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Technology, Power, and Revolutions in the Arab Spring
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/technology-power-and-revolutions-in-arab-spring
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a talk by Prof. Ramesh Srinivasan on technology, power and revolutions in the Arab Spring. The talk will be held in CIS office on July 2, 2013 from 6.00 p.m. onwards.</b>
<h2>Ramesh Srinivasan</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Ramesh Srinivasan, Associate Professor at UCLA in Design and Media/Information Studies, studies and participates in projects focused on how new media technologies impact political revolutions, economic development and poverty reduction, and the future of cultural heritage. He recently wrote <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/london-egypt-and-the-complex-role-of-social-media/2011/08/11/gIQAIoud8I_story.html">an op/ed at the Washington Post</a> explaining the complex nature of social media in revolutions and riots, such as those in Egypt and in London, and also a column for the Post’s Sunday Outlook section on the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/five-myths-about-social-media/2011/09/15/gIQAr2BwAL_allComments.html#comments">5 Myths of Social Media</a>. Additionally, he has written multiple front page articles for the Huffington Post, including a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ramesh-srinivasan/the-net-worth-of-open-net_b_823570.html">piece</a> on Internet Freedom for the Huffington Post. He has had his work featured on the front page of the UCLA and USC websites.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Recent public outreach has built on his response in the New Yorker (from his blog: <a href="http://rameshsrinivasan.org/">http://rameshsrinivasan.org</a>) to Malcolm Gladwell’s writings critiquing the power of social media in impacting revolutionary movements. He has worked with bloggers, pragmatically studying their strengths and limitations, who were involved in recent revolutions in Egypt and Kyrgyzstan, as discussed in a recent <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/08/12/139570720/twitter-created-echo-chamber-during-egyptian-protests">NPR interview</a>. He has also collaborated with non-literate tribal populations in India to study how literacy emerges through uses of technology, and traditional Native American communities to study how non-Western understandings of the world can introduce new ways of looking at the future of the internet. His work has impacted contemporary understandings of media studies, anthropology and sociology, design, and economic and political development studies. He has given several major invited talks, including recently at LIFT in 2009 (<a href="http://vimeo.com/5520100">http://vimeo.com/5520100</a>). He holds an engineering degree from Stanford, a Masters degree from the MIT Media Lab, and a Doctorate from Harvard University. His full academic CV can be found at <a href="http://rameshsrinivasan.org/cv">http://rameshsrinivasan.org/cv</a></p>
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<p><b><a class="external-link" href="http://rameshsrinivasan.org/">See Prof. Ramesh Srinivasan's blog page</a></b></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/technology-power-and-revolutions-in-arab-spring'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/technology-power-and-revolutions-in-arab-spring</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEventInternet Governance2013-07-01T08:36:57ZEventPrivacy Round Table, Kolkata
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-kolkata
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society, the Federation for Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the Data Security Council of India cordially invite you to attend the "Privacy Round Table" in Kolkata on July 13, 2013, 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., to discuss the "Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy" by the Justice A.P. Shah Committee, the text of the "Citizen's Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013, drafted by the Centre for Internet and Society, and "Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-Regulation" by DSCI.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Reijo Aarino, Data Protection Ombudsman of Finland will be the featured guest for this event. The discussions and recommendations from the meeting will be published into a compilation, and presented at the Internet Governance meeting planned for October 2013.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Click below to download the documents:</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_privacy.pdf">Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-protection-bill-2013.pdf" class="external-link">The Privacy Protection Bill, 2013</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/strengthening-privacy-protection.pdf" class="internal-link">Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-Regulation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-round-table-kolkata.pdf" class="internal-link">Click to download the brochure</a></li>
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<h3>Draft Agenda</h3>
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<td>10.30</td>
<td>Introduction to privacy frameworks for India: The Draft 2011 Right to Privacy Bill, the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy, and Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-regulation.</td>
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<td>11.30</td>
<td>Overview, explanation, and discussion: The Privacy Protection Bill 2013</td>
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<td>13.00</td>
<td>Lunch</td>
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<td>14.00</td>
<td>Open Discussion: Reijo Aarnio, Data Protection Ombudsman of Finland</td>
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<td>Tea</td>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Please send your confirmations for attending the Kolkata Roundtable Privacy on July 13, 2013, to Maria Xynou at <a class="mail-link" href="mailto:maria@cis-india.org">maria@cis-india.org</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-kolkata'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-kolkata</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEventInternet GovernancePrivacy2013-07-10T06:11:59ZEventMy First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop
<b>On March 8, 2013, a day-long Telugu Wikipedia training workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team at the Golden Threshold, Nampally, Hyderabad in collaboration with Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad. This blog post gives a concise account of the event.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b><a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge">CIS-A2K</a></b> had planned a day long <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org">Telugu Wikipedia</a> training workshop in collaboration with Telugu Wikipedians at the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/">English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU)</a>, Hyderabad on March 8, 2013. The intention was to target research students at EFLU who are using Telugu material or working on topics related to Telugu and Andhra Pradesh. This event was also to be part of the Wiki Women’s month events across India. However, this event had to be cancelled in the last minute as a Research Student of EFLU committed suicide on the campus and there was major unrest. The faculty from EFLU though had informed of the possible cancellation of the event earlier, had only confirmed it on March 7, 2013. <b><a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D">Rahmanuddin Shaik</a></b> (Telugu SIG, <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India_chapter">Wikimedia India Chapter</a>) and <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Rajasekhar1961"><b>Dr. Rajasekhar</b> </a>(Telugu Wikipedia Administrator) had already blocked an entire day for this training workshop. In fact a lot of background work was already done for the EFLU event.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">When I got the news of cancellation of the workshop, initially I was very dejected at the thought of informing the two active Telugu Wikipedians about it, which I had to do. As my tickets were anyhow booked to Hyderabad and there was no point cancelling them, as I was already on my way to catch the flight, I decided to go ahead with my journey. I made some couple of quick calls and with some effort managed to organize a Wikipedia Training Workshop in collaboration with the <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%94%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D_%28%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%93.%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%81%29">Theatre Outreach Unit (TOU)</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://www.uohyd.ac.in/">University of Hyderabad (UoH)</a>. I was anyhow planning on visiting them to explore an institutional collaboration. The Project Director of TOU Dr. Peddi Ramarao, though agreed to spread the word about the workshop, yet was not sure how many would turn up at such a short notice of one night.</p>
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<p>Rahmanuddin and Dr. Rajasekhar giving hands-on training to edit Telugu Wikipedia at Golden Threshold, Hyderabad</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">So on March 8, 2013 Rahmanuddin, Dr. Rajasekhar and I landed at the <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D">Golden Threshold</a> hoping against hope to see at least 3 or 4 participants. But alas there were only 2 people when we reached the venue by 10 a.m.. By 10.25 a.m. we had 9 participants, which excited us all. The training workshop began with an introduction of all the participants. Following this a presentation was made on the significance of Wikipedia in the digital era and how Indian language-Wikipedias are pivotal in preserving the vernacular language and culture. This session was interactive with participants asking many questions. Dr. Peddi Ramarao, later, spoke about his experience of using Wikipedia as a reference tool and how he got introduced to contributing Wikipedia. Further, the discussion went on to the poor quality of articles on Telugu Wikipedia and how the participants can take part in improving the existing articles and contribute new articles. Rahmanuddin and Rajasekhar practically demonstrated the process of editing on <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org">Telugu Wikipedia</a>. This was followed by a hands-on session where the participants actively participated in creating their Wikipedia User name on Telugu Wikipedia and did editing of few articles. The training programme was to officially end at Lunch time but even post lunch some of the participants were enthusiastic about learning more nuances of contributing on Telugu Wikipedia. The hands-on session thus continued until 4 p.m.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Post the Wikipedia training programme, I have had interactions with the Project Director of TOU to explore possible future collaborations. TOU, UoH agreed to offer space to host all Telugu Wikipedia meet-ups. As the Golden Threshold space was in the central part of the city, having this infrastructure accessible was a major boost for the Telugu Wikipedia community in Hyderabad. Further, in the discussions we have agreed to collaborate with TOU, UoH in hosting the first mega Telugu Wikipedia community event <i>Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013</i>.</p>
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<td><b>Telugu Wikipedia Orientation in progress</b></td>
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<h3><b>Outcomes and Impact:</b></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">Out of the 9 new Users, who were trained during this workshop, 5 people have done more than 5 edits.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">One person has become a very active editor on Telugu Wikipedia with more than 1000 edits in 3 months. A detailed account of this event was put up by this user on Telugu Wikipedia here <a href="#fn*" name="fr*">[*]</a></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Because of CIS-A2K’s efforts, Telugu Wikipedians in Hyderabad now have a good meeting space.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The availability of this space has also encouraged the Telugu Wikipedians to meet more often than before. Since March 8, 2013 Telugu Wikipedians had a total of 6 meet-ups, and all these were held at Golden Threshold.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Golden Threshold also became a venue for hosting <i>Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013</i>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">This visit to Hyderabad triggered a discussion about organizing <i>Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam</i>, which was successfully organized in a month’s time.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Looking back, though this event was done as a last minute measure without many expectations, yet it turned out to be a lucky break! Especially, because this was my first ever event as the CIS-A2K Programme Director. It will remain a very memorable one. More so because it was done in collaboration with two of the active Telugu Wikipedians. Even more so because it has created some positive energy for the Telugu Wikipedia community, which has since then become a home turf.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#fr*" name="fn*">*</a>]. <a class="external-link" href="http://bit.ly/17WYq7X">http://bit.ly/17WYq7X</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop</a>
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No publishervishnuDigital ActivismArtAccess to KnowledgeDigital AccessWikimediaWikipediaCyberculturesTelugu WikipediaOpen ContentCommunitiesOpennessMeetingEvent2013-08-19T06:51:16ZBlog EntryDigital Humanities for Indian Higher Education
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education
<b>The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with HEIRA-CSCS, Tumkur University, CILHE-TISS and CCS (IISc) is hosting a one day Digital Humanities consultation on July 13, 2013 at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Note: Following is a draft text which will be updated soon.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The digital age has had a huge impact on higher education in the last decade, transforming the modalities of both teaching and research. Consequently the very foundations of the systems of knowledge production and dissemination are being re-examined. This is due to the impact that the digital turn has had on already established systems, and to the exciting possibilities that it offers for radically transforming these systems. In tertiary education for instance, one of the ways in which the digital impact has made itself felt is to move the classroom online or to make resources freely available online, thereby providing access for new constituencies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">For researchers, digital archiving and digital publishing has made possible the same widening of access, while also enabling innovative ways of reading traditional objects of inquiry through the use of computational methods. While these developments are not confined to a specific domain of knowledge, the term most often used to reference them has been ‘Digital Humanities’. The term has gained currency worldwide perhaps because of the seeming incongruity of the relationship between the conventional humanities disciplines and what is deemed a technological development. This is a relationship that has not only produced new approaches to old material, but perhaps — even more significantly — reconfigured the objects and domains of inquiry themselves, and re-tooled the modes by which we conduct our research.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The five host institutions have engaged with each other in different collaborative initiatives over the years. Most significant among them have been (a) the exploration of integration, inter-disciplinarity and dialogue between the natural sciences and the social sciences/humanities; and (b) the production and deployment of critical resources in Indian languages in the higher education sector. We seek to bring these interests together in the proposed consultation aimed at setting agendas for digital humanities in India.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Exploring the possible connections between the human sciences and the digital domain could throw up many productive directions for the higher education system. One of the biggest challenges facing the system in India today is the issue of access and the quality of that access. In the coming decade, Indian higher education is estimated to achieve a Gross Enrolment Ratio of at least 20% (from the existing 12%). This immense new inflow into the education system poses significant institutional and pedagogic challenges. With English emerging as the global language for knowledge production, there is pressure on the Indian higher education system to move towards English-based teaching and learning. Simultaneously, here is a cognitive issue: of effective comprehension. Students who are first-generation learners are finding it increasingly difficult to negotiate with the English-only curriculum that presents itself to many as an insurmountable hurdle.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A new set of possibilities could open up if one were to examine this issue from the perspective of the Indian languages. For over 150 years these languages have been used in all modern institutions and practices (from banking to statecraft) and have developed their own concept ecologies and rich traditions of public intellectual discourse. Currently these languages and practices are being thrust into the background by the globalization of higher education. Re-inserting them into our classrooms and institutional arrangements would be crucial from two perspectives: a) providing newer avenues for students to re-negotiate curricular content which is predominantly in English and b) infusing new source materials into social, political, economic and cultural research on India, thereby increasing the relevance and dynamism of Indian social sciences and humanities. Needless to say, technology will play a major role in this context. Not only will technology figure prominently in addressing the question of access, equity and outreach, it will also help in bringing hitherto inaccessible intellectual resources into easily available and distributable forms. Also crucial to the question of access is the scalability that digital technology offers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Through this interdisciplinary consultation, we hope to chart out the possible directions for digital humanities in India, which would include, among others, a strong engagement with Indian languages as well as a rethinking of how the sciences and the humanities could intersect. All of this is likely to hold paradigm-changing consequences for higher education: involving for example online learning, technologically enhanced learning, archival practices, new research methodologies, and the production of new and locally relevant knowledges.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We invite participants to make short presentations of 15 minutes each reflecting on the questions raised in this note, and bringing to the table issues raised by the initiatives in which they have taken part so far.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/digital-humanities-for-indian-higher-education</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessEvent2013-06-07T11:30:29ZEventThe Geopolitics of Information Controls: A Presentation by Masashi Crete-Nishihata
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/geo-politics-of-information-controls
<b>Masashi Crete-Nishihata will give a talk on Citizen Lab's activities and present its approach to the study of information controls through recent research and case studies. The talk will be held on June 19, 2013 at TERI Auditorium in Bangalore, 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.</b>
<h2>The Citizen Lab</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary research group based at the University of Toronto. It explores the intersection of<br />information technology, global security, and human rights through technical, policy, and legal research.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A central focus of Citizen Lab's research analyzes the prevalence, operation, and impact of information controls. Information controls can be conceptualized as actions conducted in and through the Internet and other information and communication technologies. Such controls seek to deny (as with Internet filtering), disrupt (as in denial-of-service<br /> attacks), or monitor (such as passive or targeted surveillance) information for political ends.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Masashi Crete-Nishihata</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Masashi is <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">the research manager of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He has published work on information controls during the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, cyber security research ethics, cyber attacks against Burmese media groups, and the psychosocial impacts of lifelogging technologies. His research interests include technology policy, information controls, and human computer interaction.</span></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Relevant Links</span></h3>
<div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><a href="http://citizenlab.org/" target="_blank">http://citizenlab.org</a></span></div>
<div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><a href="http://citizenlab.org/publications/" target="_blank">http://citizenlab.org/publications/</a></span></div>
<div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><a href="https://citizenlab.org/2013/03/you-only-click-twice-finfishers-global-proliferation-2/" target="_blank">https://citizenlab.org/2013/03/you-only-click-twice-finfishers-global-proliferation-2/</a></span></div>
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<div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Please RSVP as seats are limited. <br />RSVP: Purba Sarkar (<a class="mail-link" href="mailto:purba@cis-india.org">purba@cis-india.org</a>)</span></div>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/geo-politics-of-information-controls'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/geo-politics-of-information-controls</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEventInternet Governance2013-06-26T09:56:01ZEventPrivacy Round Table, Mumbai
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-mumbai
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society cordially invites you to attend the "Privacy Round Table" in Mumbai on Saturday, June 15, 2013, 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., to discuss the "Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy" by the Justice A.P. Shah Committee, the text of the "Citizen's Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013, drafted by the Centre for Internet and Society, and "Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-Regulation" by DSCI.</b>
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<p>Note: <i>Billy Hawkes, Irish Data Protection Commissioner will be attending and presenting at the Roundtable</i>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The discussions and recommendations from the meeting will be published into a compilation, and presented at the Internet Governance meeting planned for October 2013.</p>
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<li><a class="external-link" href="http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_privacy.pdf">Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-protection-bill-2013.pdf" class="external-link">The Privacy Protection Bill, 2013</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/strengthening-privacy-protection.pdf" class="internal-link">Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-Regulation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-round-table-mumbai.pdf" class="internal-link">Click to see the brochure</a></li>
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<td>Overview, explanation, and discussion: The Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy</td>
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<td>Overview, explanation, and discussion: Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-regulation</td>
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<td>Overview, explanation, and discussion: The Citizens Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013</td>
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<td>Lunch</td>
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<td>In depth discussions: The Citizens Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013</td>
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<p>Please send your email confirmations for attending the Mumbai Privacy Round Table on Saturday, June 15, 2013, to <a class="mail-link" href="mailto:bernadette@cis-india.org">Bernadette Langle</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-mumbai'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-mumbai</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEventPrivacy2013-06-11T08:48:46ZEventRHoK Global June 2013
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/rhok-bangalore-2013
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society is hosting the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) Global event at its office in Bangalore on June 1 and 2, from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">RHoK is a rapidly growing global initiative encompassing a community of over 5,500 innovators in over 30 countries striving to make the world a better place by developing practical, open source technology solutions to respond to some of the most complex challenges facing humanity. We do this by defining problems, organizing hackathons, and ensuring projects are effectively deployed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Bangalore has been hosting RHoK hackathons since 2010. <span style="text-align:justify; ">RHoK pre-hackathon reception will be hosted on May 31, 2013 at CIS. The </span>tentative plan for tonight's reception can be found at <a href="https://www.smore.com/x3fm" target="_blank">https://www.smore.com/x3fm</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/rhok-bangalore-2013'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/rhok-bangalore-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent2013-05-31T13:58:00ZEventInstitute on Internet and Society
http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is pleased to announce the Institute for Internet and Society to be held in Bangalore from June 8 to June 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort, Bangalore.</b>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/institute-on-internet-and-society.pdf" class="internal-link">See the brochure on Institute on Internet & Society</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://internet-institute.in/repository/agenda-revised-by-sv">Download the Agenda</a> (PDF)</li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; ">With financial support and visionary guidance from the Ford Foundation, this initiative represents an important opportunity to bring together various stakeholders in a neutral forum and share ideas. The week-long residential institute will cover topics surrounding the internet and society.</p>
<h3>Course Content</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>History of the Internet</b> (This session will cover brief history of the Internet, its early stages and growth. It will also cover origins of internet in India and its impact on the Indian GDP. It will also focus on hot topics/debates surrounding the Internet).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Internet Technologies and Infrastructure</b> (The session infrastructure, purpose and function of an ISP, advantages and disadvantages of different modes of Internet access).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>E-Governance</b> (This session will cover the various e-governance initiatives).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Principles and Values of the Internet</b> (This session will cover various principles that underpinned the creation of the Internet, the threats they face and the need for a truly “open internet”).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Ownership and Management</b> (This session will cover ownership and market distribution).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Internet Activism</b> (This session will deal with various initiatives which have successfully used the Internet to build movements and campaigns).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Institute Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Guest Lectures by Experts & CIS Staff</li>
<li>Interactive Panel Discussions</li>
<li>Case Studies</li>
<li>Surveys</li>
<li>Breakout Sessions</li>
<li>Demonstrations</li>
<li>Product Walkthroughs</li>
<li>Networking Opportunities and much more…</li>
</ul>
<p>At the end of the week long residential course, attendees will have:</p>
<ul>
<li>Acquisition of knowledge on Internet in the Indian society.</li>
<li>Appreciation of the role of community and other stakeholders in issues surrounding the Internet.</li>
<li>Creation of a starting point for improved communication of research findings, innovations, information and new technologies in Internet to evolve a community comprising academicians and policy makers.</li>
<li>Appreciation of the need to bridge the gap between policy and implementation.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Agenda</h2>
<p><b>Saturday, June 8, 2013</b></p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Timings</th> <th>Topics for Discussion</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>09:30 11:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>INTRODUCTION </b><br />Dr. Ravina Aggarwal & Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:00 <br />11:30</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:30 <br />13:00</td>
<td><b>HISTORY AND GROWTH OF INTERNET IN INDIA</b> <br />Madan Mohan Rao<br />(This session will deal with the advent of the internet and its growth in India).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13:00 <br />14:00</td>
<td>Lunch Break</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 <br />15:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>DOMESTIC BODIES AND MECHANISMS</b><br /> Pranesh Prakash<br />(This session will give an overview of the roles, which different government bodies play in regulating the Internet).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:30 <br />16:00</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16:00 <br />17:30</td>
<td>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>EMERGING TRENDS IN INTERNET USAGE IN INDIA</b><br /> Nandini C and Vir Kamal Chopra<br />(This session will cover key trends and issues with regard to internet usage in India).</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20:00 22:00</td>
<td><b>Dinner</b></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><b>Sunday, June 9, 2013<br /></b></p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Timings<br /></th> <th>Topics for Discussion<br /></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>09:30 11:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>WIRED TECHNOLOGIES </b><br /> Dr. Nadeem Akhtar<br />(This session will deal with the various technologies involved in establishing a wired connection to the internet).<br /><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:00 <br />11:30</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:30 <br />13:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES</b><br /> Michael Ginguld<br />(This session will deal with the various technologies involved in establishing a wireless connection to the internet).<br /><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13:00 <br />14:00</td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 <br />15:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>BUILDING KNOWLEDGE BASES AND PLATFORMS VIA MASS COLLABORATION ON THE INTERNET </b><br />Vishnu Vardhan T<br />(This session will deal with the various online knowledge bases and platforms with special emphasis on Wikipedia).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:30 <br />16:00</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16:00 <br />17:30</td>
<td>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>AFFORDABLE DEVICES AND INTERNET ACCESS IN INDIA</b><br />Ravikiran Annaswamy<br />(This session will deal with affordable devices and their role in increasing internet access in India).</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20:00 22:00</td>
<td><b>Dinner<br /></b></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><b>Monday, June 10, 2013</b></p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Timings<br /></th> <th>Topics for Discussion<br /></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>09:30 11:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>HOW INTERNET WORKS? </b><br /> Dr. Nadeem Akhtar<br />(This session will deal with various technologies related to the backbone of the internet). <br /><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:00 <br />11:30</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:30 <br />13:00</td>
<td><b>ASSIGNMENT</b><br /> <br /><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13.00<br />14.00</p>
</td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 <br />18:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>OFFSITE / FIELD VISIT</b><br /><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20:00 <br />22:00</td>
<td><b>Dinner</b><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><b>Tuesday, June 11, 2013</b></p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Timings<br /></th> <th>Topics for Discussion<br /></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>09:30 11:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>UNIVERSAL ACCESS</b><br /> Archana Gulati<br />(This session will cover an overview of universal access and universal service).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:00 <br />11:30</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:30 <br />13:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>FREE AND OPEN INTERNET</b><br />Pranesh Prakash <br />(This session will cover fundamental rights to freedom of speech and expression, reasonable restrictions on freedom of speech in context of internet access in India).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13.00<br />14.00</p>
</td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 <br />15:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>OPENNESS </b><br />Pranesh Prakash and Sunil Abraham<br />(This session will cover issues related to openness and access to the internet).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:30 <br />16:00</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16:00 17:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>OPEN CONTENT </b><br />Professor Subbiah Arunahalam<br />(This session will discuss open access to content and its implications on internet access).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>17:30 18:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>QUICK TALK: COPYRIGHT LAW AND ACCESS</b><br />Pranesh Prakash<br />(This short session will deal with implications of copyright law on internet access).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20.00<br />22.00</td>
<td>Dinner</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Wednesday, June 12, 2013</b></p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Timings<br /></th> <th>Topics for Discussion<br /></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>09:30 11:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET IN INDIA</b><br />Elonnai Hickok and Sunil Abraham <br />(This session will discuss online privacy, data protection, use of encryption, value of anonymity online, UID, etc).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:00 <br />11:30</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:30 <br />13:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>E-ACCESSIBILITY BASICS </b><br />Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan<br />(This session will deal with key requirements for making internet accessible for persons with disabilities).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13.00<br />14.00</p>
</td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 <br />15:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>INTERNATIONAL BODIES AND MECHANISM </b><br />Tulika Pandey and Gaurab Raj Upadhyay<br />(This session will deal with various international bodies and multi-stakeholder processes involved in formulation of internet related policies).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15:30<br />16:00</p>
</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>16:00<br />17:00</p>
</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>E-GOVERNANCE </b><br />Sunil Abraham<br />(This session will deal with e-Governance strategies and relevant initiatives).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20.00<br />22.00<br /></td>
<td><b>Dinner</b><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><b>Thursday, June 13, 2013</b></p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Timings<br /></th> <th>Topics for Discussion<br /></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>09:30 11:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET</b> <br />Dr. Nishant Shah<br />(Inception of internet and the main events which led to the growth of the internet).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:00 <br />11:30</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:30 <br />13:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>STRATEGIES FOR POLICY INTERVENTION </b><br /> Chakshu Roy<br />(This session will look at various ways in which policy intervention can be made and the various factors necessary to successfully engage in policy forums).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13.00<br />14.00</p>
</td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 <br />15:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>PROFILE OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS </b><br />Satyen Gupta<br />(This session will discuss profiles of various ISPs and their share in the market).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:30 <br />16:00</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16:00 17:30<br /></td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>COMPETITION IN THE MARKET </b><br />Helani Galpaya<br />(This session will discuss structure and competition in the broadband market, wireless market, etc).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20.00<br />22.00<br /></td>
<td><b>Dinner</b><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><b>Friday, June 14, 2013</b></p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Timings<br /></th> <th>Topics for Discussion<br /></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>09:30 11:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>LEVERAGING INTERNET FOR ACTIVISM </b><br />Ananth Guruswamy<br />(This session will look at various initiatives which have used the internet to build successful movements and campaigns).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:00 <br />11:30</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11:30 <br />13:00</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>“INTERNET ACCESS” ACTIVISM </b><br />Parminder Jeet Singh<br />(This session will discuss how people can contribute to initiatives for improving internet access).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13.00<br />14.00</p>
</td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 <br />15:30</td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>ENSURING ACCESS TO THE INTERNET </b><br />A K Bharghava<br />(This session will discuss strategies to enhance access to the internet in India with special focus on National Optical Fibre Network).<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:30 <br />16:00</td>
<td>Tea / Coffee Break<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16:00 <br />17:30<br /></td>
<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Winding Up</b><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<h3>Speakers</h3>
<ol>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>A.K Bhargava</b><br />A. K. Bhargava is a Telecom Engineer with more than 35 yrs of experience in various fields of Telecommunication, Installation, Operation, Maintenance, Software and Management. Prior to joining BBNL as Director (Operations), he was working as Executive Director (Wireless Services) with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) Delhi.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Ananth Guruswamy</b><br />Ananth Guruswamy is the director of Amnesty International India. Previouly, he was the Programme Director at Green Peace. Ananth joined Greenpeace India in 2001 at its very beginning and played a key role in moulding Greenpeace India into one of the leading stakeholders in the NGO sector in India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Archana Gulati</b><br />An Indian Civil Service Officer, she has worked as a Universal Service Policy Expert with respect to Access to ICTs for Persons with Disabilities for the International Telecommunications Union. She also successfully pioneered the e-government system in her previous posting as Joint Controller Communication Accounts, Department of Telecommunications (DoT). At present she is posted as the Financial Advisor with the National Disaster Management Authority of India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Chakshu Roy</b><br />Chakshu Roy heads technology initiatives at PRS Legislative Research (PRS), New Delhi. PRS is a unique initiative that provides non-partisan analysis to all Members of Parliament in India. Chakshu is developing a comprehensive technology strategy to engage large sections of the population in the policy process. He has conceptualised and developed India’s only online database of all state laws. Chakshu has conducted capacity-building workshops for over 1000 journalists on tracking the work of legislators.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Elonnai Hickok</b><br />Elonnai Hickok works as a Programme Manager at the Centre for Internet and Society. Her main areas of work are Privacy and Data Security.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Gaurab Raj Upadhaya</b><br />Gaurab has a long record of volunteerism and commitment to the Asia Pacific Internet Community. Gaurab is one of the 14 global Trusted Community Representatives who cryptographically sign the root of the domain name system in ICANN Root DNSSEC Key ceremonies. In 2001, he was the founder of the Nepal Internet Exchange (NPIX), the first IX in the South-Asian region.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Helani Galpaya</b><br />Helani Galpaya is the Chief Executive Officer at LIRNEasia. She holds a Masters in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Mount Holyoke College, USA.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr. Madan Mohan Rao</b><br />Dr. Madan Mohan Rao is the research director at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre. He is the editor of a three book series: “The Asia Pacific Internet Handbook”, “The Knowledge Management Chronicles” and “AfroDotEdu”.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Michael Ginguld</b><br />Michael Ginguld is the Chief Executive Officer at AirJaldi. He has more than 15 years of experience working with ICT, community and rural development projects in India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, and Israel.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr. Nadeem Akhtar</b><br />Dr. Nadeem Akhtar is currently working as Principal Research Engineer at the Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT). He leads the network layer research team at CEWiT and also represents CEWiT at 3GPP Radio Access Networks Working Group meetings. His research interests lie in the field of mobile and broadband wireless access technologies. Dr. Akhtar is a member of IEEE Standards Association and ITU-APT Foundation of India.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Nandini. C</b><br />Nandini. C is a Research Associate with IT for Change (<a href="http://www.itforchange.net/">www.itforchange.net</a>), and is part of a team that is engaged in research studies in the area of gender and ICTs, democratic governance and ICTs, and the political economy of the information society. She holds a Masters in Urban and Rural Community Development from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan</b><br />Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan is a Policy Director at Centre for Internet and Society and works on policy research and advocacy related to IP reform and technology access for persons with disabilities.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr. Nishant Shah</b><br />Dr. Nishant Shah is the Director-Research at CIS. He is a recipient of the <a href="http://www.asianscholarship.org/asf/">Asia Scholarship Foundation's</a> fellowship for comparative research at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/about/people/intern/www.shu.edu.cn/en/indexEn.htm">Shanghai University</a>, Shanghai, China. Nishant is a regular columnist with the Sunday Eye, the national edition of Indian Express, Delhi, GQ India and DML Central. He has authored/co-authored many peer-reviewed articles in several journals<b>.</b></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Parminder Jeet Singh</b><br />Parminder Jeet Singh is Executive Director of IT for Change. He was recently appointed as a member of Task Force set up by the Indian government on implementation of proactive disclosures provisions of the Right to Information Act. He was also associated with Department of IT's Sub-group on e-governance for the 12<sup>th</sup> Five Year Plan. He recently authored a report on 'Community Knowledge Centers' for the Karnataka Knowledge Commission.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Pranesh Prakash</b><br />Pranesh Prakash is a Policy Director at CIS and works on policy research and advocacy around intersections of technology and law focusing on access to knowledge (primarily copyright reforms), promoting 'openness' (including open government data, open standards, open access, and free/libre/open source software), freedom of expression, privacy, and internet governance.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Ravikiran Annaswamy</b><br />Ravikiran Annaswamy is an entrepreneur learning to create the next big business. He is very excited about the opportunities at the cusp of social media, mobile Internet and Big Data. Currently, He is nurturing a unique concept called Teritree, which brings social shopping into mainstream business.He has vast experience of making successful telecom solutions for global markets, mainly in the area of Online Billing and Charging, OSS, Innovative 3G/4G applications, Media and Security Solutions.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr. Ravina Aggarwal</b><br />Dr. Ravina Aggarwal works on media issues in India from the Ford Foundation's New Delhi office. Her grant making advances issues of democratic expression and media access among marginalized communities. She holds the position of Programme Officer in Ford Foundation, India</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Satyen Gupta</b><br />Satyen Gupta is a veteran in the field of telecommunications, drawing from his vast experience in telecom regulation as well as industry. Among other accomplishments, he was a member of the NGN Regulation review group of ITU and also worked as advisor with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India at the level of Additional Secretary and is heading the Converged Network Division dealing with regulatory, technical and economic aspects of Data Networks and Services.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam</b><br />Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam is a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Internet and Society. Improving information access both for scientists and for the rural poor; scientometrics, ICT-enabled development and open access are among his current research interests.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Sunil Abraham</b><br />Sunil Abraham is the Executive Director of the Centre for Internet and Society. He is also a social entrepreneur and Free Software advocate.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Tulika Pandey</b><br />Tulika Pandey is an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer. She has been with the Government of India since 1992 and is currently Director with the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India. She is involved in implementation strategy and action plan formulations for wider reach of ICT facilitated benefits; Integration of appropriate technology interfaces between human and cyber world; Steering of Research and Development projects for development of contextual ICT technology, tool, applications and content.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Vir Kamal Chopra</b><br />Vir Kamal Chopra is currently the Sr. General Manager (QA) with BSNL at New Delhi. He started his career in teaching. He has played a vital role in providing telecommunication facilities and shaping BSNL and is also responsible for finalization of high value products which are purchased at the central level of BSNL. He is credited with introducing e-tendering for the first time at BSNL.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Vishnu Vardhan</b><br />Vishnu Vardhan is the Programme Director of the CIS-A2K Team which works with Wikipedians and also conducts workshops and meetups in order to build Wikipedia community for Indic languages. </li>
</ol>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society'>http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/knowledge-repository-on-internet-access/institute-on-internet-and-society</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaInternet StudiesEvent2013-11-20T05:52:02ZEventA Privacy Round Table in Chennai
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-chennai
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society, Data Security Council of India and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry cordially invite you to a "Privacy Round Table" at the Residency Towers in Chennai on Saturday, May 18, 2013, 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.</b>
<hr />
<ul>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_privacy.pdf">Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-protection-bill-2013.pdf" class="external-link">The Privacy Protection Bill, 2013</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/strengthening-privacy-protection.pdf" class="internal-link">Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-Regulation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-round-table-chennai-invite.pdf" class="internal-link">Click for the invite</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">To discuss the "Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy" by the Justice AP Shah Committee, the text of the "Citizens' Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013", drafted by the Centre for Internet and Society, and "Strengthening Privacy Protection through Co-regulation" by DSCI.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The discussions and recommendations from the meeting will be published into a compilation, and presented at the Internet Governance meeting planned for October 2013.</p>
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<td>Overview, explanation, and discussion: The Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy</td>
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<td>Overview, explanation, and discussion: The Citizens Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013</td>
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<h3>Confirmations and RSVP</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Please send your email confirmations for attending the Chennai Privacy Roundtable on <b>May 18th, 2013</b>, to <b>Snehashish Ghosh</b> at <a class="mail-link" href="mailto:snehashish@cis-india.org">snehashish@cis-india.org</a>, mobile no. +91- 9902763325,latest by end-of-business 5:30 p.m. on Monday<b> May 13, 2013</b>. As the conference is a roundtable dialogue, we request that attendees submit a brief introduction about themselves and their interest in the topic.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-chennai'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/privacy-round-table-chennai</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEventInternet GovernancePrivacy2013-05-06T10:01:45ZEventCelebrating 5 Years of CIS
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<b>The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments. The exhibition will be held at its offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, 2013.</b>
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<h3 align="JUSTIFY">May<i> </i>20<i>, </i>2013</h3>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><b>Why did I buy a set-top box?: What we know, don't know and need to know about Digitalisation </b><b>— A Talk by Vibodh Parthasarathi<br /></b></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Why are we being asked to install set-top boxes? How will this change what we want, and pay for, on TV? Grappling with these questions, the talk will evaluate the rationale of the digital migration in cable currently underway, and the less talked about digital migration being planned for the public broadcaster. These scarcely debated and often contentious issues form the core of a recent <a href="http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/mapping-digital-media-india">Country Report on the Media in India</a>, anchored by the speaker. The India Country Report, the first inter-sectoral and policy oriented study of our electronic media landscape, finds the ongoing digitalisation of cable, the infusion of digital tools in the press and the proposed digital switchover of the public broadcaster, posing varied challenges not only to journalism but to public interest at large. This report is part of a global initiative, <a href="http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/projects/mapping-digital-media" target="_blank">Mapping Digital Media</a>, examining opportunities and risks amidst the transitions to a digital media ecology across 50 countries.</p>
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N8gCYiYS9VY" width="250"></iframe>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Film Screening on Cyber Cafes of Rural India by Video Volunteers</b><br />Video Volunteers in partnership with CIS have been documenting the cyber cafes of rural India. Kamini Menon and Christy Raj will do the screening of seven 2-minute films:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Cyber Cafe Trends Slowly Changing in Imphal</b> by Achungmei Kamei (Manipur)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Transgender Interaction with Cyber Cafes </b> by Christy Raj (Karnataka)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Cyber Cafes Prevail Over Mobile Phones in Nagaland</b> by Meribeni Kikon (Nagaland)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Mobile Technology Threatens Cyber Cafes in HP</b> by Avdhesh Negi (Himachal Pradesh)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>Cyber Cafe Visit - A Day's Journey</b> by Saroj Paraste (Madhya Pradesh)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>The Challenges of Establishing Cyber Cafes</b> by Rohini Pawar (Maharashtra)</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; "><b>The Community Service Centre - Myth or Reality?</b> by Neeru Rathod (Gujarat)<br /><br /><b>Video</b><br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2OxWtwIWNdc" width="250"></iframe> </li>
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<td><b>Hindustani Classical Performance by Aditya Dipankar <br /></b><br /></td>
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<li>Bernadette Längle</li>
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<li> (<a href="mailto:bernadette@cis-india.org">bernadette@cis-india.org</a>), Ph: +91 80 4092 6283</li>
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<li>Prasad Krishna (<a href="mailto:prasad@cis-india.org">prasad@cis-india.org</a>).</li>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><b>Screening of Sabaka <br /></b><b> </b>A young elephant trainer in India vows revenge against the cult that killed his family. He seeks help from the local Maharajah who refuses, and he sets out alone to battle the enemy... <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaka">Sabaka</a> is a 1954 film produced and directed by Frank Ferrin starring Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, June Foray, et.al.</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><b>Slouching towards Tlön: An Encyclopedia for the 2nd century of Indian cinema — A Talk by Lawrence Liang </b><br />Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen’s Encyclopedia of Indian cinema (1994) marked an important moment for the study of Indian film history. In the two decades since its publication we have seen a rise in the academic community working on Indian film history along with the rise of various new archival initiatives online. Materials that were hitherto unavailable have also made their way into the public domain via the efforts of film historians, cinephiles and other enthusiasts. It is perhaps fitting to think about what a collaborative encyclopedia of Indian cinema for the 21st century may look like. Using Rajadhayksha and Willemen’s Encyclopedia as a base, Lawrence has been working on an online version that incorporates moving images, photographs and archival materials and his presentation will open up questions of how one thinks of an online encyclopedia as well as larger conceptual questions of the relationship between the encyclopedias, the internet and moving image archives.</p>
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<td><b>Dinner</b></td>
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<p><b>RSVP</b>:</p>
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<li>Bernadette Längle (<a href="mailto:bernadette@cis-india.org">bernadette@cis-india.org</a>), Ph: +91 80 4092 6283, </li>
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<li>Prasad Krishna (<a href="mailto:prasad@cis-india.org">prasad@cis-india.org</a>).</li>
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<h3>May 22, 2013</h3>
<p>Cybersecurity, Privacy and Surveillance</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY">“<b>The Indian Surveillance State”</b><b>—</b><b> </b><b>A Talk by Maria Xynou </b><br />The Central Monitoring System confirms that, starting from last month ‘Big Brother’ is a reality in India. But how do authorities get the tech to spy on us? Maria has started investigating surveillance technology companies operating in India. So far, 76 companies have been detected which are producing and selling different types of surveillance gear to Indian law enforcement agencies. Join us to see India´s first investigation of who is aiding our watchers!</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><b>Why Privacy and How?</b> <b>A Talk </b><b>by Bernadette Langle </b><br />"But I have nothing to hide!" That's what most people think. Are you sure? What about all the services you use for free, don't you think the service provider has to spend money on that, and that he needs to earn it somehow? Bernadette will show some alternatives and also how easy it can be, to put your messages in a virtual private envelope as you use to do with messages on paper.</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><b>Cyber Security Preview </b><b>—</b><b> </b><b>Presentation</b><b> by Laird Brown</b> and<b> Purba Sarkar </b><br />CIS in cooperation with Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, is developing a film project on cyber security in India from a civil society perspective. Laird will show the preview of the project. The preview will include an overview of the project along with a video footage from the first series of interviews.</p>
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3q6UBK6lLRI" width="250"></iframe>
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<li>Bernadette Längle (<a href="mailto:bernadette@cis-india.org">bernadette@cis-india.org</a>), Ph: +91 80 4092 6283, </li>
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<li>Prasad Krishna (<a href="mailto:prasad@cis-india.org">prasad@cis-india.org</a>).</li>
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<h3>May 23, 2013</h3>
<p>Kannada Language and IT</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><b>Kannada in Modern Era: A Guest Talk</b><b> by Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara </b><br />Dr. Chandrashekhara will be the chief guest for this session and will give a guest lecture.</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><b>From Palm Leaf to Tablet – Journey of Kannada: A Talk by Dr. U.B. Pavanaja </b><br />Kannada language which has a history of 2000 years and quite rich in literature started on palm leaves. Kannada advanced with modern times adopting the marvels of Information Technology. This is accomplished by successfully implementing Kannada in various facets of IT. It is being used everywhere from data driven applications to websites to hand held devices like tablets. These aspects will be brought out during the talk.</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY">ತಾಳೆಗರಿಯಿಂದ ಟ್ಯಾಬ್ಲೆಟ್ ತನಕ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಪಯಣ<br />ಸುಮಾರು ಎರಡು ಸಾವಿರ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಭವ್ಯ ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಉಗಮ ತಾಳೆಗರಿಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಆಯಿತು. ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯು ಆಧುನಿಕ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಕೊಡುಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನದಾಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಬೆಳೆಯಿತು. ಮಾಹಿತಿ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಅಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಅಳವಡಿಸಿ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದರ ಮೂಲಕ ಇದು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಯಿತು. ಆನ್ವಯಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶವಿರಲಿ, ಪ್ರತಿಸ್ಪಂದನಾತ್ಮಕ ಜಾಲತಾಣವಿರಲಿ, ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವ ಟ್ಯಾಬ್ಲೆಟ್ ಇರಲಿ –ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಡೆ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಬಳಕೆ ಆಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಈ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಕಡೆ ಒಂದು ಪಕ್ಷಿನೋಟವನ್ನು ಈ ಭಾಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು.</p>
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<td><b>Carnatic Music Performance by Nirmita Narasimhan<br /></b><br /><b>Video<br /><br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-P4v5u_Q34M" width="250"></iframe> </b></td>
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<li>Bernadette Längle (<a href="mailto:bernadette@cis-india.org">bernadette@cis-india.org</a>), Ph: +91 80 4092 6283 </li>
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<li>Prasad Krishna (<a href="mailto:prasad@cis-india.org">prasad@cis-india.org</a>).</li>
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<h3>About the Speakers</h3>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/VPforblurb.jpg" alt="Vibodh" class="image-inline" title="Vibodh" /><br />Vibodh Parthasarathi</p>
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<p><b>Vibodh Parthasarathi </b>works with the Centre for Culture and Media Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He is also a Board Member at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. He maintains a multidisciplinary interest in media and development policy, business history of creative industries, and governance of media infrastructure. At the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, his ongoing research addresses media policy literacy, the TV news industry and the digital switchover in India. He is the co-editor of the critically acclaimed tri-series on Communication Process (Sage).</p>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_maria.jpg" alt="Maria" class="image-inline" title="Maria" /><br />Maria Xynou</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Maria Xynou</b> is a Policy Associate on the Privacy Project at the CIS. She has previously interned with Privacy International and with the Parliament of Greece. Maria holds a Master of Science in Security Studies from the University College London (UCL). <br /></td>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Bernadette Längle </b>recently graduated in social and cultural anthropology, philosophy and computer science. She is also a so-called hacktivist together with one of the oldest hacker associations of the world, the Chaos Computer Club, having a lot of influence in German politics. As one of the core-team organizer of Chaos Communication Congress in Germany she also has a lot of experience in organizing events.</td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy3_of_Laird.png" alt="Laird Brown" class="image-inline" title="Laird Brown" /><br />Laird Brown</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Laird Brown</b> is a strategic planner and writer. His core competencies are brand analysis, public relations, and resource management. Laird has worked at the United Nations in New York; high-tech ventures in North America, Europe, and India; and, is a guest speaker at ICT conferences internationally. He is currently working on a film project for CIS on cyber security in India with Purba Sarkar.</td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/purba.jpg" alt="Purba" class="image-inline" title="Purba" /><br />Purba Sarkar</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Purba Sarkar</b> is an associate producer with the cyber security film project. She holds a Bachelor in Technology degree from West Bengal University of Technology. Purba worked as a strategic advisor in the field of SAP Retail for 4 years before joining CIS in January, 2013.</td>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara</b> is a prominent poet, playwriter, folklorist, film director in Kannada language. He is also the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. He is known for his effective usage of North Karnataka dialect of Kannada language in his plays and poems and is often compared with D.R. Bendre. He has been conferred with many prestigious awards including the Jnanpith Award (the highest literary honour conferred in India) in 2011 for the year 2010, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padma Shri by Government of India, Kabir Samman, Kalidas Samman and Pampa Award. After his retirement, Kambara was nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council, to which he made significant contributions through his interventions. <br /></td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy2_of_Pavanaja.png" alt="Pavanaja" class="image-inline" title="Pavanaja" /><br />Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Dr U B Pavanaja</b> holds a Master’s degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai University. He was a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, for about 15 years. He has done advanced research in Taiwan. He resigned from BARC in 1997 and dedicated himself fully for the cause of Computer and Indian languages. He has to his credit many firsts, viz., first Kannada website, first Kannada online magazine, first Indian language (Kannada) website to receive Golden Web Award, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for Palm OS, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for WinCE device (HP Jornado 720), first Indian language version (Kannada) of universally popular Logo (programming language for children) software, etc. His Kannada logo won the Manthan Award for the year 2006. He was a member of the technical advisory committee setup by the Govt. of Karnataka for Standardization of Kannada on Computers (2000). He is also a member of the Kannada Software Committee of Govt. of Karnataka (2008-current). <br /></td>
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<h3>The Artists</h3>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Kiran.png" alt="Kiran Subbaiah" class="image-inline" title="Kiran Subbaiah" /><br />Kiran Subbaiah</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Kiran Subbaiah</b> studied sculpture at Santiniketan, MSU Baroda and the RCA London. He was an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie Amsterdam where he worked on art that incorporated informatics and electro-mechanics. He is also known for making videos using custom-built tools that enable him to perform multi-person film-making tasks single-handed. His art is shown extensively in India and abroad. Subbaiah is based in Bangalore and is represented by the Chatterjee and Lal gallery in Mumbai. Kiran will present the Spectator, a robot that can sense the presence of human beings around it. It tries to appreciate them as works of art.</td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Tara.png" alt="Tara Kelton" class="image-inline" title="Tara Kelton" /><br />Tara Kelton</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Tara Kelton</b> is an artist and designer. She has been living in Brooklyn, USA and Bangalore, India for the last three years. She received her MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2009. Kelton’s video, print, and web-based works investigate moments in which technology alters our perception of the physical world. Kelton has taught at the Srishti School of Art, Design, and Technology and has recently exhibited her work at Vox Populi (USA), Franklin Street Works (USA), GALLERYSKE (Bangalore) and the India Design Forum (Mumbai). Tara will present <i>Trace</i>, a surveillance camera feed drawn in real-time by anonymous online workers.</td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Navin.png" alt="Navin Thomas" class="image-inline" title="Navin Thomas" /><br />Navin Thomas</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Navin Thomas</b> is a multimedia artist and a professional scrap market junkie, he spends a good quality of his precious time looking for obscure cultural misfits... after destroying most of himself in the 90's, he now spends his time restoring your mother's brother’s tin space toys and other unusual situations.</td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Abhishek.png" alt="Abhishek Hazra" class="image-inline" title="Abhishek Hazra" />Abhishek Hazra</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Abhishek Hazra</b> approaches his art with a particular emphasis on the study of the historiography of science. He uses videos and prints that often integrate textual fragments drawn from real and fictional scenarios. He has previously exhibited and performed at Science Gallery, Dublin, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art Contemporain, Experiment Marathon Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum and Kunstmuseum Bern. Abhishek was most recently an artist in residence at SymbioticA, the Centre for Excellence in Biological Arts, University of Western Australia, Perth. It was first performed as part of Beam Me Up, curated by Reinhard Storz and Gitanjali Dang, which was acknowledged by Pro Helvetia, New Delhi and German Book Office, New Delhi. Abhishek will be presenting #cloudrumble56 (attempted to re-animate sections of the Indian parliamentary archives — specifically, the transcripts of the scientist M.N. Saha's (1893-1956) interventions — through a performance that was transmitted only through live tweets on Twitter).</td>
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<p style="text-align: center; "><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/Aditya.png" alt="Aditya Dipankar" class="image-inline" title="Aditya Dipankar" />Aditya Dipankar</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Aditya Dipankar </b>started fiddling with music at the age of 4 when he started learning the <i>tabla</i> and then went on to play it for a long time. Years later, he discovered his strong inclination towards singing. Now, under the noble guidance of Pandit Vijay Sardeshmukh (Senior disciple of Pandit Kumar Gandharva), he is trying to understand the simplicity and spontaneity in the rich tradition of Hindustani classical music.</td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Nirmita.png" alt="Nirmita Narasimhan" class="image-inline" title="Nirmita Narasimhan" />Nirmita Narasimhan</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; "><b>Nirmita Narasimhan</b> is a Policy Director at CIS and works on accessibility for persons with disabilities. She was awarded the national award for empowerment of persons with disabilities by the President of India and also received the NIVH Excellence Award. Nirmita Narasimhan is a disciple of Dr. Radha Venkatachalam and renowned maestro Prof. T.R. Subramanyam. She began learning music at the age of 5 and went on to complete her Ph.D. in this subject from the Delhi University. Nirmita has been performing since 1995 and received several accolades such as the Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholarship and prizes in several competitions. She received the Gold medal in MA for standing first in the University and also stood first in MPhil. She has released a CD on Ponnayya Pillai compositions and also sung in an album of <i>varnams</i>. Nirmita has performed in different places in India such as Delhi, Chennai, Tirupathi and Bangalore as well as in Singapore and has also given several thematic concerts such as <i>Eka Raga Sandhya</i> and <i>Pallavi</i> concerts. <br /></td>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/sharathcopy.jpg" alt="Sharath Chandra Ram" class="image-inline" title="Sharath Chandra Ram" /></p>
<p>Sharath Chandra Ram</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Sharath Chandra Ram (Sharathchandra Ramakrishnan) has interests in multimodal art, cognitive science, accessibility, digital humanities and network cultures. He is a faculty at the Centre for Experimental Media Arts at the Srishti School of Art Design and Technology. At the Centre for Internet and Society he helped set up and manage activities at the Metaculture Media Lab : an open hackerspace and alternative platform for research and exchange. His writings and musings at CIS maybe found here: <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/author/sharath">http://cis-india.org/author/sharath</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Artificial Intelligence specializing in interactive virtual environments. Previously as a Research Associate at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences he received a special mention award at the International Conference on Consciousness (2012) held at the National Institute of Advanced Studies for his work on ‘Cross modal Integration’. As an amateur radio broadcaster, he is a proponent of the free use of airwaves for relief work, education and transmission art. He has also been a development related radio journalist (PANOS @ Nepal, Voices UNDP@Bangalore), speaker at the International Ham Radio Convention (Port Blair, 2006) and as a film enthusiast has been a Press Reviewer for the Edinburgh International Film Festival.</p>
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<h2><span class="author-g-ecflmmhkz122zm34g8fj">Locations</span></h2>
<h3><span class="author-g-ecflmmhkz122zm34g8fj">Bangalore</span></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society<br />No. 194, Second 'C' Cross, Domlur,<br />2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560071,<br />Karnataka, India <br />Ph: +91 80 4092 6283 <br /> Fax: +91 80 2535 0955</p>
<h3>Delhi</h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society<br />G 15, Top floor<br />Behind Hauz Khas, G Block Market<br />Hauz Khas,<br />New Delhi 110016<br />Ph: + 91 011 40503285</p>
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<h2>Event Brochure</h2>
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<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cis-celebrates-5-years.pdf" class="internal-link">Event Flier</a></li>
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<h2>Event Posters/Banners and Videos</h2>
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<h3>Accessibility</h3>
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<li>National Resource Kit (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/national-resource-kit" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>NVDA E-Speak (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-espeak.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-espeak" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>International Collaborations (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/international-collaborations.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/international-collaborations" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Partners (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/partners.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/partners" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Publications (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/publications.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/publications" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Timeline (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/timeline.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/timeline" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Inclusive Planet (PDF, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/inclusive-planet" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>In the below video Anandhi Viswanathan gives a demo of the National Resource Kit project and Rameshwar Nagar gives a demo of the NVDA and ESpeak (Text-to-Speech) project during the exhibition.</i></p>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2Z1xfwvkFoQ" width="250"></iframe></p>
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<h3>Access to Knowledge</h3>
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<li>Broadcast Treaty (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/broadcast-treaty.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/broadcast-treaty" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Copyright (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/copyright-poster.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/copyright" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Software Patent 1 (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/software-patent-1.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/software-patent-1" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Software Patent 2 (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/software-patent-2.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/software-patent-2" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Pervasive Technologies (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/pervasive-technologies-exhibition-poster.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/pervasive-technologies-poster.pdf" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<h3>Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia)</h3>
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<li>Factsheet (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/indian-language-factsheet.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/indian-language-wikipedia-factsheet" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Reaching Out (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/reaching-out.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/reaching-out-to-participants" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Outreach (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/outreach.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/outreach" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Bridging Gender Gap (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/bridging-gender-gap.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/bridging-the-gender-gap" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Press Coverage (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/press-coverage.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wikipedia-press-coverage" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Education Programmes (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/education-programmes.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/wiki-education-programs" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Team Achievements (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/achievements.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/access-to-knowledge-team-achievements" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Visualization (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/visualization.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog/indic-wikipedia-project-visualization" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<h3>Openness</h3>
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<li>Open Access to Scholarly Literature (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/open-access-to-scholarly-literature.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-access-2-scholarly-literature" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Open Access to Law (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/open-access-to-law-poster.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-access-2-law" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Open Standards (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/open-standards-poster.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/open-standards" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Free/Open Source Software (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/foss-poster.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<h3>Internet Governance (Free Speech)</h3>
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<li>Blocking of Websites (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/blocking-websites.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/blocking-websites" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Freedom of Speech (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/freedom-of-speech.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/free-speech" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Intermediary Liability (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/intermediary-liability-poster.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/intermediary" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Internet Governance Forum (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/internet-governance-forum.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/igf" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<h3>Internet Governance (Privacy)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Privacy Events (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-events.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/events" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Timeline (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/privacy-timeline.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/events" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>UID (1) (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uid" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uid" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/unique-identity" class="internal-link"></a>UID (2) (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uid-2.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/unique-identity" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>DNA (1) (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-1.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-1" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>DNA (2) (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-2.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/dna-2" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<h3>Telecom</h3>
<ol>
<li>Institutional Framework for Indian Telecommunication (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/institutional-framework-for-indian-telecommunication.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/institutional-framework" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Growth of Telecom Industry in India (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/growth-of-telecom-industry-in-india.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/growth-of-telecom" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Delicensed Spectrum (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/delicensed-spectrum.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/delicensed" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Spectrum Sharing (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/spectrum-sharing.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/telecom/blog/spectrum" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<h3>RAW Monographs</h3>
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<li>Archives and Access (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/archives-and-access.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/archives-access" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/internet-society-and-space.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/internet-society-space" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>The Last Cultural Mile (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/last-cultural-mile.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/last-cultural-mile" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Porn, Law, Video Technology (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/porn-law-video-technology.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/porn-law-video-technology" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Re:Wiring Bodies (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/rewiring-bodies.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/re-wiring-bodies" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Community Informatics and Open Government Data (Special Issue) (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/community-informatics-open-govt-data.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/digital-humanities/spl-issue-community-informatics-and-ogd" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
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<h3>News and Media</h3>
<ol>
<li>Media Coverage (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/media-coverage.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>, <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/MC.png/view" class="external-link">PNG</a>)</li>
<li>Organizational Chart (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/organizational-chart.pdf" class="internal-link">PDF</a>)</li>
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<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/celebrating-5-years-of-cis'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/celebrating-5-years-of-cis</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeDigital NativesTelecomAccessibilityInternet GovernanceOpennessResearchers at WorkEvent2014-02-25T09:15:58ZEventConsilience – 2013
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/consilience-2013-law-technology-committee-nls-bangalore
<b>The Law and Technology Committee of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organising ‘Consilience – 2013′, an annual conference on law and technology, to be held on May 25 and 26, 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is a co-partner for this event.</b>
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<p>Theme: Data Protection and Cyber Security in India. Click to read the <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/consilience-2013.pdf" class="internal-link">report here</a>.</p>
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<p><b>Topics:<br />Frameworks for Data Protection in India: The J. A.P. Shah “Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy”</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">a. What is the scope of the principles/framework?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">b. What could be the strengths and limitation of their application?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">c. How does Report define privacy for India?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">d. Would an alternative framework for privacy in India be better? If so, what would this framework look like?</p>
<p><b>India and the EU: The Privacy Debate</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">a. How does the Indian data protection regime differ from the EU regime?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">b. Was the EU is justified in not accepting India as a data secure country? Reason for or against.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">c. In what way does the Indian regime on data protection not meet the requirements of EU’s data protection directive?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">d. What changes need to be made in the Indian regime to become EU compliant? Are these changes feasible? Should India make these changes?</p>
<p><b>Governmental Schemes, Data Protection, and Security</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">a. In India, do private public partnerships between government and the private sector adequately incorporate data protection standards?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">b. What have been concerns related to data protection and security that have arisen from government schemes? (Please use two governmental schemes as case studies)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">c. Are these concerns related to the policy associated with the project – the architecture of the project as well as the implementation?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">d. Should the larger question of data protection for governmental schemes be incorporated into a privacy legislation? If yes, how so?</p>
<p><b>Contracts and Data Protection in India</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">a. How are contracts used to ensure data protection in India? What actors use contracts?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">b. Are there weaknesses in using contracts to ensure data protection standards?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">c. Do contracts address questions brought about from technology like the cloud?</p>
<p><b>Cyber security in India</b></p>
<p>a. What are the perceived challenges and threats to cyber security in India?</p>
<p>b. Are these currently being addressed through policy/projects? If yes, how so?</p>
<p>c. How does India’s cyber security regime compare to other countries?</p>
<p><b>Surveillance and Cyber Security</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">a. Does policy in India enable the Government of India to surveil individuals for reasons related to cyber security?</p>
<p>b. If so – through what policy, projects, legislation?</p>
<p>c. Do the relevant policies, projects, and legislation impact privacy? How so?</p>
<p><b>The Draft National Cyber Security Policy</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">a. What is the scope of the National Cyber Security Policy of India? Does the draft policy adequately address all of the concerns within the ambit of cyber security?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">b. Would the Draft National Cyber Security Policy of India be effective in meeting the goal of enhancing cyber security levels in India?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">c. How does the Draft National Cyber Security Policy compare to other countries cyber security policies?</p>
<p><b>Word Limit</b>:</p>
<p>Abstract: 750-800 words</p>
<p>Paper: 2,500 words</p>
<p><b>Deadlines:</b></p>
<p>Abstract Submission: April 30, 2013</p>
<p>Paper Submission: May 15, 2013</p>
<p><b>Contact Details</b>:</p>
<p>consilience2013[at]gmail[dot]com</p>
<p>Mohak Arora: +91-90359-21926</p>
<p>Shivam Singla: +91-99167-08701</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Each participant is required to submit an abstract on <b>any one</b> of the seven topics above and can choose the specific issue within the selected topic to discuss.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">For additional details, click<b> <a href="http://consilience.co.in/index.php/component/content/article/20-frontpage/310-call-for-papers">here</a>.</b></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/consilience-2013-law-technology-committee-nls-bangalore'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/consilience-2013-law-technology-committee-nls-bangalore</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaEventInternet GovernancePrivacy2013-11-20T06:15:15ZEventA Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Udupi
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-udupi-april-29-2013
<b>The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a Kannada wikipedia workshop at the MGM college in Udupi. Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi is sponsoring the event.The workshop will begin at 10.00 a.m. and end by 5.00 p.m. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja will give a talk on Kannada wikipedia.</b>
<p>The workshop will cover the following topics:</p>
<ol>
<li>What is Wikipedia?</li>
<li>Who edits Wikipedia?</li>
<li>How does Wikipedia work?</li>
<li>HOW TO EDIT?</li>
<li>What can I edit?</li>
<li>Why to contribute to Wikipedia</li>
<li>Kannada specific topics </li>
<li>Brief on Creative Commons</li>
<li>Hands-on</li>
</ol>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-udupi-april-29-2013'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-udupi-april-29-2013</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessEvent2013-04-26T06:29:15ZEventGirls in ICT Day
http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/events/girls-in-ict-day
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society and Mitra Jyothi is glad to invite you to celebrate Girls in ICT day on April 25, 2013 at the Mitra Jyothi auditorium in Bangalore. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja will give a talk on Social Media and Kannada Language for Women with Disabilities. The event will begin at 2 p.m. and end at 5 p.m.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Celebrated on the 4th Thursday of April every year, International Girls’ in ICT Day is an initiative backed by ITU Member States in ITU Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 (Guadalajara, 2010) to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies (ICTs).</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">About the Speaker</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/about/people/our-team" class="external-link">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</a> holds a Master’s degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai University. He has vast experience and has dedicated himself fully for the cause of Computer and Indian languages. He is one of the oldest editors of Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/girls-in-ict-event-invite.pdf" class="internal-link">Click to download the invite</a> (PDF, 118 Kb)</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/events/girls-in-ict-day'>http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/events/girls-in-ict-day</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccessibilityEvent2013-04-22T11:15:57ZEventGlobal Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD 2013)
http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/events/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2013
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society is pleased to invite you to participate in the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in Bangalore on May 9, 2013. The event begins at 4.00 p.m. and will end by 7.00 p.m.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="vevent"><span class="description">The purpose of the day is to get people talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) accessibility and users with different disabilities. The target audience of GAAD is the design, development, usability, and related communities who build, shape, fund and influence technology and its use. While people may be interested in the topic of making technology accessible and usable by persons with disabilities, the reality is that they often do not know how or where to start. Awareness comes first.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="vevent"><span class="description">This will be an opportunity for you to understand the importance of accessibility and how accessibility impacts several users and increase your customer base. This event will consist of presentations by Accessibility professionals in the industry, hands on demonstrations of how people with disabilities use technology and an opportunity to meet peers in the industry.</span></span><span class="vevent"><span class="description"> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Agenda</span></span></strong></p>
<table class="listing">
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<td>16.00<br />16.20</td>
<td><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Opening remarks by Nirmita Narasimhan, Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society<br /></span></span></td>
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<td>16.20<br />17.00</td>
<td><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Accessibility - What, Why and How? by Vivek Gaikwad, Lead Accessibility Expert, Informatica</span></span></td>
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<td>17.00<br />17.40</td>
<td><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Test for Accessibility by Lavanya Lakshman, Yahoo!</span></span></td>
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<td>17.40<br />18.00</td>
<td><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Demonstrations of assistive technologies</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>18.00<br />18.20</td>
<td><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Q & A with panelists</span></span></td>
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<tr>
<td>18.20<br />19.00</td>
<td><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Wrap up, networking and refreshments</span></span></td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p>There will be panel discussions with the following speakers:</p>
<ul>
<li>Vivek Gaikwad, Lead Accessibility Expert, Informatica</li>
<li><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Lavanya Lakshman, Yahoo!</span></span></li>
<li><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Rama Chari, Director, DEOC</span></span></li>
<li><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Anasuya Das, Mitra Jyothi</span></span></li>
<li><span class="vevent"><span class="description">Srividya Vaidyanathan - Multimedia</span></span></li></ul>
<p><strong>About the Speakers</strong></p>
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<th>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/image001.jpg" alt="null" class="image-inline" title="Vivek" /></p>
<p>Vivek Gaikwad</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: justify;">
<p>Vivek is an individual, passionate about accessibility, who digs out all the possible ways to make an application accessible to persons with disabilities. For past 7 years, he is consistently doing R&D on how to make applications, games, e-learning and mobile apps which are built in various technologies/platforms such as Flash, HTML, iOS and Android, PDF, etc., accessible.</p>
<p>His emphasis is on providing feasible accessibility solutions by understanding the scenario and the compliance required. <br /><br />His various roles so far in his career such as a developer, tester, trainer and consultant apprehends in finding the exact fit solution for any accessibility related issue. This also helps in understanding and filling the gap between management and the delivery team for accessibility projects.<br /><br />He doesn't work only for compliance of any product, but tries to make it 100 per cent accessible for all the users. Vivek also loves trekking and getting involved in creative things.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<p><img class="image-inline" src="resolveuid/596e45837e5e4ba6b909c4eb8f1e3065" alt="null" /></p>
<p>Srividya Vaidyanathan</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: justify;">Srividya has a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Warangal and is currently working as a Consultant for the Centre for Internet & Society. She more than 13 years of experience in the software industry with TCS, Oracle etc with her latest stint being a co-founder of PixelMat Software a company that makes development of pure native mobile apps easier. A very hands-on mom who loves to play ball with her son in her free time.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/Lava.png" title="Lavanya" height="197" width="131" alt="null" class="image-inline" /></p>
<p>Lavanya Lakshman</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: justify;">
<p>Lavanya has done BE in Electronics Engineering and MS in Networking from Symbiosis, Pune. She has close to 10 years of experience with over 5 and a half years with Yahoo alone. She is working as principal engineer on font end development and works mainly on platform products varying from user profile experience to application development network. She is currently working on Geo Platform for serving location based experience across Yahoo. She has submitted papers in various forums which includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>White paper titled “Strategic Choice of Test Automation Framework”. This was selected for plenary presentation at SteP-IN Summit 2009.</li></ul>
<ul>
<li>White paper titled “A New Era of Accessibility Testing”. This was selected for publication at the USID Conference 2009.</li></ul>
<ul>
<li>White paper titled “Accessibility: An Emerging field of Usability” for Step-IN Summit 2010.</li></ul>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/RamaChari.png" alt="null" class="image-inline" title="Rama Chari" /></p>
<p>Rama Chari</p>
</th>
<td>
<p>Rama Chari has about two decades of work experience in the field of disability.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">She started her career as an Educator for children with disabilities in the rural community based project of Action for Ability Development & inclusion (AADI) (Formerly, Spastics Society of Northern India (SSNI), She prepared children with disabilities for integrating them into regular schools in the villages of Haryana. She then joined National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), a leading national level advocacy organisation. At NCPEDP, she headed the Legislation, Networking and Communication Units. As part of the core management team of NCPEDP, she played an important role in bringing about several policy changes vis-à-vis disability in the country. In November 2005, she took up a consultancy with Infosys BPO, for setting up their Equal Opportunity Programme. In July 2007, she along with four other professionals set up DEOC.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">She is serving as an Honorary Board Member of ARUNIM, a marketing initiative for promoting products and services made by disability groups and NGOs. She is also part of the NCPEDP’s National Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disability, which focuses on advocacy for appropriate policies in the country. She is also a Core Group Member of the Disability Forum of Confederation of Indian Industry – Karnataka Chapter. She has travelled widely and has made several presentations on the subject, in national and international conferences / seminars.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/Anu.png/@@images/c9fb9355-0355-4f04-9313-d8772769352b.png" alt="null" class="image-inline" title="Anusuya" /><span id="__caret"> </span></p>
<p>Anusuya Das</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: justify;">
<p>Anusuya graduated in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University in 2004, and worked as a Software Engineer for 2½ years. Later, she changed her field and completed Masters Degree in Social Work from Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work, Mumbai University. During the 2 years, she gained valuable experience and insight while working for various causes such as Child labour, Disaster Management and Disability.</p>
<p>Since 2010, she is working as Chief Coordinator at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore. It is an NGO working towards the education, training and empowerment of the visually impaired. She is mainly handling the DAISY production unit, Braille Transcription Centre and Digital Talking Book Library at Mitra Jyothi, and is a certified trainer in DAISY content creation.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<ul></ul>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/events/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2013'>http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/events/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccessibilityEvent2013-05-09T04:27:04ZEventOr-bits.com — A Talk by Marialaura Ghidini
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/a-talk-by-marialaura-ghidni
<b>On Friday, April 19, 2013, at the Centre for Internet and Society, Marialaura Ghidini will give a talk about the creation and activities of or-bits.com, a web-based curatorial platform that she founded in 2009.
</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Or-bits.com is devoted to supporting and developing practices, critical dialogues and audience engagement around artistic production, display and distribution online. Through presenting online group exhibitions and critical writing on its blog, the development of offsite gallery projects, print publishing and workshops, or-bits.com aims to instigate an exploration of the phenomena related to the spread and simplification of web-based technology across disciplines. It aims to propagate a model of artistic work that uses and reflects on the web as a language and a medium of production, display and distribution of contemporary art, both online and offline.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Marialaura's talk will then open up to present some issues related to curatorial/artistic work online and its relationship with offline activities of production, display and distribution in order to trigger further discussion in the form of a Q&A session.</p>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/CISImageTalk.png" alt="Orbit.com" class="image-inline" title="Orbit.com" /></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Marialaura Ghidni</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Marialaura Ghidini is a curator, writer and researcher based in the UK. She is founder director of <a class="external-link" href="http://www.or-bits.com/">or-bits.com</a> and an AHRC-funded PhD researcher with <a href="http://www.crumbweb.org/">CRUMB</a> at the University of Sunderland, where she explores the field of online curation with a specific interest in the theory and practice of artists and curators operating through web-based platforms and in-between online and offline dimensions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">She has been in India since January as an International Research Fellow at SARAI/CSDS in Delhi and now as a curatorial resident with T.A.J. Residency & SKE Projects in Bangalore.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Also see <a class="external-link" href="http://marialaura-ghidini.hotglue.me">http://marialaura-ghidini.hotglue.me</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/a-talk-by-marialaura-ghidni'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/events/a-talk-by-marialaura-ghidni</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEventInternet Governance2013-04-16T14:34:36ZEvent