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RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological University — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society filed an RTI application to Visvesvaraya Technological University asking it to provide details about its curriculum design, and its tie-ups with various software vendors.
The (Postcolonial) Marxist Shift in Response to Technology — by Asha Achuthan — last modified Aug 03, 2011 09:47 AM
In her previous post, Asha Achuthan discussed, through the Gandhi-Tagore debates, the responses to science and technology that did not follow the dominant Marxist-nationalist positions. Later Marxist-postcolonial approaches to science and responses to technology were conflated in anti-technology arguments, particularly in development. In this post, the fifth in a series on her project, she will briefly trace the 1980s shift in Marxist thinking in India as a way of approaching the shift in the science and technology question. This exercise will reveal the ambivalence in Marxist practice toward continuing associations between the ‘rational-scientific’ on the one hand and the ‘revolutionary’ on the other.
The 'Dark Fibre' Files: Interview with Jamie King and Peter Mann — by Siddharth Chadha — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:41 AM
Film-makers Jamie King (producer/director of the 'Steal This Film' series) and Peter Mann, in conversation with Siddharth Chadha, on 'Dark Fibre', their latest production, being filmed in Bangalore
Open access conference seeks to free research — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:10 PM
Article by Amulya Gopalakrishnan in the Indian Express (New Delhi), 26 March 2009
Analysing Wikipedia: An Introduction — by Kiran Jonnalagadda — last modified Aug 04, 2011 06:11 AM
Kiran Jonnalagadda and Hans Varghese Matthews introduce their project, aimed at producing tools that will allow anyone to analyse editing behaviour on Wikipedia. This is the first in a series of posts documenting their work.
Hindi Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:50 AM
A Hindi translation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 was commissioned by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and is now available for download.
Transparency and Politics: An Introduction [II] — by Zainab Bawa — last modified Aug 03, 2011 09:59 AM
In this post, the second in a series documenting her CIS-RAW project, Zainab Bawa explains how transparency is embedded in particular institutional contexts. This impacts the ways in which transparency materially manifests and also has implications for administrative politics.
Report on National Workshop on Web Accessibility — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:50 AM
This entry contains links to download a report on a workshop on web accessibility organised by CIS for web developers (16-18 February 2009).
Can you read me? — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:11 PM
Article by Sahana Charan in the Bangalore Mirror, 11 March 2009
Getting the net out of its web — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:11 PM
Article by Malvika Tegta in Daily News and Analysis (DNA), 8 March 2009
First Meeting of the Core Group on Communication and Information Technology — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:50 AM
This is a report on the first meeting of the Core Group on Communication and Information Technology, which was held in New Delhi on 5 March 2009.
Applications to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment under the Right to Information Act — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:50 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society filed two applications to the MSJE under the Right to Information Act seeking certain information relating to the implementation of the National Policy for Electronic Accessibility and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Report from DigiActive’s Bangalore Meet-up — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:28 PM
A blog entry by Mary Joyce on the meet-up hosted at CIS, Bangalore
Bloggers battle India's supreme court over prosecution for internet threats — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:17 PM
Article by Randeep Ramesh in the Guardian, 26 February 2009
Rewiring Bodies: Technology and the Nationalist Moment [2] — by Asha Achuthan — last modified Aug 03, 2011 09:47 AM
This is the third in a series of posts on Asha Achuthan's Rewiring Bodies project. In this post, Asha looks at the Tagore-Gandhi debates on technology to throw some light on the question of whether there was a nationalist alternative to the technology offered by the West.
Department of Information Technology Meeting on a National Policy on E-Accessibility — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:32 PM
On 30 January 2009, the Department of Information Technology hosted a meeting in New Delhi bringing together important stakeholders to discuss the issue of electronic accessibility for the disabled and persons with special needs in India.
Rewiring Bodies: Technology and the Nationalist Moment [1] — by Asha Achuthan — last modified Aug 03, 2011 09:47 AM
This is the second post in a series by Asha Achuthan on her project, Rewiring Bodies. In this blog entry, Asha looks at the trajectory of responses to technology in India to understand the genesis of the assumption that the subjects of technology are separate from the tool, machine, or instrument.
Archives and Access: Land, Museum, Legacy — by Aparna Balachandran — last modified Aug 02, 2011 05:46 AM
This blog entry is the third in a series of posts on Aparna Balachandran, Rochelle Pinto, and Abhijit Bhattacharya's Archives and Access project. The entry, by Rochelle Pinto, describes her visit to a museum of agricultural implements in Goa and touches upon some questions of land use and ownership in Goa and how this would be affected by public access to documents proving land rights.
Accessible websites could become a reality — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:17 PM
Article by L. Subramani in the Deccan Herald, 11 February 2009
Transparency and Politics: An Introduction [I] — by Zainab Bawa — last modified Aug 23, 2011 04:34 AM
This is the first in a series of blog posts documenting Zainab Bawa's CIS-RAW project on Transparency and Politics. This post briefly explains how the notion of transparency has developed over time, and the changes that it has been through.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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