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Accessibility in Telecommunications
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Prasad Krishna
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Jan 24, 2011
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Nov 08, 2011 08:08 AM
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Accessibility
CIS seeks to gather information about the accessibility of telecommunications products and services for persons with disabilities and elderly persons in India.
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December 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 30, 2010
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last modified
Aug 07, 2012 11:28 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream Internet media. In this issue of we bring our latest project updates, news and media coverage:
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Accessibility at CIS – Looking back at 2010
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Dec 23, 2010
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Aug 17, 2011 08:53 AM
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Accessibility
From its inception, CIS has been working towards reform of copyright law both at the national and international levels and towards formulation of an electronic accessibility policy for India. The year 2010 has been quite eventful for developments in the area of accessibility for persons with disabilities at the national and international levels. In this blog post, Nirmita Narasimhan looks at some of the work done by CIS and other organisations to promote digital accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities during the calendar year 2010.
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Nirmita Narasimhan wins National Award
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 22, 2010
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Aug 17, 2011 08:53 AM
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Nirmita Narasimhan was awarded the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities from the Government of India on 3 December 2010 on the occasion of the World Disability Day. The award was presented by Smt. Pratibha Patil, President of India under the Role Model category. The award function took place at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi from 11:00 to12:30 and was telecast live on Doordarshan.
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G3ict-GW Global Policy Forum: "ICT Accessibility: A New Frontier for Disability Rights"
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 22, 2010
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Aug 26, 2011 09:58 AM
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The Institute for Global and International Studies, Elliott School of Intenational Affairs at George Washington University, in cooperation with G3ict hosted this conference in Citiy View Room, Washington, D.C on 15 and 16 November 2010. Nirmita Narasimhan participated in this conference and spoke in the panel on Successful Treaty Implementation: Key Factors of Success and Obstacles.
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Enabling Access to Education through ICT - Conference Report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Dec 16, 2010
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Jan 28, 2013 10:14 AM
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore in cooperation G3ict, UNESCO, ITU, WIPO, The Deafway Foundation, DEF and SPACE with the gracious support of The Hans Foundation and the Department of Information Technology, MICT, New Delhi organized an international conference "Enabling Access to Education through ICT" in New Delhi from 27 to 29 October 2010. The event was sponsored by Hans Foundation.
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An online community platform for people with different needs
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 14, 2010
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Sep 13, 2011 05:29 AM
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Accessibility
An online community platform designed for the print-impaired, probably the first such in the country, seeks to make the internet accessible to people with different needs.
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November 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 24, 2010
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last modified
Aug 07, 2012 11:46 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Nov 23, 2010
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last modified
Jul 30, 2013 08:29 AM
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Accessibility,
Publications
The Centre for Internet and Society is proud to announce the launch of its first publication, the “e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities" in collaboration with the G3ict (Global Initiative for Inclusive Information Communication Technologies) and ITU (International Telecommunications Union), and sponsored by the Hans Foundation. The handbook is compiled and edited by Nirmita Narasimhan. Dr. Hamadoun I. Toure, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union has written the preface, Dr. Sami Al-Basheer, Director, ITU-D has written the introduction and Axel Leblois, Executive Director, G3ict has written the foreword.
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October 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 07, 2012 12:02 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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