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The Right to Information, The Right to Knowledge (Talk by Sam Pitroda & Carl Malamud)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 14, 2018
On October 15, 2017, Sam Pitroda and Carl Malamud will speak on open data and knowledge in India.
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Events
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Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment Scan
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Feb 12, 2018
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last modified
Feb 12, 2018 10:37 AM
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filed under:
Land Records,
Open Government Data,
Openness,
Open Data
The State of Open Data is an ambitious research project reflecting on 10 years of action on open data and providing a critical review of the current state of the open data movement across a range of issues and thematic areas. This environment scan represents the first step in gathering information to support a review of the state of open data with regard to land ownership, and in refining the focus of a chapter. The lead author for this chapter is Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Openness
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2018 (IRC18): Offline, February 22-24, Sambhaavnaa Institute
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Feb 07, 2018
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last modified
Jul 02, 2018 06:30 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Internet Studies,
Event,
Internet Researcher's Conference
We are proud to announce that the third edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference series will be held at the Sambhaavnaa Institute, Kandbari (Himachal Pradesh) during February 22-24, 2018. This annual conference series was initiated by the Researchers@Work (RAW) programme at CIS in 2016 to gather researchers, academic or otherwise, studying internet in/from India to congregate, share insights and tensions, and chart the ways forward. The *offline* is the theme of the 2018 edition of the conference (IRC18), and the conference agenda will be shaped by nine sessions selected by all the teams that submitted session proposals, and an independent paper track consisting of six presentations.
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RAW
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Submission to the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India
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Amber Sinha
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published
Feb 05, 2018
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last modified
Feb 05, 2018 01:39 PM
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filed under:
Data Governance,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (“CIS”) on the ‘White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India’ (“White Paper”) released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The White paper was drafted by a Committee of Expert (“Committee”) constituted by the Ministry. CIS has conducted research on the issues of privacy, data protection and data security since 2010 and is thankful for the opportunity to put forth its views. The submission was made on January 31, 2018.
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Internet Governance
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January 2018 Newsletter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 31, 2018
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last modified
Mar 01, 2018 01:35 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work
January 2018 Newsletter
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Newsletters
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AI and Healtchare Report
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 26, 2018
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Internet Governance
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Files
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Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products
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by
Jorge L. Contreras, Rohini Lakshané and Paxton M. Lewis
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published
Jan 18, 2018
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last modified
Jan 23, 2018 03:09 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
The paper titled "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products" has been published in the latest issue of the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. It is one of the outputs of the Pervasive Technology project and has been authored by Prof. Jorge L. Contreras, Paxton M. Lewis, and Rohini Lakshané.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Jan 17, 2018
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last modified
Jan 18, 2018 01:22 AM
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filed under:
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Token security or tokenized security?
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 17, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Implementing a system of tokenization for Aadhaar verification will address the security loopholes highlighted in recent reports.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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UIDAI's Virtual ID, limited KYC does little to protect Aadhaar data already collected, say critics
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 16, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aadhaar-issuing body, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), had barely started patting itself on the back for introducing the Virtual ID concept, what CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey called "one of biggest recent innovations in this field", when detractors came crawling out of the woodwork, all guns blazing.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media