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Panel Discussion on UID/ Aadhar act 2016 and its impact on Social, Security

praskrishna — 2016-04-28T17:02:59Z

Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Students Christian Movement of India at SCM House in Bangalore on April 25, 2016. Mathew Thomas and Usha Ramanathan also gave talks.

With the passage of the Aadhaar act 2016 is UID / Aadhar mandatory now? How do we understand the issue of Social Security in the context of the new law? What does it mean for those who need to access their senior citizen pension, rations, school and college scholarships, etc.

How does one understand the money bill route for introducing the bill in Parliament? What are implications of this for the validity of the law?

What will happen to the court cases challenging the UID now?

Where are we now on the thorny issues of surveillance, tracking, profiling, biometrics, private and foreign companies and subsidy? What does the law say?

This discussion will revisit the debates around the UID and examine the implications of the new law.

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Panel Discussion on UID – Its Feasibility, Utility and Legality

praskrishna — 2011-05-25T04:11:48Z

A panel discussion on "UID, its feasibility, utility and legality" is being organised by Citizen’s Action Forum, Grahak Shakti and the Centre for Internet and Society. It would be held at The Energy and Resources Institute (at TERI auditorium) in Domlur, Bangalore (near Domlur Club) on Thursday, May 26, 2011. The program commences with lunch at 1 p.m. and ends at 5.30 p.m. You are cordially invited to attend this program.

The panel members would include Mr. Rama Jois (former Chief Justice of Chattisgarh High Court and present Member of Parliament), Mr. Moinul Hassan (Member of Parliament), Mr. Narendra Babu (Member, Legislative Assembly, Karnataka), Mr. V P Sudarshan (former Chairman, Legislative Council of Karnataka and present speaker of Congress party) and Mr. Venkatesh Baberjung, Advocate, High Court of Karnataka.

The National Identity Authority of India Bill, 2010 has been placed before the Parliament by the Government. This Bill has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. Mr. Moinul Hassan is a member of this committee. The committee has held one sitting where the Chairman, UIDAI, Mr. Nandan Nilenkani was asked for certain clarifications on the Bill.

The UID project is now under implementation at Mysore. It is scheduled to be launched in Bangalore in June 2011. The Central Government has decided to include caste and religious data in the census. The linkages between UID and the census could come up for discussion among panel members.

UIDAI officials and government officials from the Department of E-Governance, Government of Karnataka have been invited as panel members.

The subject of the discussion is thus topical and of high public interest and importance. We cordially invite you to the lunch and to cover the event so that the public could become aware of issues concerning the same.

The programme schedule is as follows:

1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. - Lunch
2.00 p.m. to 2. 15 p.m. - Welcome and introduction by sponsoring organisations and moderator
2.15 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. - Opening statements by panel members
3.00 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Panel discussions
4.00 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. - Tea
4.15 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. - Panel discussions and questions to panel from audience
4.45 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. - Open House for Audience views
5.15 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. - Concluding remarks by panel members

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Panel Discussion on E-Commerce at NLSIU

praskrishna — 2013-02-03T10:37:05Z

Pranesh Prakash was a panelist at this event held at the National Law School of India University on January 7, 2013.

Suswagata Roy posted a report of this event in Cool Age on January 19, 2013.

E-Commerce in India has brought about a revolution and has changed the way businesses are conducted. In a short period of time, E-Commerce has seen tremendous growth and has been able to generate a market for itself. This definitely seems to be just the beginning and a bright future awaits it.

Given that E-Commerce is a hot topic and has already given rise to some pertinent legal issues, the Law and Technology Committee of National Law School of India University held a panel discussion on the same on 7^th Jan, 2013 at 4 PM in the Training Centre, NLSIU Campus. The Panel, which consisted of Mr. Stephen Mathias (Partner, Kochhar and Co.), Mr. Pranesh Prakash (Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society) and Mr. N. Vijayashankar (founder Chairman of Digital Society Foundation), focused on three issues in order to bring forth their key points.

The issues that were highlighted through the discussion were:

1. E-Commerce and Privacy: Privacy and the internet has been an important issue with which the legal community has been grappling for a long time. There are no specific legislations in India which protect privacy especially in relation to the internet. Protecting private and confidential information of the users is a primary concern of E-Commerce websites which also highlights the related issue of data protection. The customers' financial information is in special need of protection. While dealing with this issue questions like who is responsible for such protection, what data can be shared and what usage will it be put to use will have to be looked at? While dealing with privacy how the government will create a balance between protecting confidential information and providing information to the regulators to ensure no sham transactions, money laundering and tax evasion is being carried on needs to be addressed.

2. E-Commerce and its compatibility with other laws: the need for a separate Act:E-Commerce has definitely given rise to a new form of transaction. Thus, related laws such as law of contracts, law of evidence, taxation will all have to evolve to accommodate the new form of legal dealing. Contracts will have to evolve to validate such online transactions while law of evidence will have to evolve in order to sustain disputes based on such transactions. Many pertinent questions relating to intellectual property rights also arise especially in the area of copyrights. While minor amendments have been made to the Indian Evidence Act and to the Information Technology Act, they are not sufficient to handle this advanced method of conducting business. Moreover, the Information Technology Act is an enabling Act and this complicates matters even more. These issues give rise to the obvious question of needing a separate Act to regulate E-Commerce. An E-Commerce bill was drafted in 1998 which has never been given any attention and which may not be relevant anymore after the changes that technology has undergone over more than a decade.

3. E-Commerce and Cyber Crimes: E-Commerce has opened new avenues of dealing with consumers in the virtual world and thus, has opened new modes of proliferation of cyber crimes. It has resulted in an increased need to secure the laws in relation to fraud prevention, money laundering and phishing. It is imperative to look at the cyber laws in India and whether they are sufficient to deal with such issues in the wake of E-Commerce. How should the law deal with such issues and what regulatory compliances are required for E-Commerce websites in order to deal with these issues?

Thus, though E-Commerce is on the rise and is a welcome way of conducting business and has entranced many consumers, its effective utilizations and growth is viable only if a sturdy legal framework is in place. The panel discussion brought forth such issues and discussed the solutions for the same.

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Panel discussion on 'How to Avoid Digital ID Systems That Put People at Risk: Lessons from Afghanistan' at Freedom Online Conference

praskrishna — 2021-12-03T14:52:35Z

Amber Sinha participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on How to Avoid Digital ID Systems That Put People at Risk: Lessons from Afghanistan at the Freedom Online Conference yesterday.

The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) was established in 2011 in response to the growing recognition of the importance of the Internet for the enjoyment of human rights. Periodically, the FOC holds a multistakeholder Conference that aims to deepen the discussion on how online freedoms are helping to promote social, cultural and economic development. The ownership of the Conference program and outputs lies with the host country, most often the Chair of the Coalition during that year.

The aim of the panel was to use the lessons learned from the Afghanistan case to take a critical and realistic look at the implementation of digital identification programs around the world. A video of the panel can be accessed here.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/panel-discussion-how-to-avoid-digital-id-systems-that-put-people-at-risk

Panel Discussion – Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression in India

praskrishna — 2014-04-04T10:10:32Z

Bhairav Acharya will participate in a panel discussion on ‘Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression’ on Wednesday evening (26th March 2014) from 6:00 pm onwards at the India International Centre Annex. The event is organized by the Centre for Communication Governance at NLU Delhi in association with the Global Network Initiative, Washington D.C.

The panel comprises of three eminent personalities: Shyam Divan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Siddharth Varadarajan, Journalist and Senior Fellow, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, New Delhi and; Jermyn Brooks, Independent Chair, Global Network Initiative, Washington D.C.

The objective of the panel was to focus on the Indian legal framework governing Internet platforms and explore questions related to Internet intermediaries and the balance that should be involved in regulations affecting user-generated content, in the context of the civil liberties that are key to democracy, in particular free expression and privacy. The discussion was aimed at drawing connections between this ostensibly Internet-related issue and the traditional media, to highlight recurring issues and useful perspectives.

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Panel 4

praskrishna — 2012-01-16T05:54:27Z

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Panel 3

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Panel 2

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Panel 1

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Pandit

praskrishna — 2012-07-10T08:25:54Z

Pandit

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Panchayat Meeting

praskrishna — 2011-10-07T11:28:00Z

Panchayat meeting on Village Sanitation in Khera village, Budaun District, UP

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Panaji: DKA organizes two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop

praskrishna — 2013-11-18T08:33:09Z

In order to showcase Romi Konknni on a global platform, Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) organized a two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop November 16 and November 17 for Romi Konknni writers in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme, Bangalore.

This was published in Daijiworld.com on November 18, 2013.

The workshop which was held at Krishnadas Shama Central Library was attended by 30 Romi Konknni writers including editors of Romi Konknni periodicals.

The workshop was conducted by enthusiastic Nitika Tandon, Goa incharge and Programme Manager of Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme.

Among those who attended the Romi Konknni Wikipedia Workshop were young writers Nevena Furtado, Frank Fernandes, Venisha Fernandes, Anselmo Fernandes, tiatrist Mario Menezes, Konkani scholar and researcher Fr Pratap Naik, besides editor of ‘Gulab’ and ‘The Goan Review’ Fausto V da Costa, newly appointed editor of ‘Vavraddeancho Ixtt’ Fr Eusebio Gomes and editor of ‘Amcho Avaz’ weekly Tomazinho Cardozo.

DKA President Premanand A Lotlikar while welcoming the participants explained the importance of building up Romi Konknni Wikipedia. Treasurer Walter Menezes proposed the vote of thanks, and secretary Jose Salvador Fernandes co-ordinated the two days workshop.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/news/daijiworld-november-18-2013-dka-organizes-two-day-konkani-wikipedia-workshop

Palm Leafs

praskrishna — 2014-04-06T05:30:00Z

Palm Leafs

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Pallavi

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Pallavi

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Paisa Pincher

praskrishna — 2012-05-23T08:41:46Z

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