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Accessibility at CIS – Looking back at 2010
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 23, 2010
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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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Pornography & the Law - A Call for Peer Review
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 21, 2010
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Dec 14, 2012 12:12 PM
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histories of internet in India,
Obscenity,
Research
Namita Malhotra's research project on "Pornography & the Law". is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. Her monograph is an attempt to unravel the relations between pornography, technology and the law in the shifting context of the contemporary.
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Porn: Law, Video & Technology
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Wikipedia Meet-up in TERI
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 21, 2010
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Sep 22, 2011 12:21 PM
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Openness,
Meeting
The Wikipedia Bangalore meet-up is a monthly get-together of Wikipedians (contributors and users) to meet, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for Wikipedia and Wikimedia. Danese Cooper, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation, Alolita Sharma, Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation, Erik Möller, Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation and Achal Prabhala, Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Member attended the meeting. The Centre for Internet and Society made arrangements for this event.
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Transforming urbanscapes: ATM in cities
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 17, 2010
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Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
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internet and society,
IT Cities
This is the first in series of posts where I will try and articulate the transformation in the urban landscape that one can attribute either directly or in-directly to information and communication technologies. I am keen in discussing changes that are more fundamental in terms of architectural typology and spatial constructs and all this while looking for things that are specific to an Indian city. And that is where the story becomes rather interesting; Indian cities are unique and so when a shift occurs in its material constructs it must be analyzed with reference to its peculiar context.
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From the Stock Market to Neighbourhood Mohalla
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 17, 2010
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Aug 02, 2011 06:05 AM
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internet and society,
IT Cities
The stock markets have been the symbol of trade and commerce of the city and the region. In this post I will analyze the stock market; an important commercial institution and try and articulate its changing architectural configuration and its impact on neighborhoods and other public domain of the city. The change in information technology has had a profound effect on the business methodologies of the stock brokers and traders in the last few years with possibilities for buying and selling during the market hours from any internet enabled device. The pundits have announced that the “market is in your pocket or at the comfort of your home”. Is it really so or is the change more subtle? Moreover how will our cities and their public place transform from such shift?
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'Pakistan' hackers target India's top police agency
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 16, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 01:26 AM
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Internet Governance
Cyber-attackers who identified themselves as the "Pakistan Cyber Army" have hacked the website of India's top police agency, officials said on Saturday. The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked by programmers who left a message saying that the attack was in revenge for similar Indian assaults on Pakistani sites, Press Trust of India said. The hackers signed their message on the Indian police website: "Long Live Pakistan."
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Self-regulation in media and society meet to gain legal perspectives
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 16, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 01:22 AM
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Internet Governance
With electronic media generally expressing its opposition to government imposed regulations, a two-day workshop is being organised here from tomorrow on 'Comparative Perspectives on Media Self-Regulation and Society'.
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Enabling Access to Education through ICT - Conference Report
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 16, 2010
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Jan 28, 2013 10:14 AM
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Accessibility
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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