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How to Engage in Broadband Policy and Regulatory Processes — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2014 06:07 AM
LIRNEasia with the support of the Ford Foundation offered a four-day course in Gurgaon from March 7 to 10, 2014. Sunil Abraham taught on Surveillance and Privacy.
Extractive Charges on Spectrum & Petroleum — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Apr 07, 2014 03:57 AM
The author examines whether government levies on these critical inputs are beneficial or detrimental.
Girls just wanna have... a voice — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2014 11:21 AM
Many Indian women have taken to Twitter, the micro-blogging site, to air their views. And some of them have become social media celebrities by virtue of their wise and witty tweets. Prasun Chaudhuri looks at the women who matter in India’s Twitterverse.
Integrating Urdu with Modern Technology the Need of Hour — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2014 11:15 AM
A report of the Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University by the Department of Translation Studies on March 6, 2014. Syed Muzamiluddin is quoted.
Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad — by Syed Muzammiluddin — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM
“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during the morning and a separate sessions in the afternoon.
Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune — by Samantha Cassar — last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
Indian Wikimedia community coordinates Women’s History Month — by Jeph Paul and Netha Hussain — last modified Mar 06, 2014 11:49 AM
The Indian Wikimedia community is pleased to invite you to participate in Women’s History Month events, 2014. We started off with a pre-event Wikipedia workshop at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, in Mangalore on the 26th of February.
Constitution of the High Level Advisory Committee (HLAC) on National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 06, 2014 06:46 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society has been invited to serve on the high level committee on electronic accessibility policy constituted by the Government of India.
Stakeholders meeting to discuss the NCAER Report on "Parallel Imports" — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2014 10:42 AM
Nehaa Chaudhari will be participating in this meeting to be held in New Delhi on March 26, 2014.
“The Internet and Controls: A Disturbing Scenario” — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 12:09 PM
Prof. Mohan SundaraRajan, a renowned science writer will give a talk at the Bangalore International Centre in TERI on March 7, 2014 at 6.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham will chair and moderate the session.
‘Mobile’ voters may sway polls — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:55 AM
BABALAL Patel’s tiny tea stall in Mumbai is a long way from Silicon Valley. It is not even that close to Bangalore, the Indian equivalent.
India’s ballot battle will also run through Facebook — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:49 AM
Facebook on Tuesday launched its widely awaited “election tracker” for the upcoming general elections, a move that signals the growing importance of social media as a political tool in a rapidly urbanizing India.
India: Privacy Bill will likely reflect EU Directive — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:45 AM
The Indian Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) called for comments - on 25 February 2014 - on a draft Privacy Protection Bill ('the Bill'). The draft Bill comes after a series of roundtable discussions in 2013. The last CIS roundtable on the Bill, on 19 October 2013, included Jacob Kohnstamm, Chairman of the EU Article 29 Working Party and the Dutch data protection authority, and Christopher Graham, the UK Information Commissioner.
ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಕೊಡುವ ಕೆಲಸವಾಗಲಿ’ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:33 AM
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a 2-day workshop-cum-editathon at Sagara on March 1 and 2, 2014. Vijaya Karnataka published a report on March 2.
Odia Language's Presence in Digital Media and Wikipedia's Role — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:36 AM
କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା (Odia language in computer) is an essay published in Odia newspaper "The Samaja's Sunday supplement" on March 2. It is about the journey of Odia language in the digital era and the challenges faced during digitization of books and manuscripts.
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Prabha) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:05 AM
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a Kannada Wikipedia workshop on March 1, followed a by edit-a-thon on Mar 2, 2014, at Sagara. A report of the inauguration program, appeared in Suvarna Prabha, Sagara on March 1, 2014.
Wikipedia Mangalore Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:04 AM
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja gave a presentation on Wikipedia with a special focus on students and women at Roshini Nilaya, Mangalore on February 26, 2014. An event report was published in Prajavani the following day.
First Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad — by Syed Muzammiluddin — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:06 AM
During the second week of February, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore received a call from Dr Faheemuddin, Assistant Professor, Department of Translation Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad requesting an Urdu Wikipedia Workshop in University. We were informed of special interest of Dr Zafaruddin , Head, Department of Translation studies in holding the event as any effort aimed at expanding the Urdu Wikipedia will benefit the Urdu language community across the world.
Internet Governance Round-table at British High Commission — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2014 10:32 AM
A Internet Governance Round-table was hosted at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Delhi on March 4, 2014. Geeta Hariharan participated in the round-table.
RightsCon 2014 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 08, 2014 05:04 AM
RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 was an incredible mixture of more than 700 attendees from more than 65 countries and 375 institutions. Pranesh Prakash and Malavika Jayaram were speakers at this event organized by RightsCon at San Francisco on March 3 and 4, 2014.
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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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