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Rejuvenating India’s Rivers the Wiki Way
by Subodh KulkarniIndia is faced with a critical challenge when it comes to protecting its river bodies. Various forms of contaminants, industrial effluents, sewage waste, domestic waste, and so on are finding their way to rivers. This takes a toll on human health.
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Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53
March 06, 2018
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.
- Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites November 26, 2017
- Comments on Mobile Accessibility Guidelines January 03, 2018
- Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled July 03, 2017
- GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities June 24, 2017
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Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
February 28, 2019
The Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
- Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019 February 26, 2019
- Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia February 22, 2019
- Lecture on Open Access and Open Content Licensing at ICAR (short course) December 05, 2018
- Digital Technology Engaging Pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia - A Case Study October 28, 2018
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A great start on Wi-Fi reforms
November 30, 2018
The 5 GHz regulations are exactly what we needed for a start. But we need a lot more, and not only from the DoT.
- Policies & the Public Interest November 01, 2018
- The Problems That Should Occupy Our Electioneers August 01, 2018
- India's Draft Telecom Policy Needs to Bridge the Gap Between Intent and Execution May 07, 2018
- The Huawei pointer May 06, 2018
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Rejuvenating India’s Rivers the Wiki Way
March 07, 2019
India is faced with a critical challenge when it comes to protecting its river bodies. Various forms of contaminants, industrial effluents, sewage waste, domestic waste, and so on are finding their way to rivers. This takes a toll on human health.
- The city of Bhubaneswar is going Open March 07, 2019
- CIS-A2K Finance Officer: Call for application March 07, 2019
- ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಯೋಜನೆ ಸಮಾವೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ತರಬೇತಿಯ ವರದಿ March 07, 2019
- Train the Trainer program 2018 March 06, 2019
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Improving the Processes for Disclosing Security Vulnerabilities to Government Entities in India
March 20, 2019
The aim of this policy brief is to recommend changes pertaining to current legislation, policy and practice to the Government of India regarding external vulnerability reporting and disclosure. The changes we recommend within this brief aim to strengthen the processes around voluntary vulnerability and bug disclosure by third parties.
- The Localisation Gambit: Unpacking policy moves for the sovereign control of data in India March 19, 2019
- Unbox Festival 2019: CIS organizes two Workshops February 26, 2019
- Comments on the Draft Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) February 25, 2019
- Resurrecting the marketplace of ideas February 22, 2019
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What I learned from going offline for 48 hours
March 14, 2019
A weekend without the internet shows just how much control we surrender to online chatter.
- Media Infrastructures and Digital Practices: Case Studies from the North East of India (Paper Presentation) February 05, 2019
- India’s proposed new internet bill is as repressive as the worst of Chinese laws February 04, 2019
- January 2019 Newsletter February 04, 2019
- Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): #List, Jan 30 - Feb 1, Lamakaan January 09, 2019
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- Statement on Serious Allegations against CIS Members and the CIS Workplace on Social Media Nov 24, 2018
- Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar Report Nov 05, 2018
- Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities Sep 19, 2018
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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.
