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Radha Rao
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20 Apr 2010
19 Apr 2010
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UID: A Debate on Fundamental rightsUID: A debate on the Fundamental Rights - was jointly organized by the Citizen Action Forum, People's Union for Civil Liberties - Karnataka, Alternative Law Forum and the Centre for Internet and Society on April 16th at IAT, Queens Road, …
19 Apr 2010
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UID is an invasion of privacy: ExpertsThe Nandan Nilekani headed Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) came in for much criricism at the first of a series of debates on the issue organised in the city on Friday - Deccan Chronicle, April 17th.
19 Apr 2010
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They fight for the visually challengedTimes News Network - A report on the press conference held at the Press Club, Bangalore on 15th April, 2010.
19 Apr 2010
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Experts debate on UID and rightsBangalore, Apr 16, DHNS: A debate on ‘UID and Fundamental Rights’ organised by several city-based organisations, discussed the social, ethical issues, economic and legal issues that accompanies the UID.
19 Apr 2010
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Amendment to Copyright Act opposedA report on the press conference held on 15th April, at the Press Club, Bangalore : The Hindu
4 Jan 2010
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Pushing ButtonsThe coolest device of the decade – From brick-sized to size zero, the cell phone changed our lives forever – an article by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, 1st Jan, 2010.
4 Jan 2010
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Native playsOnline activist groups are helping change perceptions about the internet generation, says Shweta Taneja, Time Out Bengaluru.
4 Jan 2010
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Drawing maps for changeDigital maps can hold immense academic value – an article by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, 3rd Jan, 2010.
28 Dec 2009
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Wired state of mindInformation technology is the driver of society today — the basic block of innovation and growth in organisations, the mainstay of the 21st century. The decade bygone was only an indicator of the things to come. Whether its ideas or …
21 Dec 2009
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Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective – A G3ict White PaperG3ict Publishes International Survey of Web Accessibility Policies White Paper by the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, India
21 Dec 2009
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Want to bring social change? This map shows the wayBy siliconindia news bureau, Tuesday,08 December 2009, 14:13 hrs
21 Dec 2009
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Open Content and Access in the Knowledge SocietyOpen Content and Access: Democratising and Disruptive Impacts on the Knowledge Society - by Madanmohan Rao, Editor, The KM Chronicles - Bangalore; Dec 16, 09
10 Dec 2009
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Open Video SummitThe Open Video Summit: A one-day workshop to explore issues of intellectual property and telecom policy for video is being organized by The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), iCommons, Open Video Alliance and Magic Lantern on December …
8 Dec 2009
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Techies mapping changeA group of 40 Bangaloreans, including techies and social activists, are creating digital maps that will be used to bring social change in India - an article in the Bangalore Mirror by Renuka Phadnis - Monday, December 07, 2009.
8 Dec 2009
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Present, tense: Future classroomsAn article by Nishant Shah in the December issue of Teacher Plus - the magazine for the contemporary teacher.
8 Dec 2009
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ICT, transaction cost and development: The flip sideProf. 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.
8 Dec 2009
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Creative Commons Casestudies, Featuring Status.NetThe Centre For Internet and Society and JAAGA organised a CC Salon on 02nd December, 2009 at 7.30pm.
7 Dec 2009
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Mumbai no longer ‘meri jaan’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
7 Dec 2009
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Developments in spectrum sharingNew 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
7 Dec 2009
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Books shut by law blinkersAn article in The Telegraph (Kolkata) by Chandrima S Bhattacharya - 6th December, 2009
3 Dec 2009
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The disabled also grapple with copyright issuesAn article in The Hindu by Deepa Kurup - 03rd December, 2009
3 Dec 2009
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Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to ReadThursday, 03 December 2009 by Tanuj Kalia (www.legallyindia.com)
1 Dec 2009
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Shanty homeA 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]
30 Nov 2009
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Asia Source 3 MeetingThe 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 …
27 Nov 2009
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DFI and Cambridge University Press join hands for getting print access to the "print impaired"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 …
27 Nov 2009
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Citizen 2.0?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.
24 Nov 2009
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India Study Tour - Report: The South African Telecommunications Sector: Poised for ChangeCIS 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 …
23 Nov 2009
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Right to Read Campaign - KolkataA 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.
23 Nov 2009
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Response to TRAI Consultation paper No. 6/2009CIS 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 …