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31 Mar 2016
31 Mar 2016
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Patents and Mobile Devices in India: An Empirical SurveyThough India has the second-largest wireless subscriber base in the world, with more than 150 mobile device vendors, it has, until recently, remained relatively unaffected by the global smartphone wars. Over the past three years, however, a …
31 Mar 2016
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8 Challenges In Growing Indian-Language WikipediasWhile speaking at BHASHA: Indian Languages Digital Festival, a day-long discourse at New Delhi on Indian languages and their state in new media, especially digital platforms, I touched upon Wikipedia in Indian languages. Most people, in …
30 Mar 2016
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TRAI Consultation on Differential Pricing for Data Services - Post-Open House Discussion SubmissionThe Centre for Internet and Society sent this submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) following the Open House Discussion on Differential Pricing of Data Services, held in Delhi on February 21, 2016.
29 Mar 2016
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Report on eSpeak with NVDA Screen Reader and Assistive Technology for Visually ChallengedThe Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore and National Association for the Blind, New Delhi in collaboration with Centre for Differently Abled Persons, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli organized a workshop on eSpeak with NVDA …
29 Mar 2016
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Eight Challenges That Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to OvercomeEven after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, being the largest available encyclopedia made in the human history, it what it is today because of the hundreds and …
29 Mar 2016
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Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and SubmissionThe Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and …
29 Mar 2016
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8 Challenges for Improving Indian Language WikipediasAfter more than 10 years in existence, the Indian-language Wikipedias still are not known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia became the largest encyclopedia in history as a result of thousands of volunteer editors.
23 Mar 2016
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Report of the 30th Session of the WIPO SCCR by the Centre for Internet & SocietyThis report was edited by Nehaa Chaudhari, Programme Officer; compiled with assistance from Nisha S.K., Administrator, and, Aarushi Bansal, Amulya P., and Saahil Dama, interns.
22 Mar 2016
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Too Clever By Half: Strengthening India’s Smart Cities Plan with Human Rights ProtectionThe data involved in planning for urbanized and networked cities are currently flawed and politically-inflected. Therefore, we must ensure that basic human rights are not violated in the race to make cities “smart”.
21 Mar 2016
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Vulnerabilities in the UIDAI Implementation Not Addressed by the Aadhaar Bill, 2016In this infographic, we document the various issues in the Aadhaar enrolment process implemented by the UIDAI, and highlight the vulnerabilities that the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 does not address. The infographic is based on Vidushi Marda’s …
21 Mar 2016
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The National Privacy PrinciplesIn this infographic, we try to break down the National Privacy Principles developed by the Group of Experts on Privacy led by the Former Chief Justice A.P. Shah in 2012.
21 Mar 2016
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Salient Points in the Aadhaar Bill and ConcernsSince the release of the Aadhaar Bill, the Centre for Internet and Society has been writing a number of posts analyzing the Bill and calling out problematic areas and the implications of the same. This post is meant to contribute to this …
21 Mar 2016
21 Mar 2016
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Aadhaar Bill 2016 Evaluated against the National Privacy PrinciplesIn this infographic, we evaluate the privacy provisions of the Aadhaar Bill 2016 against the national privacy principles developed by the Group of Experts on Privacy led by the Former Chief Justice A.P. Shah in 2012. The infographic is …
20 Mar 2016
19 Mar 2016
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Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities - Way Forward for IndiaWith a paradigm shift towards the concept of “Smart Cities’ globally, as well as India, such cities have been defined by several international standardization bodies and countries, however, there is no uniform definition adopted globally. …
18 Mar 2016
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Two-Day Long National Wikipedia Education Program Review Meeting To Be Held At Christ University BengaluruDuring this 18-19th a two-day long National Wikipedia Education Program Review meeting is going to be held at Christ University, Bengaluru. Around 25 participants of Wikipedia Education Program leaders from institutes like St. Agnes College …
18 Mar 2016
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Sexual Harassment at ICANNPadmini Baruah represented the Centre for Internet & Society at ICANN in the month of March 2016. In a submission to ICANN she is calling upon the ICANN board for implementing a system for investigating cases related to sexual harassments.
17 Mar 2016
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Studying Digital Creative Industries in India: Initial QuestionsThis brief overview of the discourse around creative industries is an attempt to explore some ways of identifying what could be digital creative industries in India, and the questions they raise and problematize for us in terms of cultural …
17 Mar 2016
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Privacy Concerns Overshadow Monetary Benefits of Aadhaar SchemeSince its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar system has been shrouded in controversy over issues of privacy, security and viability. It has been implemented without a legislative mandate and has resulted in a PIL in the Supreme Court, which …
17 Mar 2016
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Analysis of Aadhaar Act in the Context of A.P. Shah Committee PrinciplesWhilst there are a number of controversies relating to the Aadhaar Act including the fact that it was introduced in a manner so as to circumvent the majority of the opposition in the upper house of the Parliament and that it was rushed …
16 Mar 2016
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Press Release, March 15, 2016: The New Bill Makes Aadhaar Compulsory!We published and circulated the following press release on March 15, 2016, to highlight the fact that the Section 7 of the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 states that authentication of the person using her/his Aadhaar number can be made mandatory for …
16 Mar 2016
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Press Release, March 11, 2016: The Law cannot Fix what Technology has Broken!We published and circulated the following press release on March 11, 2016, as the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. This Bill was proposed by finance …
16 Mar 2016
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List of Recommendations on the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 - Letter Submitted to the Members of ParliamentOn Friday, March 11, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. The Bill was introduced as a money bill and there was no public consultation to evaluate the …
16 Mar 2016
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Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in IndiaSmartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing devices would do more and cost less. This realization has been responsible for modern …
16 Mar 2016
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Critique of the Aadhaar Bill 2016The Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 on March 11, 2016, to give legislative basis to the Aadhaar number assigning being done by the Unique Identification …
16 Mar 2016
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An Urgent Need for the Right to PrivacyAlong with a group of individuals and organisations from academia and civil society, we have drafted and are signatories to an open letter addressed to the Union government and urging the same to "urgently take steps to uphold the …
12 Mar 2016
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ಅಂತರ್ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಹಿಳಾ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆ ೨೦೧೬, ಕ್ರೈಸ್ಟ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೮ ನ್ನು ವಿಶ್ವಾದ್ಯಂತ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಹಿಳಾ ದಿನ ಎಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಶ್ವದ ಹಲವು ಕಡೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ಒಂದು ತಿಂಗಳ ಪೂರ್ತಿ ನಡೆಯುವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನಾಗಿ ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲೂ ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷ …
11 Mar 2016
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The New Aadhaar Bill in Plain EnglishWe have put together a plain English version of the The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016.