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High Level Comparison and Analysis of the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology Bill 2017
by Elonnai HickokThis blog post seeks to provide a high level comparison of the 2017 and 2015 DNA Profiling Bill - calling out positive changes, remaining issues, and missing provisions.
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Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled
July 03, 2017
Imposing taxes on assistive devices is unfair. The countdown has begun to the implementation of the GST in India. Over the past month, discussions about the GST have dominated the scene with several groups protesting in strong measure about the impact on their business.
- GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities June 24, 2017
- Report of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017 June 17, 2017
- Comments on the draft Policy on IT Accessibility for People with Disabilities May 19, 2017
- Mobile Accessibility Practices April 11, 2017
- Openness
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Marathi Wikipedia Workshop in Sangli, Maharashtra
August 16, 2017
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently held in Sangli, Maharashtra
- Telugu Wikisource Workshop August 15, 2017
- How It Came To Be: Wiki Loves Uniformed Services July 10, 2017
- Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Faculty Orientation Report August 03, 2017
- Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Internship July 05, 2017
- Telecom
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Broadband Reforms for Local Manufacturing
July 05, 2017
Broadband in India needs reforms for local manufacturing and for infrastructure expansion and utilisation.
- Policies to Sustain India's Market May 20, 2017
- Organisational Hurdles in Telecom April 04, 2017
- A Pathfinding Approach for Digital India March 03, 2017
- Cashlessness Needs Connectivity February 02, 2017
- Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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Dataset for "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance"
August 17, 2017
Dataset of the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of working statements (Form 27) of 3,126 patents pertaining to mobile technology in India. Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0.
- Marathi Wikipedia Workshop in Sangli, Maharashtra August 16, 2017
- Telugu Wikisource Workshop August 15, 2017
- Wikipedia Workshop on Template Creation and Modification Conducted in Bengaluru August 10, 2017
- Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance August 04, 2017
- Internet Governance
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High Level Comparison and Analysis of the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology Bill 2017
August 04, 2017
This blog post seeks to provide a high level comparison of the 2017 and 2015 DNA Profiling Bill - calling out positive changes, remaining issues, and missing provisions.
- Should an Inability to Precisely Define Privacy Render It Untenable as a Right? August 04, 2017
- Data Protection: Understanding the General Data Protection Regulation July 04, 2017
- Cybersecurity Compilation: Indian Context June 18, 2017
- Comments from the Centre for Internet and Society on Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement June 06, 2017
- Researchers at Work (RAW)
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Digital native: Ever on the go
August 07, 2017
It is time to insist that the infrastructure of digital India is accompanied by the infrastructure of care for the digital Indian.When the telephone was first introduced as a mass communication tool, one of the biggest fears was that it would allow people to lie and cheat at will.
- Digital native: Not only words August 07, 2017
- Dr. Prerna Prabhakar - Impact of Digitisation of Land Recods in Rural India (Delhi, July 07, 5 pm) July 06, 2017
- CISxScholars Delhi - Harsh Gupta - FAT ML for Lawyers and Lawmakers (June 29, 5:30 pm) June 27, 2017
- Digital Native: On mute, the Voice of the People July 05, 2017
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- P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan, PhD - Broadband Access in India: Insights from a Demand Side Research (Delhi, August 04, 5 pm)
- Dr. Prerna Prabhakar - Impact of Digitisation of Land Recods in Rural India (Delhi, July 07, 5 pm)
- CISxScholars Delhi - Harsh Gupta - FAT ML for Lawyers and Lawmakers (June 29, 5:30 pm)
- Japleen Pasricha - Gendered Spaces in Digital Rights (Delhi, June 02, 5 pm)
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017
- Featured Articles
- High Level Comparison and Analysis of the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology Bill 2017
- (Updated) Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial information
- Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
- Net Neutrality Resources
- Survey on Data Protection Regime
- Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments (December 2016)
- CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks
- Indian Newspapers' Digital Transition
- The Technology behind Big Data
- Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Selection of Sessions
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Kusuma Trust supports innovation, new developments in higher education, training and advocacy, all of which have enormous potential to benefit society.Offices
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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 academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.
Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and practices around internet, technology and society in India, and elsewhere.
