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- వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/గుంటూరు/అన్నమయ్య గ్రంథాలయం - భాగస్వామ్య కార్యక్రమం జూలై 2018 — by Admin — last modified Aug 11, 2018 12:43 AM
- CIS-A2K partnership activity in Annamayya Library, Guntur.
- Death by Social Media — by Admin — last modified Jul 10, 2018 01:44 AM
- The victims of WhatsApp forwards are outsiders, the political class is silent, the state is helpless. There are clear patterns behind the recent mob lynchings.
- Wiki Advanced Training 2018: A Colourful Recap — by Manavpreet Kaur — last modified Jul 08, 2018 11:23 PM
- A colourful recap of the Wiki Advanced Training by User:Manavpreet Kaur, an Indian Wikimedian. This document has 4 pages, please use the PDF viewer's zoom in, if needed. Scroll down and enjoy. :)
- 'Hope for such swift crackdowns for everyone' — by Admin — last modified Jul 07, 2018 08:52 AM
- The prompt arrest has impressed cybercrime experts, but some are sceptical whether this case will serve as a deterrent for trolls or spell hope for citizens at the receiving end of online abuse.
- The Problems That Should Occupy Our Electioneers — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:03 AM
- The prize in the elections next year could be a winner's curse.
- CIS contributes to the Research and Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) — by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Jul 05, 2018 04:00 PM
- The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) is an initiative of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and the East West Institute that seeks to promote mutual awareness and understanding among various cyberspace communities. It seeks to develop norms and policies that advance the stability and security of cyberspace.
- ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ತರಬೇತಿ ೨೦೧೮ @ ರಾಂಚಿ — by Vikas Hegde — last modified Jul 04, 2018 05:02 PM
- ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರಾದ ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಹೆಗಡೆ ಅವರು Wiki Advanced Training 2018ರ ತಮ್ಮ ಅನುಭವ ಮತ್ತು ಕಲಿತ ವಿಚಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಈ ಬ್ಲಾಗಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
- Digital Native: The bigger picture — by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:11 AM
- For all our sleek machines, we are slaves to the much larger Internet of Things.
- Tech transformation: how agriculture is being redefined through digital innovation and startups — by Admin — last modified Jul 06, 2018 03:39 PM
- At a recent YES Bank panel and digital startup competition, it was evident that India’s digital boom was lending the Indian startup ecosystem a distinctly agri-flavour.
- Draft bill proposes Rs 1 crore fine, 3 year jail for data privacy violation — by Admin — last modified Jun 29, 2018 04:48 PM
- The move comes at a time when user data of Indians is under threat from social media firms accused of data mining and sharing information with private companies for advertising and marketing purposes. There has also been a growing concern over Aadhaar.
- The rise of AI in Indian healthcare industry: An innovative asset to the rescue — by Admin — last modified Aug 06, 2018 02:40 AM
- The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly increasing with the growth of start-ups and large Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies that offer AI healthcare solutions for healthcare challenges in India.
- The AI Task Force Report - The first steps towards India’s AI framework — by Elonnai Hickok, Shweta Mohandas and Swaraj Paul Barooah — last modified Jun 27, 2018 02:32 PM
- The Task Force on Artificial Intelligence was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to leverage AI for economic benefits, and provide policy recommendations on the deployment of AI for India.
- Digital Native: Cause an Effect — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 26, 2018 03:21 PM
- Aadhaar is a self-contained safe system, its interaction with other data and information systems is also equally safe and benign.
- Maharashtra's Copyright Policy Makes Education Unaffordable — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jun 26, 2018 02:22 PM
- In an alarming development for Indian students, Balbharati – the Maharashtra state bureau of textbook production and curriculum research – has issued a copyright policy that forces all publishers, digital educational-content creators, and coaching classes to obtain expensive licenses for developing material directly or indirectly relating to Balbharati’s content.
- Digital Humanities Alliance of India - Inagural Conference 2018 - Keynote by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Jun 26, 2018 12:02 PM
- The inaugural conference of the Digital Humanities Alliance of India (DHAI) was held at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore on June 1-2, 2018. The event was co-organised by the IIM and the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, with support from the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. Puthiya Purayil Sneha was a keynote speaker at the event. Her talk was titled ‘New Contexts and Sites of Humanities Practice in the Digital’. Drawing upon excerpts from a study on mapping digital humanities initiatives in India, and ongoing conversations on digital cultural archiving practices, the keynote address discussed some pertinent concerns in the field, particularly with respect to the growth of digital corpora and its intersections with teaching learning practices in arts and humanities, including the need to locate these efforts within the context of the emerging digital landscape in India, and its implications for humanities practice, scholarship and pedagogy.
- 26th AMIC Annual Conference – India 2018 — by Admin — last modified Jun 26, 2018 01:58 AM
- The 26th AMIC annual conference on the theme Disturbing Asian Millennials: Some Creative Responses was organized by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) at Fortune Inn Valley View, Manipal in Karnataka from June 7 - 9, 2018. Swaraj Paul Barooah was a speaker.
- Police to counter fake news on WhatsApp — by Admin — last modified Jun 26, 2018 01:45 AM
- State police across Karnataka, Assam, Telangana and Kerala are designing social media campaigns as an antidote to fake news on messaging apps like WhatsApp following claims that these platforms have been used to incite violence across several locations in recent weeks.
- 'Full belief in fake texts shows cops not trusted' — by Admin — last modified Jun 26, 2018 01:21 AM
- Nilotpal Basu and Abhijeet Nath, an audio engineer and digital artiste, were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong last week based on rumours that they were kidnappers.
- Jindal varsity's international affairs students shine in job market — by Admin — last modified Jun 26, 2018 01:06 AM
- Turning a common perception on its head, international affairs students of O.P. Jindal Global University here have shown that pursuing a so-called "conventional" course can also open several doors of recruitment including in multinational companies, think tanks and international NGOs.
- Data Privacy: Footprints on the Web — by Admin — last modified Jun 25, 2018 04:48 PM
- Technology has made data protection a hot button issue. Now, a group of eminent citizens, mostly lawyers, have formulated a draft privacy bill, a legal framework that protects the individual’s right to privacy, but it faces legal jurisdiction issues
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