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Blog Entry Indian Government Websites Not Accessible Enough for the Disabled
by Srinivasu Chakravarthula — published Oct 17, 2011 — last modified Nov 08, 2011 05:50 AM — filed under:
Innumerable websites! All are citizen centric. But are they accessible to you? Srinivasu Chakravarthula examines this and stresses that website owners need to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 to enable persons with disabilities and the elderly to surf portals more effectively.
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Indian Users’ Perspective On WIPO Negotiations On Treaty For Visually Impaired
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 18, 2013 — filed under:
South-East Asia is host to one-third of the world’s 39 million blind people. Over 20 million live in India alone. This week’s special session of the World Intellectual Property Organization aims to clean up the text of an international treaty to facilitate access to books for the blind and visually impaired community. It is thus of prime importance for India, and some there worry that issues such as commercial availability could undermine the treaty’s effectiveness.
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Information about Schemes for Disabled Persons in Haryana
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — last modified Mar 14, 2013 05:47 AM — filed under:
Find below copies of the notifications received from the Government of Haryana regarding schemes and policies for persons with disabilities.
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Blog Entry Inputs for NTP 2011
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2012 — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society wishes to commend the DoT on the draft of the New Telecom Policy and offers its suggestions to improve the draft with specific changes.
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Blog Entry Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 07, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
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.
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International Accessibility Summit of Shaastra 2017
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 18, 2016 — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is partnering with IIT, Madras for a summit on international accessibility. The summit will be held at IIT in Chennai from December 31, 2016 to January 3, 2017. Nirmita Narasimhan will be the panel moderator this event.
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International Day of People with Disability
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2015 — last modified Dec 16, 2015 03:54 PM — filed under:
Nirmita Narasimhan was a panelist at this event organized by Capgemini in Bangalore on November 30, 2015.
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ITU – NTA Workshop on Making ICT and mobile phones accessible for persons with disabilities in Nepal
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 07, 2012 — filed under:
The International Telecommunication Union is organizing this event on November 9, 2012 in Nepal. Nirmita Narasimhan is participating as a speaker in the session "Introduction: ICT and telecom accessibility, good practices in policy and industry initiatives".
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Blog Entry ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2012 — last modified Jul 03, 2012 08:53 AM — filed under: ,
The fourth meeting of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) took place at the India International Centre, New Delhi on March 13, 2012. The meeting was held in furtherance to an invitation of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India. A two-day tutorial on Audio-Visual Media Accessibility followed the meeting on March 14 and 15, 2012 at the same venue. A total of 20 people participated in this event.
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ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 19, 2011 — last modified Jun 18, 2012 10:58 AM — filed under:
At the invitation of CIS, in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India, ITU is organising a two-day Tutorial on Audio Visual Media Accessibility from March 14 to 15, 2012 at the India International Centre, New Delhi, India. The Tutorial will be preceded by the fourth meeting of the Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) on March 13, 2012. This meeting will take place at the same venue and will also be hosted by CIS, in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India.
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