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Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles!
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/konkani-wikipedia-advances-in-four-days
<b>There has been a rise of article contributions to the Konkani Wikipedia in a span of 4 days following a 4 day programme organized by the CIS-A2K team for M.A. students from the Konkani Department, Goa University at the Central State Library, Goa from August 21 to 24, 2013. Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi conducted the event.</b>
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<p>The original details posted on the meta page can be <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Konkani_Wikipedia_workshop_21-24_August2013#Phase_2_.28Day_3_and_Day_4.29">viewed here</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Introduction</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There are 30 lakh <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_language">Konkani speakers</a> spread across the Konkani belt of <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_language">Goa</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka_Konkani">Karnataka</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_Karnataka_and_Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkan">Maharashtra</a>. Only a few are aware of the existence of an open source project, Konkani Wikipedia, that can help them preserve their language and culture. The project has been in incubation since its inception in 2006 and had 90 articles till last week — an incomparable number in <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>, which has 4.3 million articles. However, <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Programme_Plan">CIS-A2K</a> teams effort in Goa to strengthen <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_languages">Konkani Wikipedia</a> project and community has finally started to show some tangible results. As a follow up to the early workshops and orientations we organized this latest programme to help the students make themselves familiar in editing and contributing articles to Konkani Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We started the event with a demonstration on the basics of editing the Wikipedia followed by a brief discussion about Konkani Wikipedia and the editing session. Besides these we had fun activities and wiki quiz.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Highlights of the Workshop</h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">A total of 38 students from the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=7&mdepid=1">Konkani Department</a> took part in this workshop. Forty-three new articles were created and added to Konkani Wikipedia in the 4-day event. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">During the first couple of days, 22 students generated 42 pages of print material and in the last two days, 16 students generated 56 pages of printed material. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">A total of 987 edits were made and 41 references were added on Konkani Wikipedia. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The students added a total of 3,90,040 bytes of data; an average of 10KB data was added by each student.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Students wrote articles on varied topics such as Goan folk dances, eminent personalities, festivals, folk music, proverbs, food items, theater, etc.</li>
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<th><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/KonkaniWikiLearning.png" alt="Konkani Wiki Learning" class="image-inline" title="Konkani Wiki Learning" /><br /></th>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><i>Pictured above: Participants at the Konkani Wiki editing workshop in <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=7&mdepid=1">Goa University</a>. Picture credit: Subhashish Panigrahi</i></td>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Articles and Participants</h3>
<p><b>Phase 1 (Day 1 and Day 2)</b></p>
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<td>1</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B" title="incubator:Wp/gom/धालो">धालो</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Varsha_kavlekar">Varsha Kavlekar</a></td>
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<td>2</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97" title="incubator:Wp/gom/केळशीची फमाद दर्यादेग">केळशीची फमाद दर्यादेग</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mona_rodrigues">Mona Rodrigues</a></td>
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<td>3</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80" title="incubator:Wp/gom/देखणी">देखणी</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fernandes_Sandra" title="incubator:User:Fernandes Sandra">Fernandes Sandra</a></td>
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<td>4</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोयच्यों परबो">गोयच्यों परबो</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Komal_dhuri">Komal Dhuri</a></td>
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<td>5</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D" title="incubator:Wp/gom/जागर्">जागर्</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cliffa_fernandes">Cliffa Fernandes</a></td>
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<td>6</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयचे पारंपारीक वेवसाय">गोंयचे पारंपारीक वेवसाय</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Abigail_dias">Abigail Dias</a></td>
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<td>7</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A3" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयचें मुखेल जेवण">गोंयचें मुखेल जेवण</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Effa_Dias">Effa Dias</a></td>
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<td>8</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A5" title="incubator:Wp/gom/चवथ">चवथ</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shanta_Gaundalkar" title="incubator:User:Shanta Gaundalkar">Shanta Gaundalkar</a></td>
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<td>9</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B3" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कुंकळ्ळेची चळवळ">कुंकळ्ळेची चळवळ</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dias_neves">Dias Neves</a></td>
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<td>10</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1" title="incubator:Wp/gom/राणेचे बंड">राणेचे बंड</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fay_Fernandes" title="incubator:User:Fay Fernandes">Fay Fernandes</a></td>
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<td>11</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="incubator:Wp/gom/रविंद्र केळेकार">रविंद्र केळेकार</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gaurisha_phal_desai">Gaurisha Phal Desai</a></td>
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<td>12</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B3" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयचे पारंपारीक खेळ">गोंयचे पारंपारीक खेळ</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Safira_Ferns" title="incubator:User:Safira Ferns">Safira Ferns</a></td>
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<td>13</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%88_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC" title="incubator:Wp/gom/शणै गोयबाब">शणै गोयबाब</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pratima_Fal_Desai" title="incubator:User:Pratima Fal Desai">Pratima Fal Desai</a></td>
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<td>14</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B" title="incubator:Wp/gom/मांडो">मांडो</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Anisha_gad">Anisha Gad</a></td>
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<td>15</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4" title="incubator:Wp/gom/संगीत">संगीत</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Santoshi_kole">Santoshi Kole</a></td>
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<td>16</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80,%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="incubator:Wp/gom/म्हणी,ओपारी">म्हणी,ओपारी</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pooja_kavlekar">Pooja Kavlekar</a></td>
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<td>17</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6-_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0" title="incubator:Wp/gom/मोसिन्योर दाल्गाद- जीण आनी वावर">मोसिन्योर दाल्गाद- जीण आनी वावर</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sukhada_Daikar" title="incubator:User:Sukhada Daikar">Sukhada Daikar</a></td>
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<td>18</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कोंकणी तियात्राचीं कांतारां">कोंकणी तियात्राचीं कांतारां</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Konknni_mogi_24">Konknni mogi 24</a></td>
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<td>19</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कोंकणी लोककाणयो">कोंकणी लोककाणयो</a>, <a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कोंकणी सिनेमा">कोंकणी सिनेमा</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Supriya_kankumbikar">Supriya Kankumbikar</a></td>
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<td>20</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोवा कोंकणी अकादेमी">गोवा कोंकणी अकादेमी</a>, <a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B3" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कोंकणी भाशा मंडळ">कोंकणी भाशा मंडळ</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vaishali_Parab" title="incubator:User:Vaishali Parab">Vaishali Parab</a></td>
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<td>21</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कोंकणी नाटक">कोंकणी नाटक</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Darshan_kandolkar">Darshan Kandolkar</a></td>
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<td>22</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="incubator:Wp/gom/विश्व कोंकणी केंद्र">विश्व कोंकणी केंद्र</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:John_Noronha" title="incubator:User:John Noronha">John Noronha</a></td>
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<p><b>Phase 2 (Day 3 and Day 4)</b></p>
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<td>1</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयचें लोक नाच">गोंयचें लोक नाच</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pooja_tople">Pooja Tople</a></td>
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<td>2</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयची जातीय वेवस्था">गोंयची जातीय वेवस्था</a>, <a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंय मुक्ती उपरान्तचो इतिहास">गोंय मुक्ती उपरान्तचो इतिहास</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Priyanka_kudaskar">Priyanka Kudaskar</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%80" title="incubator:Wp/gom/दिवाळी">दिवाळी</a>,<a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE" title="incubator:Wp/gom/शिरगांवची जात्रा">शिरगांवची जात्रा</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pritam_barve">Pritam Barve</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयची लोकगितां">गोंयची लोकगितां</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rusita_paryekar">Rusita Paryekar</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8" title="incubator:Wp/gom/हिंदूच्या सणपरबांचें जिन्नस">हिंदूच्या सणपरबांचें जिन्नस</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gauri_Prabhugaonkar" title="incubator:User:Gauri Prabhugaonkar">Gauri Prabhugaonkar</a></td>
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<tr>
<td>6</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE" title="incubator:Wp/gom/लोकवादय़ा">लोकवादय़ा</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Suma_parab_gaonkarr">Suma Parab Gaonkarr</a></td>
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<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गाराणें">गाराणें</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Darshana_mandrekar">Darshana Mandrekar</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>8</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8" title="incubator:Wp/gom/तुळशीलग्न">तुळशीलग्न</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Heefza">Heefza</a></td>
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<tr>
<td>9</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B" title="incubator:Wp/gom/बारसो">बारसो</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nikita_Prabhu" title="incubator:User:Nikita Prabhu">Nikita Prabhu</a></td>
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<tr>
<td>10</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कोंकणी कथा">कोंकणी कथा</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Marizma_mascarenhas">Marizma Mascarenhas</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयचीं क्रिस्तावांचीं काजारां">गोंयचीं क्रिस्तावांचीं काजारां</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Linette_saldanha">Linette Saldanha</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>12</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95" title="incubator:Wp/gom/बेबींक">बेबींक</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frania_pereira">Frania Pereira</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="incubator:Wp/gom/तियात्र">तियात्र</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rhakee_Santos" title="incubator:User:Rhakee Santos">Rhakee Santos</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="incubator:Wp/gom/गोंयचे तियात्रिस्त">गोंयचे तियात्रिस्त</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pereira_Goreti" title="incubator:User:Pereira Goreti">Pereira Goreti</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कुळबी समाजाच्यो परबो">कुळबी समाजाच्यो परबो</a></td>
<td><a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rubiya_komarpant">Rubiya Komarpant</a></td>
</tr>
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<td>16</td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA" title="incubator:Wp/gom/कोंकणीतलें पयलें बरप">कोंकणीतलें पयलें बरप</a></td>
<td><a class="extiw" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Savidha_Talekar" title="incubator:User:Savidha Talekar">Savidha Talekar</a></td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Media Coverage</h3>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://www.thegoan.net/Goa/Goenkar/Wikipedia-writes-a-new-script/05585.html">Wikipedia writes a new script</a> (by Joyce Dias, The Goan, August 24, 2013)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=10641&boxid=155915750&uid=&dat=8%2f25%2f2013">Konkani Wikipedia makes headway</a> (by Diana Fernandes, OHeraldO, August 24, 2013)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Learnings<b> </b></h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Pre-course work : </b>Participants were asked to do <a class="external-link" href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf">pre-course work</a> before the actual event. This included creating Wikipedia usernames, selecting articles they wanted to edit, writing their articles in Konkani on a piece of paper and get their references too. Students were also given few pages of Wikipedia literature <a class="external-link" href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf">to read beforehand</a>. Students did all their pre-course work with a lot of dedication and efficiency confirming their passion and interest to contribute to Wikipedia. The pre-course also helped students to come prepared and focused for the workshop.<b> </b></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Limiting number of participants: </b>We limited the number of participants to a total of 40 and further divided in two different groups with about 20 students in each. The first batch came for 2 consecutive days and the second batch came for the last two consecutive days of the event. By limiting the number of participants we were able to give individual attention to each student and closely monitor their on wiki performance.<b> </b></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>Longer duration workshop: </b>Fourteen hours of training was given to each batch. It was spread over 2 days. We had sufficient time to break down the entire workshop into different sections (theoretical and practical) that could be easily followed by the participants. Those 14 hours gave us enough time to cover most of the important topics (such as teaching typing, adding reference, adding headers, wiki markup, talk page protocol, etc.) at as comfortable pace.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Bite size chunks:</b> The workshop was divided into different sections to give them bite size information only. Each theoretical section was followed by a practical section. For example, the first section involved teaching <a class="external-link" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Konkani_%28Devanagari%29_keyboard_layout_and_typing.pdf">typing in Devanagari</a> and then participants were given enough time to type their articles in Devanagari. In the second section we taught them how to add headers and then the participants were given sometime to add only headers to their articles. This was followed by a third section where we taught them how to add references and then giving them time to add their references. We made sure that we didn't overwhelm the students with a lot of information in one go and broke it down into simpler pieces.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Energizers :</b> Seven continuous hours of editing Wikipedia would have really tired the students and made them disinterested as well. To keep their energy and motivation level high, after fixed intervals we played some energizer games with them.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Student co-ordinators: </b>A total of 4 students were selected (2 from each batch) to act as student co-ordinators. These co-ordinators acted as a communication bridge between A2K members and the participants. For example, these co-ordinators would help students take a unanimous decision about what are the next dates for a follow up session, what timings would work for everyone, etc.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Varied sources of information: </b>We used different sources and means to educate students about Wikipedia and Wikipedia editing. We definitely didn't want it to be a 14-hour long discourse and hence used different tools such as (<a class="external-link" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/WWC-Netha-Hussain.ogv">Netha's</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tojUFx6VdNs">Poongothai's</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIdMVOhduSk">Sriket and Noopur's</a>, and <a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tZpg-FEqUg">Ganesh's</a> videos talking about their personal experiences in the Wikipedia world), along with <a class="external-link" href="http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_English_Flap_081810.pdf">handouts</a>, presentations, <a class="external-link" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Konkani_%28Devanagari%29_keyboard_layout_and_typing.pdf">cheat sheets for typing</a>, etc. We also invited Harriet for a video conference to speak with students in Konkani and share with them some inspirational stories.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Challenges</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Most students didn't know typing in Devanagari and had to be taught during the workshops. It took them a little while to practice and get comfortable with the typing tool. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">We wanted to make sure that along with quantity, students are also producing good quality articles. Non-existance of active Konkani Wikipedia editors makes it a little tough to keep control on the quality. Hence, we reached out to <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhavi_Sardesai">Madhavi Sardesai</a> and Priyadarshani Tadkodkar <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=7&mdepid=1">professors from the Konkani Department at Goa University</a> to assess the quality and ask students to make required changes. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Since Konkani Wikipedia is in incubation students had to do some additional work such as:
<ul>
<li>Browse through <a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/">incubator.wikimedia.org</a> to find about Konkani Wikipedia. Many wanted to know why Konkani Wikipedia doesn't have an independent link just as <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">en.wikipedia.org</a>. </li>
<li>Add Category:Wp/gom to every new article that was created. Many found this as extra work. </li>
<li>Searching for existing articles on incubation was difficult for participants. </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">During the workshop all students added huge amount of information but only a handful of them continued editing once they left the computer lab. This brings us to our all time biggest challenge: How do we keep their motivation and interest levels high for them to continue writing on Wikipedia beyond these workshops?</li>
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<th><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/KonkaniWikiEditing.png" style="float: left; " title="Konkani Wiki Editing" height="336" width="508" alt="Konkani Wiki Editing" class="image-inline" /></th>
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<p><i>Seen above: Konkani Wikipedia editing session in progress. Picture credit: Subhashish Panigrahi</i></p>
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<h3>Acknowledgements</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This event and future events at Goa University would not have been possible without the committed support CIS-A2K has got from the Goa University and Wikipedians. CIS-A2K is very thankful to <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/contentarticledisp.php?id=3"> Dr. Satish Shetye</a> (Vice-Chancellor, Goa University) — for seeing the significance of growing open knowledge movement in Goa and Konkani and encouraging Konkani Wikipedia activities at GU. Thanks are due to the GU faculty, specifically Prof. Alito Sequeira; <a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhavi_Sardesai" title="w:Madhavi Sardesai">Prof. Madhavi Sardesai</a>; <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/academic_staff.php?staffid=40&adepid=7&mdepid=1">Prof. Priyadarshini Tadkodkar</a>; and <a class="external-link" href="http://library.unigoa.ac.in/?q=node/7">Dr. Gopa Kumar</a>. Wikipedians Harriet Vidyasagar and <a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Nooronha" title="w:Frederick Nooronha">Frederick Nooronha</a>. Last but not the least the enthusiastic students of Goa University who are integral to this event.</p>
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<td>Konkani Wikipedia editor <a class="external-link" href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frania_pereira">Frania Pereira</a> speaks about her editing experience on Konkani Wikipedia. (by <i>Subhashish Panigrahi, CC-BY-SA 3.0</i>)<br /></td>
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<h3>What's Next?</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A2K team is organizing a follow-up session with the same set of students on Sept 6 and 7, 2013. This session will aim to clear any confusions/doubts that participants may have about Wikipedia editing and also to give them a brief about <a class="external-link" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikimedia Commons</a>. In this session, students will also decide how they would want to continue with this project with an aim to bring Konkani Wikipedia as a live project.</p>
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<p><b>Additional Info</b>:</p>
<ol>
<li>Konkani Department, Goa University: <a class="external-link" href="http://bit.ly/14S87Ci">http://bit.ly/14S87Ci</a></li>
<li>Central State Library, Goa: <a class="external-link" href="http://bit.ly/1dzHmao">http://bit.ly/1dzHmao</a></li>
<li>Konkani Wikipedia: <a class="external-link" href="http://bit.ly/1dGOFOL">http://bit.ly/1dGOFOL</a></li>
</ol>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/konkani-wikipedia-advances-in-four-days'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/konkani-wikipedia-advances-in-four-days</a>
</p>
No publishernitikaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaFeaturedWorkshopVideoOpenness2013-09-03T10:37:15ZBlog EntryKonkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-climbing-up-the-indian-language-ladder
<b>Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently CIS-A2K in collaboration with Goa University organized a four-day workshop for MA, Konkani language students. This workshop involved 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia which is incubation. We’re hoping that these efforts will contribute towards bringing this 7 year old project out of incubation to a live Wikipedia project.</b>
<hr />
<p>A <a class="external-link" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/1885294/post-konkani-wikipedia-climbing-up-the-indian-language-ladder">modified version of this was published in DNA</a> on September 6, 2013. This was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.fitnessfoundation.org/konkani-wikipedia-hiking-up-the-indian-native-language-step-ladder/">re-posted</a> in Fitness Foundation website on October 9, 2013.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Incubation</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span><span><span>Before any language <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikipedia </a>shapes up as a live project an incubation process is involved. A community of volunteers (known as Wikipedians) gradually grow to sustain this Wikipedia in incubation with active contribution. </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/Mukhel_Pan"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Konkani Wikipedia incubator</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>began way back in 2006. However, due to many reasons it could not take off and is still in incubation. One of the major reasons has been the issue with multiple script usage. Due to political and religious reasons <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_language">Konkani</a> has multiple writing and verbal standards and is also written in multiple script. These include <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari">Devanagari</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman">Roman</a> (</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><i><span><span>also known as Romi</span></span></i></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>) in Goa where Devanagari is the official script, Kannada in the Konkani speaking regions of Karnataka (Mangalore region primarily), Malayalam in Kerala (Kochi region) and in Perso-Arabic script by part of the Konkani speaking population. The largest script usage for Konkani is in Devanagari. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/">Goa University</a> is world's first university to have a <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=7&mdepid=1">masters programme in Konkani language</a> where the writing standard is in Goan Konkani (Language code: Gom) which is written in Devanagari. During the interaction with the faculty members; Prof. Madhavi Sardesai and Head of the department </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rpriyadarshini&action=edit&redlink=1"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Dr. Priyadarshini Tadkoda</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span>r we found that the students are very enthusiastic to contribute to their language. We met the students and introduced <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_language">Konkani Wikipedia</a> to them and they showed interest to take part in a workshop to learn Wikipedia editing. This was the beginning of something new after a long time. Four out of the 38 students volunteered to coordinate the workshop on the ground. They discussed about the workshop and the prerequisites; going through the </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wp/gom"><span><span><span><span><span><span>list of articles</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>on Konkani Wikipedia, and writing a unique article by collecting resources and creating their usernames on Wikipedia before attending the workshop. To our surprise, all of the students including the four coordinators came out with at least two pages of written content before the workshop.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<h2><span><span><span><span><span>Day 1: Building the Blocks</span></span></span></span></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span><span><span>It was 10 in the morning. A big LED panel in the audio visual room of the </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.goacentrallibrary.gov.in/"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Goa</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>was displaying the word cloud containing words like Wikipedia, Openness, Education, Open Knowledge, Global Collaboration, etc. Soon the room was filled with 20 M.A. students from the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=7&mdepid=1">Konkani Department of Goa University</a>. Prior to the workshop we had interacted with the students in the presence of Head of the department </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rpriyadarshini&action=edit&redlink=1"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Dr. Priyadarshini</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>and <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhavi_Sardesai">Prof. Madhavi Sardesai</a> and from the Konkani department. Four of the students,</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Supriya_kankumbikar"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Supriya_kankumbikar"><span><span><span><span><span>Supriya Kankumbikar</span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span>,</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Konknni_mogi_24"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Konknni_mogi_24"><span><span><span><span><span>Fr. Luis Gomes</span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span>,</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vaishali_Parab"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vaishali_Parab"><span><span><span><span><span>Vaishali Parab</span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>and</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:John_Noronha"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:John_Noronha"><span><span><span><span><span>John Noronha</span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>volunteered to coordinate for the workshops. With the help of them we managed to get a majority of the students to sign up and create their user accounts before the first workshop. We had to do some rough work to plan for a whole day workshop. The word "workshop" has been always boring for the students and our biggest worry was how we would keep this boredom at bay and make Wikipedia editing a fun.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<h3><span><span><span><span><span>Intro Yourself</span></span></span></span></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">To start with the first day we had an "Adjective Name" activity. It was fun to know how people judge themselves with adjective. Myself turned out to be "Sub-Hashish" and Nitika turned out to be "Naughty-Nitika"! Then we had a discussion about articles that students planned to write. A few of them were not sure if articles like social issues and biography of a writer could fit into Wikipedia framework.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Editing Time</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span><span><span>Article titles were decided. Everyone was ready with their homework write-ups and books for adding sources. The next big thing was typing in Devanagari. Only four-five of them knew typing. Students came forward for trying their hands in typing. For the first time some of them typed a few words and they typed it correctly. We could see the glow of triumph after they typed correctly using “</span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/hi-transliteration"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Transliteration</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span>” </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>layout. The editing session began. Our experience with majority of the Indian language outreach participants had been more or the less the same; most new Wikipedians struggle to type. This time we printed some</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Konkani_%28Devanagari%29_keyboard_layout_and_typing.pdf"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Konkani_%28Devanagari%29_keyboard_layout_and_typing.pdf"><span><span><span><span><span>handouts</span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>with the layout for typing help. It worked well. Students managed to type albeit small little typos.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<h3><span><span><span><span><span>Game Time</span></span></span></span></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span><span><span>We had to cut the session for an activity break and invited them to play “Tumi Kashi Asat” (means </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><i><span><span>How are you doing</span></span></i></span></span><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>in Konkani). This is a game I learned from my colleague Vishnu. To make it more interesting we got it translated to Konkani by our coordinator Supriya. The host has to make some body movements and ask “Tumi Kashi Asat” and bending forward. The participants have to move their body in the reverse way and answer “Ami bari ashat” (I’m doing good). This replaced the caffeine intake for the four days and kept all of us alive.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>The editing spree went on for the rest of the day. Regular doses of small fun activities were served to keep the Goan tides high. To our surprise all of the students created articles. We were not sure whether we could judge them in the parameter of stub and start. For us it was the greatest start for a language to have the asset of these sweet wikipedians that have seen many struggles and spent seven years in incubation.</span></p>
<h3><span>Rat and Frog Game</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>There was surprise for participating wikipedians post lunch, “Rat race”. Participants sit on chairs and one of them is made to stand in the center. The rat makes others run and replace each others seats and one among the participants become rat. This rat race brought back the old childhood memories and for a moment everyone forgot their age. At the end of it students sat down to take a deep breath and we taught them some of the basic wiki-codes (bold, Italics and adding references).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Editing session went on until the rest of the day. To our surprise all of the students had created their first articles by the end of the day.</p>
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<h2><span>Day 2: Climbing up the Ladder</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This was the day to tell the students about the advanced options and ensure addition of more citations. Citations on Wikipedia are very essential for readers to validate the facts. But bringing this to the students who just had started learning typing in their language a day before was not that easy. The second day was spent giving small breaks during the editing session for small activities. Running, jumping and shouting fueled the students to be happy editors and not burdened. We managed to teach them the advanced options for proper wiki-formatting (Bold, Italics, Heading and Category), and citations. By the end of the first two days 22 students created 24 articles (about 42 pages of written content). Everyone clapped for their friends. We welcomed them to Konkani Wikipedia community, left our contacts to contact further and showed them the Facebook group that they could join and be more connected before thanking and saying bye for the day with the promise of more fun for the next workshop.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 3: Fresh Batch, New Start</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span><span><span>Sixteen new students from the M.A. course were welcomed. Four student-coordinators and one from the first batch of students joined the "funday". The entire day was spent with lots of fun, creating articles and learning about the basic know how about <a class="external-link" href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting">Wiki-codes</a>. Half the students in this batch knew typing in Devanagari Inscript. Our first and second day taught us how students ask their fellow students more than they ask us for small little help. Nitika and myself being Inscript noobs made it tough. We then paired these students with those who knew <a class="external-link" href="http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InScript_keyboard">Inscript</a>, thanks to the </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/2/24/I18N_Indic_MarathiKeyboardLayouts_IndicKeyboardLayoutInscriptForMarathi.png"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Fedora Devanagari keyboard layout</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span>. It helped us to look and guide the students. All of the students created their first articles. <a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:John_Noronha">John</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Supriya_kankumbikar">Supriya</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vaishali_Parab">Vaishali</a> (from first batch) were giving final touches to their second articles.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 4: No Need to Say Good Bye!</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>This was the day to do two very important things: clap for their contribution on the first day and tell about contribution of their friends, teach about the advanced options and extend further support. Seeing the newspaper coverage about the workshop featuring some of their friends was a delight for our new wikipedians after two long days. Few of them came forward to share their experience about the workshop and their vision for Konkani language.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>At the end of four days all of them bid us farewell. It felt like saying bye to good old friends. These were the foundation days and the biggest editing rally <a class="external-link" href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom/Mukhel_Pan">Konkani Wikipedia Incubator</a> has seen in the last seven years with this milestone that the students had created. Happy faces of our new found friends is going to be a great piece of memory in this journey.</span></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://www.thegoan.net/Goa/Goenkar/Wikipedia-writes-a-new-script/05585.html">Wikipedia writes a new script</a> (by Joyce Dias, The Goan, August 24, 2013)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=10641&boxid=155915750&uid=&dat=8%2f25%2f2013">Konkani Wikipedia makes headway</a> (by Diana Fernandes, OHeraldO, August 24, 2013)</li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-climbing-up-the-indian-language-ladder'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-climbing-up-the-indian-language-ladder</a>
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No publishersubhaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopVideoOpenness2013-10-25T07:16:30ZBlog EntryKonkani Vishwakosh (PDF)
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/konkani-vishwakosh-digitization.pdf
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/konkani-vishwakosh-digitization.pdf'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/konkani-vishwakosh-digitization.pdf</a>
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No publisherpraskrishna2013-10-01T12:04:41ZFileKolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia!
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kolkata-tasting-the-sweetness-of-wikipedia
<b>Recently, Access to Knowledge team member Subhashish Panigrahi spent some time with wikipedians in Kolkata. Through this blog post he shares his experience and learning from the interaction. This post explores the journey of three wikipedians — Jayanta Nath, Deepon Saha and Ashwin.</b>
<h3>Jayanta Nath and Deepon Saha — Lecture on Bangla Wikipedia</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Jayanta is one of the active contributors in <a class="external-link" href="http://bn.wikipedia.org">Bangla Wikipedia</a>. He has supported community building for Bangla Wikipedia in India. Apart from contributing articles Jayanta supports many wikipedians for fixing technical issues on various language wikis. Deepon is another active wikipedian from Kolkata who contributes mostly to English Wikipedia besides contributing to WikiCommons and Bangla Wikipedia and taking active part in community building in Kolkata and other places. I met both Jayanta and Deepon recently in Kolkata and discussed about Bangla Wikipedia and the role of contributors from India.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Over the last few years Bangla Wikipedia has seen enough growth — growth in number of articles, growth in number of outreach, growth in number of contributors and lot more. However, there is something missing in this list, and that is the growth in number of Bangla editors from India. Sadly, though Bangla speaking people constitute a major part of the intellectual sphere. Bangla Wikipedia has not seen many new faces in the recent past from the Indian subcontinent. "English has become like a mother language of most Bengalis in Kolkata and Bengalis residing in other major cities", expresses Jayanta with grief. "Most of the Bengalis speak and are adhered to Bengali language but the use of language is limited only to speaking. And they no more use Bangla in writing. That is what makes it more difficult to tell them about Bangla Wikipedia", adds Deepon. Bangla Wikipedia in India is facing one more major challenge: media coverage. There is not much coverage about Bangla Wikipedia in Bangla media, especially print media. "I was interviewed by the Times of India, Hindu, Telegraph and few other English newspapers but, surprisingly there was not much coverage in Bangla media. There are almost 12 Bangla newspapers being published from Kolkata and in spite of our efforts the outcome is far below expectation", explains Jayanta. Jayanta feels there is much scope for community building for Bangla Wikipedia in rural West Bengal. Unlike urban Bengal, Bangla is the primary medium of both verbal and written communication.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Computer literacy might be a big hurdle when it comes to spreading words about editing Bangla Wikipedia. But it is difficult to predict about the status of government schools, computer and internet penetration before initiating outreach for rural places. Deepon also suggests about making a small survey in Bangla medium schools in Kolkata to understand the scope for any Bangla education program in those schools. We discussed about the internet penetration to measure and assess the state of Bangla on internet and its public usage. Out of the ten Bangla newspapers only two are available in unicode for their online edition. The state of unicode and online usage of Bangla in unicode is much better in Bangladesh which also explains that Bengalis in Bangladesh are using Bangla to a great extent including reading, writing and upon internet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Typing is another challenge to be tackled. DTP operators, government offices where Bangla typing is used normally use a different typing scheme and non-unicode fonts (mostly old ISCII or ASCII fonts). "We could bring many Bangla enthusiasts to Bangla Wiki projects by simplifying the typing solution and making people aware about the available typing tools. Simple video tutorials and smaller help pages with easy-to-understand guidelines will be helpful and these should be linked from other pages so the new editors will find them and make use of them to learn editing", adds Deepon.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">The Full Story Began with Loads of Curiosity and a Small [Edit] Button!</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Deepon was searching for some information online while he discovered the available information on wikipedia is incorrect. He was searching for a help desk to ask to correct it. Suddenly he discovered the "Edit" button, when he clicked on it a new page opened up with a warning: "You are not logged in. Your <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address">IP address</a> will be publicly visible if you make any edits. Please <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Pune&returntoquery=action%3Dedit">log in</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Pune&returntoquery=action%3Dedit">sign up</a> to have your edits associated with a user name, among <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F#Summary_of_benefits">other benefits</a>." He clicked, signed up and created a new account and corrected the mistake. That was the first time Deepon made his first edit on Wikipedia and never stopped after that.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Ashwin (User:AshLin): Passion to Contribute to Wikipedia still Flying like Butterflies</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There was no book available in the early 80s when Ashwin wanted to know more about Indian butterflies. There was no article on Wikipedia about Indian butterflies and there were very less available resource on Indian butterflies. Ashwin along with Shyamal and other enthusiasts collaborated to start working on this project which brought many other contributors. The other project he was quite involved was about Indian snakes. One of his key motivations for contributing to Wikipedia was making the resource about Indian butterflies available for others.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Ashwin is one of those active contributors from India who are active for the last few years for bringing more editors onboard to write on articles of Indian context, primarily on English Wikipedia. Out of his own passion Ashwin started contributing to several projects like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lepidoptera">WikiProject Lepidoptera</a> which brought many wonderful articles on Wikipedia. Ashwin is greatly appreaciate for his participation in projects like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:OWIS">WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:INCOTM">Collaborations of the month</a>. Ashwin extended his help to the Pune community when he was in Pune from organizing outreach events to bringing editors onboard to take leadership for new projects. "There is a lot of scope for regional language wikipedians to learn from the English Wikipedia projects. Projects on English Wikipedia involves more people and the lessons would be helpful for other regional language wikipedians and English wikipedians in India are always interested to help", expresses Ashwin. Currently he is in a small wikibreak and will be back soon!</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kolkata-tasting-the-sweetness-of-wikipedia'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kolkata-tasting-the-sweetness-of-wikipedia</a>
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No publishersubhaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaVideoInterviewOpenness2012-12-04T07:19:54ZBlog EntryKolkata Wiki Community Meetup
https://cis-india.org/news/wiki-meet-up-kolkata
<b>Recently Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge Programme members T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi met wikipedians in Kolkata. The event was co-organized by the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society and the Wikipedian community of Kolkata.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Wikimedia community in the city of joy gathered near Salt lake during Recently <a href="https://cis-india.org/" class="external-link">Centre for Internet and Society</a>'s <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge">Access To Knowledge Programme</a> team's visit. Four Wikipedians from Kolkata, Wikimedia Foundation's mobile Developer <a class="external-link" href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Yuvipanda">Yuvaraj Pandian</a> and OPW intern <a class="external-link" href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Sucheta_Ghoshal">Sucheta Ghoshal</a> joined A2K's <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Visdaviva">Vishnu Vardhan</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Psubhashish">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> for this meetup. Vishnu addressed the wikipedians and gave a brief introduction about the programme's objectives and plans. Bengali Wikipedians <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth">Jayanta Nath</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BengaliHindu">Kalyan Sarkar</a> shared the success stories and activities in Bengali Wikipedia community. They also discussed about the challenges Indian Bengali wikipedians are facing. Wikipedians discussed few of the technical aspects of Bengali Wikipedia over lunch. Vishnu and Subhashish discussed about the opportunities that could be explored to bring more good quality content relevant to West Bengal and Bengali language over lunch.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/wiki-meet-up-kolkata'>https://cis-india.org/news/wiki-meet-up-kolkata</a>
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No publishersubhaOpennessWikipediaWikimedia2013-10-30T10:51:57ZNews ItemJune 2016 Newsletter
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/june-2016-newsletter
<b> Welcome to the June 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). </b>
<p>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; ">The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) held a consultation on Free Data. <span><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-submission-trai-consultation-free-data">CIS sent its comments to the 4 questions</a></span> that TRAI posed: (a) need to have TSP agnostic platform to provide free data or suitable reimbursement to users; (b) whether such platforms need to be regulated by TRAI; (c) whether free data to users should be limited; and (d) any other issue related to the matter of consultation. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">IANA transition is a sham since it doesn't address the most important question - that of jurisdiction. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/jurisdiction-the-taboo-topic-at-icann">Pranesh Prakash has explored</a> why the issue of jurisdiction is the most important question and why it remains unaddressed.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">On April 20, 2016, DNA carried a report on <a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pil-seeks-police-action-against-website-ads-on-escort-services-2204362">a PIL seeking action against advertisements for prostitution in newspapers and on websites</a>. The report noted that the Mumbai Police had obtained an order from a magistrates court to block 174 objectionable websites. The Mumbai Police has not proceeded against any of the people who run these websites. CIS in a blog post <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/list-of-blocked-escort-service-websites">has listed out 239 websites that were blocked by the government</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia is the source for different kinds of knowledge for any one starting-off in a particular field of study. Indian languages are the default languages for study in classroom in India. In this light strengthening the quality of material available on Indian language Wikipedias is certain to have widespread tangible and intangible impact <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/beyond-editor-count-assessing-quality-on-wikipedia">according to Tejaswini Niranjana</a>. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">An extended survey of digital initiatives in arts and humanities practices in India was undertaken during the last year. Provocatively called 'mapping digital humanities in India', this enquiry began with the term 'digital humanities' itself, as a 'found' name for which one needs to excavate some meaning, context, and location in India at the present moment. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities-in-india-concluding-thoughts">The final section has been published</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The Reserve Bank of India published a Consultation Paper on Peer to Peer Lending on April 28, 2016, and invited comments from the public. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/comments-on-the-rbi-consultation-paper-on-peer-to-peer-lending">CIS submitted its response</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/comments-on-the-national-geospatial-policy-draft-v-1-0-2016">CIS submitted its comments</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/public-consultation-for-the-first-draft-of-government-open-data-use-license-india-announced">first public draft of the open data license to be used by Government of India was released by the Department of Legal Affairs</a>. CIS was a member of the committee constituted to develop the license concerned, and we contributed substantially to the drafting process.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Harsh Gupta and Aditya Tejas <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/airtel-open-network">wrote a blog post on the Airtel Open Network that was launched recently</a>. The web page displays visualization data on network coverage and signal strength across the country, as well as a detailed breakdown of cell tower placement, including towers that are shutdown or still being planned.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">CIS organized a one-day workshop in Delhi on Tuesday, July 12 on the <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/events/workshop-set-top-boxes">evolution and state of the set-top box as an access device in India</a>.</li>
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<h3><a href="http://cis-india.org/news">CIS in the News</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/financial-express-prabhu-mallikarjunan-june-13-2016-why-geospatial-bill-is-draconian-and-how-it-will-hurt-startups">Why Geospatial Bill is draconian and how it will hurt startups</a> (Prabhu Mallikarjunan; Financial Express; June 13, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/business-standard-moulishree-srivastava-june-14-2016-isps-start-blocking-escort-websites-following-govt-order">ISPs start blocking escort websites following govt order</a> (Moulishree Srivastava; Business Standard; June 14, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/india-today-june-16-2016-here-is-the-entire-list-of-escorts-service-websites-that-govt-has-banned">Here is the entire list of 'escorts service' websites that the government has banned</a> (India Today; June 16, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/zdnet-vl-srinivasan-june-20-2016-indian-experts-doubt-government-ban-on-porn-sites-will-be-effective">Indian experts doubt government ban on porn sites will be effective</a> (VL Srinivasan; ZD Net; June 20, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/economic-times-kalyan-parbat-june-23-2016-slow-internet-driving-you-nuts">Slow internet driving you nuts? Here is how your service provider is fleecing you</a> (Kalyan Parbat; Economic Times; June 23, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/times-of-india-sharmila-ganesan-ram-june-26-2016-behind-the-scenes-of-escort-economy">Behind the scenes of Escort Economy 2.0</a> (Sharmila Ganeshan Ram; The Times of India; June 26, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/india-tv-news-june-26-2016-call-drops">Call drops: Dealing with the menace or just shifting goal posts?</a> (India TV News; June 26, 2016).<br /><br /></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS members wrote the following pieces:</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/business-today-rohini-lakshane-june-3-2016-tweak-the-make-in-india-recipe">Tweak the Make in India Recipe</a> (Rohini Lakshané; Business Today; June 3, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samaja-subhashish-panigrahi-june-2-2016-article-on-odia-wikipedia">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ବିକାଶ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; The Samaja; June 2, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/your-story-odia-june-3-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-journey-of-odia-wikipedia-in-last-14-years">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ବିଶାଳତମ ଅନଲାଇନ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ିବାର ଅଭିଯାନ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Your Story Odia; June 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/suryaprava-subhashish-panigrahi-june-3-2016-article-on-odia-wikipedia-14-years-journey">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଏକ ଅଭିଯାନ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Suryaprava; June 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samanya-kathan-subhashish-panigrahi-june-5-2016-article-on-journey-of-odia-wikipedia">ଅନଲାଇନ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ା</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Samanya Kathan; June 5, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/indian-express-june-5-2016-nishant-shah-digital-native-control-a-backspace">Digital native: Control A, Backspace</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; June 5, 2016).</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>
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<li>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/june-2016-report/view">June 2016 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; June 30, 2016).</div>
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</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- </b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><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 style="text-align: justify; "><b>Article</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/business-today-rohini-lakshane-june-3-2016-tweak-the-make-in-india-recipe">Tweak the Make in India Recipe</a> (Rohini Lakshané; Business Today; June 3, 2016).</li>
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<ul>
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<p><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/ngos-urge-pm-to-2018resist-pressure2019-from-u-s-on-iprs">NGOs urge PM to ‘resist pressure’ from U.S. on IPRs</a> (Hindu; June 2, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-varghese-k-george-june-6-2016-climate-change-will-be-a-priority-in-talks-with-modi-us">Climate change will be a priority in talks with Modi: U.S.</a> (Varghese K. George; Hindu; June 6, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/india-tribune-rinku-patel-june-7-2016-ngos-tell-modi-not-to-succumb-to-us-pressure-on-intellectual-property">NGOs tell Modi not to succumb to US pressure on intellectual property</a> (Rinku Patel; India Tribune; June 7, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/ngos-tell-pm-not-to-succumb-to-pressure-from-us-on-ipr">NGOs tell PM not to succumb to pressure from US on IPR</a> (Economic Times, June 7, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p>►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>Articles</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samaja-subhashish-panigrahi-june-2-2016-article-on-odia-wikipedia">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ବିକାଶ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; The Samaja; June 2, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/your-story-odia-june-3-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-journey-of-odia-wikipedia-in-last-14-years">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ବିଶାଳତମ ଅନଲାଇନ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ିବାର ଅଭିଯାନ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Your Story Odia; June 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/suryaprava-subhashish-panigrahi-june-3-2016-article-on-odia-wikipedia-14-years-journey">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଏକ ଅଭିଯାନ</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Suryaprava; June 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samanya-kathan-subhashish-panigrahi-june-5-2016-article-on-journey-of-odia-wikipedia">ଅନଲାଇନ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ା</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Samanya Kathan; June 5, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/indian-express-june-5-2016-nishant-shah-digital-native-control-a-backspace">Digital native: Control A, Backspace</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; June 5, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/beyond-editor-count-assessing-quality-on-wikipedia">Beyond Editor Count: Assessing Quality on Wikipedia</a> (Tejaswini Niranjana; June 12, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-june-10-2016-diana-sahu-online-space-for-odia">Online space for Odia</a> (Diana Sahu; New Indian Express; June 10, 2016). </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/maharashtra-times-june-15-cis-a2k-signs-mou-with-maharashtra-granthottejak-sanstha">शंभर वर्षापूर्वीचे ग्रंथ मराठी विकिपीडियावर</a> (Maharashtra Times; June 15, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Organized</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-tedsummit-2016-banff-canada">Wikipedia edit-a-thon at TEDSummit 2016</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Wikimedians Netha Hussain and Ayyappadas; Banff, Canada; June 26 - 30, 2016). Abhinav Garule represented CIS-A2K.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Openness</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Submission</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/comments-on-the-national-geospatial-policy-draft-v-1-0-2016">Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016</a> (Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay; June 1, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/public-consultation-for-the-first-draft-of-government-open-data-use-license-india-announced">Public Consultation for the First Draft of 'Government Open Data Use License - India' Announced</a><b> </b>(Anubha Sinha; June 30, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- </b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> <br /><b> -----------------------------------</b></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>
<p>►Freedom of Expression</p>
<p><b>Submission</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/submission-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-on-revisions-to-icann-expected-standards-of-behavior">Submission by the Centre for Internet and Society on Revisions to ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior</a> (Vidushi Marda with inputs from Nirmita Narasimhan and Sunil Abraham; June 29, 2016).</li>
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<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/un-special-rapporteur-report-on-freedom-of-expression-and-the-private-sector-a-significant-step-forward">UN Special Rapporteur Report on Freedom of Expression and the Private Sector: A Significant Step Forward</a> (Vidushi Marda; June 8, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/jurisdiction-the-taboo-topic-at-icann">Jurisdiction: The Taboo Topic at ICANN</a> (Pranesh Prakash; June 27, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p>►Privacy</p>
<p><b>Article</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/criminal-defamation-and-the-supreme-court2019s-loss-of-reputation">Criminal Defamation and the Supreme Court’s Loss of Reputation</a> (Bhairav Acharya; June 3, 2016). The article was published in the Wire on May 14 but mirrored in June on CIS website.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/policies-and-standards-overview-of-five-international-smart-cities">Smart City Policies and Standards: Overview of Projects, Data Policies, and Standards across Five International Smart Cities</a> (Kiran A. B., Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh; June 8, 2016).</li>
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<p><b>Event Organized</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/stand-up-for-digital-rights">Stand up for Digital Rights</a> (CIS, Bangalore, June 15, 2016)</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>-----------------------------------</b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><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><b>Submission</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/comments-on-the-rbi-consultation-paper-on-peer-to-peer-lending">Comments on the RBI's Consultation Paper on Peer to Peer Lending</a> (Elonnai Hickok, Pavishka Mittal, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Vidushi Marda, and Vipul Kharbanda; June 1, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/creativity-politics-and-internet-censorship-20160525">Creativity, Politics, and Internet Censorship</a> (P.P. Sneha; June 16, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities-in-india-concluding-thoughts">Digital Humanities in India – Concluding Thoughts</a> (P.P. Sneha; June 30, 2016). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- <br /></b><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><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; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/airtel-open-network">Airtel Open Network</a> (Harsh Gupta and Aditya Tejas; June 17, 2016).</li>
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<p><b>Event</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/events/workshop-set-top-boxes">Workshop on Set-top Boxes</a> (Organized by CIS, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi; July 12, 2016).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- </b><br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a> <br /><b> ----------------------------------- </b><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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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Request for Collaboration</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>
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<div 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>.</div>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/june-2016-newsletter'>https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/june-2016-newsletter</a>
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No publisherpraskrishna2016-08-04T01:57:04ZPageJune 2015 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/june-2015-bulletin
<b>Newsletter for the month of June.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are happy to share with you the sixth issue of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) newsletter (June 2015). The past 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> As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, CIS conducted a series of interviews with cyber security actors. <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/desi-sec-cybersecurity-and-civil-society-in-india"> The interviews were compiled and edited into one documentary </a> . The film was produced by Purba Sarkar, edited by Aaron Joseph, and directed by Oxblood Ruffin features Malavika Jayaram, Nitin Pai, Namita Malhotra, Saikat Datta, Nishant Shah, Lawrence Liang, Anja Kovacs, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and, Ravi Sharada Prasad. </li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> CIS conducted a <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-using-espeak-tamil-with-nvda-training-tirunelveli"> training on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA in Tirunelveli </a> in the month of June. Sixteen delegates attended the event.</li>
<li>The 30th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's ("WIPO") Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights ("SCCR") was held from June 30 to July 3, 2015. CIS was unable to attend the meeting. However, CIS had <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/statement-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-india-on-the-broadcast-treaty-at-sccr-30"> a statement to make on negotiations on the Proposed Treaty for Broadcasting Organizations </a> .</li>
<li>The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India had called for comments on the technical background paper prepared by the WIPO Secretariat in relation to the Broadcast Treaty. <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comments-on-the-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations-technical-background-paper">CIS submitted its comments</a> .</li>
<li>Rohini Lakshané in a blog post <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/joining-the-dots-in-indias-big-ticket-mobile-phone-patent-litigation">analysed</a> the commonalities in big-ticket patent infringement lawsuits pertaining to mobile devices. </li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Sumandro Chattapadhyay <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-data-intermediaries-in-developing-countries"> co-authored a report on open data intermediaries in developing countries </a> . The report concluded by saying that consideration needs to be given to the presence of multiple intermediaries in an open data ecosystem, each of whom may possess different forms of capital to enable the use and unlock the potential impact of open data.</li>
<li>Odia language Wikipedia has grown to 800k page views in a month. The Odia Wikipedia community gathered in Bhubaneswar on June 3 to celebrate Odia Wikipedia's 13<sup>th</sup> anniversary. Subhashish Panigrahi <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/opensource-subhashish-panigrahi-may-31-2015-odia-language-wikipedia-page-grows-to-800k-page-views-a-month">wrote about this</a>.</li>
<li>Sunil Abraham in an article titled <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/livemint-june-22-2015-sunil-abraham-the-generation-of-e-emergency"> "The generation of e-Emergency" </a> published by Livemint on June 22 argued that the next generation of censorship technology is expected to be 'real-time content manipulation' through ISPs and Internet companies.</li>
<li>In two separate blog entries, Jyoti Panday provided insights into IANA Transition Stewardship & ICANN Accountability. The first part gives a <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/iana-transitition-stewardship-icann-accountability-1"> background to the IANA transition and updates on the ensuing processes in an attempt to familiarise people with the issues </a> at stake and the second part <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/iana-transition-stewardship-and-icann-accountability-2"> provides an overview of submitted proposals and highlights the areas of concern that will need attention moving forward </a> . </li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Sumandro Chattapadhyay <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/workshop-on-open-data-for-human-development-2015-06"> co-designed and co-facilitated a workshop for government officials </a> from Bhutan, Maldives, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and Tripura, on open data policy and implementation, organised by UNDP India. </li>
<li> Shyam Ponappa in his <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/organizing-india-blogspot-shyam-ponappa-june-4-2015-unfettering-stranded-capacity"> monthly column published in the Business Standard </a> stated that government can't control market forces but can and must fix regulatory issues. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">---------------------------------------------- <br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility and Inclusion</a> <br /> ----------------------------------------------</p>
<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 publication has been finalised and is 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>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►NVDA and eSpeak</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Monthly Updates</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-e-speak-june-2015-report.pdf">June 2015 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; June 30, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Language Testing Reports</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-using-espeak-tamil-with-nvda-training-tirunelveli"> Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop in Tirunelveli </a> (Organized by NVDA team; Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli; June 3 - 7, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Other</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># White Paper</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/inclusive-financial-services-global-trends-in-accessibility-requirements"> Inclusive Financial Services - Global Trends in Accessibility Requirements </a> (Nirmita Narasimhan; May 3, 2015). </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; "># Submission / Comments</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comments-on-the-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations-technical-background-paper"> Comments on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: Technical Background Paper Prepared by the WIPO Secretariat </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; June 28, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/statement-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-india-on-the-broadcast-treaty-at-sccr-30"> Statement by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 30 </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; June 30, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/joining-the-dots-in-indias-big-ticket-mobile-phone-patent-litigation"> Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation </a> (Rohini Lakshané; June 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-indias-national-ipr-policy-what-would-wipo-think"> National IPR Policy Series: India's National IPR Policy - What Would WIPO Think? </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; June 20, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-follow-up-rti-to-dipp-on-ipr-think-tank"> National IPR Policy Series: Follow-up RTI to DIPP on the IPR Think Tank </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; June 25, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/us-301-report-a-myopic-view-of-ip-rights">The US 301 Report - A Myopic View of IP Rights</a> (Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari; June 24, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Media Coverage</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave inputs for the following:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-times-of-india-april-10-2015-evelyn-fok-and-varun-aggarwal-one-reason-startups-are-moving-out-of-india"> One reason startups are moving out of India </a> (Evelyn Fok and Varun Aggarwal; The Times of India; April 10, 2015). This was also mirrored in <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/economic-times-april-10-2015-evelyn-fok-varun-aggarwal-better-intellectual-property-values-luring-indian-startups-abroad"> Economic Times </a> . </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/iam-media-jack-ellis-april-28-2015-indian-businesses-crave-ip-certainty-but-better-patent-values-are-tempting-them-overseas"> Indian businesses crave IP certainty, but better patent values are tempting them overseas </a> (IAM Magazine; April 28, 2015). </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>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikimedia-blog-subhashish-panigrahi-june-4-2015-odia-wikipedia-community-is-enriching-wikipedia-with-character-encoding-technology"> How the Odia Wikimedia community is enriching Wikipedia with character encoding technology </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; June 14, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-meets-google-developer-group">Odia Wikipedia meets Google Developer Group</a> (Sailesh Patnaik; June 29, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Event Organized</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-wikipedia-turning-thirteen">Odia Wikipedia Turning 13 this June 3</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K and Odia Wikipedia Community; Institute of Physics, Sachivalaya Marg, Sainik School PO, Gajapati Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha; June 3, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Media Coverage</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs for the following:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/b2db41b2cb28b47b36b4db71b30b30b47-b13b21b3cb3fb06-b09b07b15b3fb2ab3fb21b3cb3fb06b30-b67b69-b24b2e-b1cb28b4db2eb24b3fb25b3f-b2ab3eb33b28-b68b66b67b6b-b1cb41b28-b69-b24b3eb30b3fb16"> ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ୧୩ ତମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ପାଳନ, ୨୦୧୫ ଜୁନ ୩ ତାରିଖ </a> (Odishan.com; June 2, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/orissa-dairy-june-2-2015-odia-wikipedia-celebrates-13-years-of-free-knowledge-contribution-at-bhubaneswar"> Odia Wikipedia celebrates 13 years of free knowledge contribution at Bhubaneswar </a> (Orissadairy.com; June 2, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/fullodisha-june-3-2015-odia-wikipedia-13-years-of-free-knowledge-contribution"> Odia Wikipedia Celebrates 13 Years of Free Knowledge Contribution at Bhubaneswar </a> (FullOdisha.com; June 3, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Openness</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-for-public-use-free-and-open-source-software-for-digital-india"> FOSS for Public Use:Free and Open Source Software for Digital India </a> (Anubha Sinha; June 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/workshop-on-open-data-for-human-development-2015-06">Workshop on Open Data for Human Development</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; June 2, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-data-intermediaries-in-developing-countries"> Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries - A Synthesis Report </a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; June 16, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> <br /> -----------------------------------------------</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 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; ">►Free Speech and Expression</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Article</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/livemint-june-22-2015-sunil-abraham-the-generation-of-e-emergency"> The generation of e-Emergency </a> (Sunil Abraham; May 20, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/iana-transitition-stewardship-icann-accountability-1"> IANA Transition Stewardship & ICANN Accountability (I) </a> (Jyoti Panday; June 20, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/iana-transition-stewardship-and-icann-accountability-2"> IANA Transition Stewardship & ICANN Accountability (II) </a> (Jyoti Panday; June 21, 2015). </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/panel-discussion-on-internet-intermediaries-law-and-innovation"> Panel Discussion on Internet Intermediaries, Law and Innovation </a> (Organized by Confederation of Indian Industries, Google and Centre For Communications Governance, NLU Delhi; New Delhi; June 2, 2015). Jyoti Panday attended the panel discussion. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Cyber Security</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "># Film</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/desi-sec-cybersecurity-and-civil-society-in-india"> DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India </a> (produced by Purba Sarkar, edited by Aaron Joseph, and directed by Oxblood Ruffin). The film features Malavika Jayaram, Nitin Pai, Namita Malhotra, Saikat Datta, Nishant Shah, Lawrence Liang, Anja Kovacs, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and, Ravi Sharada Prasad. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------- <br /><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom<br /></a>-------------------------------- <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/organizing-india-blogspot-shyam-ponappa-june-4-2015-unfettering-stranded-capacity"> Unfettering Stranded Capacity </a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; June 3, 2015 and Organizing India Blogspot; June 4, 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; "># Blog Entry</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_indic-scripts-and-the-internet">Indic Scripts and the Internet</a> (Dibyajyoti Ghosh; June 30, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<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>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindustan-times-siladitya-ray-june-4-can-uber-ola-apps-be-blocked"> Can Uber, Ola apps be blocked? Govt fighting cyber odds </a> (Siladitya Ray; Hindustan Times; June 4, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-june-24-2015-neha-alawadhi-govts-stand-on-internet-governance-draws-applause-from-civil-society-organisations"> Government's stand on internet governance draws applause from civil society organisations </a> (Neha Alawadhi; Economic Times; June 24, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-june-24-2015-malavika-murali-and-payal-ganguly-most-emerging-firms-low-on-cyber-security-experts"> Most emerging firms low on cyber security: Experts </a> (Malavika Murali and Payal Ganguly; June 24, 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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<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 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a> (for policy research), or Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sumandro@cis-india.org">sumandro@cis-india.org</a> (for academic research), with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in.</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 publisherpraskrishnaAccessibility2015-09-13T16:10:19ZPageJune 2014 Bulletin
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<b>Our newsletter for month of June is below:</b>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Highlights</h2>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">Nehaa Chaudhari participated in a Stakeholders Consultation organized by the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Human Resource Development in New Delhi, February 21, 2014, on Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property. She blogged about the outcome in a two-part series. The first part discusses establishment of a National Institute of Intellectual Property Rights and the second part deals with the documents introduced at the Stakeholders’ Consultation for India’s National Programme on Intellectual Property.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">For the first time in the history of Indian books, 10 Telugu books by a single author were released under Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA 3.0). These books will be uploaded on Telugu Wikisource and converted into Unicode (searchable) text. This will ensure that these books are freely read, both online and offline in various formats like PDF, epub, mobi, text, etc. This is a major milestone initiative by CIS-A2K to make the sum of all knowledge in Telugu freely available to all Telugus over the internet.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">ICANN published a call for public comments on "Enhancing ICANN Accountability" in the wake of the IANA stewardship transition spearheaded by ICANN and related concerns of ICANN's external and internal accountability mechanisms. CIS submitted its comments.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">ICANN sought comments on the existing barriers to Registrar Accreditation and operation and suggestions on how these challenges might be mitigated. CIS sent its comments.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile carrier released a report disclosing to what extent governments can request their customers’ data. Joe Sheehan analyses the report to tell us that if more companies were transparent about the level of government surveillance their customers were being subjected to then the public would press the government for stronger privacy safeguards and protections.</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://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. We compiled the National Compendium of Policies, Programmes and Schemes for Persons with Disabilities (29 states and 6 union territories). We will be publishing this soon. The draft chapters along with the quarterly reports can be accessed on the <a href="https://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="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/resources/nvda-text-to-speech-synthesizer">here</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">NVDA and eSpeak</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Monthly Update</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-e-speak-update-june-2014.pdf">Work Report for June</a> (by Suman Dogra, June 30, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Other</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Blog Entry</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/for-a-truly-inclusive-consultative-process">For a Truly Inclusive Consultative Process</a> (by Amba Salelkar, June 25, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Media Coverage</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-new-indian-express-june-26-2014-nish-website-to-help-disabled">NISH Website to Help the Disabled</a> (The New Indian Express, June 26, 2014). </li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge<br /></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; ">►Analysis</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/mapping-institutions-of-intellectual-property-part-a">Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property (Part A): India's National Programme on Intellectual Property Management</a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, June 10, 2014). This discusses establishment of a National Institute of Intellectual Property Rights.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/mapping-institutions-of-intellectual-property-part-b">Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property: Part B — India's National Program on Intellectual Property Management</a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, June 26, 2014). This deals with the documents introduced at the Stakeholders’ Consultation for India’s National Program on Intellectual Property</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Participation in Event</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/yogyakarta-meeting-on-open-culture-and-critical-making">Yogyakarta Meeting on Open Culture and Critical Making</a> (organized by organized by HONF Foundation, Catec, and r0g, June 12 – 15, 2014). Sharath Chandra Ram was a panelist.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the <a href="https://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; ">The following were done this month:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Articles / Blog Entries</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/twitter-weekly-curation-wearewikipedia-brings-one-wikipedian-every-week">Twitter weekly Curation WeAreWikipedia brings one Wikipedian Every Week</a> (by Diptiman Panigrahi, June 16, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/global-voices-online-june-18-2014-subhashish-panigrahi-twitter-account-puts-a-face-to-unsung-volunteer-editors-behind-wikipedia">This Twitter Account Puts a Face to the Unsung Volunteer Editors Behind Wikipedia</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Global Voices, June 18, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-language-gets-new-unicode-font-converter">Odia Language gets a new Unicode Font Converter</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, June 20, 2014). </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/ten-telugu-books-re-released-under-cc-by-sa-license">Ten Telugu Books Re-released Under CC-BY-SA 3.0 License</a> (by Rahmanuddin Shaik, June 22, 2014).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><br /> ►Events Organized</p>
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<li><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kannada_Wikipedia_workshop_for_Kannada_Book_lovers">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop for Kannada Book Lovers</a> (co-organized by Navakarnataka Publications, Bangalore, June 4, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop. </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/knowledge-and-openness-in-digital-era">Knowledge and Openness in the Digital Era</a> (co-organized by Andhra Loyola College and CIS, Vijaywada, June 24-25, 2014).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►News and Media Coverage<br />CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/coverage-of-event-in-vijaywada-june-25-2014-sakshi">Knowledge and Openness in the Digital Era: Coverage in Sakshi</a> (Sakshi, June 25, 2014). </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/eenadu-june-25-2014-coverage-of-vijaywada-event">Knowledge and Openness in the Digital Era: Coverage in Enadu</a> (Enadu, June 25, 2014). </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-new-indian-express-june-25-2014-loyola-faculty-enlightened-about-open-edn-resources">Loyola Faculty Enlightened About Open Edn Resources</a> (The New Indian Express, June 25, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Freedom of Expression</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of our project on Freedom of Expression (funded through a grant from the MacArthur Foundation) to study the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government and contribute to the debates around Internet governance and freedom of expression at forums like ICANN, ITU, IGF, WSIS, etc., we bring you the following outputs:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Submissions</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-comments-enhancing-icann-accountability">CIS Comments: Enhancing ICANN Accountability</a> (by Geetha Hariharan, June 10, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-comments-supporting-the-dns-industry-in-underserved-regions">Comments to ICANN Supporting the DNS Industry in Underserved Regions</a> (by Jyoti Panday, June 13, 2014).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Blog Entries</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/free-speech-and-contempt-of-court-2013-i-overview">Free Speech and Contempt of Court: Overview</a> (by Gautam Bhatia, June 8, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/multi-stakeholder-models-of-internet-governance-within-states-why-who-how">Multi-stakeholder Models of Internet Governance within States: Why, Who & How?</a> (by Geetha Hariharan, June 16, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/un-human-rights-council-urged-to-protect-human-rights-online">UN Human Rights Council Urged to Protect Human Rights Online</a> (by Geetha Hariharan, June 19, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/free-speech-and-source-protection-for-journalists">Free Speech and Source Protection for Journalists</a> (by Gautam Bhatia, June 19, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/wsis-10-high-level-event-a-birds-eye-report">WSIS+10 High Level Event: A Bird's Eye Report</a> (by Geetha Hariharan, June 20, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/understanding-iana-transition">Understanding IANA Stewardship Transition</a> (by Smarika Kumar, June 22, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/iana-transition-suggestions-for-process-design">IANA Transition: Suggestions for Process Design</a> (by Smarika Kumar, June 22, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/free-speech-and-civil-defamation">Free Speech and Civil Defamation</a> (by Gautam Bhatia, June 25, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-policy-brief-iana-transition-fundamentals-and-suggestions-for-process-design">CIS Policy Brief: IANA Transition Fundamentals & Suggestions for Process Design</a> (by Geetha Hariharan and Smarika Kumar, June 22, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/igf-workshop-an-evidence-based-intermediary-liability-policy-framework">An Evidence based Intermediary Liability Policy Framework: Workshop at IGF</a> (by Jyoti Panday, June 30, 2014).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">►FOEX Live<br />We are also posting a selection of news from across India implicating online freedom of expression and use of digital technology: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/foex-live-june-8-15-2014">June 8 – 15, 2014</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/foex-live-june-16-23-2014">June 16 – 23, 2014</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Privacy</h3>
<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:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Blog Entries</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/review-of-functioning-of-cyber-appellate-tribunal-and-adjudicatory-officers-under-it-act">A Review of the Functioning of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal and Adjudicatory Officers under the IT Act</a> (by Divij Joshi, June 16, 2014). </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/content-removal-on-facebook">Content Removal on Facebook — A Case of Privatised Censorship?</a> (by Jessamine Mathew, June 16, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/vodafone-report-explains-govt-access-to-customer-data">Vodafone Report Explains Government Access to Customer Data</a> (by Joe Sheehan, June 16, 2014).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><br /> ►Event Organized</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/events/privacy-surveillance-roundtable">Privacy and Surveillance Roundtable</a> (co-organized with the Cellular Operators Association of India and the Council for Fair Business Practices, June 28, 2014, IMC Building, Churchgate, Mumbai).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><br /> ►Participation in Events</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/common-wealth-domain-name-system-forum-2014">Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum 2014</a> (organized by the CTO, hosted by ICANN, and supported by Nominet and the Public Interest Registry, London, June 19, 2014). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist. Jyoti Panday participated in the event.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/research-advisory-network-meeting">Research Advisory Network Meeting</a> (organized by the Global Commission on Internet Governance’s Research Advisory Network, OECD Headquarters, Paris, June 26-27, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a panelist.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news">►News & Media Coverage</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-leslie-d-monte-june-5-2014-right-to-be-forgotten-poses-legal-dilemma-in-india">Right to be forgotten poses a legal dilemma in India</a> (by Leslie D' Monte, Livemint, June 5, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-june-11-2014-sunita-sekhar-stay-connected-even-when-you-go-underground">Stay connected even when you go underground</a> (by Sunita Sekhar, The Hindu, June 12, 2014).</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><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; ">►Blog Entries</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/not-a-goodbye-more-a-come-again">Not a Goodbye; More a ‘Come Again’: Thoughts on being Research Director at a moment of transition</a> (by Nishant Shah, June 15, 2014).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/living-in-the-archival-moment">Living in the Archival Moment</a> (by P.P. Sneha, June 19, 2014).</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<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; ">►Newspaper Column</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/organizing-india-blogspot-shyam-ponappa-june-5-2014-a-great-start-for-modi-government">A Great Start (for the Modi government)</a> (by Shyam Ponappa, Business Standard and Organizing India Blogspot, June 5, 2014).</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; "><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>
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<li>E-mail: <a href="mailto:a2k@cis-india.org">a2k@cis-india.org</a></li>
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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, 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 KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceDigital Humanities2014-07-14T10:05:11ZPageJune 2013 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/june-2013-bulletin
<b>Our newsletter for the month of June 2013 can be accessed below.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the sixth issue of its newsletter for 2013. Hivos published a White Paper by Nishant Shah titled <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/hivos-knowledge-programme-june-14-2013-nishant-shah-whose-change-is-it-anyway">Whose Change is it Anyway?</a>, which attempts to reflect critically on existing patterns of making change and its implications for the future of citizen action in information and network societies. The Access to Knowledge team carried out a <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/indian-language-wikipedia-statistics">quantitative analysis to identify trends and growth patterns in Indian Language Wikipedias</a> from September 2012 to April 2013. CIS drafted the <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-protection-bill-2013-with-amendments-based-on-public-feedback">Privacy Protection Bill</a> and amended it as per feedback gained from the New Delhi, Bangalore, and Chennai Privacy Roundtable Events. CIS made <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-closing-statement-marrakesh-treaty-for-the-blind">closing statement on the Treaty for the Blind</a> at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference which was concluded with the adoption of the <a href="http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=241683">Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled</a>. In a <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/patent-pools">research paper</a> Nehaa Chaudhari gives an analysis of patent pools, Sameer Boray gives an <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/the-right-way-to-fight-video-piracy">analysis of video piracy</a> and Pranav Menon <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/india-eu-fta-issues-surrounding-data-protection-and-security">gives an analysis of India-EU FTA and issues surrounding data protection and security</a>. In this period we organised the <a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society">Institute on Internet and Society</a> with support from the Ford Foundation at Golden Palms, Bangalore from June 8 to 14, 2013.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Celebrating 5 Years of CIS</b><br />CIS is now 5 years old and we just celebrated this by holding an open exhibition in our offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, showcasing our work and accomplishments over the period. We had about 170 visitors from the general public coming in to our office. Videos of the event are <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/celebrating-5-years-of-cis">here</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/google-policy-fellowship-call-for-applications-2013"><b>Google Policy Fellowship</b></a><br />CIS has initiated processing of applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Shortlisted candidates would be informed about their interview. However, as of now there will be a 20 days delay in announcing the list for the interview.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Jobs</b><br /> CIS is inviting applications for the posts of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-developer">Developer</a> (NVDA Screen Reader Project) and <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/content-developer-requirement">Editor/Content Developer</a>. To apply for these posts, send in your resume to Nirmita Narasimhan (<a href="mailto:nirmita@cis-india.org">nirmita@cis-india.org</a>). CIS is also seeking applications for the post of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-internet-governance">Programme Officer</a> (Internet Governance). To apply send your resume to Sunil Abraham (<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a>) and Pranesh Prakash (<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>).</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is doing two projects in partnership with the <b>Hans Foundation</b>. One is to create a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India and another for developing a screen reader and text-to- speech synthesizer for Indian languages:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>National Resource Kit for Persons with Disabilities</b><br />CIS and the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) are working in this project. Draft chapters have been published. Feedback and comments are invited from readers for the chapter on Jharkhand:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-jharkhand-call-for-comments">The Jharkhand Chapter</a> (by CLPR, June 30, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Note: <i>All the chapters published on the website are early drafts and will be reviewed and updated</i>.</p>
<p><b>Award</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/girls-in-ict-day-2013-in-delhi">Girls in ICT Day 2013</a> (organized by ITU-APT Foundation of India with support from CMAI - Association of India Communication and Infrastructure, FICCI Auditorium, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, May 7, 2013). Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan got a felicitation for her contribution and achievements in the field of Information and Communication Technology. The honour was conferred during the celebration of this event.</li>
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<p><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/business-world-june-26-2013-chitra-narayanan-a-treat-for-the-blind">A Treat for the Blind</a> (by Chitra Narayanan, Business World, June 26, 2013). Pranesh Prakash was quoted. </li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness">Openness</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Wikimedia Foundation has given a <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">grant</a> to CIS to support and develop the growth of Indic language communities and projects by community collaborations and partnerships. This is being carried out by the Access to Knowledge team based in Delhi. CIS is also doing a project (Pervasive Technologies) on examining the relationship between production of pervasive technologies and intellectual property. CIS also promotes openness including open government data, open standards, open access, and free/libre/open source software through its Openness programme.</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k"><b>Access to Knowledge</b></a><b> (Previously IP Reforms)</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>WIPO</b><br />Pranesh Prakash participated in the WIPO Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities in Marrakesh, Morocco, June 17 to 28, 2013. The conference concluded with the adoption of the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works by blind persons, persons with visual impairment, and other print disabled persons, by requiring mandatory exceptions in copyright law to enable conversions of books into accessible formats, and by enabling cross-border transfer of accessible format books. Click for:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-closing-statement-marrakesh-treaty-for-the-blind">CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, June 28, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/india-closing-statement-marrakesh-treaty-for-the-blind">India's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind</a> (June 29, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>Pervasive Technologies</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/patent-pools">Pervasive Technologies: Patent Pools</a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, June 27, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>Other (FTA, Piracy)</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/the-right-way-to-fight-video-piracy">The Right Way to Fight Video Piracy?</a> (by Sameer Boray, June 6, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/india-eu-fta-issues-surrounding-data-protection-and-security">India-EU Proposed Free Trade Agreement: Issues Surrounding Data Protection and Security</a> (by Pranav Menon, June 8, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/india-eu-fta-copyright-issues">India- EU FTA: A Note on the Copyright Issues</a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, June 18, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Participated</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/inet-bangkok-june-8-2013-governance-in-the-age-of-internet-and-fta">Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements</a> (organized by Thai Netizen Network and co-hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, June 8, 2013). Sunil Abraham was a speaker.</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia)</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">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 Bangalore: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and one team member <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a> who is working from Delhi office.</p>
<p><b>Statistical Report</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/indian-language-wikipedia-statistics">Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics</a> (by Nitika Tandon, June 30, September 2012 – April 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-bloggers">A 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers</a> (Suchitra, Bengaluru, June 23, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the workshop.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Co-organised</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop">Telugu Wikipedia Training Workshop</a> (co-organised by A2K team and Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad, Golden Threshold, Nampally, Hyderabad, March 8, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan conducted the workshop.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Upcoming Event</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education">Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education</a> (co-organised by HEIRA-CSCS, Tumkur University, CILHE-TISS and CCS, Indian Institute of Science, July 13, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop">My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad</a> (by T. Vishnu Vardhan, June 26, 2013). <i>The workshop was conducted in March but the report was published only in June</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/visual-editor.pdf/view">Wikipedia Visual Editor</a> (by Nitika Tandon, June 27, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Press Coverage (including videos)</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hmtv-may-30-2013-wikipedia-and-telegu-wikipedians">A Feature on Wikipedia and Telegu Wikipedians</a> (HMTV, May 30-31, 2013). Watch the video.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-live-phone-in-programme">Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme</a> (HMTV, June 1, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/timeout-bengaluru-akhila-seetharaman-june-21-2013-wiki-donors">Wiki donors</a> (by Akhila Seetharaman, TimeOut Bengaluru, June 21, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Dr. U.B. Pavanaja are quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-june-5-2013-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-coverage">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan</a> (Prajavani, June 5, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the workshop on June 4, 2013.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/samyukta-karnataka-june-5-2013-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-coverage">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan</a> (Samyukta Karnataka, June 5, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop on June 4, 2013.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/vijaya-karnataka-june-5-2013-report-of-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-in-hasan">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan</a> (Vijaya Karnataka, June 5, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop on June 4, 2013.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/suvarna-news-june-13-2013-wiki-rahasya-panel-discussion">Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion</a> (Suvarna News, June 13, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific.</li>
</ul>
<h3><b>Openness</b></h3>
<p><b>Column</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/dml-central-june-24-2013-nishant-shah-big-data-peoples-lives-and-importance-of-openness">Big Data, People's Lives, and the Importance of Openness</a> (by Nishant Shah, DML Central, June 24, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Hosted</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bangalore-rhok-june-1-2-2013-report">RHoK Global Event</a> (Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, June 1 – 2, 2013). Yogesh Londhe shares with you a post-event report.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS began two projects earlier this year. The first one on facilitating research and events on surveillance and freedom of expression is with Privacy International and support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada. The second one on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia is with the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Cyber Stewards Project</b><br />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><b>Video Interview</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-2-ram-mohan">An Interview with Ram Mohan</a> (June 30, 2013)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Organized</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/geo-politics-of-information-controls">The Geopolitics of Information Controls: A Presentation by Masashi Crete-Nishihata</a> (TERI, Bangalore, June 19, 2013). About 20 people participated in the event.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Privacy Research</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-protection-bill-2013-with-amendments-based-on-public-feedback">Privacy Protection Bill, 2013</a> (With Amendments based on Public Feedback) (by Elonnai Hickok, June 30, 2013): CIS drafted the Bill. Based on feedback received from the New Delhi, Bangalore, and Chennai Roundtables the Bill was amended. </li>
</ul>
<p><b>Interviews</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/interview-with-citizen-lab-on-internet-filtering">Interview with the Citizen Lab on Internet Filtering in India</a> (June 24, 2013). Maria Xynou interviewed Masashi Crete-Nishihata and Jakub Dalek from the Citizen Lab on internet filtering in India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/interview-with-irish-data-protection-commissioner">Interview with Billy Hawkes</a> (June 20, 2014). Maria Xynou interviewed Billy Hawkes, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner on recommendations for data protection in India.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Columns</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/economic-times-june-13-2013-pranesh-prakash-indian-surveillance-laws-and-practices-far-worse-than-us">Indian Surveillance Laws & Practices Far Worse than US</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, Economic Times, June 13, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indian-express-june-14-2013-nishant-shah-world-wide-rule">World Wide Rule</a> (by Nishant Shah, Indian Express, June 14, 2013). Nishant Shah reviews Schmidt and Cohen's book “The New Digital Age”.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indian-express-june-26-2013-chinmayi-arun-way-to-watch">Way to Watch</a> (by Chinmayi Arun, Indian Express, June 26, 2013). </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/india-together-june-26-2013-snehashish-ghosh-the-state-is-snooping-can-you-escape">The State is Snooping: Can You Escape?</a> (by Snehashish Ghosh, India Together, June 26, 2013). </li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/india-subject-to-nsa-dragnet-surveillance">India Subject to NSA Dragnet Surveillance! No Longer a Hypothesis — It is Now Officially Confirmed</a> (by Maria Xynou, June 13, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/sebi-and-communication-surveillance">SEBI and Communication Surveillance: New Rules, New Responsibilities?</a> (by Kovey Coles, June 27, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/open-letter-to-not-recognize-india-as-data-secure-nation">Open Letter to "Not" Recognize India as Data Secure Nation till Enactment of Privacy Legislation</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, June 19, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/open-letter-to-siam-on-rfid%20installation-in-vehicles">Open Letter to Prevent the Installation of RFID tags in Vehicles</a> (by Maria Xynou, June 27, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Events Organised</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/technology-power-and-revolutions-in-arab-spring">Technology, Power, and Revolutions in the Arab Spring</a> (CIS, July 2, 2013). Prof. Ramesh Srinivasan gave a talk.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/cryptoparty-bangalore">Learn to Secure Your Online Communication!</a> (CIS, Bangalore, June 30, 2013). A Crypto Party was organised.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/cryptoparty-delhi">Learn to Secure Your Online Communication!</a> (IIC, Delhi University, South Campus, New Delhi, July 6, 2013). A Crypto Party was organised.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Co-organised</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<b> </b>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/report-on-the-4th-privacy-round-table-meeting">4<sup>th</sup> Privacy Round Table Meeting</a> (co-organised with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Data Security Council of India, Mumbai, June 15, 2013). </li>
</ul>
<p><b>Upcoming / Ongoing Events</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/digital-activism-in-europe">Digital Activism in Europe</a> (The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, July 8, 2013). Bernadette Längle will give a talk.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-kolkata">Privacy Round Table, Kolkata</a> (co-organised with the Federation for Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the Data Security Council of India, Lytton Hotel, Sudder Street, Kolkata, July 13, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Participated In</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/biometrics-or-bust-indias-identity-crisis">Biometrics or bust? India's Identity Crisis</a> (organized by the Oxford Internet Institute, July 2, 2013). Malavika Jayaram was a speaker.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Video</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/tehelka-june-15-2013-pranesh-prakash-on-us-snooping-into-indian-cyber-space">Pranesh Prakash on the US snooping into Indian cyber space</a> (by Tehelka, June 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-times-of-india-kim-arora-june-6-2013-indian-student-in-cornell-university-hacks-icse-isc-databas">Indian student in Cornell University hacks into ICSE, ISC database</a> (by Kim Arora, Times of India, June 6, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-june-7-2013-vasudha-venugopal-karthik-subramanian-hacking-sparks-row-over-exam-evaluation">‘Hacking’ sparks row over exam evaluation</a> (by Vasudha Venugopal and Karthik Subramanian, Hindu, June 7, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-javed-anwer-ishan-srivastava-june-8-2013-internet-firms-deny-existence-of-prism">Internet firms deny existence of PRISM</a> (by Javed Anwer and Ishan Srivastava, Times of India, June 8, 2013). Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash are quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/tech-dirt-june-8-2013-indian-govt-quietly-brings-central-monitoring-system">Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications</a> (Tech Dirt, June 8, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-javed-anwer-june-9-2013-facebook-google-deny-spying-access">Facebook, Google deny spying access</a> (by Javed Anwer, Times of India, June 9, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindu-businessline-thomas-k-thomas-june-10-2013-govt-mulls-advisory-on-privacy-issues-related-to-google-facebook">Govt mulls advisory on privacy issues related to Google, Facebook</a> (by Thomas K Thomas, Hindu Business Line, June 10, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-june-22-2013-kim-arora-cyber-experts-suggest-open-source-software-to-protect-privacy">Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy</a> (by Kim Arora, Times of India, June 22, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-javed-anwer-june-26-2013-govt-goes-after-porn-makes-isps-ban-sites">Govt goes after porn, makes ISPs ban sites</a> (by Javed Anwer, Times of India, June 26, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-register-phil-muncaster-june-27-2013-indian-govt-blocks-40-smut-sites-forgets-to-give-reason">Indian govt blocks 40 smut sites, forgets to give reason</a> (by Phil Muncaster, The Register, June 27, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindustan-times-aloke-tikku-june-28-2013-concerns-over-central-snoop">Concerns over central snoop</a> (by Aloke Tikku, Hindustan Times, June 28, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/times-of-india-maitreyee-boruah-june-29-2013-internet-users-enraged-over-us-online-spying">Internet users enraged over US online spying</a> (by Maitreyee Boruah, Times of India, June 29, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-anirban-sen-june-29-2013-issue-of-duplication-of-identities-of-users-under-control">Issue of duplication of identities of users under control: Nilekani</a> (by Anirban Sen, Livemint, June 29, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/time-world-anjan-trivedi-june-30-2013-in-india-prison-like-surveillance-slips-under-the-radar">In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar</a> (by Anjan Trivedi, Time World, June 30, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access">Knowledge Repository on Internet Access</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS in partnership with the Ford Foundation is executing a project on Internet Access. It covers the history of the internet, technologies involved, principle and values of internet access, broadband market and universal access. It will also touch upon various policies and regulations which has an impact on internet access and bodies and mechanism which are responsible for formulation of policies related to internet access. The blog posts and modules are being published in the <a href="http://www.internet-institute.in/">Internet Institute website</a>:</p>
<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society">Institute on Internet and Society</a> (supported by Ford Foundation, Golden Palms Resort, Bangalore, June 8 – 14, 2013). Pranesh Prakash, Bernadette Längle, Vir Kamal Chopra, AK Bhargava, Ananth Guruswamy, Archana Gulati, Chakshu Roy, Elonnai Hickok, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Helani Galpaya, Michael Ginguld, Dr. Nadeem Akhtar, C. Nandini, Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan, Dr. Nishant Shah, Parminder Jeet Singh, Ravikiran Annaswamy, Dr. Ravina Aggarwal, Satyen Gupta, Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam, Sunil Abraham, Tulika Pandey and T. Vishnu Vardhan were speakers at the event. The presentations can be accessed <a href="http://internet-institute.in/repository">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/telecom">Telecom</a></h3>
<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><b>Newspaper Column</b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-article-opinion-shyam-ponappa-june-5-2013-law-and-order-through-traffic-systems">Law & Order through Traffic Systems</a> (by Shyam Ponappa, Business Standard, June 5, 2013 and cross-posted in <a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-article-opinion-shyam-ponappa-june-5-2013-law-and-order-through-traffic-systems">Organizing India Blogspot</a>).</li>
</ul>
<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>
<p><b>White Paper</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/hivos-knowledge-programme-june-14-2013-nishant-shah-whose-change-is-it-anyway">Whose Change is it Anyway?</a> (by Nishant Shah, Hivos, June 18, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are 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><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/mapping-the-field-of-digital-humanities">Mapping the Field of Digital Humanities</a> (by Sara Morais, June 11, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/a-suggested-set-of-values-for-the-digital-humanities">A Suggested Set of Values for the Digital Humanities</a> (by Sara Morais, June 12, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/archive-practice-and-digital-humanities">Archive Practice and Digital Humanities</a> (by Sara Morais, June 24, 2013).</li>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceDigital HumanitiesOpennessResearchers at Work2013-07-27T09:48:16ZPageJuly 2016 Newsletter
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2016-newsletter
<b>Welcome to the July 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). </b>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">For us at CIS, July was filled with a a wonderful diversity of activities, opportunities, windows, and future gazing. We made a crucial intervention by bringing attention to the misrepresentation of India's position at the UNHRC meeting by global media, and continued our contribution to the drafting of the open data license by Government of India.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We made a submission to the Ministry of Home Affairs to reject the Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, and also appealed to the MPs to re-examine the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). We contributed to the making of an open source typeface and input tools for the Santhali language. We were studying developmental initiatives driven by big data in three parts of India (more on that in the August newsletter), mapping the emerging global governance frameworks for big data in development, and planning our future steps in this field. We initiated a study of digital transitions in Indian newspapers with support from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at University of Oxford, and also produced a series of analysis of industrial policy engagements by NASSCOM and iSPIRT.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We also kept pushing digital and new media research in India through our annual call for essays (abstracts have been accepted), and a brilliant talk on game studies and storytelling by Dr. Souvik Mukherjee. We were busy, and happily so.</p>
<p><em>- Sumandro Chattapadhyay</em></p>
<p>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;">CIS sent a <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/letter-to-mps-on-concerns-on-regional-comprehensive-economic-partnership">letter to Members of Parliament</a> to appeal to re-examine the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a mega-regional trade agreement currently under negotiation.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Japreet Grewal and Pranesh Prakash in an article published by FactorDaily argued that <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/factordaily-pranesh-prakash-and-japreet-grewal-july-13-2016-no-india-did-not-oppose-un-move-to-make-internet-access-a-human-right">India did not oppose the United Nations move to make Internet access a human right</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Submitted comments on the "<a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/submitted-comments-on-the-government-open-data-use-license-india">Government Open Data Use License - India</a>". CIS listed out its comments and recommendations on name of the licence, changing the language on permissible use of data, adding section on the scope of applicability of the licence, etc. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">CIS published the <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-report-of-the-group-of-experts-on-developments-in-the-field-of-information-and-telecommunications-in-the-context-of-international-security-and-implications-for-india">Report of the Group of Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security and Implications for India</a>. The report developed by governmental experts from 20 States addresses existing and emerging threats from uses of ICTs, by States and non-State actors alike.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">CIS is collaborating with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at University of Oxford to study various aspects of digital transition in Indian news media. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-transition-in-newspapers-in-india-pilot-study">Zeenab Aneez is leading the pilot study</a> exploring digital transition in three newspapers across English, Hindi, and Malayalam markets.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Over a series of three blog posts, Pavishka Mittal documented engagements by <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/policy-shaping-in-the-indian-it-industry-recommendations-by-nasscom-2006-2012">NASSCOM</a> and <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/policy-shaping-in-the-indian-it-industry-recommendations-by-nasscom-and-ispirt-2013-2016">iSPIRT</a> in industrial policy making in the Indian IT sector during 2006-2016, including on <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/policy-shaping-in-the-indian-it-industry-recommendations-by-nasscom-on-transfer-pricing">transfer pricing policy</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Deputy US Trade Representative Ambassador Robert Holleyman <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ustr-elaborates-the-two-dozen-digital-rules-of-club-tpp">discussed the Digital 2 Dozen document</a> with Ambassador Shyam Saran. Anubha Sinha participated in the discussions and wrote a summary.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Meera Manoj <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/big-data-governance-frameworks-for-data-revolution-for-sustainable-development">conducted an analysis of the different models of collection, management, sharing, and governance of global development data</a> that are being discussed in several international forums. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Shubhangi Heda in a <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/tpp-and-d2-implications-for-data-protection-and-digital-privacy">blog entry has explored the concerns related to data protection and digital privacy</a> under the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement signed recently between United States of America and 11 countries located around the Pacific Ocean region, across South America, Australia, and Asia.</li></ul>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">CIS in the News</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS gave inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/catch-news-asad-ali-july-3-2016-fb-and-google-have-already-monopolised-indian-cyberspace">FB & Google have already monopolised Indian cyberspace</a> (Asad Ali; Catch News; July 3, 2016)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-hindu-s-poorvaja-july-4-2016-cyberstalkers-the-new-bullies-in-town">Cyberstalkers, the new bullies in town</a> (S. Poorvaja; Hindu; July 4, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/indian-express-july-5-2016-trai-free-data-paper-paytm-to-hike-the-responses-from-other-companies">TRAI Free Data paper: Paytm to Hike, the responses from other companies</a> (Indian Express; July 5, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-week-anuj-srinivas-july-6-2016-india-no-haven-for-net-freedom-but-did-not-oppose-un-move-on-internet-rights">India No Haven For Net Freedom But It Did Not Oppose UN Move on Internet Rights</a> (Anuj Srinivas; The Wire; July 6, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ciol-july-7-2016-india-may-not-be-guilty-of-opposing-un-move-to-save-internet-rights">India may not be guilty of opposing UN move to save internet rights</a> (Ciol; July 7, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/times-now-july-8-2016-flashpoint-troll-control-maneka-versus-ncw">Flashpoint #TrollControl: Maneka versus NCW</a> (Times Now Television, July 8, 2016). </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-telegraph-july-10-2016-place-for-a-safety-net">Place for a safety net</a> (The Telegraph; July 10, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/economic-times-v-prem-shanker-july-13-2016-tamil-nadu-likely-to-hold-facebook-accountable-for-suicide-case">Tamil Nadu likely to hold Facebook accountable for suicide case</a> (V. Prem Shanker; Economic Times, July 13, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/india-today-july-13-2016-bisakha-datta-belling-the-trolls">Belling the trolls</a> (Bishakha Datta; India Today; July 13, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindustan-times-neelam-pandey-aloke-tikku-july-15-2016-mandatory-aadhaar-card-for-govt-scholarships-violates-sc-order">Mandatory Aadhaar card for govt scholarships violates SC order</a> (Neelam Pandey and Aloke Tikku; Hindustan Times, July 15, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/outlook-july-25-2016-arindam-mukherjee-its-that-eavesdrop-endemic">It's That Eavesdrop Endemic</a> (Arindam Mukherjee; Outlook; July 25, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/washington-post-july-27-2016-rama-lakshmi-facebook-is-censoring-some-posts-on-indian-kashmir">Facebook is censoring some posts on Indian Kashmir</a> (Rama Lakshmi; Washington Post; July 27, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/art-science-and-open-electromagnetic-spectrum-culture-eng">Art, Science and Open Electromagnetic Spectrum Culture</a> [ENG] (Creative Disturbance Platform; July 31, 2016).<br /><br /></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS members wrote the following articles:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indian-express-nishant-shah-july-3-2016-gay-pride-charade">The Gay Pride Charade</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/how-are-indian-newspapers-adapting-to-the-rise-of-digital-media">How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media?</a> (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Sumandro Chattapadhyay; July 5, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indian-express-nishant-shah-july-17-2016-one-pokemon-to-rule-them-all">One Pokémon to Rule Them All</a> (Nishant Shah; Indian Express; July 17, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/factordaily-pranesh-prakash-and-japreet-grewal-july-13-2016-no-india-did-not-oppose-un-move-to-make-internet-access-a-human-right">No, India did NOT oppose the United Nations move to “make internet access a human right”</a> (Pranesh Prakash and Japreet Grewal; Factordaily; July 13, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/digital-policy-portal-july-13-2016-new-approaches-to-information-privacy-revisiting-the-purpose-limitation-principle">New Approaches to Information Privacy – Revisiting the Purpose Limitation Principle</a> (Amber Sinha; Digital Policy Portal; July 13, 2016).</li></ul>
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<h4><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility & Inclusion</a></h4>
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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>.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">►NVDA and eSpeak</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Monthly Report</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/july-2016-report">July 2016 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; July 31, 2016).</li></ul>
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<h4><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a></h4>
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<p>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>
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<p>►Copyright and Patent</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/letter-to-mps-on-concerns-on-regional-comprehensive-economic-partnership">Letter to MPs on Concerns on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership</a> (Anubha Sinha; July 27, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ustr-elaborates-the-two-dozen-digital-rules-of-club-tpp">USTR elaborates the Two Dozen Digital Rules of Club TPP</a> (Anubha Sinha; July 29, 2016).<br /><br /></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/mapping-mobility" class="external-link">Mapping & Mobility</a> (Organized by Carnegie India; June 28, 2016). Anubha Sinha attended the event.</li></ul>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-declaration-on-patents-protection-regulatory-sovereignty-under-trips">Workshop on Declaration on Patents Protection: Regulatory Sovereignty under TRIPS</a> (Organized by the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development; Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi; July 12 - 13, 2016). Sunil Abraham was a speaker.</li></ul>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/3rd-international-conference-on-management-of-intellectual-property-rights-and-strategy">3rd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy</a> (Organized by Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, at IIT Bombay, through the MHRD IPR Chair; July 15-16, 2016). Anubha Sinha was a speaker on the 'Negotiating India's IP Policy" panel.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/india-and-regional-mega-trade-agreements">India and Regional Mega-Trade Agreements</a> (Organized by Observer Research Foundation; New Delhi; July 25, 2016). Anubha Sinha participated in a panel discussion on "India and Regional Mega-Trade Agreements" with Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Deputy US Trade Representative and Ambassador Shyam Saran, Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/live-webinar-on-regional-comprehensive-economic-partnership">Live Webinar on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership</a> (Organized by RCEP; New Delhi; July 27, 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>Blog Entry</strong></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ca4cb0cacca4cbf-caecbeca1cb2cc1-ca4cb0cacca4cbfc97c82ca1cbec97-cis-a2k-ttt-2016">ತರಬೇತಿ ಮಾಡಲು ತರಬೇತಿಗೊಂಡಾಗ.... CIS-A2K TTT 2016</a> (Dhanalakshmi; July 3, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Participation in Event</strong></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/architectures-of-knowledge">Architectures of Knowledge</a> (Organized by Columbia's Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; July 4, 2016). Rohini Lakshané was a speaker.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Media Coverage</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/my-city-links-july-4-2016-digital-oxygen-for-odia-language">The Digital Oxygen for Odia Language</a> (My City Links; July 4, 2016).</li></ul>
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<h4><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness">Openness</a></h4>
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<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>Article</strong></div>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/opensource.com-subhashish-panigrahi-july-8-2016-open-source-effort-gives-indigenous-language-an-official-typeface" class="external-link">Open Source Effort gives Indigenous Language an Official Typeface</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Opensource.com; July 8, 2016).</li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Submission</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/submitted-comments-on-the-government-open-data-use-license-india">Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India'</a> (Anubha Sinha, Pranesh Prakash, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay; July 26, 2016).</li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Participation in Event</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-data-charter-lead-stewards-in-person-meeting">Open Data Charter Lead Stewards In-Person Meeting</a> (Organized by Open Data Charter; Mexico; July 4 and 5, 2016). Sunil Abraham participated remotely.</li></ul>
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<h4><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h4>
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<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>Research Paper</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-report-of-the-group-of-experts-on-developments-in-the-field-of-information-and-telecommunications-in-the-context-of-international-security-and-implications-for-india">Analysis of the Report of the Group of Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security and Implications for India</a> (Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda; July 30, 2016)<br /></li></ul>
<p><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/tpp-and-d2-implications-for-data-protection-and-digital-privacy">Trans Pacific Partnership and Digital 2 Dozen: Implications for Data Protection and Digital Privacy</a> (Shubhangi Heda; July 12, 2016).</li></ul>
<p><strong>Event Organized</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/stand-up-for-digital-rights-1">Stand up for Digital Rights</a> (CIS, New Delhi; July 29, 2016). </li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Participation in Event</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Privacy Law and impact of emergent technology (National Law School of India University; Bangalore; July 12, 2016). Amber Sinha taught an elective full credit course for final year undergraduate students.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Big Data</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Blog Entry</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/big-data-governance-frameworks-for-data-revolution-for-sustainable-development">Big Data Governance Frameworks for 'Data Revolution for Sustainable Development'</a> (Meera Manoj; July 5, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">►Freedom of Expression</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Blog Entries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/perumal-murugan-and-the-law-on-obscenity">Perumal Murugan and the Law on Obscenity</a> (Japreet Grewal; July 21, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">CIS sought a series of information from ICANN on various topics. The DIDP Requests and the responses solicited were compiled and published by Asvatha Babu:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-9-exactly-how-involved-is-icann-in-the-netmundial-initiative">Exactly how involved is ICANN in the NETmundial Initiative? </a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-10-icann-does-not-know-how-much-each-rir-contributes-to-its-budget">ICANN does not know how much each RIR contributes to its Budget</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-13-keeping-track-of-icann2019s-contracted-parties-registries">Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registries</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-14-keeping-track-of-icann2019s-contracted-parties-registrars">Keeping track of ICANN’s contracted parties: Registrars </a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-15-what-is-going-on-between-verisign-and-icann">What is going on between Verisign and ICANN?</a> </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-16-icann-has-no-documentation-on-registrars2019-201cabuse-contacts201d">ICANN has no Documentation on Registrars’ “Abuse Contacts”</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-17-how-icann-chooses-their-contractual-compliance-auditors">How ICANN Chooses their Contractual Compliance Auditors</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-18-icann2019s-internal-website-will-stay-internal">ICANN’s Internal Website will Stay Internal</a> </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-19-icann2019s-role-in-the-postponement-of-the-iana-transition">ICANN’s role in the Postponement of the IANA Transition</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-20-is-presumptive-renewal-of-verisign2019s-contracts-a-good-thing">Is Presumptive Renewal of Verisign’s Contracts a Good Thing?</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-21-icann2019s-relationship-with-the-rirs">ICANN’s Relationship with the RIRs</a> </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-22-reconsideration-requests-from-parties-affected-by-icann-action">Reconsideration Requests from Parties affected by ICANN Action</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-23-icann-does-not-know-how-diverse-its-comment-section-is">ICANN does not Know how Diverse its Comment Section Is</a> </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-25-curbing-sexual-harassment-at-icann">Curbing Sexual Harassment at ICANN</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-27-on-icann2019s-support-to-new-gtld-applicants">On ICANN’s support to new gTLD Applicants </a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/didp-request-28-icann-renews-verisign2019s-rzm-contract">ICANN renews Verisign’s RZM Contract?</a></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Participation in Events</strong></p>
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<li>Safety Net (Organized by APC and Point of View; Mumbai; July 11, 2016). Rohini Lakshané was a trainer.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/meeting-on-net-neutrality-and-related-issues">Meeting on Net Neutrality and Related Issues</a> (Organized by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; July 15, 2016; New Delhi). Sunil Abraham attended the meeting.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/digital-in-south-asia">Digital in South Asia</a> (Organized by World Economic Forum; July 19, 2016; Bangalore). Sunil Abraham attended this event.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/roundtable-identifying-and-limiting-hate-speech-and-harassment-online">Roundtable: Identifying and Limiting Hate Speech and Harassment Online</a> (Organized by SFLC; New Delhi; July 28, 2016). Japreet Grewal attended the event.</li></ul>
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<h4><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a></h4>
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<p>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><br />Blog Entries</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-transition-in-newspapers-in-india-pilot-study">How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media?</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; July 6, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-transition-in-newspapers-in-india-pilot-study">Digital Transition in Newspapers in India: A Pilot Study</a> (Zeenab Aneez; July 19, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/policy-shaping-in-the-indian-it-industry-recommendations-by-nasscom-2006-2012">Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Recommendations by NASSCOM, 2006-2012</a> (Pavishka Mittal; July 1, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/policy-shaping-in-the-indian-it-industry-recommendations-by-nasscom-and-ispirt-2013-2016">Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Comparative Analysis of Recommendations by NASSCOM and iSPIRT, 2013-2016</a> (Pavishka Mittal; July 4, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/policy-shaping-in-the-indian-it-industry-recommendations-by-nasscom-on-transfer-pricing">Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Recommendations by NASSCOM on Transfer Pricing, 2014-2016</a> (Pavishka Mittal; July 27, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/rbi-regulation-digital-financial-services-in-india-2012-2016">RBI and Regulation of Digital Financial Services in India, 2012-2016</a> (Shivalik Chandan; July 11, 2016).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/studying-internet-in-india-2016-selected-abstracts">Studying Internet in India (2016): Selected Abstracts</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; July 5, 2016).</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Participated in Event</strong></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/data-for-governance-governance-of-data-and-data-anxieties">The Data Explosion – How the Internet of Things will Affect Media Freedom and Communication Systems?</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay was a panelist at this session organised by the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) at the Deutsche Welle's Global Media Forum 2016, held in Bonn, Germany; June 13-15, 2016.</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Event Organized</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/raw/talk-on-game-studies-souvik-mukherjee-july-28-6-pm">Game Studies: A Talk by Dr. Souvik Mukherjee</a> (CIS, Bangalore, July 28, 2016). Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Presidency University, Calcutta gave a talk on game studies, digital media, internet cultures and traditional humanities. </li></ul>
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<h4><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h4>
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<p>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 publisherpraskrishnaNewsletter2016-09-17T14:13:32ZPageJuly 2015 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2015-bulletin
<b>Our newsletter for the month of July is below:</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are happy to share with you the seventh issue of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) newsletter (July 2015). The past editions of the newsletter 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>NVDA team <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-e-speak-marathi">conducted a training at SIES College, Sion, Mumbai</a>. Thirty-four delegates attended the training programme.</li>
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<li>A training workshop was held at <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-using-espeak-tamil-with-nvda-training-tirunelveli">Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School</a> for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli by NVDA team. Sixteen delegates participated in this.</li>
<li>Konkani Wikipedia is the second Wikimedia project after Odia Wikisource that has gone live out of incubation. The project stayed in the incubation for nine long years and the community has gone through a long debate to have a Wikipedia of their own. Subhashish Panigrahi has <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-wikipedia-goes-live">blogged on this highlighting the three Konkani Wikimedians</a>.</li>
<li>The 30<sup>th</sup> Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights was held in Geneva from June 29 to July 3. Nehaa Chaudhari prepared a statement about the negotiations on the <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/statement-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-india-on-the-broadcast-treaty-at-sccr-30">Proposed Treaty for Broadcasting Organisations</a>.</li>
<li>Sumandro Chattapadhyay <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/hindustan-times-july-15-2015-sumandro-chattapadhyay-iron-out-contradictions-in-the-digital-india-programme">wrote an article in the Hindustan Times</a> about India’s “Digital India” initiative to develop communication infrastructure, government information systems, and general capacity to digitise public life in India.</li>
<li>CIS published the <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/technology-business-incubators">first draft of its analysis on technology business incubators</a> ("TBI") in India. The report prepared by Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak looks at operating procedures, success stories and lessons that can be learnt from TBIs in India.</li>
<li>Pranesh Prakash did a <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/clearing-misconceptions-dot-panel-net-neutrality">brief analysis</a> about the Department of Telecommunications Panel Report on Net Neutrality.</li>
<li>CIS has participated in the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling constituted by the Department of Biotechnology in 2012 for the purpose of deliberating on and finalizing the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and appreciates this opportunity. <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-dissent">CIS has prepared a dissent note to the Expert Committee on DNA Profiling</a>.</li>
<li>In the last few decades, all major common law jurisdictions have decriminalised non-procreative sex – oral and anal sex (sodomy) – to allow private, consensual, and non-commercial homosexual intercourse. Bhairav Acharya <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-autonomy-sexual-choice-common-law-recognition-of-homosexuality">brought out the developments from across the world in a blog entry</a>. </li>
<li>As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, CIS conducted interviews with a <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-22-anonymous">Tibetan security researcher and information activist</a> and <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-24-2013-shantanu-ghosh">Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India</a>.</li>
<li>CIS, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania had organized a conference in April in New Delhi. The findings have been condensed in a report titled “<a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/freedom-of-expression-in-a-digital-age">Effective research, policy formulation, and the development of regulatory frameworks in South Asia</a>”.</li>
<li>Pranesh Prakash in a research paper titled <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/regulatory-perspectives-on-net-neutrality">Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality</a> gives an overview on why India needs to put in place net neutrality regulations, and the form that those regulations must take to avoid being over-regulation.</li>
<li>Rakshanda Deka undertook an analysis <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/anti-spam-laws-in-different-jurisdictions">on the anti-spam laws in different jurisdictions</a>. This analysis is a part of a larger attempt at formulating a model anti-spam law for India by analysing the existing spam laws across the world.</li>
<li style="text-align: left; ">As part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series, RAW has published blog entries on <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_whatsapp-and-the-creation-of-a-transnational-sociality">WhatsApp and the Creation of a Transnational Sociality</a>; <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_users-and-the-internet">Users and the Internet</a>; <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_effective-activism">Effective Activism: The Internet, Social Media, and Hierarchical Activism in New Delhi</a>; <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_studying-the-internet-discourse-in-india-through-the-prism-of-human-rights">Studying the Internet Discourse in India through the Prism of Human Rights</a>; and <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_understanding-tagores-music-on-youtube">'Originality,' 'Authenticity,' and 'Experimentation': Understanding Tagore’s Music on YouTube</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The National Optic Fibre Network, a part of the Government's Digital India Initiative, has been in the news since the recent Expert Committee Report. Aditya Garg in a blog entry <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/funding-of-national-optic-fibre-network-who-is-accountable">examined the accountability of the funding of the project</a>.</li>
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<h2><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 publication has been finalised and is 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>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">NVDA and eSpeak</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Monthly Updates</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/july-2015-report.pdf">July 2015 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; July 31, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Reports</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>The training programmes were held in June and the reports were published in July</i>:</p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-using-espeak-tamil-with-nvda-training-tirunelveli">Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop</a> (Organized by NVDA team: Anne Jane Ask with Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli; June 3 – 7, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-e-speak-marathi">Training in eSpeak Marathi</a> (Organized by NVDA team; SIES College, Sion, Mumbai; June 28, 2015).</li>
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<h2><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>Submission / Comment</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/statement-by-the-centre-for-internet-and-society-india-on-the-broadcast-treaty-at-sccr-30">Statement by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 30</a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; July 2, 2015).</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia</h3>
<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><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/reading-devanagri-konkani-wikipedia-in-kannada-script">Reading Devanagari Script based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada Script</a> (Dr. U.B. Pavanaja; July 13, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-wikipedia-goes-live">Konkani Wikipedia Goes Live After 'Nine Years' of Incubation</a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; July 18, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Co-organized</b></p>
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<li>Christ University Undergraduate Programme (Organized by CIS-A2K; Bangalore; July 1 - 8, 2015). Students were initiated into the Wikimedia activities with hands on sessions of typing on Wikisource. Faculty of the Christ University helped the A2K team in deciding on the texts that were to be typed. These texts will provide much needed impetus for Wikisource related activities in Indian Languages. Wikipedia Education Programme at Christ University received support from Ravishankar.A of the Tamil Wikimedia community and Sayant Mahato from Sanskrit Wikimedia community.</li>
<li>Aloysius College (Organized by CIS-A2K; Mangalore; July 1 – 4, 2015). Tulu and Kannada Wikipedia workshops were conducted in St. Aloysis College, Mangalore. Tulu Wikipedia is in Incubator and a small community is growing in Mangalore. Pavanaja U.B. and Rahmanuddin Shaik participated in this events.</li>
<li>Media Wiki Train the Trainer Program (Organized by CIS-A2K; Bangalore; June 24 – 27, 2015): A four-day long train-the-trainer program aimed at building leadership among technical contributors to Indic language Wikimedians in the areas of bugs, bots--Pywikipedia and Auto Wiki Browser, various MediaWiki tools, and translations. Ravishankar A. from Wikimedia India, MediaWiki developers Pavithra H., Yogesh Omshivaprakash H.L. and Harsh Kothari, and Tamil Wikimedian Dineshkumar Ponnusamy provided support for the event.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania">Wikimania 2015</a> (Organized by Wikimedia Foundation; Mexico City; July 15 - 19, 2015): A whole day was dedicated for evaluation of strategies and activities by various major stakeholders of the Wikimedia movement. Community members who lead major activities, Wikimedia chapters, affiliate organizations and Wikimedia Foundation itself took part in the discussions. There were several group activities, exchange of ideas focused on project and community level outreach and other activities, tools and techniques, and best practices. Subhashish Panigrahi participated in this event and gave a talk on <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_do_Guerrilla_GLAM_-_presentation_in_Wikimania_2015,_Mexico_City.pdf">How to do Guerrilla GLAM</a>. Subhashish Panigrahi was a panelist along with Rohini Lakshané in the session “<a href="https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Edit-a-thons_for_bridging_the_gender_gap_on_Wikimedia">Edit-a-thons for Bridging the Gender Gap on Wikimedia: A Panel Discussion</a>”. An Indic Meet-up was also organized. Wikimedians from India, Bangladesh and Nepal representing various language communities, Wikimedia India, Wikimedia Bangladesh, Wikimedia Nepal, and Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) gathered to discuss about various challenges, cross-community collaborative projects, organizing larger events, and strategies to grow the Wikimedia movement in South Asia.</li>
<li>Classical Languages in the Digital Era Conference (Organized by Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore; July 17, 2015) Tanveer Hasan participated in this conference aimed at discussing about the future of Indian classical languages in the digital era. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-times-of-india-july-5-2015-not-many-contributors-for-kannada-centric-wiki-page">Not many contributors for Kannada-centric Wiki page</a> (The Times of India, July 5, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/indian-express-july-5-2015-upload-more-kannada-articles-on-wikipedia">Upload More Kannada Articles on Wikipedia</a> (Indian Express, July 5, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-july-4-2015-coverage-in-udayavani">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mangaluru</a> (Udayavani; July 5, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-july-5-2015-coverage-in-prajavani">Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mangaluru</a> (Prajavani; July 5, 2015)</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Staff Movement</b></p>
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<li>Tito Dutta, Luis Gomes and Abhinav Garule have joined the CIS-A2K team as Programme Associates from March this year. Tito is working for internal documentation and resource building, and Luis and Abhinav are implementing the Konkani and Marathi work plan respectively along with community liaison.</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<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 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>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Free Speech and Expression</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/regulatory-perspectives-on-net-neutrality">Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality</a> (Pranesh Prakash; July 8, 2015). Vidushi Marda and Tarun Krishnakumar assisted Pranesh Prakash in this.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/policy-in-india-community-custom-censorship-and-future-of-internet-regulation">Free Speech Policy in India: Community, Custom, Censorship, and the Future of Internet Regulation</a> (Bhairav Acharya; July 13, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/net-neutrality-and-law-of-common-carriage">Net Neutrality and the Law of Common Carriage</a> (Bhairav Acharya; July 14, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/freedom-of-expression-in-a-digital-age">Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age</a> (Geetha Hariharan and Jyoti Panday; July 14, 2015). CIS, the Observer Research Foundation, the Internet Policy Observatory, the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania organized this conference on April 21, 2015 in New Delhi. Elonnai Hickok edited the report.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/clearing-misconceptions-dot-panel-net-neutrality">Clearing Misconceptions: What the DoT Panel Report on Net Neutrality Says</a> (and Doesn't) (Pranesh Prakash; July 21, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/role-of-intermediaries-in-counting-online-abuse">Role of Intermediaries in Countering Online Abuse</a> (Jyoti Panday; July 31, 2015). This got published as two blog entries in the NALSAR Law Tech Blog. Part 1 can be accessed <a href="https://techlawforum.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/role-of-intermediaries-in-countering-online-abuse-still-a-work-in-progress-part-i/">here</a> and Part 2 <a href="https://techlawforum.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/role-of-intermediaries-in-countering-online-abuse-still-a-work-in-progress-part-ii/">here</a>.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Co-organized</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/a-public-discussion-on-criminal-defamation-in-india">A Public Discussion on Criminal Defamation in India</a> (Organized by CIS, the Network of Women in Media, India; and Media Watch; Bangalore; July 29, 2015). The event was a public discussion about the continued criminalisation of defamation in India.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/round-table-discussion-on-whois">Roundtable discussion on WHOIS</a> (Organized by Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India; July 28, 2015; New Delhi). Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda participated in the discussion remotely. Aditya Garg attended in person.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Privacy</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/anti-spam-laws-in-different-jurisdictions">Anti-Spam Laws in Different Jurisdictions: A Comparative Analysis</a> (Rakshanda Deka; July 2, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-dissent">A Dissent Note to the Expert Committee for DNA Profiling</a> (Elonnai Hickok; July 17, 2015). Click for <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-bill-functions.pdf">DNA Bill Functions</a>, <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-list-of-offences.pdf">DNA List of Offences</a>, and <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-note-on-dna-bill.pdf">CIS Note on DNA Bill</a>. A modified version was published by <a href="http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/dna-bill-problems-issues-inputs-from-bangalore">Citizen Matters Bangalore</a> on July 28.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-autonomy-sexual-choice-common-law-recognition-of-homosexuality">Privacy, Autonomy, and Sexual Choice: The Common Law Recognition of Homosexuality</a> (Bhairav Acharya; July 18, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/aadhaar-vs-social-security-number">Aadhaar Number vs the Social Security Number</a> (Elonnai Hickok; July 21, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/best-practices-meet-2015">7th Best Practices Meet 2015</a> (Organized by Data Security Council of India; Bangalore; July 9 – 10, 2015). Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the session "Architecting Security for transformation to Digital India". Elonnai Hickok was a panelist in the session "Steering privacy in the age of extreme innovation technology & business models."</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Cyber Security</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Videos</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-22-anonymous">Cyber Security Series Part 23</a> (Purba Sarkar; July 13, 2015). CIS interviews a Tibetan security researcher and information activist.</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-24-2013-shantanu-ghosh">Cyber Security Series Part 24</a> (Purba Sarkar; July 15, 2015). CIS interviews Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.</li>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Miscellaneous</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Article</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/hindustan-times-july-15-2015-sumandro-chattapadhyay-iron-out-contradictions-in-the-digital-india-programme">Iron out contradictions in the Digital India programme</a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; Hindustan Times; July 28, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Research Paper</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/technology-business-incubators">First draft of Technology Business Incubators: An Indian Perspective and Implementation Guidance Report</a> (Sunil Abraham, Vidushi Marda, Udbhav Tiwari and Anumeha Karnatak; July 25, 2015).</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a></h2>
<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; "><b>Op-ed</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-op-ed-july-2-2015-shyam-ponappa-centrality-of-cash-flows">The Centrality of Cash Flows</a> (Shyam Ponappa; Business Standard; July 1, 2015 and Organizing India Blogspot; July 2, 2015).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/funding-of-national-optic-fibre-network-who-is-accountable">Funding of National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN) - Who's Accountable?</a> (Aditya Garg; July 17, 2015).</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">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; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_whatsapp-and-the-creation-of-a-transnational-sociality">WhatsApp and the Creation of a Transnational Sociality</a> (Maitrayee Deka; July 1, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_users-and-the-internet">Users and the Internet</a> (Purbasha Auddy; July 10, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_effective-activism">Effective Activism: The Internet, Social Media, and Hierarchical Activism in New Delhi</a> (Sarah McKeever; July 16, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_studying-the-internet-discourse-in-india-through-the-prism-of-human-rights">Studying the Internet Discourse in India through the Prism of Human Rights</a> (Deva Prasad M.; July 22, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/blog_understanding-tagores-music-on-youtube">'Originality,' 'Authenticity,' and 'Experimentation': Understanding Tagore’s Music on YouTube)</a> (Ipsita Sengupta; July 27, 2015).</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/news">News & Media Coverage</a></h2>
<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/cio-july-1-2015-irctc-aadhaar-play-can-violate-sc-order-and-derail-national-security">'IRCTC’s Aadhaar play can violate SC order and derail National Security'</a> (Shubhra Rishi; CIO.IN; July 1, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/catch-news-july-2-2015-the-digital-divide-pros-and-cons-of-modi-s-latest-big-initiative">The Digital Divide: pros and cons of Modi's latest big initiative</a> (Suhas Munshi; July 2, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-statesman-rakesh-kumar-july-13-2015-corporate-push-modis-billion-digital-dream">Corporate push to Modi’s Rs.4.5-billion digital dream</a> (Rakesh Kumar; The Statesman; July 13, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/huffington-post-july-16-2015-betwa-sharma-criminal-defamation-the-urgent-cause-that-has-united-rahul-gandhi-arvind-kejriwal-and-subramanian-swamy">Criminal Defamation: The Urgent Cause That has United Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy</a> (Betwa Sharma; Huffington Post; July 15, 2015).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/five-nations-one-future">Five Nations, One Future?</a> (Bjorn Ludtke, Ellen Lee, Jaideep Sen, Gwendolyn Ledger, David Nicholson, and Jesko Johannsen; Voestalpine; July 18, 2015).</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-scariest-bill-in-parliament-is-getting-no-attention-2013-here2019s-what-you-need-to-know-about-it">The scariest bill in Parliament is getting no attention – here’s what you need to know about it</a> (Nayantara Narayanan; Scroll.in; July 24, 2015)</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/livemint-nikita-mehta-july-29-2015-regulation-misuse-concerns-still-dog-dna-profiling-bill">Regulation, misuse concerns still dog DNA profiling bill</a> (Nikita Mehta; Livemint; July 29, 2015)</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/">About CIS</a></h2>
<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 mediation and reconfiguration of social and cultural processes and structures by 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>
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<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, Access to Knowledge, at <a href="mailto:tanveer@cis-india.org">tanveer@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 KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2015-11-21T16:23:52ZPageJuly 2014 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2014-bulletin
<b>Seventh issue of the newsletter (July 2014) below:</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the seventh issue of the newsletter (July 2014). Archives of our newsletters can be accessed at: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">------------------------------ <br /> <b>Highlights </b><br /> ------------------------------</p>
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<li> Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the 28<sup>th</sup> session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR) held in Geneva from June 30 to July 4, 2014. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) gave its statements on the Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives and Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.</li>
<li>India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty and the Accessible Books Consortium was launched. Nehaa Chaudhari who participated in the 28<sup>th</sup> session of the WIPO-SCCR reports on this in a blog entry.</li>
<li>Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva produced a research paper on patent valuation and license fee determination as part of the Pervasive Technologies project.</li>
<li>Our grant application to the Wikimedia Foundation was approved. CIS has been awarded Rs. 12,000,000 for the next one year for the Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) project.</li>
<li>CIS and the University of Mysore organized the Open Knowledge day in Mysore on July 15, 2014. Six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha was re-released under the Creative Commons (CC license).</li>
<li>We helped the Ministry of Science and Technology draft the Open Access Policy for the DST/DBT.</li>
<li>The first of the seven proposed roundtable meetings on “Privacy and Surveillance” conducted by CIS in collaboration with the Cellular Operators Association of India and the Council for Fair Business Practices was held in Mumbai on June 28, 2014. Anandini K. Rathore has blogged on this.</li>
<li>Bedavyasa Mohanty has produced a blog entry that analyses the nuances of interception of communications under the Indian Telegraph Act and the Indian Post Office Act.</li>
<li>Vinayak Mithal has written a blog entry on the Constitutionality of Indian surveillance law that analyses ICANN's reactive transparency mechanism, comparing it with freedom of information best practices. He describes the DIDP and its relevance for the Internet community.</li>
<li>Nishant Shah speaks on the right to freedom of speech and expression in the latest interview conducted as part of the Cybersecurity series being done with a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa.</li>
<li>Nishant Shah’s peer reviewed article “Asia in the Edges: A Narrative Account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore” was published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, on July 3, 2014. Nishant gives a narrative account of the experiments and ideas that shaped the second Summer School, “The Asian Edge” hosted in Bangalore, India, in 2012.</li>
<li>CIS recruited two new staff members in its Bangalore office. Rohini Lakshane joined as a Program Officer in the Pervasive Technologies project and K.N. Medini joined as a Senior Accounts Officer. Their profiles can be accessed at <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team</a>.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">---------------------------------------------- <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility"> <br /> <b>Accessibility and Inclusion </b></a><b> </b><br /> ---------------------------------------------- <br /> 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. We compiled the National Compendium of Policies, Programmes and Schemes for Persons with Disabilities (29 states and 6 union territories). We will be publishing this soon. The draft chapters along with the quarterly reports can be accessed on the <a href="https://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="https://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/nvda-e-speak-update-july-2014.pdf">Work Report for July</a> (by Suman Dogra, July 31, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry <br /></b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/indias-ratification-of-marrakesh-treaty-celebrated">India's Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty Celebrated; Accessible Books Consortium Launched </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 1, 2014): India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/spicy-ip-july-1-2014-thomas-j-vallianeth-spicy-ip-tidbit-india-ratifies-the-marrakesh-treaty-for-the-visually-impaired"><b> </b>SpicyIP Tidbit: India ratifies the Marrakesh Treaty for the Visually Impaired </a> (by Thomas J. Vallianeth, Spicy IP, July 1, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> </b><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; ">►WIPO</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event and Statements <br /> </b>Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the 28<sup>th</sup> session of WIPO-SCCR held in Geneva from June 30 to July 4, 2014. The following have been the outputs from the event:</p>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-on-proposed-treaty-for-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations"> Statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations at WIPO SCCR 28 </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/opening-statement-of-india-on-limitations-and-exceptions-for-libraries-and-archives"> Opening Comments by India on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28 </a> (posted by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 7, 2014). This was the statement made by the Indian delegation at WIPO-SCCR 28<sup>th</sup> session on July 2, 2014. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/cis-statement-on-limitations-and-exceptions-for-libraries-and-archives"> Statement on the Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28 </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 3, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wipo-sccr-28-proposed-treaty-for-protection-of-broadcasting-organizations"> 28th Session of the WIPO SCCR: Report on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations </a> (by Nehaa Chaudhari, July 29, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">► Pervasive Technologies</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Research Papers</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/patent-valuation-and-license-fee-determination-in-context-of-patent-pools"><b> </b>Patent Valuation and License Fee Determination in Context of Patent Pools </a> (by Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva, July 9, 2014). Vikrant has produced research that examines patent valuation and license fee determination in detail. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/grounds-for-compulsory-patent-licensing-in-us-canada-china-and-india"> Grounds for Compulsory Patent Licensing in United States, Canada, China, and India </a> (by Maggie Huang, July 29, 2014). In her research paper Maggie tries to answer questions about the grounds of compulsory licensing in international treaties with specific examples from America and Asia. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Wikipedia <br /> As part of the <a href="https://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>Announcement <br /> </b>Our grant application to the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) of the Wikimedia Foundation was approved by its board which met in Frankfurt from May 21 to 24, 2014. CIS had requested a grant of Rs. 18,406,454 and were <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round2">awarded Rs. 12,000,000</a> for the next one year.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following were done this month:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Articles / Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/prajavani-july-3-2014-article-on-wikipedia-zero"><b> </b>Aircel & Wikimedia Foundation announce Wikipedia Zero </a> (by Dr. U.B.Pavanaja, Prajavani, July 3, 2014). As per this, users of Aircel need not pay for data for accessing Wikipedia. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/article-on-akruti-unicode-converter-in-samaja">ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷରସଜ୍ଜା</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Samaja, July 4, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/state-of-odia-language-in-computing-and-future-steps"> State of Odia Language in Computing and Future Steps </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Sovereign, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/sambad-july-21-2014-paths-for-development-of-odia-language">ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶର ରାସ୍ତା</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, The Sambad, July 23, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/university-of-mysore-releases-kannada-vishwakosha-under-cc-license"> University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License </a> (by Dr. U.B.Pavanaja, July 24, 2014). Leading English and Kannada dailies like Andolana Kannada, City Today, Deccan Herald, Hosa Diganta, Kannada Jana Mana, Kannada Prabha, Rajya Dharma, Samyukta Karnataka, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Udayavani, Vijaya Karnataka, and Vijaya Vani published about this. Scanned versions of the published articles can be <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-knowledge-day-mysore-media-coverage-zip">downloaded here</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikimedia-blog-dorothy-howard-wiki-loves-pride-2014-and-adding-diversity-to-wikipedia"> Wiki Loves Pride 2014 and Adding Diversity to Wikipedia </a> (by Dorothy Howard, Wikimedia Blog, July 25, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/global-voices-subhashish-panigrahi-july-27-2014-doctors-and-translators-are-working-together-to-bridge-wikipedias-medical-language-gap"> Doctors and Translators Are Working Together to Bridge Wikipedia's Medical Language Gap </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Global Voices, July 27, 2014). This was re-published on the Wikimedia Blog, July 30, 2014. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odisha-review-june-2014-classical-odia-language-in-digital-age"> Classical Odia Language in the Digital Age </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Odisha Review, posted on July 28, 2014). The essay was published in the magazine’s June edition. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/open-knowledge-day-mysore">Open Knowledge Day</a> (co-organized by Mysore University and CIS-A2K, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore, July 15, 2014). The event coincided with the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin from July 15 to 17. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the event. On this occasion Mysore University released six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha under the Creative Commons (CC) license. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/state-of-odia-language-in-computing-and-future-steps"><b> </b>National Level Seminar on Computer Application and Odia Language </a> (organized by Institute of Odia Studies and Research, July 6, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi was a panelist. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ok-festival-2014">Open Knowledge Festival 2014</a> (organized by Google, Omidyar, et.al., Berlin, July 15 – 17, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi represented India as the India Ambassador of OpenGLAM local and <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/ok-festival.pdf">made a presentation</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/nama-the-future-of-indic-languages">#NAMA: The Future of Indic Languages</a> (organized by Medianama, The Oberoi Hotel, Bangalore, July 24, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>News and Media Coverage <br /> </b>CIS-A2K team gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-7-2014-renuka-phadnis-wikipedia-edit-a-thons-to-add-content-on-lgbts"> Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs </a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-telegraph-july-7-2014-bibhuti-barik-font-problem-hits-odia">Font problem hits Odia</a> (by Bibhuti Barik, The Telegraph, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-12-2014-r-krishna-kumar-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised"> Four volumes of Kannada Encyclopaedia digitised </a> (by R. Krishna Kumar, The Hindu, July 12, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-july-14-2014-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised"> ‘ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ಕ್ಕೆ ಇನ್ನು ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್ ಹಂಗಿಲ್ಲ </a> (Prajavani, July 14, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-15-2014-r-krishna-kumar-soon-all-14-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-to-be-online"> Soon, all 14 volumes of Kannada encyclopaedia to be online </a> (by R. Krishna Kumar, The Hindu, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/kannada-prabha-july-15-2014-coverage-of-open-knowledge-day">ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ</a> (Kannada Prabha, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/udayavani-july-15-2014-mysore-university-event-coverage-in-udayavani">ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶದ ಆರು ಸಂಪುಟ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ</a> (Udayavani, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/just-kannada-july-15-2014-wikipedia-kannada-vishwakosha-mysore-university-free-internet-kannada-department"> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ kannada ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ : ಈಗ ಆನ್ ಲೈನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 6 ಸಂಪುಟಗಳು ಮುಕ್ತ…ಮುಕ್ತ……( </a> Just Kannada, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/web-india-123-july-15-2014-six-kannada-encyclopaedias-released">Six Kannada encyclopaedias released</a> (Webindia 123, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-15-2014-anila-backer-150-rare-books-get-new-lease-of-life-online-courtesy-students"> 150 Rare Books Get New Lease of Life Online, Courtesy Students </a> (by Anila Backer, New Indian Express, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/spicy-ip-swaraj-paul-barooah-july-15-2014-open-access-students-help-revive-and-digitize-rare-books-for-malayalam-wiki-library"> Open Access: Students help revive and digitize rare books for Malayalam Wiki Library </a> (Spicy IP, July 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-narayan-lakshman-july-25-2014-trolled-from-us-congress-wikipedia-bans-edits"> 'Trolled' from US Congress, Wikipedia bans edits </a> (by Narayan Lakshman, The Hindu, July 25, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-27-2014-renuka-phadnis-telugu-wikipedia-struggles-to-stay-afloat"> Telugu Wikipedia struggles to stay afloat </a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 27, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-29-2014-svetlana-lasrado">The joys of being a Wikipedian</a> (by Svetlana Lasrado, New Indian Express, July 29, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-vijayavani-coverage">Kannada Wikipedia Presentation</a> (Vijayavani, July 30, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-presentation-prajavani-coverage">Kannada Wikipedia Presentation for Kannada Science Writers</a> (Prajavani, July 31, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Openness</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/mozilla-brings-indian-communities-together-twice-in-one-month"><b> </b>Mozilla brings Indian Communities together Twice in One Month </a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Mozilla Website, July 8, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/mozilla-brings-indian-communities-together">Mozilla Brings Indian Communities Together</a> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Opensource.com, July 13, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/department-of-biotechnology-and-department-of-science-ministry-of-science-and-technology-government-of-india-release-open-access-policy"> Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, release Open Access Policy </a> (by Anubha Sinha, July 18, 2014). We have also been <a href="http://dbtindia.nic.in/docs/DST-DBT_Draft.pdf">acknowledged in the policy</a>. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>HasGeek Event</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-fifth-elephant">The Fifth Elephant</a> (NIMHANS Convention Centre, July 25-26, 2014). CIS was a community outreach partner. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-july-22-2014-renuka-phadnis-plan-for-open-access-to-science-research"><b> </b>Plan for open access to science research </a> (by Renuka Phadnis, The Hindu, July 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/medianama-july-23-2014-riddhi-mukherjee-indian-govt-looks-to-provide-free-access-to-public-funded-research-works"> Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works </a> (by Riddhi Mukherjee, Medianama, July 23, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">----------------------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> </b><br /> -----------------------------------------------</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Freedom of Expression</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of our project on Freedom of Expression (funded through a grant from the MacArthur Foundation) to study the restrictions placed on freedom of expression online by the Indian government and contribute to the debates around Internet governance and freedom of expression at forums like ICANN, ITU, IGF, WSIS, etc., we bring you the following outputs:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/icann2019s-documentary-information-disclosure-policy-2013-i-didp-basics"><b> </b>ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy – I: DIDP Basics </a> (by Vinayak Mithal, July 1, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/reading-between-the-lines-service-providers-terms-and-conditions-and-consumer-rights"> Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer Rights </a> (by Jyoti Panday, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/facebook-and-its-aversion-to-anonymous-and-pseudonymous-speech"> Facebook and its Aversion to Anonymous and Pseudonymous Speech </a> (by Jessamine Mathew, July 4, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/free-speech-and-surveillance">Free Speech and Surveillance</a> (by Gautam Bhatia, July 7, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/delhi-high-court-orders-blocking-of-websites-after-sony-complains-infringement-of-2014-fifa-world-cup-telecast-rights"> Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of Websites after Sony Complains Infringement of 2014 FIFA World Cup Telecast Rights </a> (by Anubha Sinha, July 8, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/gni-and-iamai-launch-interactive-slideshow-exploring-impact-of-indias-internet-laws"> GNI and IAMAI Launch Interactive Slideshow Exploring Impact of India's Internet Laws </a> (by Jyoti Panday, July 17, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>FOEX Live</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are also posting a selection of news from across India implicating online freedom of expression and use of digital technology: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/foex-live">July 7, 2014</a>.</p>
<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:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/models-for-surveillance-and-interception-of-communications-worldwide"><b> </b>Models for Surveillance and Interception of Communications Worldwide </a> (by Bedavyasa Mohanty, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-constitutionality-of-indian-surveillance-law"> The Constitutionality of Indian Surveillance Law: Public Emergency as a Condition Precedent for Intercepting Communications </a> (by Bedavyasa Mohanty, July 4, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uk-interception-of-communications-commissioner-a-model-of-accountability"> UK’s Interception of Communications Commissioner — A Model of Accountability </a> (by Joe Sheehan, July 24, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Report</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-surveillance-roundtable-mumbai">First Privacy and Surveillance Roundtable</a> (by Anandini K Rathore, July 18, 2014). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Article</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-hoot-july-17-2014-chinmayi-arun-private-censorship-and-the-right-to-hear"><b> </b>Private Censorship and the Right to Hear </a> (by Chinmayi Arun, The Hoot, July 17, 2014). The article was also mirrored on the <a href="http://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/">website of the Centre for Communication Governance</a>. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/information-influx-conference">Information Influx Conference</a> (organized by the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, July 2 – 4, 2014). Malavika Jayaram was a speaker. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/consultation-to-frame-rules-under-whistle-blowers-protection-act-2011"> Consultation to Frame Rules under the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011 </a> (organized by National Campaign for People's Right to Information and Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, New Delhi, July 5, 2014). Bhairav Acharya participated in the event. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/best-practices-meet-2014">Best Practices Meet</a> (organized by DSCI, Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore, July 9, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/rethinking-privacy"> Rethinking Privacy: The Link between Florida v. Jardines and the Surveillance of Nature Films </a> (organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, July 11, 2014). Bhairav Acharya gave a talk. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/region-as-frame-politics-presence-practice">Region as Frame: Politics, Presence, Practice</a> (organized by International Association for Media and Communication Research, Hyderabad, July 18, 2014). Sunil Abraham was a speaker for these panels: Governing Digital Spaces: Issues of Access, Privacy and Freedom, UNESCO panel debate, and Special Session on Research Paths In and Outside of the Academy. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ict-awareness-program-for-myanmar-parliamentarians-yangon">ICT Awareness Program for Myanmar Parliamentarians</a> (organized by Myanmar ICT for Development Organization, July 26 – 27, 2014, Yangon). Sunil Abraham participated in the event as a speaker and presented on Innovation Ecosystem and Thinking about Internet Regulation. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------------- <br /> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news"> <b>News & Media Coverage </b><br /> </a> --------------------------------------<br /> CIS gave its inputs to the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-business-line-july-2-2014-kv-kurmanath-cyber-crimes-shoot-up-in-india-over-last-year"> Cyber-crimes shoot up 52% in India over last year </a> (by K.V.Kurmanath, Hindu Businessline, July 2, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/ians-july-4-2014-coai-cis-to-hold-pan-india-meetings-on-privacy-issues"> COAI, Centre for Internet & Society to hold pan-India meetings on privacy issues </a> (IANS, July 4, 2014). The news was mirrored in the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/COAI-Centre-for-Internet-Society-to-discuss-privacy-issues/articleshow/37776268.cms"> Times of India </a> , <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/coai-cis-to-discuss-legal-framework-for-voice-and-data-surveillance-553074">NDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/coai-centre-for-internet-society-to-hold-pan-india-meetings-on-privacy-issues-114070400654_1.html"> Business Standard </a> , <a href="http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate/industry/coai-centre-for-internet-society-to-discuss-privacy-issues/37776714"> Economic Times </a> , and <a href="http://article.wn.com/view/2014/07/04/COAI_Centre_for_Internet_Society_to_hold_panIndia_meetings_o/">World News</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-telegraph-july-16-2014-living-in-a-fish-bowl">Living in a Fish Bowl</a> (by Shuma Raha, The Telegraph, July 16, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/the-times-of-india-july-18-2014-sandhya-soman-terror-recruiters-target-indians-on-internet"> Terror recruiters target Indians on internet </a> (by Sandhya Soman, July 18, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-july-22-2014-vishal-mathur-the-trouble-with-trolls">The trouble with trolls</a> (by Vishal Mathur, Livemint, July 22, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/search-security-july-28-2014-harichandan-arakali-indias-dedicated-cryptology-centre-gets-funding"> India’s dedicated Cryptology centre gets Rs. 115 crore funding </a> (by Harichandan Arakali, SearchSecurity.in, July 28, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Cyber Stewards <br /> As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia with the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and the International Development Research Centre, Canada, CIS conducted 2 new interviews. With this it has finished a total of 19 interviews:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Video Interviews <br /></b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-18-2013-lobsang-gyatso-sither">Lobsang Gyatso Sither</a> (July 31, 2014). </li>
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<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-19-2013-lobsang-sangay">Lobsang Sangay</a> (July 31, 2014).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a> </b><br /> -------------------------------- <br /> 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>Peer Reviewed Article</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/routledge-inter-asia-cultural-studies-volume-15-issue-2-nishant-shah-asia-in-the-edges"><b> </b>Asia in the Edges: A Narrative Account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore </a> (by Nishant Shah, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2, July 3, 2014). This is the narrative account of the experiments and ideas that shaped the second Summer School, “The Asian Edge” which was hosted in Bangalore, India, in 2012. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/reading-from-a-distance">Reading from a Distance — Data as Text</a> (by P.P. Sneha, July 23, 2014). </li>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceResearchers at Work2014-08-11T05:46:53ZPageJuly 2013 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/july-2013-bulletin
<b>Our newsletter for the month of July 2013 can be accessed below. </b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the seventh issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you <a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society-event-report">a report on the Institute on Internet and Society</a> held in the month of June, <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/comments-on-draft-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions">comments submitted</a> by us to the Office of the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks on the draft guidelines on computer related inventions, <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/report-on-the-5th-privacy-round-table">report from the fifth privacy roundtable meeting</a> held in Kolkata, updates from Kannada Wikipedia workshops held in <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli">Hubli</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara">Sagara</a>, a <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education">report on Digital Humanities for higher education</a>, media coverage, and information on our forthcoming events.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Archives of our newsletters are <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">here</a>. Our policies on Ethical Research Guidelines, Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunities, Privacy, Terms of Website Use and Travel can be<a href="https://cis-india.org/about/policies"> accessed here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Jobs</b><br /> CIS is inviting applications for the posts of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-developer">Developer</a> (NVDA Screen Reader Project). To apply for this post, send in your resume to Nirmita Narasimhan (<a href="mailto:nirmita@cis-india.org">nirmita@cis-india.org</a>). CIS is also seeking applications for the post of <a href="https://cis-india.org/jobs/policy-associate-internet-governance">Policy Associate</a> (Internet Governance). To apply send your resume to Sunil Abraham (<a href="mailto:sunil@cis-india.org">sunil@cis-india.org</a>) and Pranesh Prakash (<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>).</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS is doing two projects in partnership with the <b>Hans Foundation</b>. One is to create a national resource kit of state-wise laws, policies and programmes on issues relating to persons with disabilities in India and another for developing a screen reader and text-to- speech synthesizer for Indian languages:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>National Resource Kit for Persons with Disabilities</b><br />CIS and the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) are working in this project. Draft chapters have been published. Feedback and comments are invited from readers for the chapters on Punjab, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Chandigarh:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-punjab-chapter-call-for-comments">The Punjab Chapter</a> (by Anandhi Viswanathan, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-uttarakhand-chapter-call-for-comments">The Uttarakhand Chapter</a> (by Anandhi Viswanathan, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-chandigarh-chapter-call-for-comments">The Chandigarh Chapter</a> (by CLPR, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit-maharashtra-chapter-call-for-comments">The Maharashtra Chapter</a> (by Anandhi Viswanathan, July 31, 2013).</li>
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<p>Note: <i>All the chapters published on the website are early drafts and will be reviewed and updated</i>.</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness">Openness</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Wikimedia Foundation has given a <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan">grant</a> to CIS to support and develop the growth of Indic language communities and projects by community collaborations and partnerships. This is being carried out by the Access to Knowledge team based in Delhi. CIS is also doing a project (Pervasive Technologies) on examining the relationship between production of pervasive technologies and intellectual property. CIS also promotes openness including open government data, open standards, open access, and free/libre/open source software through its Openness programme.</p>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k"><b>Access to Knowledge</b></a><b> </b>(Previously IP Reforms)</h3>
<p><b>Comments </b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/comments-on-draft-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions">Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions</a> (by Puneeth Nagaraj, July 31, 2013). The comments were submitted to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.</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/a2k/blog/the-assocham-international-conference-on-the-interface-between-intellectual-property-and-competition-law">An International Conference on Interface between Intellectual Property and Competition Law</a> (organized by ASSOCHAM, July 12, 2013). Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the conference and shares select notes in a blog post.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia)</b><br />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 Bangalore: <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a>, <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</a> and <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Subhashish Panigrahi</a> and one team member <a href="https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team">Nitika Tandon</a> who is working from Delhi office.</p>
<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli">A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop</a> (organized by CIS-A2K team, July 21, 2013, Hubli). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave training to the participants on Wikipedia. Leading newspapers like the Times of India, Vijaya Karnataka, Deccan Herald, VijayaVani, Prajavani, Samyukta Karnataka and HosaDiganta covered the event. Scanned versions of the published articles can be <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/hubli-workshop-press-coverage.zip">viewed here</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara">A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara</a> (organized by CIS-A2K team, Sagara, July 28, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a talk on Wikipedia and Kannada Wikipedia.</li>
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<p><b>Event Co-organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/telegu-wiki-academy-at-centre-for-good-governance">Telugu Wiki Academy at Centre for Good Governance</a> (organized by CIS-A2K and Telegu Wikipedia Community, Centre for Good Governance, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, April 9, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan participated in this event.</li>
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<p><i>Note: The event was organized in April but report got published only in July</i>.</p>
<p><b>Event Participated</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/free-software">Free Software</a> (organized by Free Software Movement of Karnataka in partnership with Jnana Vikas Institute of Technology, Bidadi, July 24, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja made a presentation on Wikipedia.</li>
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<p><b>Ongoing Event</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindu-r-krishna-kumar-august-2-2013-stress-on-posting-articles-on-kannada-wikipedia">A Workshop on Posting Articles in Kannada on Wikipedia</a> (organised by the Centre for Proficiency Development Placement Service, University of Mysore, CPDPS premises, Manasagangotri, August 6, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja is conducting a workshop. The <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/stress-on-posting-articles-on-kannada-wikipedia/article4980552.ece">announcement was made in an article</a> by R. Krishna Kumar in the Hindu on August 2, 2013.</li>
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<p><b>Press Coverage</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/oheraldo-july-27-2013-diana-fernandes-konkani-wikipedia-next">Konkani Wikipedia next?</a> (by Diana Fernandes, OHeralO, July 27, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.</li>
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<h3>Openness</h3>
<p><b>Events Organised </b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/digital-activism-in-europe">Delhi: Digital Activism in Europe</a> (The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, July 8, 2013). Bernadette Längle gave a talk about the hacker scene and digital activism in Europe, with a focus on the <a href="http://ccc.de/en">Chaos Computer Club</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/open-hardware-lab">Open Hardware Lab: Play & Invent + Bonus Film Screening</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 4, 2013). There was a film screening of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin:_An_Electronic_Odyssey">Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey</a> at the event.</li>
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<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS began two projects earlier this year. The first one on facilitating research and events on surveillance and freedom of expression is with Privacy International and support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada. The second one on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia is with the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada:<b> </b></p>
<p><b><span>SAFEGUARDS Project</span><br />Events Organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/cryptoparty-delhi">Delhi: Learn to Secure Your Online Communication</a>! (IIC, DU Campus, Delhi, July 6, 2013). A cryptoparty was held in Delhi. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://www.cryptoparty.in/dharamsala">Dharamsala: Learn to Secure Your Online Communication</a>! (Dharamsala, July 13, 2013). A cryptoparty was held in Dharamsala. This was also covered in an article published in <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/caravan-magazine-august-1-2013-rahul-m-crypto-night">the Caravan</a> on August 1, 2013.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/report-on-the-5th-privacy-round-table">Privacy Roundtable Meeting</a> (co-organized by CIS, DSCI, and FICCI, Kolkata, July 13, 2013). An event report was written by Maria Xynou. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/the-hackers-way-of-reshaping-policies">The Hackers Way of Reshaping Policies</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 2, 2012). Bernadette Langle gave a talk on privacy.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Events Participated In</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/biometrics-or-bust-indias-identity-crisis">Biometrics or bust? India's Identity Crisis</a> (organised by the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University Press, July 2, 2013). Malavika Jayaram participated as a speaker on UID and Privacy.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dsci-bpm-2013-conference-notes">DSCI Best Practices Meet 2013</a> (organized by DSCI, Anna Salai, Chennai, July 12, 2013). Kovey Coles attended the meeting.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cii-conference-on-act">Achieve Cyber Security Together</a> (organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries, Chennai, July 13, 2013). Kovey Coles attended this event.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Ongoing / Upcoming Events</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/the-phishing-society-a-talk-by-maria-xynou">The Phishing Society: Why 'Facebook' is more dangerous than the Government Spying on You - A Talk by Maria Xynou</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 7, 2013). Maria Xynou will give a talk on phishing society.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cryptoparty-chennai">Learn to Protect your Online Activities!</a> (ACJ - Asian College of Journalism, Second Main Road (Behind M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation), Taramani, Chennai, August 7, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-meeting-brussels-bangalore">Privacy Meeting: Brussels – Bangalore</a> (CIS, Bangalore, August 14, 2013). Gertjan Boulet and Dariusz Kloza will give a talk on privacy.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-delhi">Privacy Round Table, New Delhi</a> (co-organised with FICCI and DSCI, FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, August 24, 2013).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Columns</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/nytimes-july-10-2013-pranesh-prakash-how-surveillance-works-in-india">How Surveillance Works in India</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, New York Times, July 10, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/new-york-times-july-11-2013-can-india-trust-its-government-on-piracy">Can India Trust Its Government on Privacy?</a> (by Pranesh Prakash, New York Times, July 11, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-hoot-july-13-2013-chinmayi-arun-parsing-the-cyber-security-policy">Parsing the Cyber Security Policy</a> (by Chinmayi Arun, <a href="http://www.thehoot.org/web/Parsing-the-cyber-security-policy/6899-1-1-19-true.html">The Hoot</a>, and cross-posted in <a href="http://thefsiindia.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/indias-national-cyber-security-policy-preliminary-comments/">Free Speech Initiative</a>, July 13, 2013).</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/the-difficult-balance-of-transparent-surveillance">The Difficult Balance of Transparent Surveillance</a> (by Kovey Coles, July 10, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/moving-towards-surveillance-state">Moving Towards a Surveillance State</a> (by Srinivas Atreya, July 15, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/more-than-hundred-global-groups-make-principled-stand-against-surveillance">More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against Surveillance</a> (by Elonnai Hickok, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-audacious-right-to-be-forgotten">The Audacious ‘Right to Be Forgotten’</a> (by Kovey Coles, July 31, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Interview</b></p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/interview-with-finnish-data-protection-ombudsman">An Interview with Reijo Aarnio</a>: Maria Xynou conducted an interview with Reijo, the Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman.</li>
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<p><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/economic-times-july-30-2013-indu-nandakumar-google-brings-tabs-to-sneak-advertisements-into-your-inbox">Google brings tabs to sneak advertisements into your inbox</a> (by Indu Nandakumar, Economic Times, July 30, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-leslie-d-monte-joji-thomas-philip-july-3-2013-how-the-worlds-largest-democracy-is-preparing-to-snoop-on-its-citizens">How the world’s largest democracy is preparing to snoop on its citizens</a> (by Leslie D' Monte and Joji Thomas Philip, July 3, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/report-dna-july-7-2013-joanna-lobo-geeks-have-a-solution-to-digital-surveillance-in-india-cryptography">Geeks have a solution to digital surveillance in India: Cryptography</a> (by Joanna Lobo, DNA, July 7, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/theregister-uk-phil-muncaster-july-9-2013-indias-centralised-snooping-system-facing-big-delays">India's centralised snooping system facing big delays</a> (by Phil Muncaster, The Register, July 9, 2013). CIS is mentioned in this article.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/firstpost-danish-raza-july-10-2013-indias-central-monitoring-system-security-cant-come-at-cost-of-privacy">India’s Central Monitoring System: Security can’t come at cost of privacy</a> (by Danish Raza, FirstPost, July 10, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/forbesindia-article-real-issue-july9-2013-rohin-dharmakumar-is-cms-a-compromise-of-your-security">Is CMS a Compromise of Your Security?</a> (by Rohin Dharmakumar, Forbes India magazine, July 12, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/firstpost-pierre-fitter-july-17-2013-snooping-technology">Snooping technology: Will CMS work in India?</a> (by Pierre Fitter, FirstPost, July 17, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/bbc-uk-july-18-2013-parul-aggarwal-social-media-monitoring">सावधान आपके प्रोफ़ाइल पर है पुलिस की नज़र!</a> (by Parul Aggarwal, BBC, July 18, 2013). Pranesh Prakash is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/dna-july-21-2013-shikha-kumar-your-life-is-an-open-facebook">Your life's an open Facebook</a> (by Shikha Kumar, DNA, July 21, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/hindustan-times-aloke-tikku-june-28-2013-concerns-over-central-snoop">Concerns over central snoop</a> (by Aloke Tikku, Hindustan Times, June 28, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/livemint-july-30-2013-joji-thomas-philip-leslie-d-monte-shauvik-ghosh-your-telco-could-help-spy-on-you">Your telco could help spy on you</a> (by Joji Thomas Philip, Leslie D'Monte and Shauvik Ghosh, LiveMint, July 30, 2013). Sunil Abraham is quoted.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>DNA Profiling Bill</b><br />A sub-committee has been constituted as per the recommendations of the Expert Committee of DNA Profiling Bill. The sub-committee will have a meeting in Hyderabad on August 6, 2013. <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/meeting-of-sub-committee-on-dna-profiling-bill">Sunil Abraham is one of the members of the sub-committee</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><b>Cyber Stewards Project</b><br /></span>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>Video Interviews</p>
<ul>
<li>Part 3: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-3-eva-galperin">Interview with Eva Galperin</a> (July 10, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 4: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-4-marietje-schaake">Interview with Marietje Schaake</a> (July 11, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 5: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-5-amelia-andersdotter">Interview with Amelia Andersdotter</a> (July 12, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 6: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-6-lhadon-tethong">Interview with Lhadon Tethong</a> (July 15, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 7: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-7-jochem-de-groot">Interview with Jochem de Groot</a> (July 18, 2013).</li>
<li>Part 8: <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-cybersecurity-series-part-8-jeff-moss">Interview with Jeff Moss</a> (July, 23, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><span><b>Cyber Security</b></span><br /><b>Blog Entries </b></p>
<ul>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/indias-national-cyber-security-policy-in-review">India's National Cyber Security Policy in Review</a> (by Jonathan Diamond, July 31, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/guidelines-for-protection-of-national-critical-information-infrastructure">Guidelines for the Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure: How Much Regulation?</a> (by Jonathan Diamond, July 31, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Free Speech, Expression and Censorship</b><br />Column</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/down-to-earth-july-17-2013-nishant-shah-you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent">You Have the Right to Remain Silent</a> (by Nishant Shah, July 22, 2013).</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Event Participated In </b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/citizenlab-summer-institute-on-monitoring-internet-openness-and-rights">Connaught Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights</a> (organized by the Munk School of Global Affairs, Bloor Street West, July 23, 2013). Malavika Jayaram participated in this event and spoke on "<a href="https://citizenlab.org/summerinstitute/abstracts.html#jayaram">India's Civil Liberties Crisis: Digital Free Will in Free Fall</a>".</li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access">Knowledge Repository on Internet Access</a></h3>
<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 <a href="http://www.internet-institute.in">www.internet-institute.in</a>.</p>
<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society-event-report">Institute on Internet and Society: Event Report</a> (supported by Ford Foundation, Golden Palms Resort, Bangalore, June 8 – 14, 2013). Pranesh Prakash, Bernadette Längle, Vir Kamal Chopra, AK Bhargava, Ananth Guruswamy, Archana Gulati, Chakshu Roy, Elonnai Hickok, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Helani Galpaya, Michael Ginguld, Dr. Nadeem Akhtar, C. Nandini, Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan, Dr. Nishant Shah, Parminder Jeet Singh, Ravikiran Annaswamy, Dr. Ravina Aggarwal, Satyen Gupta, Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam, Sunil Abraham, Tulika Pandey and T. Vishnu Vardhan were speakers at the event. The presentations and videos can now be accessed in this report.</li>
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<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/about/telecom">Telecom</a></h3>
<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><b>Newspaper Column</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/telecom/blog/business-standard-op-ed-shyam-ponappa-july-3-2013-building-up-vs-tearing-down">Building Up vs Tearing Down</a> (by Shyam Ponappa, July 3, 2013, originally published in the Business Standard, and also mirrored in Organizing India Blogspot).</li>
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<h3><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities">Digital Humanities</a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are 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><b>Event Co-organised</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education">Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education</a> (co-organised by HEIRA, CSCS, Tumkur University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and CIS, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 13, 2013).</li>
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<p><b>Event Organised</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/digital-humanities-talk-at-cis">Digital Humanities Talk</a> (CIS, Bangalore, July 31, 2013). Sara Morais gave a talk on the advantages and problems in doing digital humanities work.</li>
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<p><b>Event Participated In<br /></b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/iippee-july-8-2013-fourth-annual-conference-in-political-economy">Political Economy, Activism and Alternative Economic Strategies</a> (organized by the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Hague, July 9 – 13, 2013). Nishant Shah presented his paper on paper on <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.12036/full">Citizen Action in the Time of Network.</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/designing-change-gatekeepers-in-digital-humanities">Designing Change? Gatekeepers in Digital Humanities</a> (by Sara Morais, July 2, 2013).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/towards-critical-tool-building">Towards Critical Tool-building</a> (by Sara Morais, July 12, 2013).</li>
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<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/">About CIS</a></h2>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceDigital HumanitiesOpenness2013-08-21T09:30:32ZPageJanuary 2016 Bulletin
https://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/january-2016-bulletin
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is happy to share the January 2016 issue of its newsletter.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Previous issues of the newsletters can be accessed at <a href="http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters">http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters</a>.</p>
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<li>CIS in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India compiled the <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-compendium-of-laws-policies-programmes-for-persons-with-disabilities"> National Compendium of Laws, Policies, Programmes for Persons with Disabilities</a>. Prasanna Kumar Pincha, Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities wrote the Foreword for the Compendium.</li>
<li>The Patent Office had put the Guidelines on Computer Related Inventions, 2015 in abeyance last month. This step was taken after several stakeholders including CIS made representations to the Office about serious substantive legal issues in the document. The Controller General of Patents Design Trademarks invited submissions from stakeholders on specific examples on exclusions from patentability under section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, for possible incorporation in the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions. <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cis-submission-to-indian-patent-office-on-examples-of-excluded-patentable-subject-matter-under-section-3-k-for-incorporation-in-the-yet-to-be-released-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions"> CIS made its submissions.</a></li>
<li>Rahmanuddin Shaik conducted an analysis of the growth of <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-sad-state-of-odia-wikipedia">Odia Wikipedia</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-progress-from-july-to-december-2015">Konkani Wikipedia</a> from a perspective based on Wikimedia statistics for the July to December 2015 period. The findings have been recorded in two separate blog entries.</li>
<li>Nehaa Chaudhari made a presentation during the Global IP Congress held last month on the <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-curious-case-of-the-cci-competition-law-and-sep-regulation-in-india">Curious Case of the CCI: Competition Law and SEP Regulation in India</a> which discussed mobile phone patent litigation in India with competition law issues.</li>
<li>Rohini Lakshané made a presentation on <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-landscaping-in-the-sub-100-mobile-device-market-in-india">Patent landscaping in the sub-$100 mobile device market in India</a> at the Global IP Congress. </li>
<li>Anubha Sinha made a presentation on <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ip-in-mobile-applications-development">IP in Mobile Applications Development in India</a> that discussed IP rights in mobile apps during the Global IP Congress.</li>
<li>The Ministry of Finance held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. CIS was invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/pre-budget-consultation-2016-submission-to-the-ministry-of-finance">The submission</a> was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha and other members of CIS. <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/pre-budget-consultation-2016-submission-to-the-ministry-of-finance"></a></li>
<li>CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/ciss-comments-on-the-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal">gave its comments</a> on the failures of Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) draft proposal as well as the processes that it has followed. </li>
<li> Tanvi Mani gave an analysis of <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/big-data-in-the-global-south-an-analysis">Big Data in the Global South</a>. She pointed out that appropriate analysis of the Big Data generated would provide a valuable insight into the key areas and inform policy makers with respect to important decisions. </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/eight-key-privacy-events-in-india-in-the-year-2015">Eight key privacy events in India in the year 2015</a>: August 11, 2015 order on Aadhaar not being compulsory; No Right to Privacy - Attorney General to SC; Shreya Singhal judgment and Section 69A, IT Act; Circulation and recall of Draft Encryption Policy; Privacy concerns raised about Digital India; Issues with Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2015; Impact of the Schrems ruling on India; and The definition of "unfair trade practices" in the Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 has been summarized in a blog entry by Amber Sinha. </li>
<li>In an <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/deccan-herald-january-3-2016-sunil-abraham-free-basics-negating-net-parity"> article published in the Deccan Herald </a> on January 3, 2016, Sunil Abraham argued that "Internet" is not a human right in most jurisdictions in light of a survey conducted by Facebook which declared that Internet is a human right and Free Basics can help bring Internet to all of India. </li>
<li> The <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc16-selected-sessions">first Internet Researchers' Conference</a> (IRC16), organised around the theme of 'studying internet in India,' will be held on February 26-28, 2016, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi. CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF) is supporting the event. </li>
<li> A <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-futures-of-indian-languages-2015-consultation-notes"> consultation on 'digital futures of Indian languages' </a> was held at the CIS office in Bangalore on December 12, 2015, to generate ideas and structure the Indian languages focus area of CDIF. The programme was led by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana and Tanveer Hasan. The participants shared their digital Indian language experience at the meeting. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">-------------------------------------- <br /> <b><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility">Accessibility & Inclusion</a></b> <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; ">►National Compendium</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Note: This project with the Hans Foundation got over last year. We published the Compendium recently.</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-compendium-of-laws-policies-programmes-for-persons-with-disabilities"> National Compendium of Laws, Policies, Programmes for Persons with Disabilities </a> (Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India and CIS; January 3, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Miscellaneous</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>News and Media Coverage</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/global-charter-promoting-global-digital-inclusion-through-ict-procurement-policies-accessibility-standards"><b> </b>Global Charter: Promoting Global Digital Inclusion through ICT Procurement Policies & Accessibility Standards </a> (G3ict; January 3, 2016). CIS was a signatory to this initiative. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k">Access to Knowledge</a> <br /> ----------------------------------- <br /> </b>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; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The 4<sup>th</sup> Global Congress 2015 was held in New Delhi from December 15 to 17, 2015. Pervasive Technologies team from CIS made the following presentations during the event:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Nehaa Chaudhari: <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-curious-case-of-the-cci-competition-law-and-sep-regulation-in-india"> The Curious Case of the CCI: Competition Law and SEP Regulation in India </a> </li>
<li> Amba Uttara Kak and Maggie Huang: <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/rethinking-music-copyright-management-in-the-age-of-digital-distribution-business-models-licensing-practices-and-copyright-institutions-in-india"> Rethinking Music Copyright Management in the Age of Digital Distribution: Business Models, Licensing Practices and Copyright Institutions in India </a> </li>
<li> Rohini Lakshané: <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/patent-landscaping-in-the-sub-100-mobile-device-market-in-india"> Patent Landscaping in the sub-$100 Mobile Device Market in India </a> </li>
<li> Anubha Sinha: <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ip-in-mobile-applications-development">IP in Mobile Applications Development in India</a> </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The following blog entries published last year and the year before were recently updated:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/litigation-without-injunction-is-a-toothless-tiger-ericsson">Litigation without injunction is a toothless tiger: Ericsson</a> (Rohini Lakshané; January 15, 2016)</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/joining-the-dots-in-indias-big-ticket-mobile-phone-patent-litigation">Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation </a> (Rohini Lakshané; May 31, 2015). Last updated on January 21, 2016. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/literature-survey-patent-landscaping-in-the-indian-marketplace"> Literature Survey: Patent Landscaping in the Indian Marketplace </a> (Rohini Lakshané; December 31, 2014). Last updated on January 22, 2016. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Copyright and Patent</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Submission</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cis-submission-to-indian-patent-office-on-examples-of-excluded-patentable-subject-matter-under-section-3-k-for-incorporation-in-the-yet-to-be-released-guidelines-for-computer-related-inventions"><b> </b>Examples of Excluded Patentable subject-matter under Section 3(k) for incorporation in the yet-to-be-released Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions </a> (Anubha Sinha; January 28, 2016). You may view the Guidelines <a href="http://www.ipindia.nic.in/iponew/CRI_Guidelines_21August2015.pdf">here</a>. To read the letter sent to the PMO, click <a href="http://sflc.in/joint-letter-to-the-pmo-expressing-concerns-over-the-guidelines-for-examination-of-computer-related-inventions-cris/">here</a>. To read CIS' analysis of the Guidelines, click <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/comments-on-the-guidelines-for-examination-of-computer-related-inventions-cris">here</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Job Michael Mathew was an intern at CIS. He conducted a series of interviews as a lead up to the Global Congress. All these posts were published on Global Congress website and mirrored on CIS website recently. Mathew conducted interviews with<a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/leading-up-to-the-gcip-a-chat-with-michael-geist">Michael Geist</a>,<a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/leading-up-to-the-gcip-a-chat-with-zakir-thomas">Zakir Thomas</a>,<a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/leading-up-to-the-gcip-a-chat-with-susan-k-sell">Susan K. Sell</a>,<a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/leading-up-to-the-gcip-a-chat-with-shamnad-basheer">Shamnad Basheer</a>, and <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/leading-up-to-the-gcip-a-chat-with-jayashree-watal">Jayashree Watal</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/intellectual-property-rights-trips-an-overview">Intellectual Property Rights & TRIPS: An Overview</a> (Job Michael Mathew; December 12, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/3rd-expert-committee-meeting-on-reference-of-secretary-mhrd-on-representation-of-internet-and-mobile-association-of-india">3rd Expert Committee Meeting on reference of secretary, MHRD on representation of Internet and Mobile Association of India</a> (Organized by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; New Delhi; January 11, 2016). Anubha Sinha and Nehaa Chaudhari attended the meeting.</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/guidelines-for-examination-of-computer-related-inventions-cris">Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)</a> (Organized by the Office of The Controller General, Patents, Designs & Trade Marks; Mumbai; January 12, 2016). Anubha Sinha attended the meeting.</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>Articles</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b15b47b24b47-b2eb3eb17b23b3e-b2bb4db30b3f-b2cb47b38b3fb15b4db38"><b> </b>କେତେ ମାଗଣା "ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Samaja; January 4, 2016). Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash gave inputs. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b2cb4db5fb2cb39b3eb30b40b19b4db15-b2ab3eb07b01-b28b3fb30b3eb2ab24b4db24b3e-b13-b17b2ab28b40b5fb24b3eb30-b15b15b41b06-b06b23b3fb2c-b2bb47b38b2cb41b15b30-b2bb4db30b3f-b2cb47b38b3fb15b4db38"> ବ୍ୟବହାରୀଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ନିରାପତ୍ତା ଓ ଗୋପନୀୟତାର କୋକୁଆ ଆଣିବ ଫେସବୁକର ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Your Story; January 5, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b09b07b15b3fb2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b13b21b3cb3fb06b30b47-b21b3fb1cb3fb1fb3eb32-b2ab3eb20b3eb17b3eb30-b06b28b4db26b33b28b30-b28b42b06-b2eb41b39b01"> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର: ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ପାଠାଗାର ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନର ନୂଆ ମୁହଁ </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Your Story; January 12, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b13b21b3cb3fb06-b2db3eb37b3e-b2ab3eb07b01-b15b3fb1bb3f-b05b28b4db24b30b4db1cb3eb24b40b5f-b07b23b4db1fb30b28b47b1f-b2ab4db30b15b33b4db2a"> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ କିଛି ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ </a> ପ (Subhashish Panigrahi; Your Story; January 14, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/huffington-post-subhashish-panigrahi-january-25-2016-why-its-essential-to-grow-indian-language-wikipedias"> Why It's Essential To Grow Indian-Language Wikipedias </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Huffington Post; January 25, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/this-multilingual-edit-a-thon-wants-to-improve-indian-content-on-wikipedia"> This Multilingual Edit-a-thon wants to Improve Indian Content on Wikipedia </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; DNA; January 26, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/b15b47b24b47-b2eb3eb17b23b3e-b2bb47b38b2cb41b15b30-b2bb4db30b3f-b2cb47b38b3fb15b4db38"> କେତେ ମାଗଣା ଫେସବୁକର ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ? </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Odisha.com; January 27, 2016). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-sad-state-of-odia-wikipedia">Odia Wikipedia progress from July to December, 2015</a> (Rahmanuddin Shaik; January 1, 2016).<br /><b> </b></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/konkani-wikipedia-progress-from-july-to-december-2015">Report of Konkani Wikipedia's progress</a> (July - December 2015) (Rahmanuddin Shaik; January 1, 2016).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipediansspeak-odia-wikisourcer-shares-her-journey-and-goals">WikipediansSpeak: Odia Wikisourcer Shares her Journey and Goals </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi and Nasim Ali; January 30, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Organized</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wikipedia-education-program-at-andhra-loyola-college-vijayawada"><b> </b>Telugu Wikipedia Education Program </a> (Co-organized by CIS-A2K and Andhra Loyola College; Vijaywada; January 12 - 13, 2016). CIS is opening up a Wikipedia Digital Centre in the college so that students and local Wikimedians could grow Wikipedia and other Wikimedia content in Telugu and other Indian languages. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/events/geographical-indications-in-india-edit-a-thon">Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon</a> (Organized by CIS-A2K; India; January 25 - 31, 2016). The goal of this edit-a-thon was to create and improve Geographical Indications articles. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/editathon-at-mysore">Editathon at Mysore</a> (Organized by Kannada Wikipedia community; Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri, University of Mysore; January 11 - 13, 2016). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was the key resource person. Prajavani published a report. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/padartha-chintamani-pada-kammata-program">Padartha Chintamani - Pada Kammata Program</a> (Organized by Padartha Chintamani (ಪದಾರ್ಥ ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿ); Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore; January 17, 2016). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja is one of the active members of this group. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Media Coverage</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K gave its inputs towards the following media coverage:</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-january-9-2016-diana-sahu-books-at-a-click">Books at a Click</a> (New Indian Express; January 9, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-times-of-india-january-10-2016-sandhya-soman-read-bengali-malayalam-classics-online-as-free-wiki-libraries-grow"> Read Bengali, Malayalam classics online as free Wiki libraries grow </a> (Sandhya Soman; The Times of India; January 10, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/eenadu-telugu-wikipedia-january-14-2016-youth-responsible-for-protecting-telugu"> Youth is responsible for protecting Telugu </a> (Eenadu; January 14, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hans-india-january-14-2016-wikipedia-digital-centre-now-at-andhra-loyola-college"> Wikipedia Digital Centre now at Andhra Loyola College </a> (Hans India; January 14, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-january-19-muralidhara-khajane-kannada-wikipedia-not-on-top-of-the-charts"> Kannada Wikipedia not on top of the charts </a> (Muralidhara Khajane; Hindu; January 19, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/the-hindu-s-anandan-january-26-2016-gi-tagged-products-to-get-wiki-pages"> GI-tagged products to get Wiki pages </a> (S. Anandan; Hindu; January 26, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/times-of-india-january-27-2016-wikipedia-initiative"> Wikipedia initiative - Celebrating legacy of Bangalore Blue grapes online </a> (The Times of India; January 27, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Openness</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Submission</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/pre-budget-consultation-2016-submission-to-the-ministry-of-finance"> Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance </a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS; January 12, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/approaching-open-research-via-open-data-2015"><b> </b>Approaching Open Research via Open Data - Presentation at TERI, December 22, 2015 </a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; January 12, 2016). Sumandro Chattapadhyay delivered a special address. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Upcoming Events</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/the-zen-of-padma"><b> </b>The Zen of Pad.ma: 10 Lessons Learned from Running Open Access Online Video Archives in India and beyond </a> (Organized by CIS; Bangalore; February 3, 2016). Sebastian Lütgert and Jan Gerber, the co-initiators of, and the artists/programmers behind the pad.ma (Public Access Digital Media Archive) project will deliver a lecture at CIS office in Bangalore. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/oer16-open-culture">OER16: Open Culture</a> (Organized by Association for Learning Technology; University of Edinburg; April 19 - 20, 2016). As a part of the programme committee, Subhashish Panigrahi is currently reviewing the submissions for the 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, "OER16: Open Culture". </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- <br /></b> <b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a> <br /> -----------------------------------</b></p>
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<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 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; ">►Freedom of Expression</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Articles</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/deccan-herald-january-3-2016-sunil-abraham-free-basics-negating-net-parity"><b> </b>Free Basics: Negating net parity </a> (Sunil Abraham; Deccan Herald; January 3, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/catchnews-january-6-2016-vidushi-marda-facebook-free-basics-gatekeeping-powers-extend-to-manipulating-public-discourse"> Facebook Free Basics: Gatekeeping Powers Extend to Manipulating Public Discourse </a> (Vidushi Marda; Catchnews; January 6, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-wire-jyoti-panday-january-29-2016-internet-has-a-new-standard-for-censorship"> The Internet Has a New Standard for Censorship </a> (Jyoti Panday; The Wire; January 29, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Submission</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/ciss-comments-on-the-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal"><b> </b>Comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal </a> (Pranesh Prakash; January 29, 2016). CIS gave its comments on the failures of the CCWG-Accountability draft proposal as well as the processes that it has followed. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Organized</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/network-neutrality-regulation-across-south-asia-a-roundtable-on-aspects-of-differential-pricing"><b> </b>Network Neutrality Regulation across South Asia: A Roundtable on Aspects of Differential Pricing </a> (The Energy Resources Institute; Bangalore; January 22, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/a-series-of-public-debates-on-differential-pricing-series-1"> Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 1 </a> (Organized by CIS; ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai; at CIS, Bangalore; February 1, 2016).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/public-debate-on-differential-pricing-series-2">Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 2 </a> (Organized by CIS; ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai; Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Vidyanagari, Kalina, Mumbai; February 3, 2016).</li>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/public-debate-on-differential-pricing-series-3">Public Debate on 'Differential Pricing': Series 3 </a> (Organized by CIS; ICRIER and the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai; (Maple Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road near Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi; February 5, 2016). </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/mobile-india-2016">Mobile India 2016</a> (Organized by COMSNETS in association with Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Digital India, et.al.; Bangalore; January 5 - 9, 2016). Sunil Abraham participated as a speaker in Session 4: Law, Regulation and Policy of App Economy. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/netneutrality-data-protection-laws-among-topics-at-itechlaw-conference"> #NetNeutrality and Data Protection Laws </a> (Organized by ITechLaw India International Conference; January 27 - 29, 2016). Pranesh Prakash was a panelist.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Privacy</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/reply-to-rti-application-under-rti-act-of-2005-from-vanya-rakesh"><b> </b>Reply to RTI Application under RTI Act of 2005 from Vanya Rakesh </a> (Vanya Rakesh; January 3, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://www.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/eight-key-privacy-events-in-india-in-the-year-2015"> </a><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/eight-key-privacy-events-in-india-in-the-year-2015">Eight Key Privacy Events in India in the Year 2015</a> (Amber Sinha; January 3, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/human-rights-in-the-age-of-digital-technology-a-conference-to-discuss-the-evolution-of-privacy-and-surveillance"> Human Rights in the Age of Digital Technology: A Conference to Discuss the Evolution of Privacy and Surveillance </a> (Amber Sinha; January 11, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/a-critique-of-consent-in-information-privacy">A Critique of Consent in Information Privacy</a> (Amber Sinha and Scott Mason; January 11, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/nasscom-dsci-annual-information-security-summit-2015-notes"> NASSCOM-DSCI Annual Information Security Summit 2015 - Notes </a> (Sumandro Chattapadhyay; January 19, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/transparency-in-surveillance">Transparency in Surveillance</a> (Vipul Kharbanda; January 23, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/data-privacy-day-2016">Data Privacy Day 2016</a> (Organized by Data Security Council of India; January 28, 2016; Bangalore). Sunil Abraham was a panelist. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Big Data</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/nature-of-knowledge">Nature of Knowledge</a> (Scott Mason; January 11, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/big-data-in-the-global-south-an-analysis">Big Data in the Global South - An Analysis</a> (Tanvi Mani; January 15, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Organized</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/big-data-governance-india">Big Data and Governance in India</a> (CIS; Bangalore; January 23, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">►Miscellaneous</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/the-creation-of-a-network-for-the-global-south-a-literature-review"><b> </b>The Creation of a Network for the Global South - A Literature Review </a> (Tanvi Mani; January 13, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/summary-of-the-public-consultation-by-vigyan-foundation-oxfam-india-and-g-b-pant-institute-allahabad"> Summary of the Public Consultation by Vigyan Foundation, Oxfam India and G.B. Pant Institute, Allahabad </a> (Vipul Kharbanda; January 28, 2016). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom">Telecom</a> <br /> ----------------------------------- </b><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; "><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/tv-white-space-trials-the-trai">TV White Space Trials & The TRAI</a> (Meeting convened by Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; November 26, 2015; New Delhi). Shyam Ponappa participated in the meeting. <i>This was published recently on CIS website</i>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>----------------------------------- <br /> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw">Researchers at Work</a> <br /> ----------------------------------- </b><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; "><b>Upcoming Event</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><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). We have announced the <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/irc16-selected-sessions">selected sessions</a> for the Conference. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Events Organized</b></p>
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<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/raw-lectures-02-anil-menon"><b> </b>RAW Lectures #02: Anil Menon on 'Undermining the Tyrant's Protocols: Speculative Fiction and Freedom' </a> (CIS, Bangalore; January 13, 2016). Anil Menon gave a talk. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/ai-hype-cycles-and-artistic-subversions">A.I. Hype Cycles and Artistic Subversions</a> (CIS, Bangalore; January 22, 2016). Gene Kogan gave a talk. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entry</b></p>
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<b> </b>
<li><b> </b><a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/digital-futures-of-indian-languages-2015-consultation-notes"><b> </b>Digital Futures of Indian Languages - Notes from the Consultation </a> (Tejaswini Niranjana; January 12, 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/facebook2019s-free-basics-shuts-down-in-egypt-continuing-troubled-run"> Facebook's Free Basics Shuts Down In Egypt, Continuing Troubled Run </a> (TV Newsroom; January 1, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/ndtv-bhuma-shrivastava-january-4-2016-zuckerberg-india-backlash-imperils-free-global-web-vision"> Zuckerberg's India Backlash Imperils Free Global Web Vision </a> (Bhuma Shrivastava; NDTV; January 4, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/governance-now-pratap-vikram-singh-and-taru-bhatia-january-6-2015-will-india-win-net-neutrality-battle"> Will India win net neutrality battle? </a> (Pratap Vikram Singh and Taru Bhatia; Governance Now; January 5, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/asian-age-january-7-2016-shadma-shaikh-nasscom-wants-board-to-protect-net-neutrality-regulate-pricing"> Nasscom wants board to protect Net neutrality, regulate pricing </a> (Shadma Shaikh; Asian Age; January 7, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-conversation-january-11-2016-facebook-is-no-charity"> Facebook is no charity, and the 'free' in Free Basics comes at a price </a> (<a href="http://theconversation.com/facebook-is-no-charity-and-the-free-in-free-basics-comes-at-a-price-52839">The Conversation</a>; January 11, 2016 and <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/18/facebook_is_no_charity_and_the_free_in_free_basics_comes_at_a_price/">The Register</a>; January 18, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/global-post-nimisha-jaiswal-why-indians-are-turning-down-facebook-free-internet"> Why Indians are turning down Facebook's free internet </a> (Nimisha Jaiswal; Global Post; January 13, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/yourstory-sneha-maselkar-and-madanmohan-rao-january-14-2016-a-billion-mobile-users"> A billion mobile users: new startup profiles and innovation insights from Mobile India 2016 </a> (Sneha Maselkar and Madanmohan Rao; Your Story; January 14, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bloomberg-businessweek-adi-narayan-bhuma-shrivastava">Facebook's Fight to Be Free</a> (Adi Narayan and Bhuma Shrivastava; January 15, 2016). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/telecom/news/trai-promises-final-call-on-differential-pricing-by-month-end-after-lively-open-house"> Trai promises final call on differential pricing by month-end after 'lively' open house </a> (Economic Times; January 22, 2016). </li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/washington-post-annie-gowen-january-28-2016-india-egypt-say-no-thanks-to-free-internet-from-facebook">India, Egypt say no thanks to free Internet from Facebook</a> (Annie Gowen with contributions from Farheen Fatima and Subuhi Parvez; Washington Post; January 28, 2016).</li>
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No publisherpraskrishna2016-02-05T14:47:28ZPageJanuary 2015 Bulletin
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<b>Our newsletter for the month of January can be accessed below.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the first issue of the newsletter (January 2015). Archives of our newsletters 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; "><b>Highlights </b></p>
<ul>
<li>Forbes India in an article titled “<a href="http://forbesindia.com/article/special/minds-that-%28should%29-matter/39289/2">Minds that (should) matter</a>” names Sunil Abraham as one of the Thinkers who best explain a rapidly-changing India to the world (and the world to India).</li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> Subhashish Panigrahi <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/opensource-2015-award-winners">won the 2015 Opensource.com Community Awards</a> under the category 'People's Choice Awards'. </li>
<li> Sumandro Chattapadhyay <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/sumandro-chattapadhyay.pdf">has joined CIS team</a> as Research Director. Sumandro has replaces Nishant Shah who stepped down from the position. </li>
<li> Rishika on behalf of CIS <a href="http://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/disability-exceptions-in-copyright-legislations"> prepared an analysis of the disability exceptions in Copyright Legislations </a> . The blog post provides in detail the country-wise exceptions in copyright legislations. </li>
<li> NVDA team <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-e-speak-malayalam-with-nvda">conducted a training programme</a> on Malayalam eSpeak with NVDA in Thiruvananthapuram on January 24 and 25, 2015. Chakshumathi's main trainer Akhil M. took eSpeak Malayalam classes and Dr. Homiyar took classes on NVDA and accessible equipment.</li>
<li>The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. CIS made its <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-cis-comments-to-the-first-draft-of-the-national-ip-policy">submission</a>.</li>
<li>As part of the Pervasive Technologies project, Nehaa Chaudhari has produced a research methodology document <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/pervasive-technologies-project-working-document-series-document-2-literature-review-on-competition-law-ipr-access-to-100-mobile-devices-1"> which maps the existing literature around questions of competition law intersecting with intellectual property law on the specific issue of enabling access to sub hundred dollar mobile devices </a> .</li>
<li>Maggie Huang, an intern at CIS as part of the Pervasive Technologies project has written <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/beyond-alcohol-and-angel-investors">a blog entry</a> which documents, synthesizes, and analyses learnings from attending various music industry trade conferences.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>CIS-A2K team on December 28, 2014 <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikimedia-hackathon-2014">organized a MediaWiki hackathon event</a> for Telugu Wikimedia community members to enhance their skills and understanding of technical matters related to MediaWiki usage. The theme of the workshop was “Mediawiki, its extensions and tools to work around” and it aimed at allowing Wikipedians to use MediaWiki tools more effectively.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li>Subhashish Panigrahi authored an op-ed that highlights the need for taking Odia language to the international fora instead of keeping it confined in the books. The op-ed was <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/op-ed-samaja-jan-2015">published in the Samaja</a> on January 30, 2015. </li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> A <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/indian-national-academy-journals-december-2014-subbiah-arunachalam-perumal-ramamoorthi-subbiah-gunasekaran-heads-i-win-tails-you-lose"> journal article </a> by Subbiah Arunachalam, Perumal Ramamoorthi and Subbiah Gunasekaran the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India along with a few suggestions was published by the Indian National Science Academy Journals. </li>
<li> The Supreme Court, in <i>Sabu George v. Union of India and Ors</i>. (WP (C) 341/2008), is looking into the presence of material regarding pre-natal sex determination on search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo that has been falling foul of section 22 of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 as amended in 2002. Geeta Hariharan and Balaji Subramanian <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/search-engine-and-prenatal-sex-determination">analyse this in their blog post</a>.</li>
<li>As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a proposed journal issue on the theme of 'bodies of knowledge' which draws upon these conversations, participants were invited to write short sketches on these figures of learning. Tejas Pande <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/figures-of-learning-the-visual-designer2">wrote an abstract which examines</a> the figure of the visual designer, and emerging practices of mapmaking. </li>
</ul>
<h2><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 publication has been finalised and is 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>.</p>
<h3>NVDA and eSpeak</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Monthly Update</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/january-2015-nvda-report.pdf">January 2015 Report</a> (Suman Dogra; January 31, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Event Organized</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-e-speak-malayalam-with-nvda">Training of Malayalam eSpeak with NVDA</a> (Co-organized by CIS, DAISY Forum of India and Chakshumathi Assistive Technology Centre; Thiruvananthapuram; January 24-25, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Other</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Blog Entries</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/disability-exceptions-in-copyright-legislations"> Disability Exceptions in Copyright Legislations </a> (Rishika; January 12, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/response-to-rti-applications-from-different-states-on-accessibility"> Response to RTI Applications from Different States on Accessibility </a> (Anandhi Viswanathan; January 31, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<h2><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>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Pervasive Technologies</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As part of the Pervasive Technologies project, Maggie Huang conducted interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. The findings from the samples are highlighted in four part series. The third and fourth parts have been published:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/pervasive-technologies-project-working-document-series-document-2-literature-review-on-competition-law-ipr-access-to-100-mobile-devices-1"> Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Document 2 Literature Review on Competition Law + IPR + Access to < $100 Mobile Devices </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; January 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/relationship-between-app-developers-and-app-platforms-an-intellectual-property-perspective"> Relationship between App Developers and App Platforms: An Intellectual Property Perspective </a> (Anubha Sinha; January 7, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/beyond-alcohol-and-angel-investors"> Beyond Alcohol and Angel Investors: Building Business Models in an Age of Mobile Music Streaming (Conference Learnings) </a> (Maggie Huang; January 20, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-development-of-the-national-ipr-policy"> National IPR Policy Series: The Development of the National IPR Policy </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; January 22, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/rti-responses-mhrd-ip-chairs-details-of-funding-and-expenditure"> RTI Responses - MHRD IP Chairs: Details of Funding & Expenditure </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; January 31, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-cis-comments-to-the-first-draft-of-the-national-ip-policy"> National IPR Policy Series: CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP Policy </a> (Nehaa Chaudhari; January 31, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/seventh-global-ip-convention">Global Intellectual Property Convention</a> (Organized by ITAG Solutions; Mumbai; January 15 - 17, 2015). Rohini Lakshané attended the event. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/library-and-information-professionals-summit-2015"> Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2015 </a> (Organized by Society for Library Professionals, National Law University Delhi with UN Information Centre for India & Bhutan and Special Library Association (USA), Asian Chapter; January 23 - 24, 2015; New Delhi). Nehaa Chaudhari was on a panel discussing Internet Technology and Challenges for Libraries in IPR Regime. She made a presentation on <a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/library-and-information-professionals-summit-2015">Technology (Internet?), Libraries and the Law (?)</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Upcoming Event</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/announcing-the-institutional-partner-for-the-global-congress-on-intellectual-property-and-the-public-interest-2015"> Announcing the Institutional Partner for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015 </a> (Organized by the National Law School of India University; New Delhi; December 2015). </li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia</h3>
<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>Op-ed</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/op-ed-samaja-jan-2015"> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; The Samaja, January 31, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikimedia-hackathon-2014">Telugu Wikimedia Hackathon 2014</a> (Rahmanuddin Shaik; January 31, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikimedia-hackathon-2014">Telugu Wikimedia Hackathon 2014</a> (Rahmanuddin Shaik; January 31, 2015). <i>The event was conducted on December 28, 2014. However, the blog post was published in January 2015</i>.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>News and Media Coverage</b></p>
<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://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hans-india-december-31-2014-works-of-veerasalingam-pantulu-on-web"> Works of Veerasalingam Pantulu on web </a> (Hans India; January 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/zee-news-january-9-2015-centre-should-partner-local-communities-in-digital-india"> Centre should partner local communities in 'Digital India': Expert </a> (IANS and mirrored in Zee News; January 9, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-times-of-india-january-20-2015-sandhya-soman-musician-donates-gwalior-gharana-songs-to-free-e-library"> Musician donates Gwalior Gharana songs to free e-library </a> (Times of India; January 20, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Announcement</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/opensource-2015-award-winners">2015 Opensource.com Community Awards</a> : Every year, Opensource.com awards people from our community who have excelled in contributing and sharing stories about open source. Subhashish Panigrahi from the CIS-A2K team won the award under the category 'People's Choice Awards'. </li>
<li>CIS-A2K team also <a href="http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaTE.htm">published the Telugu Wikipedia Stats tables</a>. Most metrics have been collected from a partial dump (aka stub dump), which contains all revisions of every article, meta data, but no page content.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Event</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/news/citizen-media-summit-2015">Citizen Media Summit 2015</a> (Organized by Global Voices; January 24 - 25, 2015). Subhashish Panigrahi was a speaker. </li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Openness</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Journal Article</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/indian-national-academy-journals-december-2014-subbiah-arunachalam-perumal-ramamoorthi-subbiah-gunasekaran-heads-i-win-tails-you-lose"> Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers </a> (Subbiah Arunachalam, Perumal Ramamoorthi and Subbiah Gunasekaran; Indian National Science Academy Journals, <i>Proc Indian Natn SciAcad</i> 80 No. 5 December 2014 pp. 919-929). </li>
</ul>
<h2><a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance">Internet Governance</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Articles and Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog/global-voices-december-30-2014-indians-plead-for-net-neutrality-as-aitel-raises-data-charges"> Indians Plead for #NetNeutrality as Airtel Raises Data Charges </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Global Voices; December 30, 2014). <i>The article was published in the month of December but mirrored on CIS website in January</i>. </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/global-voices-january-6-2015-subhashish-panigrahi-indian-netizens-criticize-online-censorship-of-jihadi-content"> Indian Netizens Criticize Online Censorship of 'Jihadi' Content </a> (Subhashish Panigrahi; Global Voices; January 6, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/security-and-surveillance-optimizing-security-while-safeguarding-human-rights"> Security and Surveillance - Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights </a> (Elonnai Hickok; January 19, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/search-engine-and-prenatal-sex-determination"> Search Engine and Prenatal Sex Determination: Walking the Tight Rope of the Law </a> (Geetha Hariharan and Balaji Subramanian; January 29, 2015). </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Event Co-organized</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/security-governments-data-technology-policy"> Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy </a> (Organized by CIS and Observer Research Foundation; January 8, 2015, New Delhi). Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash, Elonnai Hickok, Bhairav Acharya and Nehaa Chaudhari participated in this event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Participation in Events</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/symposium-on-human-rights-and-internet-in-india"> Symposium on Human Rights and the Internet in India </a> (Organized by the Center for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Communication and Information at the University of Hamburg; New Delhi; January 17, 2015). Bhairav Acharya was a panelist. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/winter-school-on-privacy-surveillance-data-protection"> Winter School on Privacy, Surveillance and Data Protection </a> (Organized by the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Communication and Information at the University of Hamburg and the Hans Bredow; Delhi; January 19 - 23, 2015). Bhairav Acharya was a facilitator.</li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/assocham-national-council-on-it-ites">ASSOCHAM National Council on IT / ITes</a> (Organized by ASSOCHAM; New Delhi; January 30, 2015). Geetha Hariharan participated in the event. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Blog Entries</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/overview-constitutional-challenges-on-itact"> Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act </a> (Pranesh Prakash; December 15, 2014). </li>
<li> <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/reply-to-rti-filed-with-bsnl-regarding-network-neutrality-and-throttling"> Reply to RTI filed with BSNL regarding Network Neutrality and Throttling </a> (Tarun Krishnakumar; December 22, 2014). </li>
</ul>
<h3><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>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/the-times-of-india-jan-1-2015-kim-arora-government-blocks-32-websites-to-check-isis-propaganda"> Government blocks 32 websites to check ISIS propaganda </a> (Kim Arora; The Times of India; January 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/mumbai-mirror-jaison-lewis-jan-1-2015-internet-users-fume-as-govt-blocks-32-sites"> Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites </a> (Jaison Lewis; Mumbai Mirror; January 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/bbc-january-2-2015-india-jihadi-web-blocking-causes-anger"> India 'jihadi' web blocking causes anger </a> (BBC; January 2, 2015). This was also mirrored in <a href="http://thepuffington.com/anger-at-india-website-blocking/">Puffington Post</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/india-today-january-1-2015-govt-cracks-down-on-cyber-jehad-network-blocks-access-to-32-websites"> Govt cracks down on cyber jehad network, blocks access to 32 websites </a> (India Today, January 1, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/times-of-assam-january-2-2015-indian-govt-still-blocks-websites-india-censorship-on-internet"> Indian Government still blocks 20+ websites - Indian Censorship on Internet </a> (Times of Assam; January 2, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/hindustan-times-january-20-2015-devanik-saha-indiaspend-350-per-cent-surge-in-cyber-crimes-in-last-3-years"> 350% surge in Cyber crimes in last 3 years </a> (Devanik Saha & Indiaspend.org; Hindustan Times; January 20, 2015). </li>
<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/times-of-india-january-31-2015-toi-literary-kicks-off-today"> TOI literary festival kicks off today </a> (The Times of India; January 31, 2015). </li>
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<h2><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; ">Staff Movement</p>
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<li> Sumandro Chattapadhyay has joined CIS as Research Director. His academic interests span over topics of history and politics of informatics in India, new media and technology studies, and data infrastructures and economies. He is also keenly interested in questions and techniques of digital humanities. Recently, Sumandro has completed a study on <a href="http://ajantriks.github.io/oddc/">policy and practices of open data in India</a> as part of the Open Data Research Network managed by the World Wide Web Foundation. He is an involved member of DataMeet, a leading community of open data and data science enthusiasts from India. Sumandro studied economics in Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan, and in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has variously worked on topics of urban development, information technology in governance, data visualisation, and early electronic governance in India with <a href="http://www.mod.org.in/">MOD Institute</a>, <a href="http://www.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/SitePages/index.aspx">Azim Premji University</a> and the <a href="http://sarai.net/">Sarai Programme</a> at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Blog Entry</p>
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<li> <a href="http://cis-india.org/raw/figures-of-learning-the-visual-designer2">Figures of Learning: The Visual Designer</a> (Tejas Pande; January 30, 2015). </li>
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<h2><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; ">► 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, 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 sunil@cis-india.org. 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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