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Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:09 AM
St. Aloysius College is organizing a Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Mangalore on September 13, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from the CIS-A2K team will participate in the event.
ଅବସର ପରର ଦ୍ବିତୀୟ ଜୀବନ, ଅବସର ପରେ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଭାବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖାଲେଖି ଜାରୀ ରଖିଥିବା ଜଣେ ଡାକ୍ତରଙ୍କ ସ‌ହ ଭାବାଲୋଚନା — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 13, 2013 08:38 AM
This is a column about Dr. Subas Chandra Rout, a noteworthy wikipedian who started contributing to Wikipedia articles on Odia Wikipedia related to medical science after retiring as an Orthopedic Specialist-Assistant Professor of a Medical college.
Selection of Programme Officer — Pilot Projects, CIS-A2K — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Oct 30, 2013 06:07 AM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) opened applications for the post of Programme Officer, Pilot Projects for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) Programme on 17th April 2013. The vacancy and call for applications was shared on all Indian language mailing lists, city mailing lists as well as Village Pumps.
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 10) - Lawrence Liang — by Purba Sarkar — last modified Sep 10, 2013 08:31 AM
CIS interviews Lawrence Liang, researcher and lawyer, and co-founder of Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Privacy Law Must Fit the Bill — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:25 AM
The process of updating Indian privacy policy has gained momentum ever since the launch of the UID project and also the leak of the Radia tapes. The Department of Personnel and Training has lead the drafting of privacy bill for the last three years. This bill will ideally articulate privacy principles and establish the office of the privacy commissioner and most importantly have an over-riding effect over 50 odd existing laws, rules and policies with privacy implications.
Young Scholar Tutorials — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 30, 2013 11:21 AM
Communication Policy Research South organised this workshop on September 3 and 4, 2013. Nehaa Chaudhari participated in the event organised by CPR South.
Regrouping for Growth - Interest Rates - III — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Oct 03, 2013 05:13 AM
Aside from muddling along, the choices are to try to grow and retain capital to staunch the gap temporarily, or to settle for low growth and capital flight.
An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Sep 06, 2013 09:37 AM
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
The Law and Economics of Copyright Users Rights — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 06, 2013 06:25 AM
Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law is organizing a conference on law and economics of copyright users at Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC, on September 26, 2013. Sunil Abraham will present an update on the Pervasive Technologies project as keynote at this meeting.
Indien: Regierung will Nutzung von US-Mailprovidern in Verwaltungen verbieten — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:59 AM
Die indische Regierung wird in Kürze all ihre Mitarbeiter auffordern, keine US-amerikanischen Mailprovider, allen voran Gmail, für ihre offizielle Kommunikation zu nutzen.
Syllabus: “Policy and regulation conducive to rapid ICT sector growth in Myanmar: An introductory course” — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 24, 2013 03:56 AM
A five-day course is being offered by LIRNEasia in collaboration with Myanmar ICT Development Organization, with support from the Open Society Foundation and the International Development Research Centre of Canada in Myanmar from September 28 to October 5, 2013.
Cyberspying: Government may ban Gmail for official communication — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 02, 2013 04:19 AM
The government will soon ask all its employees to stop using Google's Gmail for official communication, a move intended to increase security of confidential government information after revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US.
Gmail ban looms for Indian gov't workers — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 19, 2013 07:19 AM
Government workers in India will soon be banned from using Google’s Gmail service for official communication in a move said to be in response to revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US, a national paper reported.
Global Consultation Report on ICTs and Disability Launched at the UN High Level Meeting on Disability and Development — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 25, 2014 10:30 AM
A new report released on Monday, 23 September 2013 demonstrates how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), have become a positive force of transformation and a crucial element of any personal development, empowerment and institutional framework for inclusive development.
UNESCO Global Report: Opening New Avenues for Empowerment — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Sep 04, 2013 07:21 AM
We prepared a report on higher education for persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region for UNESCO some time back. The report has been compiled into a global report. Nirmita Narasimhan was the project coordinator from the Centre for Internet and Society.
Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles! — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Sep 03, 2013 10:37 AM
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.
Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder? — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Oct 25, 2013 07:16 AM
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.
India's Obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties (Part A): “Bilateral Inhibiting Treaty?” — Investigating the Challenges that Bilateral Investment Treaties pose to the Compulsory Licensing of Pervasive Technology Patent Pools — by Gavin Pereira — last modified Sep 02, 2013 02:45 PM
In this blog post, the first of a series of three, Gavin Pereira attempts to address the challenges that India's obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties may pose to the establishment of a patent pool in the country. The author thanks Puneeth Nagaraj for his guidance and inputs on this paper.
National Resource Kit: The Puducherry Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:12 AM
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Puducherry.
TRAI Consultation Paper on Spectrum — by Shyam Ponappa and A.B. Beliappa — last modified Sep 18, 2013 06:36 AM
Shyam Ponappa and A.B.Beliappa worked on this submission to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on their spectrum consultation paper. The submission was made on August 21, 2013.
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