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Radha Rao
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23 Nov 2009
News
Copyright Access for the Disabled and Collaborative IP PolicyA blog post on SPICY IP by Shamnad Basheer, November 18, 2009
19 Nov 2009
Blog post
Address delivered during the IGF Closing CeremonyThis address was delivered by Dr. Anja Kovacs, as a representative of civil society, to the IGF during its closing ceremony.
18 Nov 2009
News
Reading For AllRight To Read campaign has begun in India to voice the needs of the disabled to gain access to books - an article by Lubna Salim in Kolkata Mirror - Saturday, November 14, 2009
18 Nov 2009
Blog post
Information and livelihoodsAn article by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam (Distinguished Fellow, CIS) in GISW 2009 (Global Information Society Watch, 2009)
18 Nov 2009
News
Imagining the Internet – A History and ForecastWorkshop: A Rights-Based Framework - Open Standards - A report on the workshop by Senior segment producer, Janna Anderson - IGF 2009 – Egypt – Sharm El Sheikh (Nov 15th, 2009)
18 Nov 2009
Blog post
Access to online information and knowledge – advancing human rights and democracyAn article by Achal Prabhala in GISW 2009 (Global Information Society Watch, 2009)
13 Nov 2009
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WIPO Director General Pledges Support for India’s Visually Impaired CommunityAn article in the WIPO website on the “Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challenges” organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11, 2009.
13 Nov 2009
Blog post
User generated content, citizen journalism and newsJamillah Knowles, who is an online and radio journalist for the BBC, gave a public talk at CIS on the 26th of September on User generated content , citizen jounalism and news. The videos of the talk are given in this blog.
13 Nov 2009
News
UN Official pledges support to tackle Copyright Challenges for the Visually ImpairedArticle on the UN News Centre - New York, Nov 11 2009 6:10PM
13 Nov 2009
Blog post
Right to read for the print impaired and copyright challengesThe National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Daisy Forum of India (DFI) and Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) together organised an event titled “Right to read for the print impaired and copyright challenges” on behalf of …
13 Nov 2009
Blog post
National workshop on Web Accessibility - Thiruvananthapuram (Report)The third National Workshop on Web Accessibility for Web developers was organised by CIS at Thiruvananthapuram in collaboration with SPACE.
11 Nov 2009
News
Control shift?USA might have ceded the control of the Internet, but only partially - An article by Pranesh Prakash in Down to Earth (Issue: Nov 15th ,2009)
10 Nov 2009
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Copyright obstacle for Braille, audio booksAn article by Arpit Basu, The Times of India (Kolkata) Nov 7th, 2009
5 Nov 2009
Blog post
Managing SpectrumThe Empowered Group of Ministers' goal should be nothing short of a broadband revolution - Shyam Ponappa / New Delhi, November 5, 2009 (Business Standard)
4 Nov 2009
News
Open Source Peluang tidak Terbatas Industri TIK (GCOS 2009)JAKARTA--MI: Perangkat lunak Open Source membuka peluang tak terbatas untuk mengembangkan industri di bidang teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam negeri sekaligus sumber daya manusia di sektor TIK. GCOS '09 was organized by AOSI …
4 Nov 2009
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IPv6: The promises and challengesAn article by Pranesh Prakash, Programme Manager at the Centre for Internet and Society, in the DNA Mumbai edition (4th Nov '09)
4 Nov 2009
News
GCOS 2009The Global Conference on Open Source, held on 26th and 27th of October, 2009 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia was organized by AOSI (Asosiasi open Source Indonesia) and was supported by the State Ministry of Research and …
13 Oct 2009
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Youth light up lives, one book at a timeChennaiites join a campaign to aid the visually challenged in accessing popular works of English literature THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BOOKS THAT THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED CAN'T ACCESS - an article in the Deccan Chronicle - Chennai, dated 10th Oct …
13 Oct 2009
Blog post
Access Beyond Developmentalism: Technology and the Intellectual Life of the PoorEssay by Lawrence Liang, September 21, 2009 in response to - A Dialogue on ICTs, Human Development, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
6 Oct 2009
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The Option To ReadA blog in ‘thinkopotamus’ by Mr. Shreekumar Varma, Chief Guest, Right to Read Campaign’s first road show in Loyola College, Chennai
6 Oct 2009
Blog post
G3ict and CIS in collborationThe G3ict and Centre for Internet and Society, India (www.cis-india.org) are collaborating on a white paper comparing internet accessibility policies and legislative frameworks in 15 countries across the world.
5 Oct 2009
News
Internet sceptic? Go get a lifeFifty years down the line, generations will laugh off the paranoia about the Internet - an article by Nishant Shah in the magazine Down To Earth
2 Oct 2009
30 Sep 2009
News
Reading a closed bookWith the right combination of privacy tweaks and a little prudence, you can maintain privacy online - an article in Livemint by Krish Raghav (29th September, 2009)
30 Sep 2009
Blog post
National Policy on Universal Electronic AccessibilityMinutes of the meeting on draft National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility held on August 17, 2009 in E-Governance Hall, 1st Floor, Electronics Niketan, CGO Complex, New Delhi.
29 Sep 2009
News
Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challengedAn article by M Ramya – Times of India, 26th September, 2009
29 Sep 2009
Blog post
Right to Read Campaign, ChennaiA report on the first road show of the nationwide Right to Read Campaign which was launched at Loyola college, Chennai, on 26th September, 2009.
29 Sep 2009
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Right to Read campaign - Chennai (NDTV, Hindu)The first event was covered by NDTV Hindu and an interview with Rahul Cherian and Nirmita Narasimhan was telecast on 26th September.
29 Sep 2009
News
Deccan Chronicle – 27th September, 2009Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, CIS, speaks at the launch of ‘Right to Read’ campaign. Loyola College in the city on Saturday launched the campaign to amend the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, and give visually challenged and dyslexic …
29 Sep 2009
News
‘Right to read’ campaign launched (The Hindu)An article in The Hindu, 29th September, on the 'Right to Read' campaign, launched on 26th Sept, in Loyola College, Chennai