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Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop in Tirunelveli — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 12, 2015 07:50 AM
The training workshop by the NVDA team was held at Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli from June 3 - 7, 2015. Sixteen delegates attended the workshop.
Report on Training in eSpeak Marathi — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 16, 2015 01:48 AM
The NVDA team conducted a training at SIES College, Sion, Mumbai on June 28, 2015. Thirty-four delegates attended the training programme. Harshad Jadhav was the trainer.
WhatsApp and Transnational Lower-End Trading Networks — by Maitrayee Deka — last modified Sep 13, 2015 10:44 AM
This post by Maitrayee Deka is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Maitrayee is a postdoctoral research fellow with the EU FP7 project, P2P value in the Department of Sociology, University of Milan, Italy. Her broader research interests are New Media, Economic Sociology and Gender and Sexuality. This is the first of Maitrayee's two posts on WhatsApp and networks of commerce and sociality among lower-end traders in Delhi.
Indic Scripts and the Internet — by Dibyajyoti Ghosh — last modified Jul 10, 2015 04:23 AM
This post by Dibyajyoti Ghosh is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Dibyajyoti is a PhD student in the Department of English, Jadavpur University. He has four years of full-time work experience in projects which dealt with digital humanities and specially with digitisation of material in Indic scripts. In this essay, Dibyajyoti explores the effects the English language has on the Internet population of India.
Details for Contributing Posts to RAW Blog — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jul 29, 2016 09:19 AM
The RAW Blog hosts writings contributed by researchers, professionals, artists, workers, and others.
Most emerging firms low on cyber security: Experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 29, 2015 04:02 PM
When Pavitra Badrinath saw that the upgrade to a shopping application on her smartphone asked access to her contacts and messages, she decided against it. "Laws on privacy are not clear in India. So I am doing what I can to protect my information," the 26-year-old technology firm employee said.
Government's stand on internet governance draws applause from civil society organisations — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 29, 2015 03:40 PM
India's decision to support the multistakeholder model of internet governance has drawn mostly applause from civil society organisations and individuals who have been following the issue, even as they cautioned that implementation will determine the success of the model.
Odia Wikipedia meets Google Developer Group — by Sailesh Patnaik — last modified Jul 16, 2015 01:17 PM
This is a guest post by Wikimedian Sailesh Patnaik who has been a ardent contributor in Odia-language Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects and has led outreach and partnership building initiatives to grow the Wikimedia projects in Odia and other Indian languages. In this post Sailesh shares his personal experience from his interaction at the Google Extended I/O organised by Google Developer Group in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. All the views are author’s personal views.
Comments on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: Technical Background Paper Prepared by the WIPO Secretariat — by Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama — last modified Sep 03, 2015 01:47 AM
Technical Background Paper prepared by the WIPO Secretariat in relation to the Broadcast Treaty (“Technical Background Paper) provides information on new and emerging technologies and on legal developments in the broadcasting sector. This Technical Background Paper will be discussed at the upcoming 30th session of the SCCR in Geneva on 29th June- 3rd July 2015. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India had called for comments on the same. This is a submission made by Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society in this regard.
Magic words in Wikipedia — by Tanveer Hasan — last modified Sep 14, 2015 08:37 AM
The struggle of finding solutions for replacing and retrieving content /words/facts and figures, in this day and age of machines that seem to know everything should ideally be a non-issue. Yet, for many of us who write reports based on the data available at that moment, it is nothing less than a nightmare to come to know that there has been a significant change in the data with which our reports have been written.
National IPR Policy Series : Follow-up RTI to DIPP on the IPR Think Tank — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jun 25, 2015 12:43 AM
This RTI was prepared by Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari as a follow-up, based on the responses of the DIPP to our earlier RTI requests (available at http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-rti-requests-by-cis-to-dipp-dipp-responses)
Report on eSpeak Marathi Training at MJ College, Jalgaon — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 22, 2015 01:22 AM
The Centre for Internet & Society conducted a workshop for reading and writing using eSpeak with NVDA at Dreamy Eyes Resource Centre in Jalgaon on June 23 and 24, 2015.
Train the Trainer: Running effective outreach activities in India — by Tanveer Hasan — last modified Jul 30, 2015 03:20 PM
It is heartening to report that many Wikimedia projects in Indian languages have sustained, and even experienced an upward trend in, editor engagement. However, in terms of content creation, the majority of these projects are still facing grave challenges that put their very existence at risk.
The US 301 Report – A Myopic View of IP Rights — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jun 24, 2015 03:35 PM
Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari discuss the 2015 US 301 Report, focussing on its narrow and convenient understanding of IP rights. A farrago of contradictions, it supports a rightsholder-centric view but not when the right, Geographical Indicator, is not to their liking. Similarly, the emphasis on the rights themselves gives short shrift to critical exceptions and limitations that also enhance and incentivize innovation, the ostensible purpose of IP.
The generation of e-Emergency — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jun 29, 2015 04:40 PM
The next generation of censorship technology is expected to be ‘real-time content manipulation’ through ISPs and Internet companies.
IANA Transition Stewardship & ICANN Accountability (II) — by Jyoti Panday — last modified Jul 31, 2015 03:47 PM
This paper is the second in a multi-part series, in which we provide an overview of submitted proposals and highlight areas of concern that will need attention moving forward. The series is a work in progress and will be updated as the processes move forward. It is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback.
National IPR Policy Series : India's National IPR Policy - What Would WIPO Think? — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jul 02, 2015 05:47 PM
As part of the National IPR Policy Series, CIS is evaluating how India's National IPR Policy framework and process holds up to WIPO's suggestions. In this note, Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari examine in particular, the functioning of the IPR Think Tank and the first draft of the National Policy in light of the WIPO framework and the principles it encapsulates.
DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India — by Laird Brown — last modified Jun 29, 2015 04:25 PM
As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, the Centre for Internet & Society conducted a series of interviews with cyber security actors. The interviews were compiled and edited into one documentary. The film 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.
IANA Transition Stewardship & ICANN Accountability (I) — by Jyoti Panday — last modified Jul 31, 2015 02:56 PM
This paper is the first in a multi-part series, in which we provide a background to the IANA transition and updates on the ensuing processes. An attempt to familiarise people with the issues at stake, this paper will be followed by a second piece that provides an overview of submitted proposals and areas of concern that will need attention moving forward. The series is a work in progress and will be updated as the processes move forward. It is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback.
The I-MACX Summit & Demo Day (Spring 2015) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2015 09:37 AM
IIIT-B Innovation Center organized this event in Bangalore on June 18, 2015. Sunil Abraham participated as a speaker.
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