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- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIM, Bangalore — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 21, 2016 09:13 AM
- This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIM, Bangalore.
- Sectoral Innovation Councils on Intellectual Property Rights – RTI Requests + DIPP Responses — by Nehaa Chaudhari and Saahil Dama — last modified May 21, 2016 04:34 AM
- CIS filed an RTI application on August 11, 2015, seeking information regarding the functioning of the Sectoral Innovation Council (SInC) on Intellectual Property Rights. This post documents the responses received.
- Call for Essays: Studying Internet in India — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jul 04, 2016 12:48 PM
- As Internet makes itself comfortable amidst everyday lives in India, it becomes everywhere and everyware, it comes in 40 MBPS Unlimited and in chhota recharges – though no longer in zero flavour – the Researchers at Work (RAW) programme at the Centre for Internet and Society invites abstracts for essays that explore how do we study internet in India today.
- Women's Safety? There is an App for That — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Jan 10, 2017 02:48 AM
- “After locking ourselves in a room for more than 6 days, this is what we came out [sic] with. Join us in helping make WOMEN feel SAFE,” read a gloating press release about a smartphone app for women to notify their near ones that they were in distress. It was one among many such PRs frequently landing in my mailbox after the rape and murder of a young student on board a private bus in Delhi in 2012.
- New Modes and Sites of Humanities Practice — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Jun 30, 2016 04:45 AM
- An extended survey of digital initiatives in arts and humanities practices in India was undertaken during the last year. Provocatively called 'mapping digital humanities in India', this enquiry began with the term 'digital humanities' itself, as a 'found' name for which one needs to excavate some meaning, context, and location in India at the present moment. Instead of importing this term to describe practices taking place in this country - especially when the term itself is relatively unstable and undefined even in the Anglo-American context - what I chose to do was to take a few steps back, and outline a few questions/conflicts that the digital practitioners in arts and humanities disciplines are grappling with. The final report of this study will be published serially. This is the sixth among seven sections.
- Train-a-Wikipedian and policy discussion meetup in Hyderabad — by Tito Dutta — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:06 AM
- The first on-ground Train-a-Wikipedian and policy discussion meetup was conducted in Hyderabad on 15 May 2016. 14 editors from 5 Indian Wikimedia communities participated in this event.
- Criminal defamation remains and so does the debate — by Japreet Grewal — last modified May 23, 2016 06:05 AM
- RBI Consultation Paper on P2P Lending: Summary — by Pavishka Mittal — last modified May 18, 2016 12:12 PM
- The Reserve Bank of India published a Consultation Paper on Peer-to-Peer Lending on April 28, 2016. The Paper proposes to bring the P2P lending platforms under the purview of RBI’s regulation by defining P2P platforms as NBFCs under section 45I(f)(iii) of the RBI Act. Once notified as NBFCs, RBI can issue regulations under sections 45JA and 45L. The last date for submission of comments to the Consultation Paper is May 31, 2016. In this post, Pavishka Mittal presents a summary of the Paper.
- Protecting the Territory, Killing the Map — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified May 17, 2016 10:37 AM
- The politics of making and using maps in India has taken a sudden and complex turn with the publication of the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016. Contrary to the expectations arising out of several government schemes that are promoting the development of the new digital economy in India – from start-ups to the ongoing expansion of connectivity network – the Bill seems to be undoing various economic and humanitarian efforts, and other opportunities involving maps. This article by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Adya Garg was published by The Wire on May 16, 2016.
- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIM, Ahmedabad — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 17, 2016 02:31 AM
- This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIM, Ahmedabad.
- International Copyright Law — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 15, 2016 03:32 PM
- Anubha Sinha will be attending the 2016 IViR Summer Course on International Copyright Law as a beneficiary of the OSF Civil Society Scholarship in Amsterdam from July 4 to 8, 2016. The event is being organized by the University of Amsterdam.
- The Nehru you don’t know — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 15, 2016 01:40 PM
- Even as India's first PM is scrubbed out from textbooks, his reputation is being savaged on the internet.
- Draft Law Would Prohibit Showing ‘Disputed Areas’ on Maps of India — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 15, 2016 01:05 PM
- Maps that label geographic areas of conflict as “disputed” territories in India could put one behind bars for seven years with 1B Indian Rupees (US$15M) penalty if a recently proposed bill becomes law.
- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from Delhi University — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 15, 2016 12:18 PM
- This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in Delhi University.
- Why The New Government Policy Mandating Panic Buttons On Phones Isn’t Going To Protect Women — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 15, 2016 09:45 AM
- Recently, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted about new rules mandating a panic button in every cell phone sold in the country from January 2017. To keep ladies safe, of course.
- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from NUJS — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 15, 2016 07:51 AM
- This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.
- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from NALSAR — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 15, 2016 07:43 AM
- This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in NALSAR.
- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT, Kharagpur — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 15, 2016 06:19 AM
- This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from JNU — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 15, 2016 03:43 AM
- This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
- Geospatial Info Regulation Bill will hurt start-ups, small firms — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 13, 2016 03:46 PM
- The Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016, whose draft outlaws the acquisition of geospatial information without the government’s permission, is expected to impact smaller companies rather more than the large ones.
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