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Education, Epistemologies and AI: Understanding the role of Generative AI in Education
— by Aparna Bhatnagar and Amrita Sengupta — last modified Mar 21, 2025 03:03 PMAs generative AI becomes more deeply embedded in educational contexts, it raises critical questions about trust, epistemic reliability, and the nature of knowledge production. While AI offers significant opportunities for enhancing pedagogical methodologies, facilitating personalised learning, and augmenting research, it also raises concerns regarding cognitive offloading, the erosion of critical thinking skills, and the perpetuation of biases inherent in training data. This essay examines how higher education institutions navigate these complexities, focusing on institutional adaptation, ethical considerations, and policy responses. Central to this inquiry is an analysis of key theoretical frameworks in education and epistemology to understand how these impact the discourse around generative AI in the classroom. This essay looks at existing educational theory to understand the role of AI in the classroom. Furthermore, the study assesses existing institutional and national AI policies, evaluating their efficacy in addressing governance challenges, and offers future-looking questions and recommendations to guide the responsible integration of generative AI in education.
The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and feedback to the: Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025
— by Pallavi Bedi, Vipul Kharbanda, Shweta Mohandas, Anubha Sinha and Isha Suri — last modified Mar 06, 2025 02:06 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments and feedback to the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 initiated by the Indian government.
The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the: Report on AI Governance Guidelines Development
— by Shweta Mohandas, Amrita Sengupta and Anubha Sinha — last modified Mar 06, 2025 06:32 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments and recommendations on the Report on AI Governance Guidelines Development.
Submission to IGF 2025 Call for Thematic Inputs
— by Amrita Sengupta, Yesha Tshering Paul, and Pallavi Bedi — last modified Mar 06, 2025 06:36 AMBelow are CIS's inputs submitted in response to the IGF 2025 Call for Thematic Inputs. They will inform the MAG’s discussions and assist them in determining the thematic priorities of the IGF 2025 programme.
Privacy Policy Framework for Indian Mental Health Apps
— by Chakshu Sang and Shweta Mohandas — last modified Jan 10, 2025 12:11 AMThis report analyses the privacy policies of mental health apps in India and provides recommendations for making the policies not only legally compliant but also user-centric
Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence and Women’s Political Participation in India: A Position Paper
— by Yesha Tshering Paul, Amrita Sengupta — last modified Dec 18, 2024 07:12 PMDigital Rights and ISP Accountability in India: An Analysis of Policies and Practices
— by Anubha Sinha, Yesha Tshering Paul, and Sherina Poyyail — last modified Jan 23, 2025 10:04 AMThis report presents a comprehensive evaluation of India's four largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs)—Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Idea (Vi), and BSNL—examining their commitment to digital rights and transparency.
Draft Circular on Digital Lending – Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders
— by Garima Agrawal — last modified Jul 03, 2024 04:40 PMCIS is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments on the “Draft Circular on Digital Lending: Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders” to the Reserve Bank of India. We welcome the opportunity provided to comment on the guidelines, and we hope that the final guidelines will consider the interests of all the stakeholders to ensure that it protects the privacy and digital rights of all consumers, including marginalised and vulnerable users, while encouraging innovation and improved service delivery in the fintech ecosystem. Our comments look at two concerns addressed by the draft guidelines, i.e. reducing information asymmetry and market fairness. In addition to this we share comments around a third concern that requires additional scrutiny, i.e. data privacy and security.
Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024
— by Abhineet Nayyar, Isha Suri, and Pallavi Bedi (in alphabetical order) — last modified Jun 11, 2024 10:13 AMThis submission is a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society India (CIS) to the draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024, published by the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), (hereafter “draft DCB” or “draft Bill”).
Consultation on Gendered Information Disorder in India
— by Amrita Sengupta and Yesha Tshering Paul — last modified Oct 15, 2024 10:57 AMOn 14th and 15th March 2024, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) collaborated with Point of View (POV) to organise a consultation in Mumbai to explore the phenomenon of gendered information disorder in India, spanning various aspects from healthcare and sexuality to financial literacy, and the role of digital mediums, social media platforms and AI in exacerbating these issues.
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