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- National IPR Policy Series : Sectoral Innovation Councils on Intellectual Property Rights – RTI Requests + DIPP Responses — by Nehaa Chaudhari and Saahil Dama — last modified May 03, 2016 05:32 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 posts documents the responses received.
- Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:09 PM
- Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, the largest available encyclopedia made in the human history, is what it is today because of the hundreds and thousands of volunteer editors.
- Tulu Wiki may go live soon as writers work day and night — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 03, 2016 02:17 AM
- An article about Tulu Wikipedia progress was published in the Times of India, Mangaluru edition on April 30, 2016.
- CCI allowed to probe Ericsson: FAQs on Ericsson’s disputes with Micromax and Intex — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 01, 2016 01:46 PM
- The blog post is an analysis of the recent decision of the Delhi High Court, clarifying that the Competition Commission of India could investigate Ericsson for a violation of competition law. A shorter version of this blog post was published in the Quint on April 30, 2016.
- Introduction to Python Programming — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 30, 2016 04:44 AM
- Annapoornima K. the founder of Pyladies Bangalore chapter will be teaching Python programming at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore. The event starts at 10.00 a.m.
- Edit-a-thon organised to grow content on medicinal plants in Kannada Wikipedia — by Ananth Subray — last modified May 19, 2016 10:34 AM
- Two two-day long edit-a-thons were organised in St. Aloysius College and St. Agnes College, both in Mangalore, during March 10-11 and March 12-13 respectively. The edit-a-thons were aimed at creating and enhancing Wikipedia articles related to medicinal plants.
- Panel Discussion on UID/ Aadhar act 2016 and its impact on Social, Security — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 28, 2016 05:02 PM
- Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Students Christian Movement of India at SCM House in Bangalore on April 25, 2016. Mathew Thomas and Usha Ramanathan also gave talks.
- Exercise to Correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 01, 2016 10:37 AM
- It will go on till Saturday at the Ramakrishna pre-university college.
- Cyber Security of Smart Grids in India — by Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh — last modified Apr 28, 2016 03:34 PM
- An integral component of the ambitious flagship programme of the Indian Government- Digital India, which paves way for a digital data avalanche in the country, is a well-designed digital infrastructure ensuring high connectivity and integration of services, the potential areas being smart cities, smart homes, smart energy and smart grids, to list a few. Likewise, the 100 Smart Cities Mission envisions changing the face of urbanization in India, to manage the exponential growth of population in the cities by creating smart cities with ICT driven solutions, along with big data analytics. Smart grid technologies are key for both these schemes.
- Call for Proposal: Big Data for Development – Initial Field Studies — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 28, 2016 07:28 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society, as part of a project with the University of Manchester and University of Sheffield, is inviting calls from researchers to undertake a brief initial study of a specific instance of use of big data for development in India. This is an exercise to build preliminary understanding of the landscape of big data for development in India, identify key research questions and priorities, and start developing connections with researchers interested in the field. The studies will be 6 weeks long - running from May to June 2016 - and the researchers are expected to produce a 3,000 words long report. We will support three field studies.
- MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from Tezpur University — by Karan Tripathi — last modified Apr 26, 2016 04:27 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 Tezpur University. The author has analysed all the data received under various heads such as income, grants from MHRD, planned and non planned expenditure, nature and frequency of programmes organised and the allocation of funds for the same.
- Summary of CIS Comments to DIPP’s Discussion Paper on SEPs and their availability on FRAND terms — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Apr 26, 2016 12:07 PM
- This blog post summarises CIS’ responses to DIPP’s Discussion Paper on SEPs and their availability on FRAND terms. The response made specific recommendations regarding adequacy of Indian law to determine SEP litigation, remedies for FRAND assured SEPs, FRAND royalty rates, SSO’s policies, parties’ non-disclosure agreements and transparency, and essentiality of SEPs and their declassification.
- The Aadhaar Act is Not a Money Bill — by Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 25, 2016 10:51 AM
- While the authority of the Lok Sabha Speaker is final and binding, Jairam Ramesh’s writ petition may allow the Supreme Court to question an incorrect application of substantive principles. This article by Amber Sinha was published by The Wire on April 24, 2016.
- Buying into the Aakash Dream - A Tablet’s Tale of Mass Education — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 25, 2016 08:04 AM
- The low-cost Aakash tablet and its previous iterations in India have gone through several phases of technological changes and ideological experiments. Did the government prioritise familiarity and literacy about personal technological devices over the promise of quality mass education generated by low-cost devices? This article by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Jahnavi Phalkey (India Institute, King's College London) was published by EPW in the Web Exclusive section. Here is the unabridged version of the article.
- First Round-table on Innovation, IP and Competition — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 25, 2016 07:42 AM
- The First Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition was organized by the recently established Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property & Competition (CIIPC) at the National Law University, Delhi. Dr. Arul George Scaria and Prof. Yogesh Pai are the co-directors of this Centre. The event was held on April 1 and 2, 2016 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Nehaa Chaudhari and Anubha Sinha participated in the event.
- Typography Day 2016 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 24, 2016 03:16 PM
- Typography Day was organized for the 9th time at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.
- Odia gets more space in e-world — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 24, 2016 02:57 PM
- A survey conducted by the Odia Wikipedia community and the Centre for Internet and Society reveals that the online presence of Odia language is gradually increasing.
- Can the Matters Dealt with in the Aadhaar Act be the Objects of a Money Bill? — by Pooja Saxena — last modified Apr 24, 2016 02:15 PM
- In this infographic, we highlight the matters dealt with in the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, and consider if these can be objects of a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha.
- Can the Aadhaar Act 2016 be Classified as a Money Bill? — by Pooja Saxena — last modified Apr 25, 2016 01:48 PM
- In this infographic, we show if the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, can be classified as a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Amber Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
- Government keeps experts out of cyber security discussions — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 24, 2016 05:03 AM
- Anja Kovacs of the Internet Democracy project feels that India has given away too much, and that India's multi-stakeholder approach in the context of the role of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is not too clear.
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