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- India has a long road ahead in becoming a disabled-friendly country
- India is home to 2.7 crore people living with one or the other kind of disability. According to the 2011 Census, 2.21 percent of India’s population is ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 31, 2016 04:47 PM — Filed under: Accessibility
- We Tested 18 Government Apps, and Most are not Fully Accessible to the Disabled
- When you wake up in the morning, the odds are one of the first things you look at is your phone. You might check WhatsApp, review the news, look at the day’s ... by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Sep 03, 2016 03:32 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- The Case for Accessible Banking
- Dinesh Kaushal examines the state of accessibility of banking services in India. By giving concrete examples of shortcomings in existing ATMs and net banking ... by Dinesh Kaushal — last modified Jan 03, 2012 04:54 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
- Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was ... by Samantha Cassar — last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Researchers at Work, Wikipedia, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Featured, Wikimedia, Openness, Homepage
- An Open House Session with George Abraham
- Ashoka India and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) welcome you to an open house session with George Abraham, CEO and Founder of the SCORE Foundation at ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 19, 2014 01:45 AM — Filed under: Accessibility, Event
- Banking and Accessibility in India: A Study on Banking Accessibility in India — Call for Comments
- The adoption of accessible features and technologies by banks in India is low despite there being legislative and executive push for it. It is important for ... by Vrinda Maheshwari — last modified Oct 30, 2012 04:50 AM — Filed under: Accessibility, Research
- Banking Accessibility Report
- A study on banking and accessibility in India by Vrinda Maheshwari. by Vrinda Maheshwari — last modified Oct 30, 2012 04:49 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- September 2013 Bulletin
- Our newsletter for the month of September 2013 can be accessed below. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 24, 2013 06:48 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
- Puducherry (Govt.) Schemes
- Details of the Scheme in respect of differently-abled division of Social Welfare Department, Puducherry can be viewed below. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 13, 2013 09:06 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility – An Analysis
- Electronics and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are widely used in all areas of life such as education, health care, employment, ... by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Dec 27, 2013 07:49 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- Disability groups in India welcome progress on treaty for blind persons
- Four years of struggle for a global treaty for the benefit of blind persons is finally bearing fruit. Member states of the World Intellectual Property ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 31, 2012 01:40 AM — Filed under: Accessibility, WIPO
- National Resource Kit : The Kerala Chapter (Call for Comments)
- The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of ... by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AM — Filed under: Featured, Accessibility
- Overview of Schemes and Notifications issued in Karnataka for the benefit of Persons with Disabilities
- The State of Karnataka has issued numerous notifications and schemes for the benefits of persons with disabilities. This is a brief overview of all these ... by Shruti Ramakrishnan — last modified Jan 05, 2013 04:17 PM — Filed under: Accessibility
- WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired
- In a significant development the 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to ... by Rahul Cherian — last modified Oct 11, 2012 10:34 AM — Filed under: Accessibility, WIPO
- Report on the Progress in Manipuri Language Testing
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is doing a project on developing a text-to-speech software in 15 Indian languages. This blog post captures the key ... by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified May 10, 2015 09:38 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Oriya
- This programme was the first of its kind in the state of Orissa. The participants were mostly completely new to using computers and were also completely from ... by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified May 10, 2015 01:41 PM — Filed under: Accessibility
- April 2015 Bulletin
- Newsletter for the month of April below. by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 31, 2015 04:29 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Researchers at Work, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
- August 2017 Newsletter
- by Admin — last modified Oct 09, 2017 02:48 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
- Zero Project Conference on Accessibility: Innovative Policies and Practices for Persons with Disabilities
- Essl Foundation, the World Future Council and the European Foundation Centre convened an international conference at the United Nations Office in Vienna, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 06, 2014 08:44 AM — Filed under: Copyright, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
- Are Elections Fair to People With Special Needs?
- City-based think tanks have submitted a report to the Election Commission saying elections in India are unfriendly to people with disabilities. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 09, 2014 06:37 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- April 2014 Bulletin
- The newsletter for the month of April can be accessed below: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 04, 2014 03:38 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
- Summary of Judgements on Disability Rights
- The following are some of the landmark judgments given by the Supreme Court and some of the high courts in India on disability rights. by CLPR — last modified May 23, 2014 09:23 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- The Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2013 and the Lack of Access to Accessibility Rights
- The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2013 (The RPD Bill) went through three avatars since its commissioning in 2009 under the Sudha Kaul Committee. ... by Amba Salelkar — last modified Feb 03, 2014 02:21 AM — Filed under: Featured, Accessibility
- October 2012 Bulletin
- Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 08, 2012 11:42 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
- Copyright Amendments – Empowering the Print Disabled
- The much anticipated Copyright Amendment Bill, 2012 was passed with a few changes in the Rajya Sabha on 17th May 2012 after a very spirited debate and passed ... by Rahul Cherian — last modified Sep 07, 2012 11:11 AM — Filed under: Accessibility, Copyright
- March 2012 Bulletin
- In this month we announced the new clusters from Researchers at Work: Locating the Mobile, Interface Intimacies and Habits of Living. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2012 07:33 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
- April 2012 Bulletin
- In this issue of our newsletter, we bring you updates of our latest research, event reports, videos, news and media coverage during the month of April 2012: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2012 06:26 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
- May 2012 Bulletin
- Welcome to the newsletter issue of May 2012! In the current issue, we bring to you updates of our latest research, event reports, videos, and media coverage: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2012 06:59 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
- Smartphones and the Return to Dependency
- The new age smartphones that operate by touch mean much more than exciting new technology to persons with visual impairment, they signify the return to the ... by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Sep 07, 2014 06:32 AM — Filed under: Accessibility
- Dot Bharat domain to roll out on August 21
- Web addresses are set to get multilingual in India. Soon you will be able to type in addresses in a web browser in the Devnagri script – with “dot bharat” ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 08, 2014 07:08 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
