Technology Centre, November 29, 2013, New Delhi). Nehaa Chaudhari participated in this conference.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is doing a project (under a grant from Privacy International and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)) on conducting research on surveillance and freedom of expression (SAFEGUARDS). So far we have organised seven privacy round-tables and drafted the Privacy (Protection) Bill. This month we bring you a report from the seventh privacy round-table held in Delhi, and an analysis on why Facebook is more dangerous than government spying. As part of its project (funded by Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and support from the IDRC) on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia we did an interview with Namita A Malhotra, a researcher and lawyer from Alternative Law Forum. With this we have completed a total of 12 video interviews:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Privacy</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Report</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Seventh Privacy Round-table (organised by FICCI, DSCI, Privacy International and CIS, October 19, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/187pFOO">http://bit.ly/187pFOO</a>. The report was published in the month of November. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Newspaper Columns</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Open Secrets (by Nishant Shah, Indian Express, October 27, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1b5uvK0">http://bit.ly/1b5uvK0</a>.</li>
<li>I Just Pinged to Say Hello (by Nishant Shah, Indian Express, November 24, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/183H34t">http://bit.ly/183H34t</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>An Interview with Caspar Bowden (by Maria Xynou, November 6, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/17LQqFX">http://bit.ly/17LQqFX</a>. </li>
<li>India's Response to WGEC Questionnaire (by Snehashish Ghosh, November 13, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/HX0r96">http://bit.ly/HX0r96</a>. </li>
<li>Why 'Facebook' is More Dangerous than the Government Spying on You (by Maria Xynou, November 19, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/HWLFzi">http://bit.ly/HWLFzi</a>. </li>
<li>CIS Supports the UN Resolution on “The Right to Privacy in the Digital age” (by Elonnai Hickok, November 30, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1c2A89q">http://bit.ly/1c2A89q</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Organised</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>IDEX Impact Assessment Workshop (organised by IDEX, CIS, Bangalore, November 16, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1bxRfFm">http://bit.ly/1bxRfFm</a>. </li>
<li>The Evolving Cyber Threat and How to Address It (CIS, Bangalore, November 22, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1cEkUZY">http://bit.ly/1cEkUZY</a>. </li>
<li>Panel on Privacy, Surveillance & the UID in the post-Snowden era (Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore, November 30, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1ctSHW3">http://bit.ly/1ctSHW3</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Events Participated In</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Chances and Risks of Social Participation (organised by Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin, November 22, 2013). Dr. Nishant Shah gave the keynote: <a href="http://bit.ly/18PcMXN">http://bit.ly/18PcMXN</a>. </li>
<li>Expert Committee Meeting on Human DNA Profiling Bill (organised by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, New Delhi). Sunil Abraham participated in the meeting: <a href="http://bit.ly/19CpDbD">http://bit.ly/19CpDbD</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Upcoming Event</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Big Democracy: Big Surveillance - A Talk by Maria Xynou (CIS, Bangalore, December 3, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1j4mzgu">http://bit.ly/1j4mzgu</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Cyber Security</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Laird Brown, a strategic planner and writer with core competencies on brand analysis, public relations and resource management and Purba Sarkar who in the past worked as a strategic advisor in the field of SAP Retail are working in this project:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Video Interview</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Part 12: An Interview with Namita A. Malhotra (November 15, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1j8MCjN">http://bit.ly/1j8MCjN</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Documentary Film</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>First Look: Cyber Security Film (by Purba Sarkar, November 18, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1alHhVu">http://bit.ly/1alHhVu</a>. The trailer was presented by Laird Brown recently at the IGF.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Upcoming Event</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>DesiSec: Episode 1 - Film Release and Screening (December 11, 2013): Screening of the first documentary film on cyber security in India.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a></h3>
<p>CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>EC guidelines on social media: Welcome move, but not enough (by Shruti Dhapola, FirstPost, November 1, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1c3fNkt">http://bit.ly/1c3fNkt</a>. </li>
<li>NSA leaks helping India become 'Big Brother' state? (British Broadcasting Corporation, November 1, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1b7ftDG">http://bit.ly/1b7ftDG</a>. </li>
<li>Spy agencies, IB and RAW, put spanner in proposed privacy law (by Nagender Sharma and Aloke Tikku, Hindustan Times, November 2, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1aox4HP">http://bit.ly/1aox4HP</a>.</li>
<li>India must support UN's e-snooping move: Human rights activists (by Indu Nandakumar, Economic Times, November 11, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/18LrI5s">http://bit.ly/18LrI5s</a>. </li>
<li>Social media promotions can backfire, too (by Ratna Bhushan and Varuni Khosla, The Times of India, November 11, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1gMj7rg">http://bit.ly/1gMj7rg</a>. </li>
<li>YouTube is the answer to what has changed in India (by Moulishree Srivastava, Livemint, November 20, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1fg214A">http://bit.ly/1fg214A</a>. </li>
<li>When the virtual world wakes up the real one (by Malini Nair, November 24, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1hovyd3">http://bit.ly/1hovyd3</a>. </li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives">Digital Natives</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is doing a research project titled “Making Change”. The project will explore new ways of defining, locating, and understanding change in network societies. Having the thought piece 'Whose Change is it Anyway' as an entry point for discussion and reflection, the project will feature profiles, interviews and responses of change-makers to questions around current mechanisms and practices of change in South Asia and South East Asia.:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Making Change</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Methods to Conceive and Condense Social Change (by Denisse Albornoz, November 30, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1ezrBhw">http://bit.ly/1ezrBhw</a>.</li>
<li>Blank Noise and the Active Citizen Dissonance (by Denisse Albornoz, November 30, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/IwOHu9">http://bit.ly/IwOHu9</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Other</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entry</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Digitally Enhanced Civil Resistance (by Denisse Albornoz, November 20, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/18ndc7p">http://bit.ly/18ndc7p</a>. </li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Shyam Ponappa, a Distinguished Fellow at CIS is a regular columnist with the Business Standard. The articles published on his blog Organizing India Blogspot is mirrored on our website:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Newspaper Column</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Predictability in Infrastructure (by Shyam Ponappa, Business Standard, November 6, 2013 and Observer India Blogspot, November 10, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/1dLZ0Fp">http://bit.ly/1dLZ0Fp</a>. </li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access">Knowledge Repository on Internet Access</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS in partnership with the Ford Foundation is executing a project to create a knowledge repository on Internet and society. This repository will comprise content targeted primarily at civil society with a view to enabling their informed participation in the Indian Internet and ICT policy space. The repository is available at the Internet Institute website: <a href="http://bit.ly/1iQT2UB">http://bit.ly/1iQT2UB</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Upcoming Event</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Institute on Internet and Society (organised by Ford Foundation and CIS, Yashada, Pune, February 11-17, 2014): <a href="http://bit.ly/180mQi9">http://bit.ly/180mQi9</a>. The application form is available at <a href="http://internet-institute.in/form">http://internet-institute.in/form</a>. Registrations close on December 15, 2013. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Modules</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Internet Engineering Task Force (by Anirudh Sridhar, November 30, 2013). The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards body with no requirements for membership and does not have a formal membership process either: <a href="http://bit.ly/1c4aOQr">http://bit.ly/1c4aOQr</a>. </li>
<li>World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) (by Anirudh Sridhar, November 30, 2013). The World Summit on Information Society was first proposed by the International Telecommunication Union in 1998. The main focus of the WSIS was to address issues related to the global digital divide. However, the scope of the WSIS was broadened later to include internet related public policy issues: <a href="http://bit.ly/186dbnV">http://bit.ly/186dbnV</a>. </li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is building research clusters in the field of Digital Humanities. The Digital will be used as a way of unpacking the debates in humanities and social sciences and look at the new frameworks, concepts and ideas that emerge in our engagement with the digital. The clusters aim to produce and document new conversations and debates that shape the contours of Digital Humanities in Asia:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Event Participated In</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>From Seemingly Transparent to Definitely Opaque (organised by University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, November 4-7, 2013): <a href="http://bit.ly/19b6IW1">http://bit.ly/19b6IW1</a>. Nishant Shah taught this course and also presented on a panel on 'Secrets of Digital Culture'.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Follow us elsewhere</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceDigital HumanitiesOpenness2014-01-04T04:38:08ZPageNovember 2012 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/november-2012-bulletin
<b>Welcome to the newsletter of November 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of Section 66A of the IT Act by Pranesh Prakash, comments on the draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, an introduction to 12 mobile devices that we are researching as part of the Pervasive Technologies project, submissions of civil society in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, updates from the Wikipedia community on Indic languages, and news and media coverage.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="visualHighlight"><b>Jobs</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is seeking applications for the posts of <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/jobs/research-manager">Research Manager</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/jobs/programme-officer-internet-governance">Programme Officer – Internet Governance</a>. To apply send your resume to <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a>.</p>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a></h2>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">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 disability. The disabled need accessible content, devices and interfaces facilitated via copyright law and electronic accessibility policies:</td>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/human-machine-interfaces-the-history-of-an-uncertain-future">Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future</a> (by Sharath Chandra Ram, November 30, 2012).</li>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/itu-int-itu-d-asp-cms-events-2012-nepal-itu-nta-workshop-on-making-ict-and-mobile-phones-accessible-for-persons-with-disabilities-in-nepal" class="external-link"><span class="external-link">Workshop on Making ICT and Mobile Phones Accessible for Persons with Disabilities in Nepal</span></a></li>
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(organised by ITU, November 9, 2012). Nirmita Narasimhan was a speaker in the session "Introduction: ICT and Telecom Accessibility, Good Practices in Policy and Industry Initiatives".
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h2>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Access to Knowledge programme addresses the harms caused to consumers, developing countries, human rights, and creativity/innovation from excessive regimes of copyright, patents, and other such monopolistic rights over knowledge:</p>
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<p><b>WIPO Transcripts</b></p>
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<p>We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 25th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights held in Geneva from November 19 to 23, 2012:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wipo-sccr-25-day-1-november-19-2012.txt">WIPO SCCR 25 Day 1, November 19, 2012</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wipo-sccr-25-day-2-november-20-2012.txt">WIPO SCCR 25 Day 2, November 20, 2012</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wipo-sccr-25-day-3-november-21-2012.txt">WIPO SCCR 25 Day 3, November 21, 2012</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wipo-sccr-25-day-4-november-22-2012.txt">WIPO SCCR 25 Day 4, November 22, 2012</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wipo-sccr-25-day-5-november-23-2012.txt">WIPO SCCR 25 Day 5, November 23, 2012</a></li>
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<p><b>Comments</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/comments-on-broadcast-treaty-and-exceptions-and-limitations-for-libraries-and-archives">Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives</a> (by Smitha Krishna Prasad, November 29, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/comments-on-science-technology-and-innovation-policy-draft">Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh, submitted to the Ministry of Science and Technology, November 26, 2012).</li>
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<h3>Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As a part of the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace research project, CIS is researching upon 12 gray-market mobile devices to generate a better understanding of the intellectual property implications of the pervasive mobile technologies available in the Indian market:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Workshop Report</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/exploring-the-internals-of-mobile-devices">Exploring the Internals of Mobile Devices — Report from a One-day Workshop at TERI</a> (by Jadine Lannon, November 30, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/icomm-2012-report">ICOMM2012: International Communications and Electronics Fair</a> (by Jadine Lannon, November 14, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/pervasive-mobile-technologies-meet-our-grey-market-devices">Pervasive Mobile Technologies: Meet Our Mobile Devices!</a> (by Jadine Lannon, November 30, 2012).</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/global-congress-on-ip">2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest</a> (FGV Law School, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, December 15 – 17, 2012).</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/openness">Openness</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The 'Openness' programme critically examines alternatives to existing regimes of intellectual property rights, and transparency and accountability. Under this programme, we study Open Government Data, Open Access to Scholarly Literature, Open Access to Law, Open Content, Open Standards, and Free/Libre/Open Source Software:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/autonomy-access-infrastructure-future-a-discussion-with-cs-lakshmi-on-sparrow-archive" class="external-link">Autonomy, Access, Infrastructure and Future — A Discussion with C S Lakshmi</a> (CIS, Bangalore, November 29, 2012). A video of the event is published.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/art-in-the-open-source-age">Art in the Open Source Age — A Talk by Gene Kogan</a> (CIS, Bangalore, November 30, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://http//cis-india.org/openness/blog/informatics-nic-in-neeta-verma-alka-mishra-d-p-mishra-july-2012-open-government-platform">Open Government Platform</a> (by Neeta Verma, Alka Mishra and D.P. Mishra, Informatics Magazine, July 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Event Participated</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/science-gallery-workshop">Science Gallery Workshop @ Srishti</a> (organised by Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology and Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, Srishti School of Art Design and Technology (N2 campus), Bangalore, November 23, 2012). Sunil Abraham participated in this event.</li>
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<h3>Access to Knowledge Programme</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Beginning from September 1, 2012, Wikimedia Foundation has <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">awarded</a> CIS a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. The <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team" title="Access To Knowledge/Team">A2K team</a> consists of three members based in Delhi: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Noopur Raval</a>. Program Manager, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Shiju Alex</a> left the organisation. November 16, 2012 was his last working day.</p>
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<p><b>Events Organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kolkata-tasting-the-sweetness-of-wikipedia">Kolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia!</a> (Kolkata, November 3, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-odia-wikipedia-education-program-to-be-rolled-out-at-iimc-dhenkanal">First Odia Wikipedia Education Program</a> (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, November 8, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wiki-workshop-at-aml">Odia Wikipedia Workshop at AML</a> (Academy of Media Learning, Bhubaneswar, November 10, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/mini-hackathon-delhi">A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi</a> (CIS, New Delhi, November 11, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-state-of-tech-talk-by-erik-moeller">Wikipedia: State of Tech — A Talk by Erik Moeller</a> (CIS, Bangalore, November 12, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-workshop-organized-in-kmbb-college-bhubaneswar">An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at KMBB</a> (KMBB College, Bhubaneswar, November 19, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/follow-up-to-wikipedia-introductory-session-at-bharati%20vidyapeeth">Follow up to Wikipedia Introductory Session</a> (Bharati Vidyapeeth, Delhi, November 19, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Events Participated</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-hackathon-hyderabad">Wikipedia Hackathon</a> (organised by BITS, Hyderabad, October 25 – 27, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-womens-workshop-in-mumbai">Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai</a> (by Noopur Raval, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala, Mumbai, November 4, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>News and Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li>‘<a href="https://cis-india.org/news/bangalore-mirror-article-kalyan-subramani-nov-15-2012-some-indian-laws-could-be-challenging">Some Indian laws could be challenging</a>’ (Bangalore Mirror, November 15, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/report-of-odia-wikipedia-workshop-in-sambad">A Report of the Odia Wikipedia Workshop held in KMBB College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar</a> (Sambad, November 19, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/orissa-diary-november-23-2012-pravuprasad-routray">OdishaDiary conferred prestigious Odisha Youth Inspiration Award 2012 to Odia Wikipedia team</a> (Orissa Diary, November 23, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/article-in-cybersafar">વિકિપીડિયા ગુજરાતી માં પણ છે</a> (by Harish Kothari, Cybersafar, November 28, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/typing-in-indic-languages-from-mobiles">Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy!</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 19, 2012).</li>
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<h3>HasGeek</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">HasGeek creates discussion spaces for geeks and has organised conferences like the <a href="http://fifthelephant.in/2012/">Fifth Elephant</a>, <a href="http://droidcon.in/2011">Droidcon India 2011</a>, <a href="http://androidcamp.hasgeek.com/">Android Camp</a>, etc. HasGeek is supported by CIS and works out from CIS office in Bengaluru. The following event was organised by HasGeek in the month of November: <a href="http://droidcon.in/2012/">Droidcon India</a> (November 2 and 3, 2012, MLR Convention Centre, Whitefield, Bangalore).</p>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
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The Internet Governance programme conducts research around the various social, technical, and political underpinnings of global and national Internet governance, and includes online privacy, freedom of speech, and Internet governance mechanisms and processes:
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<p><b>Analysis of IT Act</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/breaking-down-section-66-a-of-the-it-act">Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, November 25, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/livemint-opinion-november-28-2012-pranesh-prakash-fixing-indias-anarchic-it-act">Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, Livemint, November 28, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/times-crest-pranesh-prakash-november-24-2012-draft-nonsense">Draft nonsense</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, The Times of India, November 24, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Analysis of Justice AP Shah Report</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/question-and-answer-to-report-of-group-of-experts-on-privacy">Q&A to the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, November 9, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Comments / Submissions to ITU</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/statement-of-civil-society-members-and-groups-at-best-bits-pre-igf-meeting" class="external-link">Statement of Civil Society Members in the "Best Bits" pre-IGF Meeting</a>. CIS was one of the signatories of this submission made to the ITU.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/submission-on-indias-draft-comments-on-proposed-changes-to-itus-itrs">Submission on India's Draft Comments on Proposed Changes to the ITU's ITRs</a>. CIS was one of the signatories along with Society for Knowledge Commons, Delhi Science Forum, Free Software Movement of India, Internet Democracy Project and Media for Change.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/submission-on-proposals-for-future-itrs-and-related-processes" class="external-link">Submission by Indian Civil Society Organisations on Future ITRs and Related Processes. </a>CIS was one of the signatories of this submission in response to ITU’s call for public comments.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indian-govts-submission-to-itu">Indian Government's Submission to ITU</a>: We have put up the text of the submission made by the Government of India to the World Conference of International Telecommunications, Dubai on November 3, 2012.</li>
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<p><b>Event Participated</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/will-the-international-telecommunication-regulations-itrs-impact-internet-governance-a-multistakeholder-perspective">India Internet Governance Conference</a> (organised by the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, FICCI and Internet Society, October 4 -5, 2012). Pranesh Prakash made a presentation. CIS was one of the supporting organisations.</li>
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<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/bal-thackeray-comment-arbitrary-arrest-295A-66A">Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, November 19, 2012). This was re-posted in <a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?283033">Outlook</a> (November 19, 2012), <a href="http://kafila.org/2012/11/19/social-media-regulation-vs-suppression-of-freedom-of-speech-pranesh-prakash/">KAFILA</a> (November 19, 2012), and <a href="http://shailsnest.com/2012/11/20/4445/">Shail's Nest</a> (November 20, 2012). </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dot-blocks-domain-sites">DoT Blocks Domain Sites — But Reasons and Authority Unclear</a> (by Smitha Krishna Prasad, November 21, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Upcoming Events</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/technology-culture-and-events-in-south-east-asia">Technology Culture and Events in South East Asia — A Presentation by Preetam Rai</a>(CIS, Bangalore, Near Domlur Club and TERI Complex, December 18, 2012, 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/dml-conference-2013">DML Conference 2013</a> (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers - Chicago, Illinois, March 14 – 16, 2012).</li>
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<p><b>Internet Governance Forum</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Pranesh Prakash, Chinmayi Arun, Malavika Jayaram and Elonnai Hickok participated in the Internet Governance Forum held in Baku, Azerbaijan in the month of November 2012. In total, CIS spoke in 12 panels:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/best-bits">Best Bits 2012</a> (organised by Best Bits, Baku, Azerbaijan<b> </b>November 3 and 4, 2012). Pranesh Prakash and Elonnai Hickok participated in this event.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/privatisation-of-censorship">The Privatisation of Censorship: The Online Responsibility to Protect Free Expression</a> (organized by Index on Censorship, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 5, 2012). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/news/new-trends-in-industry-self-governance">New Trends in Industry Self-Governance</a> (organised by Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK and Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Nominet, UK, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 7, 2012 from 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/news/intgovforum-cms-w2012-proposals">Civil Rights in the Digital Age, about the Impact the Internet has on Civil Rights</a> (organised by ECP on behalf of the IGF-NL, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 7, 2012, 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.). Malavika Jayaram was a panelist.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/solutions-for-cross-border-data-flows">Solutions for Enabling Cross-border Data Flows</a> (co-organised by ICC BASIS and the Internet Society, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 7, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/cloudy-jurisdiction-addressing-the-thirst-for-cloud-data-in-domestic-legeal-processes">Cloudy Jurisdiction: Addressing the thirst for Cloud Data in Domestic Legeal Processes</a> (co-organised by Electronic Frontier Foundation (Peru) and University of Ottawa, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 7, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/frameworks-for-cross-border-online-communities-and-services">What Frameworks for Cross-Border Online Communities and Services</a> (hosted by the Internet & Jurisdiction Project, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 8, 2012). Chinmayi Arun was a panelist.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/news/intgovforum-cms-w2012-proposals-governing-identity-on-the-internet">Governing Identity on the Internet</a> (co-organised by Brenden Kuerbis, Citizen Lab and Christine Runnegar, Internet Society, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 8, 2012, 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.). Malavika Jayaram was a panelist.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/mag/116-workshop-proposals/1051-igf-2012-workshop-proposal-no-118-law-enforcement-via-domain-names-caveats-to-dns-neutrality">Law Enforcement via Domain Names: Caveats to DNS Neutrality</a> (organised by Hong Xue, Vivekanandan, Wei Mao and Leo Liu, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 8, 2012). Chinmayi Arun was a panelist.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/who-is-following-me">Who is Following Me: Tracking the Trackers</a> (organised by Internet Society and the Council of Europe, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 8, 2012). Malavika Jayaram was a speaker at this event.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/national-ig-mechanisms">National IG Mechanisms – Looking at Some Key Design Issues</a> (Baku, Azerbaijan, November 8, 2012). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/steady-steps-foss-and-mdgs">Steady Steps.....FOSS and the MDG's</a> (organised by International Center For Free and Open Source Software and Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 8, 2012). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/privacy-in-social-networked-world">Privacy in the Social Networked World</a> (hosted by the Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, on behalf of the Asian Privacy Scholars Network, November 19 – 20, 2012). Elonnai Hickok spoke on Transparency and Privacy in India.</li>
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<p><b>Featured in the Media</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindustan-times-india-news-new-delhi-nov-3-2012-power-to-youth">Power to youth</a> (The Hindustan Times, November 3, 2012). The article names Sunil Abraham and Lawrence Liang as some of the young people who are shaping the future.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ft-magazine-nov-16-2012-25-indians-to-watch">25 Indians to watch</a> (FT Magazine, November 16, 2012). Sunil Abraham is one among the 25 rising Indian stars to watch out for.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/whoswholegal-profiles-malavika-jayaram" class="external-link">Malavika Jayaram named a top lawyer for Internet and e-Commerce in India</a> (WHO’s WHO LEGAL, November 20, 2012).</li>
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<h3>Media Coverage</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/live-mint-politics-surabhi-agarwal-nov-6-2012-information-security-policy-on-govt-agenda">Information security policy on govt agenda</a> (by Surabhi Agarwal, LiveMint, November 6, 2012). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-sandhya-soman-and-pratiksha-ramkumar-nov-7-2012-law-yet-to-catch-up-with-tech-enabled-peeping-toms">Law yet to catch up with tech-enabled peeping toms</a> (by Sandhya Soman & Pratiksha Ramkumar, Times of India, November 7, 2012). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-sci-tech-internet-karthik-subramanian-nov-14-2012-india-second-in-requesting-user-info-google">India second in requesting user info: Google</a> (by Karthik Subramaniam, Hindu, November 14, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/telegraphindia-opinion-story-kavitha-shanmugham-nov-14-2012-post-and-be-damned">Post and be Damned</a> (by Kavita Shanmugham, November 14, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-india-times-tech-tech-news-internet-ishan-srivastava-nov-15-2012-india-second-in-keeping-tabs-on-netizens">India second in keeping tabs on netizens</a> (by Ishan Srivastava, The Times of India, November 15, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/thinkdigit-internet-kul-bhushan-nov-15-2012-india-ranks-second-globally-in-accessing-private-details-of-users">India ranks second globally in accessing private details of users</a> (thinkdigit, November 15, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/articles-economic-times-nov-17-2012-indu-nandakumar-googles-transparency-report-sketchy-inconclusive">Google's 'Transparency Report' sketchy, inconclusive: Government</a> (by Indu Nandakumar, Economic Times, November 17, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/india-blogs-nytimes-nov-19-2012-neha-thirani-hari-kumar-women-arrested-in-mumbai-for-complaining-on-facebook">Women Arrested in Mumbai for Complaining on Facebook</a> (by Neha Thirani and Hari Kumar, New York Times, November 19, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/first-post-nov-19-2012-girls-arrested-for-facebook-post-on-thackeray-get-bail">Girls arrested for Facebook post on Thackeray get bail</a> (FirstPost, November 19, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/first-post-india-nov-19-2012-arrest-of-girl-over-thackeray-fb-update-clear-misuse-of-sec-295a">Arrest of girl over Thackeray FB update a clear misuse of Sec 295A</a> (FirstPost, November 19, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/india-blogs-nytimes-november-20-2012-how-to-steer-clear-of-indias-strict-internet-laws">How to Steer Clear of India’s Strict Internet Laws</a> (by Sangeeta Rajesh and Heather Timmons, New York Times, November 20, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ibnlive-news-nov-20-2012-netizens-flay-mumbai-girls-arrest-over-facebook-post">Internet users flay Mumbai girls' arrest over Facebook post</a> (IBN Live, November 20, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/first-post-politics-venky-vembu-nov-20-2012-arrests-over-facebook-posts-why-were-on-a-dangerous-slide">Arrests over Facebook posts: Why we’re on a dangerous slide</a> (Venky Vembu, FirstPost, November 20, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-arun-dev-nov-20-2012-girl-arrest-draws-flak-on-social-media">Girl's arrest draws flak on social media</a> (The Times of India, November 20, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/indiatimes-sonal-bhadoria-nov-21-2012-indias-shame-world-reacts-to-fb-post-arrest">India's Shame: World Reacts to FB Post Arrest</a> (by Sonal Bhadoria, India Times, November 21, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/whdi-reviews-nov-22-2012-indian-government-at-second-position-after-usa-for-demanding-user-data-from-google">Indian government at second position after U.S.A for demanding user data from Google</a> (WHDI Reviews, November 22, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/indolink-november-2012-indians-rank-second-for-online-shopping">Indians Rank Second For Online Snooping</a> (Indolink, November 23, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-nov-23-2012-shalini-singh-civil-society-and-industry-oppose-indias-plans-to-modify-itrs">Civil society & industry oppose India’s plans to modify ITRs</a> (by Shalini Singh, The Hindu, November 23, 2012). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/business-standard-november-28-2012-nirmalya-behera-amnesty-international-calls-for-review-of-66a-of-it-act">Amnesty International calls for review of 66A of IT act</a> (by Nirmalya Behera, Business Standard, November 28, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/dnaindia-nov-29-2012-apoorva-dutt-thousands-go-online-against-66a">Thousands go online against 66A</a> (by Apoorva Dutt, DNA, November 29, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-businessline-november-29-2012-the-flaw-in-cyber-law">The flaw in cyber law</a> (by S Ronendra Singh, Hindu Business Line, November 29, 2012). Sunil Abraham and Snehashish Ghosh are quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-politics-november-29-2012-surabhi-agarwal-govt-tweaks-enforcement-of-it-act-after-spate-of-arrests">Govt tweaks enforcement of IT Act after spate of arrests</a> (by Surabhi Agarwal, LiveMint, November 29, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-atlantic-wire-november-29-2012-david-wagner-you-can-get-arrested-for-facebook-status-update-now">Yes, You Can Get Arrested for a Facebook Status Update Now</a> (by David Wagner, Atlantic Wire, November 29, 2012). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/first-post-politics-lakshmi-chaudhry-november-30-2012-the-real-sibals-law-resisting-section-66a-is-futile">The real Sibal’s law: Resisting Section 66A is futile</a> (by Lakshmi Chaudhry, FirstPost, November 30, 2012). Pranesh Prakash’s blog post on section 66A which was also published in Outlook is quoted.</li>
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<h3>Videos</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ndtv-video-ndtv-special-ndtv-24x7">Women arrested for Facebook post: Did cops act under Sena pressure?</a> (NDTV, November 19, 2012). YP Singh, Alyque Padamsee, Rohan Joshi, Karuna Nundy and Pranesh Prakash took part in a discussion about the arrest of two girls over a Facebook comment.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ibnlive-videos-november-20-2012-the-last-word-is-there-a-need-to-review-information-technology-act">The Last Word: Is there a need to review Information Technology Act?</a> (CNN-IBN, November 20, 2012). Aryaman Sundaram, Pavan Duggal, Pranesh Prakash and Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad took part in a discussion with Karan Thapar on section 66A of the IT Act.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-november-30-2012-video-interview-with-pranesh-prakash">Interview with Pranesh Prakash</a> (by Surabhi Agarwal, LiveMint, November 30, 2012).</li>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">While the potential for growth and returns exist for telecommunications in India, a range of issues need to be addressed. One aspect is more extensive rural coverage and the other is a countrywide access to broadband which is low. Both require effective and efficient use of networks and resources, including spectrum:</p>
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<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/knowledge-and-capacity-around-telecom-policy">Building Knowledge and Capacity around Telecommunication Policy in India</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Ford Foundation has given a grant of USD 2,00,000 to CIS to build expertise in the area of telecommunications in India. The knowledge repository deals with these modules: Introduction to Telecommunications, Telecommunications Infrastructure and Technologies, Government of India Regulatory Framework for Telecom, Telecommunication and the Market, Universal Access and Accessibility, The International Telecommunications Union and other international bodies, Broadcasting, Emerging Topics and Way Forward. Dr. Surendra Pal, Satya N Gupta, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Payal Malik, Dr. Rakesh Mehrotra and Dr. Nadeem Akhtar are the expert reviewers.</p>
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<p>The following are the new outputs:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/dot-its-powers-and-responsibilities">DoT — Its Powers and Responsibilities</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh, November 30, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/govt-policy-and-guidelines">Government Policy and Guidelines</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh, November 30, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/trai-regulations">TRAI Regulations</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh, November 30, 2012).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/telecom-knowledge-repository/trai-telecommunication-tariff-orders">TRAI Telecommunication Tariff Orders</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh, November 30, 2012).</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/organizing-india-blogspot-in-2012-nov-3-2012-shyam-ponappa-super-wifi-shared-spectrum">Super WiFi & Shared Spectrum: A Time to Start Sharing</a> (by Shyam Ponappa, Organizing India Blogspot on November 3, 2012 and Business Standard, November 1, 2012).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/the-hindu-businessline-november-24-2012-jayna-kothari-folly-of-mandating-spectrum-auctions">Folly of Mandating Spectrum Auctions</a> (by Jayna Kothari, Hindu Business Line, November 24, 2012).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://jmi.ac.in/bulletinboard/eventmodule/latest/detail/674/22969">2nd MPL Faculty Workshop (North Zone) on Teaching Public Policy, Media and Law</a> (Central University, Rajasthan, November 1-2, 2012). Snehashish Ghosh made a presentation on "Building a Telecom Knowledge Repository."</p>
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<h2><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives">Digital Natives</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Digital Natives with a Cause? examines the changing landscape of social change and political participation in light of the role that young people play through digital and Internet technologies, in emerging information societies. Consolidating knowledge from Asia, Africa and Latin America, it builds a global network of knowledge partners who critically engage with discourse on youth, technology and social change, and look at alternative practices and ideas in the Global South:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/nishant-shah-whose-change-is-it-anyway">Whose Change Is It Anyway? | DML2013</a>: As a preparation for the DML conference, Nishant Shah had an interview with Howard Rheingold, a cyberculture pioneer, social media innovator, and author of "Smart Mobs. Watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ueRSm1TTw">video</a> on YouTube.</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">About CIS</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-handbook">e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities</a> with ITU and G3ict, and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook">Digital Alternatives with a Cause?</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers">Thinkathon Position Papers</a> and the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-with-a-cause-a-report">Digital Natives with a Cause? Report</a> with Hivos, etc. We conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disabilities">WIPO Treaties</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012">Copyright Bill</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback-to-nia-bill">NIA Bill</a>, etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO, and has given policy briefs to delegations from various countries, our Programme Manager, Nirmita Narasimhan won the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award">National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities</a> from the Government of India and also received the <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award">NIVH Excellence Award</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at <a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at <a href="mailto:nishant@cis-india.org">nishant@cis-india.org</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The blog post published in Global Voices on February 11, 2016 quotes Pranesh Prakash and Subhashish Panigrahi.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">In the latest development in the negotiations between the United States and European Union over data transfer rules, Reuters reports France’s data protection authority gave Facebook<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-france-privacy-idUSKCN0VH1U1"><span> </span><span>three months to stop tracking</span></a> non-users’ Web activity without their consent, and ordered Facebook to cease some transfers of personal data to the United States or face fines. In response, Facebook asserted it does not use the now-defunct<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Privacy_Principles"><span> </span><span>Safe Harbor</span></a> agreement to move data to the United States and instead has set up alternative legal structures to keep its data transfers in line with EU law. Despite this, Facebook was forced last year to<a href="http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/08/french-data-privacy-regulator-to-facebook-you-have-3-months-to-stop-tracking-non-users/"><span> </span><span>stop tracking Belgian non-users</span></a> after it was taken to court by the Belgian regulator. Last week, the United States and European Union agreed upon a new legal framework to replace Safe Harbor, but as it is not yet operational, several European data protection authorities are still deciding whether data transfers should be restricted.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Big Blow for Facebook’s Free Basics</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Indian regulators <a href="http://inbministry.blogspot.in/2016/02/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india.html"><span>officially banned “differential pricing”</span></a>or discriminatory tariffs placed on data services depending on their content. This means that Internet users in India are guaranteed equal access to any website they want, regardless of how they connect to the Internet, <a href="https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/02/09/a-good-day-for-the-internet-everywhere-india-bans-differential-data-pricing/"><span>ays Global Voices’ Subhashish Panigrahi</span></a>. The decision is a particular blow to Facebook’s Free Basics application, which uses differential pricing mechanisms to make accessing Facebook, WhatsApp and a limited number of other websites free to users who do not pay for mobile data plans. Though Facebook promotes the program as a means to increasing digital access, it has come under backlash in India and a number of other countries. Internet policy expert <a href="https://twitter.com/pranesh/status/696732814083907584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span>Pranesh Prakash emphasized</span></a>that though the ruling is a win for open access in India, these efforts must continue until India is truly and equally connected.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Google’s new scheme to combat online extremism </strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In an effort to combat groups like ISIS that recruit online, Google has launched a<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/02/google-pilot-extremist-anti-radicalisation-information"><span>pilot scheme</span></a>to point users who search for extremist terms toward anti-radicalization links. It announced the new effort on February 2 at a<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/countering-extremism/oral/28376.html"><span> meeting</span></a> with the U.K. Home Affairs Select Committee on Countering Extremism. Representatives of Twitter and Facebook were also challenged by members of Parliament on their role in combatting the spread of terrorist material. Twitter<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/technology/twitter-account-suspensions-terrorism.html"><span> announced</span></a>that it had suspended 125,000 accounts associated with extremism since mid-2015 in response to pressure from the US government. However, as the New York Times’ Mike Isaac notes, “these companies must walk a fine line between bearing responsibility for their platforms and avoiding becoming the arbiter of what constitutes free speech.”</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><strong>What’s going to happen to Ukraine’s database of ‘explicit content’?</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Ukrainian censorship body, National Expert Commission for Protection of Public Morality, dissolved last year, but its<a href="https://globalvoices.org/2016/02/05/ukrainian-censors-explicit-content-database-is-up-for-grabs/"><span> legacy lives on</span></a> as a database of “explicit content” that no one in the government seems to know what to do with. The database includes a sizeable amount of content “containing elements of sexual nature and erotica,” but the commission was also well known for its <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ukraine-govt-wants-to-ban-spongebob-promotes-homosexuality/"><span>attempt to ban</span></a> Spongebob Squarepants, Shrek, and Teletubbies. Users have suggested the team responsible for dissolving the commission make the content more widely available, so they can see where taxpayers’ money went.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><strong>How to protect yourself from government hacking</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Hacking human rights workers, journalists, and NGOs has become <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/01/brief-history-of-government-hacking-human-rights-organizations/"><span>common practice </span></a>for governments around the world, according to Amnesty International’s Morgan Marquis-Boire and Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Eva Galperin. In a post for Amnesty International, the two provide a brief history of government hacking and give suggestions for NGOs and human rights organizations to protect themselves.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Taking on Russia’s invasive surveillance </strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Two Russian Internet service providers are taking the Federal Security Service to court to<a href="https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/02/03/isps-take-kremlin-to-court-over-online-surveillance/"><span> challenge the surveillance system</span></a> employed by Russian federal police to spy on Internet use. ISPs play a critical role in making surveillance possible, by installing expensive equipment that provides police access—making this case a significant affront to Russia’s invasive surveillance apparatus.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Telegram in Iran</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Messaging app Telegram’s <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/08/telegram-the-instant-messaging-app-freeing-up-iranians-conversations?CMP=share_btn_tw"><span>growing influence</span></a> is being characterized as a major factor in the dissemination and spread of information leading up to Iran’s Feb. 26 parliamentary elections, but <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2015/08/28/is-telegrams-compliance-with-iran-compromising-the-digital-security-of-its-users/"><span> the platform</span></a>’s susceptibility to state manipulation is also becoming more apparent. After the arrest of former BBC journalist Bahman Doroshafaei, the government<a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/read/iran-telegram-account-bbc-journalist"><span> took over his Telegram account</span></a> and started to message his contacts. Some believe this was an effort to extract sensitive information or to distribute spyware. Fatemeh Shams, a friend of Doroshafaei, posted the following warning to her Facebook account:</p>
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<p>Someone has been talking to me for two hours from Bahman's hacked Telegram account and now is chatting with my friends with my account..If anyone messaged you on Telegram [from my account] please ignore it. I've lost access to my account.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><em><strong>Mahsa Alimardani, </strong><a href="https://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/author/ellery-roberts-biddle/"><strong><span>Ellery Roberts Biddle</span></strong></a><strong>, Hae-in Lim and</strong><a href="https://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/author/sarahbmyers/"><strong><span> Sarah Myers West</span></strong></a> <strong>contributed to this report.</strong></em></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/global-voices-february-11-2016-netizen-report'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/global-voices-february-11-2016-netizen-report</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaInternet GovernancePrivacy2016-02-27T07:39:01ZNews ItemNet Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential Pricing
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/odisha-tv-february-9-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-net-neutrality-advocates-rejoice-as-trai-bans-differential-pricing
<b>India would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this Facebook project.</b>
<p>The article by Subhashish Panigrahi was <a class="external-link" href="http://odishatv.in/opinion/net-neutrality-advocates-rejoice-as-trai-bans-differential-pricing-125476/">published by Odisha TV </a>on February 9, 2016.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a historical step by banning differential pricing without discriminating services. In their notes TRAI has explained, “In India, given that a majority of the population are yet to be connected to the internet, allowing service providers to define the nature of access would be equivalent of letting TSPs shape the users’ internet experience.” Not just that, violation of this ban would cost Rs. 50,000 every day.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Facebook planned to launch Free Basics in India by making a few websites – mostly partners with Facebook—available for free. The company not just advertised aggressively on bill boards and commercials across the nation, it also embedded a campaign inside Facebook asking users to vote in support of Free Basics. TRAI criticized Facebook’s attempt to manipulate public opinion. Facebook was also heavily challenged by many policy and internet advocates including non-profits like Free Software Movement of India and Savetheinternet.in campaign. The two collectives strongly discouraged Free Basics by moulding public opinion against it with Savetheinternet.in alone used to send over 2.4 million emails to TRAI to disallow Free Basics. Furthermore, 500 Indian start-ups, including major names like Cleartrip, Zomato, Practo, Paytm and Cleartax, also wrote to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting continued support for Net Neutrality – a concept that advocates equal treatment of websites – on Republic Day. Stand-up comedians like Abish Mathew and groups like All India Bakchod and East India Comedy created humorous but informative videos explaining the regulatory debate and supporting net neutrality. Both went viral.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Technology critic and Quartz writer Alice Truong reacted to Free Basics saying; “Zuckerberg almost portrays net neutrality as a first-world problem that doesn’t apply to India because having some service is better than no service.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The decision of the Indian government has been largely welcomed in the country and outside. In support of the move, Web We Want programme manager at the World Wide Web Foundation Renata Avila has said; “As the country with the second largest number of Internet users worldwide, this decision will resonate around the world. It follows a precedent set by Chile, the United States, and others which have adopted similar net neutrality safeguards. The message is clear: We can’t create a two-tier Internet – one for the haves, and one for the have-nots. We must connect everyone to the full potential of the open Web.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There are mixed responses on the social media, both in support and in opposition to the TRAI decision. Josh Levy, Advocacy Director at Accessnow, has appreciated saying, “India is now the global leader on #NetNeutrality. New rules are stronger than those in EU and US.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Had differential pricing been allowed, it would have affected start-ups and content-based smaller companies adversely as they could never have managed to pay the high price to a partner service provider to make their service available for free. On the other hand, tech-giants like Facebook could have easily managed to capture the entire market. Since the inception, the Facebook-run non-profit Internet.org has run into a lot of controversies because of the hidden motive behind the claimed support for social cause.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/odisha-tv-february-9-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-net-neutrality-advocates-rejoice-as-trai-bans-differential-pricing'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/odisha-tv-february-9-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-net-neutrality-advocates-rejoice-as-trai-bans-differential-pricing</a>
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No publishersubhaSocial MediaFree BasicsNet NeutralityFreedom of Speech and ExpressionInternet Governance2016-02-23T02:10:42ZBlog Entry