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- Short-Term Consultant Required: Events Coordinator — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 13, 2012 11:22 AM
- CIS wishes to commission the planning of 3 privacy meetings in total, scheduled during May and June. Meetings should be well-organized, planned and promoted effectively.
- Digital Natives and the Myth of the Revolution: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen Action — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2012 07:15 AM
- At UC Santa Cruz, on Monday, March 5, 2012, Nishant Shah gave a lecture on "Digital Natives and the Myth of the Revolution: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen Action". The lecture focused more on the India Against Corruption case-study rather than the theoretical framework to understanding revolutions.
- Patented Games — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 08, 2012 12:14 PM
- Some prefer Steve Jobs, patron saint of perfection, others prefer Nicholas Negroponte, messiah of the masses. While Mr Jobs may be guilty of contributing to the digital divide, Mr Negroponte may have contributed to bridging it with his innovation: the One Laptop Per Child, also known as the $100 laptop or XO. Sunil Abraham's column was published in the Economic Times on 8 March 2012.
- Consumers International Global Meeting 2012 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2012 07:54 AM
- Pranesh Prakash participated in the Consumers International Global Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on March 8 and 9, 2012. He spoke on UN Consumer Guidelines. Robin Brown, Tobias Schönwetter and Guilherme Varella were the other speakers in the session.
- India’s Big Bet on Identity — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 07, 2012 05:44 AM
- The world’s largest biometric authentication system reaches its first major milestone, but lots of challenges remain, writes Joshua J. Romero in ieeespectrum. Sunil Abraham was quoted in this story which was featured in March 2012 edition.
- The 2G Supreme Court Judgment — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Mar 13, 2012 08:21 AM
- The Business Standard published Shyam Ponappa's two-part article deconstructing the assumptions in the Supreme Court's 2G judgment, and suggesting possible ways forward. The first one was published on March 1, 2012, and the second on March 4, 2012.
- An Experiment in Social Engineering: The Cultural Context of an Avatar — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 06, 2012 06:03 AM
- Pramod K. Nayar reviews Nilofar Shamim Ansher’s essay ‘Engineering a Cyber Twin’ (Digital Alternatives with a Cause? Book One: To Be).
- International Conference on Mobile Law — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2012 08:24 AM
- Pranesh Prakash spoke in the panel on Mobiles - Privacy and Social Media on March 1, 2012.
- What is Stewardship in Cyberspace? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 29, 2012 03:19 PM
- The aim of the annual Canada Centre Cyber Dialogue is to convene an influential mix of global leaders from government, civil society, academia and private enterprise to participate in a series of facilitated public plenary conversations and working groups around cyberspace security and governance.
- Secure IT 2012 — Securing Citizens through Technology — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 28, 2012 04:06 AM
- The event is co-organised by DST and NSDI, Govt. of India in partnership with Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. on March 1, 2012 at Claridges in New Delhi.
- An Interview with Stephen Song — by Yelena Gyulkhandanyan — last modified Feb 29, 2012 02:08 PM
- Stephen Song, the founder of Village Telco, an initiative to bring practical and inexpensive communication network infrastructure to rural and remote areas, speaks about factors that catalyzed the initiative, the benefits of the network, some challenges, and the Mesh Potato.
- Content Developers/Trainers — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 29, 2012 01:42 PM
- The Centre for Internet and Society is hiring for the full-time position of a content developer/trainer to work on an upcoming project Building Knowledge and Capacity around Telecommunication Policies in India.
- Privacy in India — An Early Draft — by Natasha Vaz — last modified Feb 28, 2014 05:05 AM
- Privacy India in partnership with Privacy International, UK, Society in Action Group, Gurgaon, and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is pleased to bring you the draft chapters of its book on privacy in India. These include the Country Report, Telecommunication and Internet Privacy, E-Governance Identity and Privacy, Finance and Privacy, Health and Privacy, Transparency and Privacy.
- Unique ID System: Pros and Cons — by Natasha Vaz — last modified Feb 29, 2012 11:28 AM
- On September 16, 2011, the Citizen’s Voluntary Initiative for the City and Centre for Advocacy and Research organized a public consultation titled “Unique ID System: Pros and Cons” in Bangalore. The consultation was on the utility and impact of the UID system in India and featured a panel discussion with T. Prabhakar, public relations officer, e-governance, Ashok Dalwai, UIDAI regional deputy director, Somashekar V.K., managing trustee of Grahak Shakti and Col. Mathew Thomas, civic activist and retired army officer.
- Francis Bags EPT Award for Open Access in Developing World — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 03, 2013 05:36 AM
- The Electronic Publishing Trust recently announced a new annual award to be made to individuals working in developed countries who have made significant contribution for the cause of open access and free exchange of research findings. There were 30 nominations from 17 countries around the world and Dr. Francis Jayakanth from the National Centre of Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was selected for the inaugural EPT Award for Open Access in the Developing World by a committee that went through all the nominations.
- Comments on Technical Standards for Interoperability Framework for E-Governance in India (Phase II) — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 29, 2012 09:44 AM
- The e-Governance Standards Division has called for public comments on the draft of the Technical Standards IFEG Phase II. We from the Centre for Internet and Society have given our comments.
- Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Sep 25, 2012 05:33 AM
- G3ict and CIS are pleased to announce the publication of a new, improved edition of the Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective. The report published in cooperation with the Hans Foundation provides an updated synopsis of the many policies that governments have implemented around the world to ensure that the Internet and websites are accessible to persons with disabilities.
- Digitisation is making e-learning simple — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 28, 2012 10:05 AM
- Though the computer literacy in India is low, some companies are effectively spreading education using digital contents riding on the Internet.
- India debates limits to freedom of expression — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 28, 2012 09:50 AM
- From Google to Facebook, from world-famous author Salman Rushdie to a little-known political cartoonist, it has become increasingly easy in recent months to offend the Indian government, and to incur the wrath of the censor or even the threat of legal action.
- Developing location-based services — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 28, 2012 09:31 AM
- For mapping enthusiasts, geeks and neogeographers in Bangalore, here's something to look forward to. Cartonama, a workshop that offers intensive hands-on training on tools to build and manage location data for location-based services, will be held in the city on March 2 and 3.
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