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- ASSOCHAM National Council on IT / ITes — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 05, 2015 02:56 PM
- This meeting was held in New Delhi on January 30, 2015 at ASSOCHAM Corporate Office.
- Winners of the Opensource.com 2015 Community Awards — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 12, 2015 01:23 AM
- Every year, Opensource.com awards people from our community who have excelled in contributing and sharing stories about open source.
- Section 66A not for curbing freedom of speech, govt says — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 05, 2015 01:59 PM
- Section designed to fight cybercrime and protect the right to life, central government tells Supreme Court.
- WWW: The Hackers’ Haven — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 05, 2015 02:20 AM
- In an increasingly connected world, it pays to be careful when sharing personal information
- National IPR Policy Series : CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP Policy — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Feb 09, 2015 12:59 AM
- The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made this submission. The comments were prepared by Nehaa Chaudhari, Pranesh Prakash and Anubha Sinha. We also thank our intern, Varnika Chawla for her assistance.
- Telugu Wikimedia Hackathon 2014 — by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified Feb 10, 2015 05:17 PM
- Telugu Wikimedia (including their projects Telugu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikisource etc.) is one of the largest and most powerful Indian language Wikimedia projects, and it is growing and expanding everyday. In the last half of 2014, Telugu Wikimedia community members contacted CIS-A2K team with a request to organize a MediaWiki tutorial workshop for them. Following their request, on 28 December 2014, CIS-A2K team organized a MediaWiki hackathon event for Telugu Wikimedia community members to enhance their skills and understanding of technical matters related to MediaWiki usage. The theme of the workshop was “Mediawiki, its extensions and tools to work around” and it aimed at allowing Wikipedians to use MediaWiki tools more effectively.
- RTI Responses - MHRD IP Chairs: Details of Funding & Expenditure — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Feb 02, 2015 01:28 PM
- In an earlier blog post titled "MHRD IPR Chairs — Underutilization of Funds and Lack of Information Regarding Expenditures", we discussed the lack of information regarding the expenditure by various MHRD Chairs in the country. We sent out RTI requests to find out more. This blog post discusses the responses that we have received so far. (Many thanks to CIS intern Varnika Chawla for her assistance)
- Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Tamil — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:23 PM
- The training programme was conducted on January 27 and 28, 2015 at Karna Vidya Technology Centre, [KVTC] Guindy, Chennai. A total of 15 delegates attended the show.
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jan 31, 2015 04:51 AM
- This is an op-ed I authored for Odia newspaper the "Samaja" that got published on January 30, 2015. Through this post I intend to highlight the needs for taking the Odia language to international fora instead of keeping it confined within the books. I have covered the focus area of 3 free and open source projects: Odia Wikipedia, Odia Wikisource and Global Voices Odia in the column highlighting the need for more people to contribute.
- Response to RTI Applications from Different States on Accessibility — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Feb 08, 2015 08:30 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) had sent right to information (RTI) applications from various states seeking information on the allocation and expenditure in the budget for implementing various schemes for persons with disabilities. CIS received the first set of documents.
- Winter School on Privacy, Surveillance and Data Protection — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 07, 2015 12:37 AM
- The Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Communication and Information at the University of Hamburg and the Hans Bredow conducted a week-long winter school on 'Privacy, Surveillance and Data Protection at National Law University, Delhi, from January 19 to 23, 2015.
- Search Engine and Prenatal Sex Determination: Walking the Tight Rope of the Law — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Feb 12, 2015 06:05 AM
- In Sabu George v. Union of India, the Supreme Court is looking at the constitutionality of sex-selection ads appearing on search engines, either as search results or ads placed on the search pages. Balaji Subramanian and Geetha Hariharan analyse the relevant provision of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.
- India’s cyber-security budget 'woefully inadequate': Experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 09, 2015 01:20 AM
- India's cyber-security budget was more than doubled last year. Yet, it is "woefully inadequate" in the wake of revelations made by US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and increasing cyber-attacks on government infrastructure, according to experts.
- Report on Training in Basic Computing for using eSpeak Hindi with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 08, 2015 02:28 AM
- The training was held at the Conference Hall and Computer Lab, Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow from January 20 to 22, 2015.
- Training of Malayalam eSpeak with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:19 PM
- NVDA team conducted a two days training on January 24 and 25, 2015 in Tiruvananthapuram. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Veeramanikandan, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Kerala University and the eSpeak new version was launched by Suresh S, PSC member, who is an advocate for the blind in getting jobs in Kerala government.
- Citizen Media Summit 2015 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 08, 2015 02:57 PM
- The Citizen Media Summit 2015 was held in Cebu City, Philippines on January 24 and 25, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi was a speaker at the event.
- Musician donates Gwalior Gharana songs to free e-library — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 22, 2015 03:25 PM
- A few years ago, Mumbai-based musician Neela Bhagwat realized that her old notebooks filled with lyrics and notations of age-old 'bandishes' were in tatters. Afraid that she might lose them forever, Bhagwat decided to make fresh copies.
- National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jan 22, 2015 12:48 AM
- This is the first blog post in a series of posts on India's National IPR Policy. In this post, CIS intern, Varnika Chawla traces the evolution of the National IPR Policy.
- 350% surge in Cyber crimes in last 3 years — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 07, 2015 04:13 PM
- India’s registered cyber crimes leapt 350% in three years but the legal system is struggling to cope with more and more lawbreakers exploiting the anonymity of the internet.
- Beyond Alcohol and Angel Investors: Building Business Models in an Age of Mobile Music Streaming (Conference Learnings) — by Maggie Huang — last modified Feb 23, 2015 12:39 PM
- This blog post is the first of a series of blogs to document, synthesize, and analyze learnings from attending various music industry trade conferences. This first post introduces the research question, and highlights learnings about the various business models which can be accessible via the mobile, and broadly how the music industry is attempting to respond to monetization challenges.
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