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Darshana Mandrekar speaks on Konkani Wikipedia — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:38 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
Darshan Kandolkar on Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Process — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:47 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
MongoDB startup hired by Aadhaar got funds from CIA VC arm — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 13, 2013 11:53 AM
Two weeks ago, Max Schireson, chief executive of MongoDB, a New York-based technology startup, was in New Delhi to sew up a very important contract for his company — with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
Varsha Kavlekar on Konkani Wikipedia Incubator — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:56 AM
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
A Feature on Telugu Wikipedia — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 30, 2013 06:01 AM
Namaste Telangana newspaper has done a Sunday magazine feature on Telugu Wikipedia on the occasion of the 10th anniversary.
A Wikipedia Workshop at IISC — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 31, 2013 03:38 AM
Along with Wikipedian Shiju Alex we supported the Assamese Wikipedians to organize a workshop at IISC.
Technology in Government and Topics in Privacy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2013 10:20 AM
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at an event organized by Data Privacy Lab at CGIS Cafe, Cambridge Street, Harvard University Campus. She will speak on Biometrics in Beta – India's Identity Experiment on December 9, 2013.
Cyberscholars Working Group at MIT — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 09, 2014 06:41 AM
Malavika Jayaram is giving a talk on Biometrics or Bust - India’s Identity Crisis at this event organised by Berkman Center for Internet & Society on December 12 at 6.00 p.m.
3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest & Open A.I.R. Conference on Innovation and IP in Africa — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 05, 2014 02:52 AM
From 9 to 13 December 2013, delegates from national and international governmental governmental entities, the private sector, civil society, and academia gathered for five days of interconnected events in Cape Town.
Konkani Vishwakosh Encyclopedia released under Free License — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 12:42 PM
Upon Centre for Internet & Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)‘s explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public, giving them the right to share, use and even build upon the work that has already been done. This is a huge step to help preserve Konkani language and culture in the digital era.
"Whatever happened to Privacy?" - International Activism Conference — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 03, 2014 05:56 AM
Maria Xynou gave a keynote speech and participated as a panelist on the "Suspect Societies" panel. The event was organized by Heinrich Boell Foundation in Berlin on December 5 and 6, 2013.
CIS Comments to the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the Proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Dec 07, 2013 07:57 AM
As a follow up to a stakeholder meeting called by the MHRD on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, CIS provided written comments on the Working Document for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations adopted by the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at its twenty-fourth session, Geneva, July 16 to 25, 2012.
For a Telecom Revival — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Jan 13, 2014 04:32 AM
The government announced momentous decisions, subject to Cabinet approval, on telecom policy on December 3.
Misuse of Surveillance Powers in India (Case 1) — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 06, 2013 09:37 AM
In this series of blog posts, Pranesh Prakash looks at a brief history of misuse of surveillance powers in India. He notes that the government's surveillance powers have been freqently misused, very often without any kind of judicial or political redressal. This, he argues, should lead us as concerned citizens to demand a scaling down of the government's surveillance powers and pass laws to put it place more robust oversight mechanisms.
India for UN body to resolve internet governance issues — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 08:51 AM
Multi-stakeholder or multi-lateral - two words encapsulating diametrically opposite views on internet governance stands at the heart of a raging debate across the globe.
International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice (IV) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 09:05 AM
Building on the workshop in Dagstuhl in June-July 2011 (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice), Beijing (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice II), and Athens (International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice III) that set the stage for discussions on cryptography among a group of key researchers from Europe, Asia, and North America, the one day workshop in Bangalore, following AsiaCrypt 2013 will again bring together internationally recognized scientists to discuss direction and development in theoretical and applied cryptography and surrounding societal issues.
First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in India — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Dec 31, 2013 12:18 PM
Access to Knowledge Programme at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) organized the first ever Train the Trainer Program in India. 20 Wikimedians from 8 different language communities and 10 different cities across India attended CIS-A2K’s Train the Trainer (TTT).
Card transactions with Aadhaar validation need more time: experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 06:25 AM
Cost and supply implications are seen by experts as the main hurdles in implementing the RBI directive.
INSAF National Convention on Crisis of Capitalism and brazen onslaught on DEMOCRACY — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 10:18 AM
Snehashish Ghosh is participating in this event as a speaker.
A Three-Way Race Draws Delhi’s Young, and Everyone Else, Out to Vote — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 07:03 AM
The polling stations were supposed to close at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just after sunset. But with thousands still waiting in the dark to cast their vote in the state assembly elections, the Delhi Election Commission decided to extend the voting until 6:30 p.m. Then to 7:30 p.m.
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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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