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- ICT, transaction cost and development: The flip side — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:56 PM
- Prof. Pradoshnath from NISTADS was at CIS, Bangalore on Nov 25th, 2009 and gave a presentation on ICT, transaction cost and development: The flip side. His bio and the abstract of the talk are given in this blog.
- Creative Commons Casestudies, Featuring Status.Net — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:08 AM
- The Centre For Internet and Society and JAAGA organised a CC Salon on 02nd December, 2009 at 7.30pm.
- Developments in spectrum sharing — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 18, 2011 04:54 AM
- New ways to share spectrum can revolutionise broadband in India - An article in the Business Standard by Shyam Ponappa / New Delhi December 3, 2009, 1:35 IST
- Books shut by law blinkers — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:20 PM
- An article in The Telegraph (Kolkata) by Chandrima S Bhattacharya - 6th December, 2009
- Mumbai no longer ‘meri jaan’ — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:52 AM
- Why online (and offline) activism after 26/11 never took off; what should have been done to mobilize people - an article in the Livemint by Seema Chowdhry and Samanth Subramanian - 20th November, 2009
- Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright Regime — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 26, 2013 06:09 AM
- This research paper argues the need for amending Indian Copyright provisions for enabling the print impaired to gain access to published works. The paper was submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development in November to appraise it of the needs of the print disabled community. It is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback for this ongoing campaign.
- A Report on National Conference on ICTs for Differently Abled / Under privileged Communities in Education, Employment & Entreprenuership 2009 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2011 07:41 AM
- This is a report about the National Conference on ICTs for the differently abled / under privileged communities in education, employment and entreprenuership which was held at Loyola College in Chennai from 1 to 3 December 2009.
- Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to Read — by Radha Rao — last modified Dec 03, 2009 09:49 AM
- Thursday, 03 December 2009 by Tanuj Kalia (www.legallyindia.com)
- The disabled also grapple with copyright issues — by Radha Rao — last modified Dec 03, 2009 09:34 AM
- An article in The Hindu by Deepa Kurup - 03rd December, 2009
- Maps for Making Change Kicks Off, and You Can Get Involved! — by Anja Kovacs — last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:03 PM
- A first in India, Maps for Making Change explores the use of geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India. On 3 December, the project officially kicks off during a one-day workshop in Delhi. But even if you can not be there with us in Delhi, there are ways to get involved.
- IJLT-CIS Law Essay Competition — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:35 AM
- The Indian Journal of Law and Technology and CIS are conducting a legal essay competition to encourage law students across India to think critically about the techno-legal issues facing us today. Students can write on any of the four themes, with the top prize being Rs. 7500 and an internship at CIS.
- Shanty home — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:53 AM
- A nationwide initiative is imploring that you look closely at the greyed-out areas on your GPS maps, says Jaideep Sen in an article in the Time Out Bengaluru Magazine, November 13-26 2009 [Vol 2 Issue 9]
- Open Standards Workshop at IGF '09 — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:54 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society co-organized a workshop on 'Open Standards: A Rights-Based Framework' at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, at Sharm el-Sheikh. The panel was chaired by Aslam Raffee of Sun Microsystems and the panellists were Sir Tim Berners-Lee of W3C, Renu Budhiraja of India's DIT, Sunil Abraham of CIS, Steve Mutkoski of Microsoft, and Rishab Ghosh of UNU-MERIT.
- Asia Source 3 Meeting — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:27 PM
- The Asia Source 3 Meeting Reinforces Asian Free and Open Source Software Movement - More than 150 Asian Open Source activists met in the Philippines from 07th November to 12th November to discuss the latest IT-tools for NGOs and SMEs and this time the Main Theme of Asia Source 3 was: Building Capacities and Empowering Humanity through FOSS
- Citizen 2.0? — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 20, 2011 10:55 PM
- Exploring Research Questions, Frameworks, and Methods - A presentation was given by Minna Aslama, at CIS, on Nov 23rd @ 4.30pm , Bangalore. The Videos for the talk are given here.
- DFI and Cambridge University Press join hands for getting print access to the "print impaired" — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:45 AM
- Cambridge University Press has given permission for books published in India by them to be converted into other accessible formats such as in DAISY, says Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Director, Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged in this blog.
- India Study Tour - Report: The South African Telecommunications Sector: Poised for Change — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 24, 2011 08:02 AM
- CIS in collaboration with the LINK Centre, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and in association with different institutions across India organized a Lecture Tour by Sagie Chetty from 19th Oct to 30th Oct. A report on this study tour is given by Sagie Chetty.
- Response to TRAI Consultation paper No. 6/2009 — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 24, 2011 08:06 AM
- CIS Distinguished Fellow, Shyam Ponappa, provides a detailed response to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's Consultation paper No. 6/2009 "Overall Spectrum Management and review of license terms and conditions". Shyam Ponappa is suggesting that, the TRAI approach the telecom policy in a manner which will facilitate greater user access and, more generally, be designed to serve the public interest in the long-term.
- Right to Read Campaign - Kolkata — by Radha Rao — last modified Nov 08, 2011 03:39 PM
- A report on the nationwide Right to Read campaign which had its second road show at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata on 7th November, 2009 from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
- Copyright Access for the Disabled and Collaborative IP Policy — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:27 PM
- A blog post on SPICY IP by Shamnad Basheer, November 18, 2009
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