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CoinFest 2016
Apr 10, 2016 from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM — No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru, 560071 (near TERI and Domlur Club), — by Prasad KrishnaCoinsecure and India Bitcoin have joined hands to organize to organize CoinFest at the Centre for Internet & Society's Bangalore office on Saturday, April 10, 2016, from 4.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and Submission
— by Anubha Sinha — last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:03 PMThe Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and distribution of geospatial information across India, and to assure data availability, accessibility and quality. A pre-drafting consultation meeting for the NGP was organised in Delhi on February 03, 2016. Ms. Anubha Sinha represented CIS at the meeting, and shares her notes.
Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in India: Availability and Openness of Data (Part I)
— by Kiran AB — last modified Jan 02, 2017 02:12 PMThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an internationally agreed upon set of developmental targets to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 SDGs with 169 targets, and each target is mapped to one or more indicators as a measure of evaluation. In this and the next blog post, Kiran AB is documenting the availability and openness of data sets in India that are relevant for monitoring the targets under the SDGs. This post offers the findings for the first 7 Goals, while the next post will cover the last 10.
National Koha Conclave
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 19, 2016 04:20 PMInformatics Publishing organized an event at Fortune Park JP Celestial in Bangalore on February 17, 2016. Sunil Abraham delivered the inaugural address on the occasion.
Open Data Hackathons are Great, but Address Privacy and License Concerns
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Feb 05, 2016 08:37 PMThis is to cross-publish a blog post from DataMeet website regarding a letter shared with the organisers of Urban Hack 2015, Bangalore, in response to a set of privacy and license concerns identified and voiced during the hackathon by DataMeet members. Sumandro Chattapadhyay co-authored and co-signed the letter. The blog post is written by Nisha Thompson.
OER16: Open Culture
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2016 06:53 AMThe 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16: Open Culture, will be held on April 19 and 20, 2016 at the University of Edinburgh. The event is organized by Association for Learning Technology.
Approaching Open Research via Open Data - Presentation at TERI, December 22, 2015
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 12, 2016 02:37 PMThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi, organised a seminar on 'Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach' on December 22, 2015. We supported the seminar as a knowledge partner. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited to deliver a special address. Here are the notes and slides from the presentation.
Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PMThe Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
Seminar on Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach
Dec 22, 2015 from 01:45 PM to 05:30 PM — Seminar Hall, TERI, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, — by Sumandro ChattapadhyayThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi, is organising a seminar on open access in research on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. The seminar will focus on: 1) wider access to scientific publications and research data, 2) access to scientific information, and 3) challenges and opportunities of research data. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting the event as a Knowledge Partner.
