Author
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
133 items.
30 Dec 2020
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Inputs to the Report on the Non-Personal Data Governance FrameworkThis submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Report on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework prepared by the Committee of Experts under the Chairmanship of Shri Kris …
19 May 2020
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A Compilation of Research on the Gig EconomyOver the past year, researchers at CIS have been studying gig economies and gig workers in India. Their work has involved consultative discussions with domestic workers, food delivery workers, taxi drivers, trade union leaders, and …
13 Feb 2020
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Announcing Selected Researchers: Welfare, Gender, and SurveillanceWe published a Call for Researchers on January 10, 2020, to invite applications from researchers interested in writing a narrative essay that interrogates the modes of surveillance that people of LGBTHIAQ+ and gender non-conforming …
11 Jul 2019
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You auto-complete me: romancing the botThis is an excerpt from an essay by Maya Indira Ganesh, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a …
11 Jun 2019
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Data bleeding everywhere: a story of period trackersThis is an excerpt from an essay by Sadaf Khan, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration …
22 May 2019
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Open Data and Land OwnershipIn this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of …
22 May 2019
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Can data ever know who we really are?This is an excerpt from an essay by Zara Rahman, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration …
28 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #StoriesRecordsLegendsRitualsDetails of a session proposed by Priyanka, Aditya, Bhanu Prakash GS, Aishwarya, and Dinesh for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #SocialMediationAsGenderedJusticeDetails of a session proposed by Esther Anne Victoria Moraes and Manasa Priya Vasudevan for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #PowerListingDetails of a session proposed by Dr. Shubhda Arora, Dr. Smitana Saikia, Prof. Nidhi Kalra, and Prof. Ravikant Kisana for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #LoSHAandWhatFollowedDetails of a session proposed by Anannya Chatterjee, Arunima Singh, Bhanu Priya Gupta, Renu Singh, and Rhea Bose for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #ListsAsDatabaseDetails of a session proposed by Ria De and Samata Biswas for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #ListInterfaceDetails of a session proposed by Bharath Sivakumar, Rakshita Siva, and Deepak Prince for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #LegitLists - Form follows function: List by designDetails of a session proposed by Akriti Rastogi, Ishani Dey, and Sagorika Singha for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #FOMODetails of a session proposed by Pritha Chakrabarti and Dr. Baidurya Chakrabarti for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #EnlistingPrivacyDetails of a session proposed by Pawan Singh and Pranjal Jain for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #DigitalPlatformAttributesDetails of a session proposed by Nandakishore K N and Dr. V. Sridhar for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #CallingOutAndInDetails of a session proposed by Usha Raman, Radhika Gajjala, Riddhima Sharma, Tarishi Varma, Pallavi Guha, Sai Amulya Komarraju, and Sugandha Sehgal for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #ButItIsNotFunnyDetails of a session proposed by Madhavi Shivaprasad and Sonali Sahoo for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #AyushmanBhavahDetails of a session proposed by Arya Lakshmi and Adrij Chakraborty for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
26 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - List of Proposed SessionsHere is the list of sessions proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
22 Mar 2018
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On World Water Day - Open Data for Water ResourcesLack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are …
12 Feb 2018
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Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment ScanThe State of Open Data is an ambitious research project reflecting on 10 years of action on open data and providing a critical review of the current state of the open data movement across a range of issues and thematic areas. This …
7 Feb 2018
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2018 (IRC18): Offline, February 22-24, Sambhaavnaa InstituteWe are proud to announce that the third edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference series will be held at the Sambhaavnaa Institute, Kandbari (Himachal Pradesh) during February 22-24, 2018. This annual conference series was initiated …
22 Jan 2018
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Life of a Tuple: National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Reform of Citizen Identification Infrastructure in AssamWe are proud to announce that a research grant from the Azim Premji University has enabled us to initiate a study of the updation process of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and the resultant reform of citizen …
2 Nov 2017
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Steps towards Integrated Open Water DataMultiplicity of data collection agencies, formats, and disclosure practices and conditionalities make it very difficult to access interoperable and open data about water resources and systems in India. Barriers to accessing water data …
5 Sep 2017
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Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that …
5 Sep 2017
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MediaNama - #NAMAprivacy: The Future of User Data (Delhi, Sep 6)MediaNama is hosting a full day conference on "the future of user data in India", on the 6th of September 2017, which is particularly significant given the recent Supreme Court ruling on the fundamental right to privacy, and two government …
4 May 2017
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SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt DataAlthough it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of …
29 Mar 2017
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Exploring Big Data for Development: An Electricity Sector Case Study from IndiaThis working paper by Ritam Sengupta, Dr. Richard Heeks, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Dr. Christopher Foster draws from the field study undertaken by Ritam Sengupta, and is published by the Global Development Institute, University of …